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Tekken Boss Katsuhiro Harada Actually Tried to Get Colonel Sanders as a Guest Character — But KFC Turned Him Down
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 64954" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada revealed he tried and failed to have Colonel Sanders added to the fighting game as a guest character.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"A long time ago, I wanted to have Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fight," Harada told <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/tekken-colonel-sanders-guest-fighter-shot-down-by-kfc-harada/" target="_blank">The Gamer</a>. "So, I asked to use Colonel Sanders and go to the head office in Japan."</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Harada’s pitch was turned down with a "bad look.” Since then, Colonel Sanders actually did appear in a video game: <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/i-love-you-colonel-sanders-a-finger-lickin-good-dating-simulator" target="_blank">I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator</a>, a dating sim commissioned by KFC and released for free on Steam on September 24, 2019 as a bizarre promo for the fast food chain.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"[Harada] went to Kentucky Fried Chicken and tried to get Colonel Sanders," game designer Michael Murray added. "They weren't very open to the idea.</p><p></p><p>"[Colonel Sanders] appeared in games after that. So maybe it was just him fighting against someone [that] was posing a problem for them. But it just goes to show how difficult these types of discussions are."</p><p></p><p>So, no Colonel Sanders. But what about <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-director-katsuhiro-harada-has-more-questions-about-waffle-house" target="_blank">that Waffle House stage Tekken fans are desperate for</a>? "It's not something that we can accomplish on our own," Harada said, pointing to the need for Waffle House’s unlikely approval for such a DLC.</p><p></p><p>Still, Tekken 8 fans do have the game’s third DLC character, Heihachi Mishima, to look forward to. The once-dead fighting veteran joins the roster as part of the upcoming free story expansion for Tekken 8, titled <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-unforgotten-echoes-and-heihachi-mishima-hands-on-impressions" target="_blank">Unforgotten Echoes</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-actually-tried-to-get-colonel-sanders-as-a-guest-character-but-kfc-turned-him-down" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 64954, member: 1"] Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada revealed he tried and failed to have Colonel Sanders added to the fighting game as a guest character. "A long time ago, I wanted to have Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fight," Harada told [URL='https://www.thegamer.com/tekken-colonel-sanders-guest-fighter-shot-down-by-kfc-harada/']The Gamer[/URL]. "So, I asked to use Colonel Sanders and go to the head office in Japan." Unfortunately, Harada’s pitch was turned down with a "bad look.” Since then, Colonel Sanders actually did appear in a video game: [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/i-love-you-colonel-sanders-a-finger-lickin-good-dating-simulator']I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator[/URL], a dating sim commissioned by KFC and released for free on Steam on September 24, 2019 as a bizarre promo for the fast food chain. "[Harada] went to Kentucky Fried Chicken and tried to get Colonel Sanders," game designer Michael Murray added. "They weren't very open to the idea. "[Colonel Sanders] appeared in games after that. So maybe it was just him fighting against someone [that] was posing a problem for them. But it just goes to show how difficult these types of discussions are." So, no Colonel Sanders. But what about [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-director-katsuhiro-harada-has-more-questions-about-waffle-house']that Waffle House stage Tekken fans are desperate for[/URL]? "It's not something that we can accomplish on our own," Harada said, pointing to the need for Waffle House’s unlikely approval for such a DLC. Still, Tekken 8 fans do have the game’s third DLC character, Heihachi Mishima, to look forward to. The once-dead fighting veteran joins the roster as part of the upcoming free story expansion for Tekken 8, titled [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-8-unforgotten-echoes-and-heihachi-mishima-hands-on-impressions']Unforgotten Echoes[/URL]. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/tekken-boss-katsuhiro-harada-actually-tried-to-get-colonel-sanders-as-a-guest-character-but-kfc-turned-him-down"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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