TEKKEN Classic Collection

[Mystical Spork]

Why hasn't Harada ever considered making a classic compilation of all the Tekken games?

With the hype of Capcom releasing so many of their classic fighting games for modern platforms, you would think this would spark some discussion over at Bamco on capitalizing on the nostalgia of older games by making a remastered collection for old school fans to play as well as introduce those games to newcomers.

It would be a wasted opportunity if they didn't jump on the current trend of releasing remasters of those old games.

[Dangerous-Boy]

because people would start playing tekken 5 and maybe 4 player tekken tag instead of T8

[Mystical Spork]

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

because people would start playing tekken 5 and maybe 4 player tekken tag instead of T8

I'm guessing you mean Harada wouldn't want attention taken away from Tekken 8, but honestly how long will they want to support T8 until they decide it's time to move on?

[Dangerous-Boy]

beats me. I would love a Tekken collection with online. I never got to play DR

[Mystical Spork]

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

beats me. I would love a Tekken collection with online. I never got to play DR

I just want a collection because I feel it's long overdue for one and Harada being hesitant makes me question if he even cares. I'm all for Tekken 8 getting support, even if it fell off a bit, but I just don't want it to go on for as long as Tekken 7 did with all it's seasons.

Also, the feel and visuals as well as the single player modes I prefer from those games compared to T8.

[Dangerous-Boy]

Don't ask Harada for .

[Mystical Spork]

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

Don't ask Harada for :thumbspoop:.

Well Heihachi was brought back... so anything goes, I guess. He can always change his mind if he feels inclined towards pleasing his audience... or not losing them like with some of T8's playerbase.

[Dangerous-Boy]

Originally posted by Mystical Spork:

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

Don't ask Harada for .

Well Heihachi was brought back... so anything goes, I guess. He can always change his mind if he feels inclined towards pleasing his audience... or not losing them like with some of T8's playerbase.

Heihachi was always going to come back.

[Mystical Spork]

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

Originally posted by Mystical Spork:

Well Heihachi was brought back... so anything goes, I guess. He can always change his mind if he feels inclined towards pleasing his audience... or not losing them like with some of T8's playerbase.

Heihachi was always going to come back.

Even after his official voice actor died?
Japan always had this tradition of honoring it's voice actors by letting the character they played also die with them or just not be replaced. But who knows... maybe they are bringing back Heihachi or it's a different character. I'm unfamiliar with how many requests Harada has denied from fans.

[Sirlion]

They have 100% considered it, Harada even tweeted about it a few years back. But unlike Capcom, they have no incentive to do so, because if they ever allowed T5-TT2 era Tekken with proper netcode on modern hardware, then nobody would play T8. They dont want to split the already small playerbase, something which SF has no trouble doing because that's six billion times bigger.

Originally posted by Mystical Spork:

Originally posted by Dangerous-Boy:

Heihachi was always going to come back.

Even after his official voice actor died?
Japan always had this tradition of honoring it's voice actors by letting the character they played also die with them or just not be replaced. But who knows... maybe they are bringing back Heihachi or it's a different character. I'm unfamiliar with how many requests Harada has denied from fans.

Back when the original VA for Heihachi in T4-T6 died they ported the new version of him (from tag2) over to the Tekken3D game for DS, which is in essence just T6. Therefore, I believe copyrighted characters are limited to the game they are currently licensed on. The new Hei will be very different from Tag2-T7 Hei and that version of him will never be used again.

Anyways yeah he was going to come back regardless. I'm shocked they did it so soon though, with the amount of references to him in both character moves and intros \ outros his presence is everywhere. I geuss they needed the money real bad, squeezing the cow dry before its too late.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by Sirlion:

They have 100% considered it, Harada even tweeted about it a few years back. But unlike Capcom, they have no incentive to do so, because if they ever allowed T5-TT2 era Tekken with proper netcode on modern hardware, then nobody would play T8. They dont want to split the already small playerbase, something which SF has no trouble doing because that's six billion times bigger.

People only remember good things about the old Tekken games. But many of them have never played these games at a competitive level. If Bandai released these old games today and added ratings similar to Tekken 8, people would start complaining even more. In T5, in T6, in TTT2 - the balance is completely broken. These games never received a balance patch. If a rating appears there, everyone will start playing exclusively on broken characters, it will be much worse than T7 and T8.

