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[BennyBlanco]

https://www.vs-studio.com/

Glad to see my boy hasn't retired. Really hope they make a 3d fighting game. We need more.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Saudi funded too then or?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

So did Harada get pushed out of Bandai Namco? 'cause this doesn't look like a retirement to me!

 

[gladdys]

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.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Harada really needs to change his twitter @

 

[MiguelItUp]

Saudi funded too then or?

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.

 

[SALMORE]

Maximum Impact 4 is coming

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Saudi funded too then or?

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.

 

[SHAKEZ]

Soccer fighters coming.

 

[Spooky Scary Skeleton]

Obligatory Ronaldo must be included in all of their games as a stipulation.

 

[Hudo]

Harada working for SNK bankrolled Saudi money was not on my bingo card. Yoshinori Ono joining him would complete the mindfuck.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Obligatory Ronaldo must be included in all of their games as a stipulation.

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]

So did Harada get pushed out of Bandai Namco? 'cause this doesn't look like a retirement to me!

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.

 

[TheLikou]

So did Harada get pushed out of Bandai Namco? 'cause this doesn't look like a retirement to me!

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]

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.

Damn that would be incredible. Wonder what Ono is up to these days. Guy is such a character lmao.

 

[Arsic]

Damn that would be incredible. Wonder what Ono is up to these days. Guy is such a character lmao.

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]

Nice. What IP might he be working on?

 

[March Climber]

Nice. What IP might he be working on?

Samurai Showdown Calibur

A 3 dimensional reimagining of the franchise by Harada.

 

[uncreativename]

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]

Saudi funded too then or?

wgas wgaf.

 

[Fahdis]

Tobal 3 and Ehrgeiz both coming back under VS

 

[uncreativename]

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]

Tobal 3 and Ehrgeiz both coming back under VS

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]

I guess SNK doesnt own the studio

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

The Saudis have learned some good lessons very quickly.

Harada + SNK hype, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(N)!!!

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.

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).

 

[xanaum]

Are we getting a new IP or are we gonna see the return of some old SNK fighting franchises?

 

[Arsic]

Are we getting a new IP or are we gonna see the return of some old SNK fighting franchises?

Harada working on Sam Sho would be wild.

 

[Fahdis]

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).

Brother I know. I was being sarcastic.

 

[Sticks]

 

[Celcius]

Looking forward to seeing what comes out of this.
Imagine if he was working on a new game for the Neo Geo AES+ and SNK starts back making some games for it. They were recently teasing a new Metal Slug too right?

 

[PSlayer]

Happy for him. I Hope for a new IP.

 

[ShirAhava]

The 100 Mega Shock!