by This comes from a translation from Sakurai's book.
Interesting, course he said he didn't like fighting characters in Smash, but Little Mac and Ryu both got in.
Heihachi ended up with a Mii Fighter DLC costume though.
Masahiro Sakurai wrote:Interviewer: Between Bandai and Namco, were there any other strong candidates for inclusion as a fighter?
Sakurai: There were none. We basically thought of all the characters at the start of development. We decided on characters we knew we could make. However, there were a few in consideration, such as Heihachi from “Tekken.”
Interviewer: Heihachi!
Sakurai: That’s right. However, implementing Heihachi’s movement in Smash would be difficult…
Interviewer: It reminds me of the reaction when Snake was from “Metal Gear” was announced.
Sakurai: We’ll never top the shock of that reveal. But it all depends on the presentation. People were extremely excited when Megaman was revealed.
Interviewer: If Heihachi was included, I start to imagine that one of his palette swaps would have been him in his fundoshi [1] (laughs).
Sakurai: If we did that, we’d end getting in trouble with CERO [2] again (laughs).
Interesting, course he said he didn't like fighting characters in Smash, but Little Mac and Ryu both got in.
Heihachi ended up with a Mii Fighter DLC costume though.
