Tekken 8 Director claims getting the game to work on Switch 2 “would require a lot of work”

While many fans had hoped that the Nintendo Switch 2’s performance upgrade over its last-gen counterpart would allow for a greater degree of cross-platform parity, developers still need to go through their games with a fine-toothed comb in order to optimise the experience for Switch 2. Though many studios have already started to put in the work, Tekken 8 Director Katsuhiro Harada admitted that bringing the latest entry in the fighting game franchise to Switch 2 would “require a lot of work on the game to get it running on that hardware.”

While fighting game fans have plenty to enjoy on Switch 2, with the likes of Street Fighter 6 already present on the system, its contemporary – Tekken 8 – might not make it to Nintendo’s latest console.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada spoke on the possibility of the latest Tekken coming to the Switch 2, stating:

“It's an interesting option, and not totally off the table. But it would require a lot of work on the game to get it running on that hardware. From a business standpoint, [the Switch 2] is doing quite well, so it would be a very good business decision if you're trying to get a bigger audience. But the amount of work that would have to be done on the game makes it not a very easy decision.”

As expected, Harada didn’t entirely rule out the possibility, concluding by saying “At this point in time, there are no… (laughs) There is nothing to announce.”

As we saw with the aforementioned Street Fighter 6, developers are of course able to tweak many of the game’s aspects in order to squeeze out the necessary frame times for a competent Switch 2 port. As explained by Harada however, this takes time and work, and so we will have to wait and see whether Bandai Namco chooses to (eventually) bring Tekken 8 to Switch.

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