{"id":35319,"date":"2024-08-13T11:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T02:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=35319"},"modified":"2024-08-23T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T04:15:37","slug":"tekken-8-developer-katsuhiro-harada-reveals-details-about-his-fighting-stick-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-developer-katsuhiro-harada-reveals-details-about-his-fighting-stick-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8 developer Katsuhiro Harada reveals details about his fighting stick of choice\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/katsuhiro-harada-asks-lilypichu-for-a-tekken-rematch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katsuhiro Harada fought content creator LilyPichu at EVO 2024<\/a>, fans were interested in what fight stick the Tekken creator used. These questions have now been answered, thanks to Harada himself. Apparently, the creator uses a Hori Fighting Edge joystick arcade controller made specifically for the PlayStation 3 (he could have added an adapter that allows it to be used on a PlayStation 5 at EVO).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My primary controller is a Fighting EDGE.<br>It has a serial number of 765.<br>The number \u201c765\u201d can be pronounced (paraphrased) as \u201cNAMCO\u201d, indicating our roots.<br>The same goes for my car&#39;s license plate number.<br><br>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hLL8Q88o2A\">https:\/\/t.co\/hLL8Q88o2A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fp7hEcLSEV\">pic.twitter.com\/Fp7hEcLSEV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1820371221323874354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s interesting about Harada\u2019s Fighting Edge in particular is that it is marked with the serial number \u201c765.\u201d In Japanese, these numbers can be read together as \u201cnamuko,\u201d which is the Japanese pronunciation of \u201cNamco\u201d \u2013 as in Bandai Namco, the company that develops and publishes the Tekken franchise. Harada must have asked for this specific controller from Hori, as the number means a lot to him. As an added bit of trivia, Harada mentions that he also has the number \u201c765\u201d on his car license plate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1061\" height=\"264\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-35319-001.jpg\" alt=\"Tekken 8' Harada's fighting stick\" class=\"wp-image-35322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-35319-001.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-35319-001-380x95.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-35319-001-768x191.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, this version of the Fighting Edge is no longer available through official channels. Players who hope to channel Harada\u2019s Feng will either have to pay a pretty penny for such a controller or hit the lab at Tekken 8 to improve their skills the old-fashioned way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to questions from fans, Tekken 8 producer Katshuhiro Harada has spilled the beans on what fighting stick he uses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":35321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-35319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tekken 8 developer Katsuhiro Harada reveals details about his fighting stick of choice\u00a0 - 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