Tekken X Street Fighter Isn't Dead Yet - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 June 2021 / 1,226 Views
Tekken series lead Katsuhiro Harada made a statement over the weekend that hinted Tekken X Street Fighter had been cancelled.
"Development stopped but we got about 30 percent done," reads the English subtitles from Harada's statement. "We wanted to show it, but the project died."
Harada has now tweeted that the English subtitles were created by his team and added it to the video. He revealed his statement was translated wrong and the game has not been cancelled.
TEKKEN 7 Character Data Talk & Birthday Surprise! (EN Sub)
— Harada’s Bar／はらだのばぁー (@HaradasBar) June 22, 2021
There was some missing nuance in the English translation of this video. We apologize for this error, we’re very sorry.
Please see Harada’s explanation below that will clear things up.https://t.co/tTgA5bnKbM
In the new statement from Harada he explains the mistranslation and what he actually meant. Development on Tekken X Street Fighter has been paused for now and not outright cancelled.
"Up to 30% of the development was in progress, but now it is still pending," is what the subtitles should have read.
"We are still hopeful that Tekken X Street Fighter will resume development when the opportunity arises," Harada said in his latest statement. "However, such a title cannot be moved just for the convenience of one company in terms of marketing and branding, and it also affects each other's development resources.
"For now, we are just waiting for the right opportunity."
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I'd buy it. I like both franchises, but I like the Tekken battle moves more.
wait what so it isn't its been a Decade.
Kinda want a new Tekken/like game in general but I welcome this as well.
Lez go Tekken x SF we need for this to happen,
Akumas transition to Tekken was immaculate!
I think he worked really well. The test of Eliza in that free to play one helped them learn how to adapt the style. Oddly, I think the characters added as guest from non fighting franchises did not work at all. Of course this is said in the knowledge that if they added Tifa or Zell instead of Noctis I would have bought them on the spot.
Tita or sell would've been litasf haha
PLEEEEEEEEEEASE....bring this on! I've been waiting for years for this. Make it current gen.
