Tekken 8 poses problems for disabled players

There will be many important games in the market this year, not one of them more or less Tekken 8which directly competes with the next installment of the franchise Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1and up to The King of Fighters XV. To do this, it needs to attract the largest number of players possible, which is why accessibility options are varied, even for those with poor color vision.

through its platform Twitter, shared a clip of less than a minute, where we see the colorblind option of this new installment, which allows us to see characters with different line patterns, one with vertical lines and the other with horizontal lines. The tweet mentions that this can be considered as something innovative for gaming in general, but while it can be considered a positive thing, it also has a certain aspect that is not so good.

Here you can check it:

Why isn’t anyone talking about Tekken 8’s color blind accessibility. Literally no game has done this. pic.twitter.com/i8qdUYwpPP

– SJS Gatorl (@itwhiffed) December 27, 2023

Leader in Gaming Accessibility E.A, Morgan Baker Posted the following:

Please stop tagging me in the ‘colorblind’ stripe filter Tekken 8. I already have a migraine with aura and I can’t afford another one or worse right now I thank you all

A social network user also said this:

Terrible migraines since watching that thing… I can’t even sleep because of the pain.. The scratched filter gave me instant vertigo from an accidental 2-3 second clip. It is dangerous.

Game director Dr. in terms of speech. Katsuhiro Harada, Colorblind took to Twitter to defend the filter. Noting that his team received positive feedback regarding the accessibility settings, adding that very few people misunderstood the accessibility options or watched the video without actually trying it in-game. He also said that he and his team “have never claimed or advertised that these options cover all players’ color vision, so there will be exceptions.

Remember that Tekken 8 is turned on January 26 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.

Through: IGN

Editor’s note: I hope the game’s accessibility issues are fixed, as you can feel the great effort being put into its development. It’s not long before it’s released, so I wouldn’t rule out the day they confirm they’ve made a slight change.