BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Glad to see my boy hasn't retired. Really hope they make a 3d fighting game. We need more.
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Harada has opened a new studio with SNK. VS Studio.
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Glad to see my boy hasn't retired. Really hope they make a 3d fighting game. We need more.
Werewolf Jones
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Saudi funded too then or?
Jinzo Prime
Member
So did Harada get pushed out of Bandai Namco? 'cause this doesn't look like a retirement to me!
Surprising news but I am quite happy about it.
Would be cool if he revived Buriki One. Or maybe he would like to try a different genre?
Saudi money topic will come up, but from a consumer/fan perspective I really like most recent SNK offerings.
Lots of content updates, no micro transactions/seasons infiltrating the games, they are fun to play and respect the lore/history.
Good luck to him and SNK.
Would be cool if he revived Buriki One. Or maybe he would like to try a different genre?
Saudi money topic will come up, but from a consumer/fan perspective I really like most recent SNK offerings.
Lots of content updates, no micro transactions/seasons infiltrating the games, they are fun to play and respect the lore/history.
Good luck to him and SNK.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Harada really needs to change his twitter @
MiguelItUp
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I mean, don't they practically own SNK at this point? So I'd assume so.
Really curious to know what Harada's next move is.
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Unfortunately, it's either the Saudis or the Chinese, or you just don't get any more well-funded games in hardcore genres for the most part.
Spooky Scary Skeleton
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Obligatory Ronaldo must be included in all of their games as a stipulation.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
And if it was a western publisher it would have to include Deborah Wilson.
Whatever. His options were pretty limited. SNK is far from the worst outcome. I would've preferred if he just kept making Tekken but who knows what really happened with Bamco.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Probably wasn't getting the role he wanted. He got promoted if you recall so he likely didn't like what that entailed versus his passion: making games and talking to players.
Whatever he cooks up is a day one for me. He should hire Ono. Shit would be so sick.
Most probably he was just tired of having to bust heads with the management every single time. Those long tweets of his show how Bandai-Namco is a difficult company to work with.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Damn that would be incredible. Wonder what Ono is up to these days. Guy is such a character lmao.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Home or in da room or da riving room. KAGE!
Love that dono notification on Aris stream. Only streamer I watch at this point is him lol.
HerjansEagleFeeder
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Nice. What IP might he be working on?
March Climber
Member
Samurai Showdown Calibur
A 3 dimensional reimagining of the franchise by Harada.
uncreativename
Member
Hope it's successful. Harada seems like one of the nicest, most genuine people at that level in the industry, and he makes cool games :]
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
wgas wgaf.
uncreativename
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I wonder if it'll be an all new IP, or a reimagining of one of SNK's old franchises that they haven't really touched for ages. They've definitely got a lot of them.
NeverYouMind
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Square Enix owns those not to mention the game designer for originals is Seiichi Ishii. He also designed Virtua Fighter and Tekken.
P.S. Harada is a producer and promoter, not a game maker. His idea of cool is whack (Idolmaster and KASG).
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I guess SNK doesnt own the studio
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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The Saudis have learned some good lessons very quickly.
Harada + SNK hype, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(N)!!!
I'd love to see Ono back in the scene. Miss that type of energy in the FGC.
And SFV doesn't deserve the bad rap it often gets; the game improved quickly and I'd still say it was mainly rushed out in 2016 both because Capcom needed a SFIV replacement ASAP for their championship series, and SIE wanted a fighting game showcase on PS5 ASAP to pull remaining players from Xbox One (which still had Killer Instinct at the time).
Harada + SNK hype, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(N)!!!
I'd love to see Ono back in the scene. Miss that type of energy in the FGC.
And SFV doesn't deserve the bad rap it often gets; the game improved quickly and I'd still say it was mainly rushed out in 2016 both because Capcom needed a SFIV replacement ASAP for their championship series, and SIE wanted a fighting game showcase on PS5 ASAP to pull remaining players from Xbox One (which still had Killer Instinct at the time).
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Harada working on Sam Sho would be wild.
Fahdis
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Brother I know. I was being sarcastic.
Hadoukens
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He co-directed my favorite Tekken, 3.
If I'm not mistaken, but i might be, after Tekken 2 nobody wanted to take up the mantle to make 3, but Harada stepped up. Someone else can fact check that.
NanaMiku
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IIRC, Harada already explained that most Japanese publishers wanted the veteran devs to become management. But Harada still wants to be on the development side
NeverYouMind
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The only thing he directed for Tekken 3 is where to put arcade cabinets and marketing as he was one hell of a salesman. His first solo flight was Dark Resurrection expansion of 5 (which would be practically impossible to mess up with the vanilla release being legendary) and his second was No Iron Fist Tournament Shitshow 7. The veterans of PS1 port of Tekken 2, Masamichi Abe and Masahiro Kimoto made the big decisions for Tekken 3. Harada's poorly received contributions as head director of Tekken 4 had Kimoto take the reigns back for Tekken 5 even. Every time he took charge a part of Tekken's design went to shit because he did not understand it.
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DeltaPolarBear
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Seriously though, he mentioned years ago that he felt he doesn't have that many games left in him. I suspect he is just trying to train the next generation and maybe making one more game. Consider how long it takes to make AAA titles now, expecting him to keep working is unreasonable.
Hadoukens
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Everywhere I've seen credits him as Co director.
I'd be willing to give you the benefit of the doubt but I'm not seeing your claims anywhere.
I do know Seiichi Ishii went on to make The Bouncer which was far more ass than Tekken 4, which was not my favorite either but did take a few cool risks.
NeverYouMind
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It is an honorary title because he helped them turn a Greatest Hits franchise into a best seller. His only other contribution to Tekken 3 is Forest Law voice samples.
He went on to make a lot more than The Bouncer. He was damn unlucky though as his last designed 3D fighter was pulled from shelves due to religious concerns (Kakuto Chojin) and Ehrgeiz and Tobal were discontinued by Square.
*Emulation here is rough.
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WhiteWaterM00se
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I wonder if he does SNK vs Capcom? That would be epic.
NeverYouMind
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He could not even do Tekken X Street Fighter when the ball was in his court...
WhiteWaterM00se
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I understand that. But it would be interesting to see. It would be 2d, I'm sure
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