{"id":47075,"date":"2025-04-15T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47075"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T06:51:31","slug":"tekken-producer-katsuhiro-harada-says-tekken-8-backlash-was-justified-and-a-natural-occurrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-producer-katsuhiro-harada-says-tekken-8-backlash-was-justified-and-a-natural-occurrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada says Tekken 8 backlash was justified and a \u201cnatural occurrence\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It took two weeks for Bandai Namco Studios to rectify the polarizing changes that were introduced in season two of <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong>. Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tekken-official.jp\/tekken_news\/?p=1171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the announcement of an emergency patch<\/a> scheduled for April 14 at 5 pm PDT, Tekken series executive producer Katsuhiro Harada says that fans are right for calling the developers out, himself included.<\/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\">I personally do not think this backlash is at all unjustified.<br>I recognize that it is a natural occurrence and we have no choice but to respond by continuing to update. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9DATYkSQz\">https:\/\/t.co\/h9DATYkSQz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1911974797225173345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tekken 8 development team acknowledges its mistake in making the game more offense-oriented, despite previous claims that it would include more defensive options. While the underlying issues of seasons one and two are still being resolved, the upcoming patch seeks to increase all characters\u2019 maximum health, adjust the payoff of high-reward moves, and rebalance the Heat System. The development team also promises to incorporate player feedback in future patches and to focus on issues that result in overpowered characters and one-sided gameplay.&nbsp;&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\">The battle team is already developing day and night for the next update.<br>There will be more updates in the future, including parameter adjustments for each character and arts, so please wait for more information. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8AH1fydQL\">https:\/\/t.co\/p8AH1fydQL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1911976125556990421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Harada knows that he and the rest of the development team messed up and will continue to update Tekken 8 to the point where both newcomers and series veterans will be happy with the state of the game. While the emergency patch will address general issues, Harada reveals that the development team is already hard at work on the next update. Succeeding patches are said to be more frequent and will focus more on adjusting the abilities of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-announces-anna-williams-as-first-season-2-character\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">35 fighters currently in the game<\/a>. Considering <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-fanmade-mod-is-working-to-remove-some-of-the-games-more-polarizing-elements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some people have already been modding Tekken 8<\/a> to be more like past entries, Bandai Namco has quite a ways before it can gain back its players\u2019 trust.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken 8 is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10006270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/tekken-8\/9ppsm14vkclw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tekken series executive producer Katsuhiro Harada acknowledges Tekken 8 backlash, noting that criticism from players was not unwarranted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":47076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-47075","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 v27.2 - 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