Everything has been a lack of alarm . If a matter of hours ago the Harada’s Bar YouTube channel dashed the hopes of seeing the long-announced Tekken X Street Fighter, Katsuhiro Harada himself has returned the illusion to those who are passionate about fighting games: the project is still alive.
Announced a decade ago by Harada and Yoshinori Ono, and in response to Capcom’s Street Fighter x Tekken, the Bandai Namco crossover will bring together the star characters of both sagas under the rules and aesthetics of the Iron Fist Tournament saga. The bad news: things seem to be going on for a long time.
Through Twitter, Katsuhiro Harada himself, producer and head of the crossover as well as the Tekken saga, apologizes for any misunderstanding caused by the video’s subtitles and better qualifies his words: the development of Tekken X Street Fighter has been stopped, yes, but Harada intends to resume it.
We are still hopeful that TKxSF will resume its development when the opportunity arises. However, the production of such a title is not solely due to the convenience of one company in terms of marketing and branding, and it also affects the development resources of the two companies.
For now, we are simply waiting for the right opportunity.
This is sometimes a problem because it is very difficult to translate, especially with the way I speak. To which we must also add that it is not practical for me to verify the subtitles of the video itself word for word.
In all fairness, this is not the first time that Katsuhiro Harada has had to face a translation problem. In this case, the Japanese creative wants to settle the matter by specifying how and why the error occurred in the video subtitles.
First, around minute 21 and 25 seconds, it says “今 は と め て ま す よ (ima tomete masuyo)” which means “It is in pending state”, similar to “pause” and this is the same word from the one we’ve been talking about before.
Then it is said “up to 30% of the development was in progress, but now it is still pending”. And this is still the state of [Tekken X Street Fighter].
Then, from minute 22 on, we talk about another topic: “Artist collaboration”. In this minute we talk about how a famous artist drew us a certain illustration during the development of TK x SF. Tekken also has illustrations that famous artists collaborate on, and it would come to be something similar.
So I say “Okura-iri ni nattan dayo na” in Japanese, in regards to about this illustration collaboration. For some reason, the meaning of the word “Okura-iri” is “Dead project”, but the original meaning of “Okura-iri” is “to be filed” or “stored”.
Contracts with artists and collaborators outside of development are subject to terms and conditions, including duration, so we do not own the rights to them indefinitely. So this illustration has been shelved for now.
In other words, the origin of the misunderstanding comes from some unfortunate subtitles, which does not mean that the current state of the game announced in summer 2010 , is really peculiar. As minimum.
Tekken X Street Fighter: He’s not dead, but don’t expect to see him soon either
Katsuhiro Harada is one of Bandai Namco’s key producers and one of those most responsible for its overwhelming catalog of fighting games. Beyond Tekken , Harada has been directly involved in projects such as Soul Calibur VI or Pokken Tournament and their domestic versions. In short, he is someone with a very tight schedule.
When it comes to Tekken X Street Fighter , we know that Akuma’s inclusion in Tekken 7 was a first approach to exploring how to combine the mechanics of two very different fighting games. And the experiment did not go wrong. However, since then it has rained a lot for both sagas, and very little progress has been made in this crossover.
In any case, the current state of [Tekken X Street Fighter] is not much different from the state I told you about earlier. Well, the fact that the state has not changed is not pleasant for us or for you.
Since the announcement of Tekken X Street Fighter, a lot of things have happened. Street Fighter IV completed its cycle including the incorporation of the World Warriors and scenarios that entered Street Fighter x Tekken . For its part, both the Iron Fist saga and Street Fighter V have grown enormously in content and it seems that both have a long time to go.
That only 30% of the game has been developed and channeled towards a final version is the least of the complications for the project: Capcom and Bandai Namco’s priorities are highly diversified, and Yoshinori Ono, Harada’s counterpoint and rival since The Street Fighter camp is no longer even part of the Osaka company.
Still, as long as there is a willingness to continue Tekken X Street Fighter, there is still hope. Until then, the Capcom and Bandai Namco fighters hand out tollinas in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. And very soon Kazuya himself will be joining the party.