Bandai does not release a collection of old tekken because they are difficult to emulate on modern platforms. Without any problems, you can adapt games from parts 1 to 5 to modern hardware. But there will be big problems with T6 and TTT2. Capcom is simpler in this regard, they have 2D games on primitive engines

[StRyK]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tekken/comments/1fkmmeo/least_difficult_bryan_wall_combo_from/

[Ultra Lord]

Originally posted by Sirlion:

Anyways yeah he was going to come back regardless. I'm shocked they did it so soon though, with the amount of references to him in both character moves and intros \ outros his presence is everywhere. I geuss they needed the money real bad, squeezing the cow dry before its too late.

No problem if Heihachi adds to Tekken, it's right that they released it so early. Akuma was also released in the first season of DLC

[Pasta]

Originally posted by StRyK:

Originally posted by Sirlion:

They have 100% considered it, Harada even tweeted about it a few years back. But unlike Capcom, they have no incentive to do so, because if they ever allowed T5-TT2 era Tekken with proper netcode on modern hardware, then nobody would play T8. They dont want to split the already small playerbase, something which SF has no trouble doing because that's six billion times bigger.

People only remember good things about the old Tekken games. But many of them have never played these games at a competitive level. If Bandai released these old games today and added ratings similar to Tekken 8, people would start complaining even more. In T5, in T6, in TTT2 - the balance is completely broken. These games never received a balance patch. If a rating appears there, everyone will start playing exclusively on broken characters, it will be much worse than T7 and T8.

Bandai does not release a collection of old tekken because they are difficult to emulate on modern platforms. Without any problems, you can adapt games from parts 1 to 5 to modern hardware. But there will be big problems with T6 and TTT2. Capcom is simpler in this regard, they have 2D games on primitive engines

Lol who tf buys a classic collection in order to be competitive?

And who said its difficult to emulate? Its actually ridiculously easy. I play old tekken games on emulators with zero friction. Also TTT2 assets were easily ported to T7 by modders even despite the fact that they are completely different engines.

[StRyK]

Originally posted by Pasta:

Lol who tf buys a classic collection in order to be competitive?

Those who ask to create an online mode there

Originally posted by Pasta:

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And who said its difficult to emulate?

PS3 and Xbox 360 are still poorly emulated

Originally posted by Pasta:

I play old tekken games on emulators with zero friction.

There are a lot of problems, bugs and graphic artifacts

Originally posted by Pasta:

Also TTT2 assets were easily ported to T7 by modders even despite the fact that they are completely different engines.

This has nothing to do with emulation. Graphic elements in 3D games are stored in the same formats. Just taking a model and placing it in another game has nothing to do with emulating the entire game

[Sirlion]

Originally posted by StRyK:

Originally posted by Sirlion:

They have 100% considered it, Harada even tweeted about it a few years back. But unlike Capcom, they have no incentive to do so, because if they ever allowed T5-TT2 era Tekken with proper netcode on modern hardware, then nobody would play T8. They dont want to split the already small playerbase, something which SF has no trouble doing because that's six billion times bigger.

People only remember good things about the old Tekken games. But many of them have never played these games at a competitive level. If Bandai released these old games today and added ratings similar to Tekken 8, people would start complaining even more. In T5, in T6, in TTT2 - the balance is completely broken. These games never received a balance patch. If a rating appears there, everyone will start playing exclusively on broken characters, it will be much worse than T7 and T8.

Bandai does not release a collection of old tekken because they are difficult to emulate on modern platforms. Without any problems, you can adapt games from parts 1 to 5 to modern hardware. But there will be big problems with T6 and TTT2. Capcom is simpler in this regard, they have 2D games on primitive engines

There is a whole discord server dedicated to playing old Tekkens online via emulators. T5, 6 and Tag2 are all playable online right now. Emulating them is really easy. You are talking out of your ass as always.

Moreover, every game in the franchise received at least two or three patches, not to mention arcade release. T6 is unironically one of the most balanced Tekkens around, the fact that Bob got away with a few over the top moves and Lars had a safer Ark Blast doesnt really undermine the work put into it.