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Every year at the Tekken World Tour Finals, Tekken 8 esports team should host a 10 v 10 regional battle between countries the day before the main event
One year can be Pakistan vs Korea, then North America vs Europe, another China vs Japan with an in game reward as one of the prizes
Regional rivalries are fun and keep players engaged
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Street Fighter's Juri and Virtua Fighter's Akira has went viral after being made playable in Tekken 8 by modders
Harada previously consider bringing Akira into Tekken after the new game announcement and also expressed wanting to work with Capcom again but retired before getting to do either
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Tekken 8 dev team said Tag mode could not be added as the stages are already very detailed and 4 characters strains the game
"Trying to have 4 characters on screen at the same time obviously really limits your resources so stage would have be really paired down to something that's not that immersive"
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Joe Budden is hosting an online tournament for Tekken 6 with Reepal and Suiken as commentators
With almost 40k registered players in the recomp now, this event has been made free to join (sign up below)
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Harada originally wanted Jin to be a character of misfortune, but the staff wanted Jin to be a happy instead
At the end of Tekken 8 Jin is finally happy and going on date with Xiaoyu
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Arslan Ash shifted his focus from Tekken 8 to Fatal Fury City of the Wolves, even skipping EVO France to practice more for Fatal Fury. "If I keep traveling and competing in Tekken, I can never fully focus on it"
Harada stated in the past, Tekken 7 was successful because of tournaments so Arslan Ash prioritizing other games over Tekken 8 is very bad
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Deji says "I sprinted home cuz I heard that you could play Tekken 6 now. Cuz let's be honest, Tekken 8 sucks, right? Tekken 8 is garbage"
Tekken 6 recomp has gone extremely viral with over 30K user downloads and a concurrent player count higher than most fighting games on steam
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How did Street Fighter 6 successfully gain a casual audience when most of the other fighting games like Tekken 8 and 2xko failed to do so? Collaborations, influencers, gameplay, legacy... what is it?
"Over 70% of the player base for Street Fighter 6 consists of new or younger players aged 15 to 25"
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