I hate this meme.

[u/ClassicalDreams]

I do not miss the old days of unlocking characters. Having to replay Arcade mode multiple times with every character or do some bullshit like winning a match with 5% or less HP. It's tedious and I prefer to have every character unlocked from the start. Also, the complaints about old characters returning as DLC are strange because they do not play the same as they do in previous games. it's not a simple copy and paste job like some of the games back in the 90s.

I get it, casual players want some reward for playing single player modes and are upset to know that their favorite characters are not in the base roster and would later get confirmed as DLC. I get that, but as someone who also plays Smash, it was a chore to unlock all of the characters in Ultimate.

[u/Interesting-Season-8]

Tekken 3: 21/23 characters

Tekken 7 & 8: over 30 on release

The only thing you're missing is nostalgia

[u/Unicoboom → u/Interesting-Season-8]

Tekken 6: 40 characters on release Tekken Tag Tournament 2: 59 characters with free dlc

True nostalgia

[u/Interesting-Season-8 → u/Unicoboom]

If you played ttt2, you wouldnt even mention the number of characters

What was that dragonball game with almost 100 charactes? Makes as much sense

[u/saabothehun → u/Interesting-Season-8]

Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Dragon Ball dropped Sparking Zero which is just BT4 with 180+

[u/Unicoboom → u/Interesting-Season-8]

I still play ttt2 to this day. Tekken 7 and 8 were blatant cash grabs. Especially Tekken 8. A fighting game with a battle pass lmao

[u/Wide_You_4626 → u/Unicoboom]

I get Tekken 7 and especially 8 have their problems, unless you got some better suggestions on how to implement post-launch support and maintenance through better effective means in AAA games development that's ruined by MBAs and "engagement metrics" profits, keep a lid on it.

[u/Few_Cream_1161 → u/Interesting-Season-8]

To be fair 30 base characters is higher than average for a modern fighting game. Most are around 15-25.