Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada has previously said that he'd love to get Colonel Sanders in the series as a guest fighter. Now, it turns out that he actually pursued this, only to be shot down by both his own bosses and KFC itself.
This comes from an interview with TheGamer's Axel Bosso, who sat down with the Tekken boss as well as the game designer, Michael Murray. Here, the pair explain why it's difficult to get brands to agree to these collaboration ideas - and why that means we probably won't get a Waffle House stage either.
"A long time ago, I wanted to have Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken fight," says Harada. "So, I asked to use Colonel Sanders and go to the head office in Japan."
Harada says he was given a "bad look", and the idea was shot down. He didn't try to fight it, so don't expect Colonel Sanders to appear in Tekken 8 anytime soon.
Murray goes into a bit more detail on how this played out.
"[Harada] went to Kentucky Fried Chicken and tried to get Colonel Sanders. [...] they weren't very open to the idea," he says. "[Colonel Sanders] appeared in...
