4Gamer recently spoke to Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada about Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited. Harada said that people were complaining that they couldn’t win fights due to being forced to learn more than one character. This heavily inspired the addition of solo character play, which makes the game much simpler for the 70% of console Tekken players that are at a beginner or intermediate level.
The interview was translated at Tekken Zaibatsu and excerpts from the translation are included below. Check out the whole thing at Tekken Zaibatsu or 4Gamer.net.
– The complaints that people couldn’t win fights because they had to use a second character which wasn’t as good as their main was a significant inspiration of the new game play modes. If you aren’t as good with a second character, just stick with your main and not be stuck with a second character you don’t play as much. The development team will assure you that you won’t be at a complete disadvantage when you pick solo up against a tag team. With just your one character, you are able to concentrate more.
– Things are much more easier in solo play too, you don’t have to take big steps in learning Tag assault, when to tag or not etc. Just pick solo play mode as you would normally play say Tekken 6 and when you’re ready to get deeper into the game you can take a step into the tag mode.
– Notes that roughly 70% of “Home” (People waiting on console versions) Tekken players are in the beginner to intermediate levels.
– With solo play, those newer players don’t have to take the time and effort to learn another character, just stick to what you were previously comfortable with. Harada cites a Paul player winning because of the ridiculous damage a Phoenix Smasher does against his opponent and now with the solo play feature he won’t have to give up on that with the new modes.
– Harada notes that Tekken 6 rage was pretty beastly but it still wasn’t going to let the average player win tournaments because of it. (laughs)
– With the easier access to rage boosts in solo play, players (It mentions that If you are solo and your health is below 30% your attack power is doubled) will feel the exhilaration and thrill of unleashing a strong reversal to the opponent teams, what was a bad thing back in Tekken 6 is being revisited here in Unlimited and somewhat being redone.
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Sources: Tekken Zaibatsu, 4Gamer.net