If you've always thought Tekken 's roster was lacking something but couldn't put your finger (lickin') on it, Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada knows - it's Colonel Sanders. Despite his best efforts, however, Harada hasn't been able to convince KFC to give the all-clear to include Sanders as a fighter - or, indeed, fashion a Waffle House-inspired fighting stage. Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for? When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for? Watch on YouTube "A long time ago, I wanted to have Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fight," Harada said in an interview with The Gamer .
"So, I asked to use Colonel Sanders and go to the head office in Japan." Harada says his suggestion was turned down by a "bad look". For a brief while, Harada simply concluded that KFC didn't want to share its iconic mascot with any game, but given he's since turned up in a dating simulator, the team has since presumed it's the fighting FKC takes issue with, not gaming itself.
"[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." Don't forget that Heihachi Mishima, antagonist of the Tekken series, is set to make a return to the series in Tekken 8 this aut.