Tekken collection producer Katsuhiro Harada has mentioned {that a} Tekken Tag Event 3 will in all probability by no means occur for so long as he continues to work on the collection.
The primary Tekken Tag Event was launched in 1999 as a launch title for the PS2 within the West. Arriving between Tekken 3 and 4, it’s not canon to the principle story however launched two-on-two tag matches.
Its sequel Tekken Tag Event 2 was launched in 2011 for PS3, Xbox 360 and later Wii U, however regardless of receiving crucial acclaim it offered decrease than Bandai Namco‘s expectations and a 3rd recreation has by no means occurred.
In an interview with Destructoid, Harada was requested if he would contemplate engaged on Tekken Tag Event 3, and doubtlessly making it the subsequent collection entry after final 12 months’s Tekken 8.
Harada replied (by way of a translator) that he had been serious about a Tag mode just lately, and felt “prefer it needs to be some type of mode inside a Tekken 9, or 8, or no matter you need to name it”.
When requested to make clear whether or not this meant he had no plans for a full Tekken Tag recreation, Harada mentioned the size of time it could take to make a brand new entry within the collection might end result within the preventing recreation panorama altering by the point it’s launched.
He defined that whereas tag preventing video games could also be well-liked now, “if we begin now [to make Tekken Tag Tournament 3], by the point they’re not well-liked, that’s when Tag Three would come out”.
Harada additionally defined that the complexity of Tekken makes it more durable to shortly launch a brand new spin-off, saying: “We have now so many extra strikes than a typical 2D fighter. A lot extra work is concerned in attempting to do this with a 3D recreation.
“It’s in all probability a methods off if it have been to occur, and so in all probability not in my working lifetime. In order that’s one thing that the subsequent era can resolve.”
VGC’s Tekken 8 evaluation referred to as the sport “a sensational sequel”, saying: “With a renewed emphasis on single-player modes and a brand new Warmth mechanic which ensures fights are extra frenetic, it’s up there with Tekken 3 as probably the most thrilling excessive factors within the collection.”
