source: GematsuBut Tekken 7 is Bandai Namco's main focus for now.
Tekken X Street Fighter is still in development, with about 40 staff at Bandai Namco tolling away on it, Tekken series director Katushiro Harada told Polygon.
Its very difficult to talk about, Harada said. Obviously, I had originally planned to release it much earlier than were currently looking at.
According to the director, the game was delayed not because of development trouble, but because other fighting games had saturated the market.
And while Tekken X Street Fighter is indeed in development, Tekken 7 will remain Bandai Namcos current focus.
Tekken 7 will be our big thing for the next while, Harada said.
Harada wouldnt commit when asked if Tekken X Street Fighter will be released within the next two years. But when it does resurface, he wants it to surprise people.
People have been talking about the game for such a long time that they arent going to be surprised if you just release it normally, Harada said.
Harada recalls the release of Tekken Revolution, the free-to-play PlayStation 3 game which was released a week after it was announced.
I dont know if thats what we have planned, but we do plan to have some kind of surprise, Harda said.
Outside of Tekken X Street Fighter, Harada also mentioned wanting to develop a traditional fighting game that contains characters from every fighting game franchise popular in the 80s and 90s, or maybe even toward the 2000s. He adds that, given the Japanese game industrys current state, probably only Capcom or Bandai Namco would be able to pull that off.
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It was during theSan Diego Comic-Con five years ago that Tekken X Street Fighter was originally announced, and while we havent heard much about it since then, Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada shed some light on the matter during a Famitsu interview.
During the interview, Harada is jokingly asked whether Namco have forgotten about Tekken X Street Fighter.
Thats not true! Ive been saying this since before, but the fact of the matter is that were at a pretty far stage into its development, responds the Tekken producer.
Haradas been busy as of late, having been working on Tekken 7, Pokkén Tournament with the Pokémon Company, and even a virtual reality project called Summer Lesson for the PlayStation 4s Project Morpheus.
In fact, it might seem like Harada has been too busy to work on Tekken X Street Fighter at all, but that isnt necessarily the case.
It might seem like we havent started on it at all, but the character lineup has been decided upon since a very long time ago, and weve already finished the polygon models, moves, and systems, says Harada.
He also goes onto mention that were entering an age of Street Fighter V and Tekken 7, so there are likely some fans who might be wondering which one of the two theyd like to play. So the timing of released Tekken X Street Fighter is something theyre having a difficult time deciding on at the moment.
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hey Zenith, I think we should make a new thread for this. I'll use your quote as the opening.
Tekken X Street Fighter Is Well Into Development, Says Harada.July 12, 2015 . 9:24am
The fact of the matter is that were at a pretty far stage into its development, says Tekken X Street Fighter producer Katsuhiro Harada.
source: Siliconera