That some quantity of Namco Bandai characters will end up in the next Smash Bros. entries seems almost a certainty now that the company is developing the games with Nintendo's Masahiro Sakurai. The question is which ones?
"Obviously it’s a big priority for the company, so company-wide there are a lot of people involved with that particular project. Not just from Tekken but a lot of our franchises," Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada told NowGamer, who noted that while his team is pre-occupied with Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it would no doubt be called upon to support Smash Bros. "I do think we'll support the initiative in some kind of capacity."
However, would that support come in the form of Tekken characters? Considering their radically different play styles, would Tekken characters find their way to Nintendo's juggernaut fighting game series?
"That question was one of the most frequently asked questions we got when we announced the project. Especially from abroad," Harada said. "The fans, rather than asking about Tales or Gundam, or some of our other franchises, the fans abroad saw Tekken as one of the key words and took off on that. We’re not really sure at this moment but when thinking of the playerbase who is playing Smash Bros, maybe Tekken characters is something they wouldn’t want, so I’ve been pulling back on that a bit. But I don’t know."
Smash Bros. is still very, very early in development, but the questions keep coming. Stay tuned to IGN for more as we hear it.
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