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“Tekken 7” is still on track with its 2017 release date for Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Windows, but there might be a few faces that will not return for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7. Jun Kazama, mother of Jin Kazama, and lover of Kazuya Mishima might be left out of the final battle in the Mishima clan saga. Fans of the Tekken series took to Twitter to ask Katsuhiro Harada, producer and co-creator of “Tekken” about Jun’s inclusion in the new title.

Harada was very straight to the point, and explained that because there wasn’t much of a demand for Jun outside of “Tekken Tag Tournament 2“, she might not make it into the final roster of “Tekken 7”. With as many new faces, and return characters as we’ve seen for “Tekken 7”, it’s pretty safe to say Jun still has time to make her debut if it will happen. Despite the popular opinion of her returning to TT2, the cinematic scenes she was featured in were not canon, so she hasn’t officially returned to the series.

So “if” online player data was tracked during TT2 (as the producers claim) then it’s pretty clear why some classic characters didn’t return to the normal roster including Michelle, Forest Law, and Alex and Jun. Because according to what producers and Harada have said, “Tekken 7” will mark the end of the blood feud between the Mishima and Kazama clan, and close their chapter forever. Well, time will tell I guess (we might get Jun in the shape of a DLC?).

“Tekken 7” is slated for release a Western release during early 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and PS4 .

Source:
Katsuhiro Harada

Credit:
Robin Ek – Editor