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Tekken Chief Katsuhiro Harada Couldn't Get Pac-Man in Tekken Before, but Maybe Now It’s Possible With Shadow Labyrinth Coming Out
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 65827" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Tekken chief Katsuhiro Harada is now also the executive producer of <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/shadow-labyrinth" target="_blank">Shadow Labyrinth</a>, the surprise Pac-Man spin-off first revealed in one of the episodes of Amazon’s anthology animated series <a href="https://www.ign.com/tv/secret-level" target="_blank">Secret Level</a> before <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/secret-level-pac-man-episode-is-getting-turned-into-a-metroidvania-with-katsuhiro-harada-producing-the-game-awards-2024" target="_blank">a reveal trailer for the video game itself at The Game Awards 2024</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All of which begs the question: could The Swordsman, the main character from Shadow Labyrinth, appear in Tekken as a guest character? In many ways it would make sense, given both Tekken and Pac-Man are owned by Bandai Namco, and The Swordsman is an actual humanoid fighter who wields a sword. But what does Harada himself think?</p><p></p><p>IGN put that question to the man himself in a recent interview, and his response suggested such a crossover is certainly possible.</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps,” Harada responded when asked, “because the game environment would be a good crossover for Tekken, atmosphere-wise.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>It turns out that Harada explored the possibility of adding Pac-Man to Tekken as a guest character long before Shadow Labyrinth was a thing. But designs for the character, which saw Pac-Man as a head on a muscular humanoid body, horrified original Pac-Man creator Tōru Iwatani.</p><p></p><p>“Many years ago, Iwatani-san, the original creator of Pac-Man, was still in the company when we were here. And I thought about maybe using Pac-Man as a guest character,” Harada remembered. “So I had the artist come up with a sketch and it turned out to be that the character had like a Pac-Man head, but the body was this really muscular bodybuilder type.</p><p></p><p>“I showed it to Iwatani-san, and Iwatani-san got so upset and scolded me quite heavily. So I was surprised that, ‘Oh, I can't just be quite liberal with the Pac-Man IP, I have to be more constrained.’ At the time I was a bit surprised, but now because of the atmosphere of this [Shadow Labyrinth], it's something that could be considered.”</p><p></p><p>Iwatani, by the way, is apparently fully on board with Bandai Namco’s plan to take the Pac-Man IP in totally different directions. “Iwatani-san seems to realize that that's something that's needed at this point,” Harada added.</p><p></p><p>2D action platformer Shadow Labyrinth stars The Swordsman, a character whose only goal is to "eat" as they attempt to escape a maze. It’s a Metroidvania of sorts, and a significant departure for the world famous arcade franchise. Meanwhile, Tekken 8 gets Clive from Final Fantasy 16 as a DLC character.</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-chief-katsuhiro-harada-couldnt-get-pac-man-in-tekken-before-but-maybe-now-its-possible-with-shadow-labyrinth-coming-out" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 65827, member: 1"] Tekken chief Katsuhiro Harada is now also the executive producer of [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/shadow-labyrinth']Shadow Labyrinth[/URL], the surprise Pac-Man spin-off first revealed in one of the episodes of Amazon’s anthology animated series [URL='https://www.ign.com/tv/secret-level']Secret Level[/URL] before [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/secret-level-pac-man-episode-is-getting-turned-into-a-metroidvania-with-katsuhiro-harada-producing-the-game-awards-2024']a reveal trailer for the video game itself at The Game Awards 2024[/URL]. All of which begs the question: could The Swordsman, the main character from Shadow Labyrinth, appear in Tekken as a guest character? In many ways it would make sense, given both Tekken and Pac-Man are owned by Bandai Namco, and The Swordsman is an actual humanoid fighter who wields a sword. But what does Harada himself think? IGN put that question to the man himself in a recent interview, and his response suggested such a crossover is certainly possible. “Perhaps,” Harada responded when asked, “because the game environment would be a good crossover for Tekken, atmosphere-wise.” It turns out that Harada explored the possibility of adding Pac-Man to Tekken as a guest character long before Shadow Labyrinth was a thing. But designs for the character, which saw Pac-Man as a head on a muscular humanoid body, horrified original Pac-Man creator Tōru Iwatani. “Many years ago, Iwatani-san, the original creator of Pac-Man, was still in the company when we were here. And I thought about maybe using Pac-Man as a guest character,” Harada remembered. “So I had the artist come up with a sketch and it turned out to be that the character had like a Pac-Man head, but the body was this really muscular bodybuilder type. “I showed it to Iwatani-san, and Iwatani-san got so upset and scolded me quite heavily. So I was surprised that, ‘Oh, I can't just be quite liberal with the Pac-Man IP, I have to be more constrained.’ At the time I was a bit surprised, but now because of the atmosphere of this [Shadow Labyrinth], it's something that could be considered.” Iwatani, by the way, is apparently fully on board with Bandai Namco’s plan to take the Pac-Man IP in totally different directions. “Iwatani-san seems to realize that that's something that's needed at this point,” Harada added. 2D action platformer Shadow Labyrinth stars The Swordsman, a character whose only goal is to "eat" as they attempt to escape a maze. It’s a Metroidvania of sorts, and a significant departure for the world famous arcade franchise. Meanwhile, Tekken 8 gets Clive from Final Fantasy 16 as a DLC character. [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-chief-katsuhiro-harada-couldnt-get-pac-man-in-tekken-before-but-maybe-now-its-possible-with-shadow-labyrinth-coming-out"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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