Summary
- Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada sheds some light on the realities of working on a fighting game series.
- As part of this, he shares his belief that we'll get another Soulcalibur game.
- It's been six years since the last game in the series, Soulcalibur 6.
For a time, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Soulcalibur was one of the big names in the fighting game genre. It's hard to imagine a time when it got regular sequels in both arcades and on home consoles, and pulled in collaborations with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend of Zelda, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War, and even 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Wars. Now, it hasn't had a game in six years.
However, that doesn't mean the series has been put on ice forever. Katsuhiro Harada - the director of the fellow 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco-owned fighting series, Tekken - believes there's still a desire to see the Soulcalibur series continue, even if it's far from its heyday.
Katsuhiro Harada Explains Why Soulcalibur Has Struggled
Harada explained this in a lengthy Twitter post, going over the realities of working on a fighting game franchise in Japan. It's too much to go over here, but the general idea is that it's incredibly difficult to keep a series like this relevant for multiple reasons. Not only did fighting games have to adapt to the switch from arcade to home console play, they also have to navigate an industry that's controlled by business types, not necessarily those with backgrounds in game development.
However, despite all of the setbacks that Soulcalibur has faced over the years, Harada remains o꧅ptimistic that Project Soul, the internal team at Bandai Namco that handles the Soulcalibur series could return with another game.
"From my point of view, I don't think the fire of Project Soul has been extinguished," says Harada. "There are still a few people in the company who have the will to do it. I would like to believe that they are just not united now."
Elsewhဣere in the thr🎃ead, Harada is full of praise for the Soulcalibur series, even when it was a rival to the Tekken games.
"Project Soul certainly ha🐎d a leader and staff with soul and clear vision," he says, commending former lead dev Hiroaki Yotoriyama in particular. "The enthusiasm of the game designers on site could have surpassed that of the Tekken team."
It remains to be seen if Bandai Namco ever decides to revive the Soulcalibur series. In the meantime, the most recent instalment is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Soulcalibur 6, which launched in 2018.
Soulcalibur 6
- Top Critic Avg: 84/100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 19, 2018
- ESRB
- 𓆏 T For Teen Due To Blood, Mild Langu🍸age, Partial Nudity, Violence
- Developer(s)
- 🃏 Bandai Namco Studios, Di🦂mps
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- 🔴 Online Multiplayer
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