So far, the official confirmation of Anna Williams for the current spin-off “Tekken 8” is still pending. A fact that, according to a small part of the community, is due to the fact that Anna is one of the characters that the developers don't like. But what does director Katsuhiro Harada say about all this?
After Anna Williams, Nina Williams' sister, appeared in the first “Tekken” in 1994, she has appeared in every spin-off in the past with a few exceptions.
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At the beginning of the year, “Tekken8” However, Anna's fans are still in for a treat. She was neither part of the character roster at launch, nor have those responsible at Bandai Namco Games announced Anna as a DLC character. A fact that a small part of the community attributes to a rumor that has cropped up again and again in the past.
According to the rumors, Anna Williams is a character who is quite unpopular with the developers. Consequently, Anna is only given a low priority internally. A rumor that Katsuhiro Harada, the director of “Tekken 8”, has now commented on.
Harada denies the rumors about Anna Williams
Harada said, “By the way, there is a small group of people who believe that Anna is not loved by the development team. They even claim that Anna is hated by the development team. Well, it doesn't matter because that's not true at all.”
“But the Anna portrayed in the story of Tekken is filled with many thoughts and feelings from me and the animation team.”
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The director added: “Originally, Nina was very popular with players from the beginning. There is a yin and yang to things, and Anna's popularity was often contrasted with Nina's. In Tekken 1 and 2, many mid-boss characters were convertible characters to other characters.”
“But we wanted to make Anna as unique as possible starting with Tekken 3 to increase her popularity.”
Anna Williams as DLC for Tekken 8?
Unfortunately, Harada did not use the statement to reveal whether and when Anna Williams will make her way into “Tekken 8”. Fans of Anna had to be patient for a while in the previous game. Nina Williams’ sister only made her way into the game with the second season pass. “Tekken7”.
“Tekken 8” was released at the end of January 2024 for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. After various updates and DLC characters like Eddy Gordo have been made available, the next content is already in the starting blocks. This includes a photo mode and more stories.
The complete roadmap and all other details about the upcoming content can be found here.
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