Last week Tekken series director, Katsuhiro Harada, said that unlockable characters in fighting games are "outdated" and "no longer useful."“Personally speaking I quite like the idea of rewarding the players for what they’ve put into the game,” he said. “Often the unlocked characters are quite tricky ones. If you were to start playing with that character from the start you might not really like it so much, so I quite like letting the players play with basic characters and learn the basics first, and then move on when they’ve reached a certain level to more tricky characters.”
He also goes on to mention that the Western release of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom will have unlockable fighters.
Do you think unlockable characters should be phased out of future games, or do you think they're worth keeping?
