Long interview: Harada looks back at the 5 years of Tekken 7

It's been a long time hasn't it? Tekken 7 saw it's initial gameplay debut back in the location tests of October 2014, but would eventually 'pre-launch' in February 2015 with an official launch a month later. In commemoration of Tekken 7's 5th anniversary, Dengeki Online talks to Katsuhiro Harada in this enormous single page interview on a wide range of topics. Subjects to expect; Post-launch support for the title, arcade adoption with the online network, collaborations, balancing characters, Tekken's low points, on spreading Tekken globally etc etc. He even explains why a Wing Chun character has finally arrived after all this time. This interview is huge so this page will run a machine translation on the entire thing so don't expect everything to be ad-verbatim, but I say this mostly came out decent so it's worth posting. In case of any inaccuracies, the original source in Japanese is here and prevails:

Dengeki Online Source ≫ https://dengekionline.com/articles/28096/

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Tekken 7 v3.21 patch notes

Is Leroy's reign of terror finally over? A new balance patch for Tekken 7 is now rolling out, gogogogo! Thanks goes to Kazu on twitter for sharing the news. Official patch notes are now available on the Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe webpage:

Tekken 7 VER 3.21 Update ≫ https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/tekken/news/tekken-7-patch-notes-321

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Knee weighs in on the Leroy controversy

Having played Tekken competitively for over 10 years, Leroy Smith was the moment where Knee revels in disbelief over the game's balance. With Leroy Smith out for two months with an overtuned move set, EVO Japan would go on to be too much of a display on how capable the DLC character really is. In Knee's latest discussion video, Knee collects his thoughts on the impact of Leroy Smith and compares them to other characters with similar episodes like Akuma or Geese Howard. Knee concludes his discussion with a certain sentiment that maybe some parts of the community might associate with: 'Tekken doesn't feel like Tekken any more.'

Knee's YouTube channel ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/Tekkenknee/

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Daddyking reviews Leroy in v3.20

The release of Tekken 7 version 3.20 saw balance changes that nerfs some of Leroy's moveset, but how effective were these moveset weakening revisions? Daddyking is our expert here and has a new video up breaking down the moves that make him 'broken' and explains what the nerfs mean to the character in the latest update. Since Daddyking is from Korea, the video is entirely in Korean but English subtitles are available so turn them on to read his thoughts during the analysis. You can find the new Leroy review over on his Youtube page:

Daddyking's YouTube channel ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/rkaekw

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Tekken 7 Dev Diary: Leroy Smith & Fahkumram

Tekken 7 Director Nakatsu and Producer Michael Murray sit down to discuss the two new faces of Tekken 7 in Season Pass 3. From the conception of the character designs to the motion capture of the real world martial arts, to even the music featured in the reveal trailers, the head figures behind Season 3 share all the interesting behind-the-scene details in bringing these characters to life. Check out the latest dev diary now available for viewing over on the Bandai Namco US YouTube channel:

Bandai Namco Entertainment America ≫ https://www.youtube.com/user/NamcoBandaiGames

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