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‘Please stop’: Tekken’s director reacts to ‘ridiculously well-made’ Elden Ring mod | VGC

Katsuhiro Harada doesn’t want players thinking it’s a legitimate crossover…

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Katsuhiro Harada reacted on Twitter to a video showing off a new Tekken 7 mod which contains Elden Ring characters.

The mod, released by Ultraboy, can be downloaded now and adds eight characters from the FromSoftware epic to the PC version of Tekken 7, including Melina, Malenia, Alexander, Radahn, Ranni and a giant lobster.

Because the high quality mod (as seen in its own trailer below) could be mistaken for an official Elden Ring fighting game, Harada expressed his reluctance to encourage it.



“Um… sure, Elden is a Bandai Namco-funded title, and I was the production general manager in charge of Elden, so it’s not irrelevant,” Harada said. “It’s [a] ridiculously well-made mod but plz stop it lol.”

One fan asked Harada if he meant people should stop making the mod, or simply that they should stop tweeting him about it.

“You probably don’t know, but there are surprisingly many people who think this is [an] official one or make various understandings and contact us,” Harada explains.

“I don’t say anything for your personal enjoyment, but I want you to know that there are people in your community who make noise based on misunderstandings.”

 

[ParaSeoul]

Why not mod them into soul calibur a game that has actual weapon combat?

 

[Chukhopops]

That’s amazing, completely lost it when I saw the lobster. Kazumi moveset works really well for Ranni too.

Brilliant.

 

[mckmas8808]

I appreciate his candor about this. I always wonder what a person on his level thought about this stuff.

 

[trikster40]

That is, how you say,…

NUTS!

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I can't believe that fans take time to make good Mods and even make new moves in a very short time, compared to the creator of Tekken who couldn't make the crossover with Street Fighter for more than 7 years.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Holy shit, when I saw that reaction earlier I was half asleep and didn't realize it was actually Harada, lmao.

 

[Hugare]

Harada here like:

Mod looks really well made

 

[K2D]

Why not mod them into soul calibur a game that has actual weapon combat?

People don't give a shit about it why would someone make mods about it ! Tekken is an active game and a better one too!

 

[Graciaus]

Was not expecting to see a lobster.

 

[SSfox]

Once you release your game on PC and it's possible to be Mod, except anything. Idk why he is surprised so much about this. Some people replaced Mr X in RE2E with a toy train, and millions other examples like this happened before.

 

[Lord Panda]

A Rune Bear would have made it perfect.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I thought soul Calibur 6 was criminally slept on. They should have modded that.

 

[AJUMP23]

I would be playing as the Jar.

 

[zeorhymer]

people in your community who make noise based on misunderstandings

Far far far far too many people make noise on misunderstandings.

 

[ArtHands]

Once you release your game on PC and it's possible to be Mod, except anything. Idk why he is surprised so much about this. Some people replaced Mr X in RE2E with a toy train, and millions other examples like this happened before.

He ain’t surprise. He is fine with the mod existing, but he’s not fine with the overwhelming requests from players who contact him over the mod.

 

[fart town usa]

That’s amazing, completely lost it when I saw the lobster. Kazumi moveset works really well for Ranni too.

Brilliant.

Me too. The lobster is brilliant, lol.

That mod is insane, looks legit as can be.

 

[Shifty]

Featuring Agni and Rudra from the Devil May Cry series

 

[winterymint]

I can't believe that fans take time to make good Mods and even make new moves in a very short time, compared to the creator of Tekken who couldn't make the crossover with Street Fighter for more than 7 years.

Let's see real. A modder's only restriction is his skill and imagination. To make a product requires agreements and a bunch of other processes to make it a reality.

 

[systemr123]

I can't believe that fans take time to make good Mods and even make new moves in a very short time, compared to the creator of Tekken who couldn't make the crossover with Street Fighter for more than 7 years.

Difference between motivated attic programmer with love for the product vs unmotivated paycheck worker just hoping to survive till the next paycheck

 

[WitchHunter]

Oh we need those 4 hour workdays, so creativity could flourish.

 

[March Climber]

He ain’t surprise. He is fine with the mod existing, but he’s not fine with the overwhelming requests from players who contact him over the mod.

Basically this. It's why Twitter is such a horrible site when it comes to much needed context.