If there’s one thing I hate in fighting games, it’s playing through over and over meeting certain scenarios to unlock all of the characters. I still don’t have Seth unlocked in Street Fighter IV, and I doubt I ever will since I have no desire to play the career mode with a few of the game’s fighters. Luckily, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada shares our feelings. In an interview with VideoGamer.com, Harada-san had this to say:
Why we locked the characters originally was that in the arcades, it was kind of to extend the life of the game by gradually unlocking characters. And also with the home versions as well, because you can rent games or whatever, it was to protect us against that.
That’s kind of outdated now though, especially with online play. If we were to have locked characters it would irritate a lot of people, to be playing against others online and to not have all the characters available. So I think it’s no longer useful.
Tekken 6 will have all 40 characters unlocked from the start, a move that I wish more developers would adopt. Maybe even releasing a patch to unlock all the characters? Capcom, I’m looking in your direction.
OR… You can release downloadable content to unlock all the characters for a mere $10.
screw charging us for it. Just update to have all characters unlocked.
I’m going to have to agree on that one
I like Unlockable characters. It makes the game more rewarding.