Tecmos alltid deilig arrogante Dead or Alive-produsent Tomonobu Itagaki er igjen ikke nådig mot Tekken. Her fra intervju med 1up.com hvor konkurrenten Tekken 5 ble diskutert:
When asked whether Namco "chickened out of the online arena", Itagaki-san indicated that Namco's dalliance over online was symptomatic of their "weirdness".
"First they put in all of these half-finished 'features', then they take them right out again. Tag fights, elevation differences, walls. I don't know if it's because they're impatient, or because they lack the ability, but no matter the reason those guys are a pretty weird bunch," he told 1UP.
"Oh, and come on guys, let's quit trying to hide the prehistoric nature of the main product by tacking on some absurd 'bonus game'. I have been saying this for five years, haven't I? If you have the time to make an action-style 'bonus game', why don't you create an honest-to-god action game and sell it as a standalone product?""
Tja, det er jo noe sannhet i det, men ironisk nok er jo hans nyeste spill, Dead or Alive Ultimate, en remake av 4-5 år gamle Dead or Alive 2...