{"id":263148,"date":"2021-01-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/nier-automatas-2b-was-considered-for-tekken-7-before-she-joined-soulcalibur-vi\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:00:00","slug":"nier-automatas-2b-was-considered-for-tekken-7-before-she-joined-soulcalibur-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/nier-automatas-2b-was-considered-for-tekken-7-before-she-joined-soulcalibur-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"NieR Automata’s 2B was considered for Tekken 7 before she joined Soulcalibur VI"},"content":{"rendered":"
No-one can deny that NieR Automata<\/em>‘s exquisite but highly hazardous android 2B is a perfect fit for Bandai Namco’s fantasy fighter Soulcalibur<\/em>, and as such nobody really batted an eyelid when the hack ‘n’ slash hero was announced for <\/a>Soulcalibur VI<\/a> <\/em>back in 2018. But according to producer Katsuhiro Harada, things could have been different.<\/p> Speaking on Twitter, Harada noted that both his own fantastic fighter Tekken 7<\/em> and NieR: Automata<\/em> are both approaching the seven million sales milestone. This led the charismatic producer to recall how, initially, 2B was slated to make her fighting game debut in Tekken<\/em>, not Soulcalibur<\/em>, a move that would have seen the YoRHa android square off against the likes of King, Asuka Kazama, and Ling Xiayou.<\/p> “Originally, there was a time when 2B was planned to become a guest character for Tekken<\/em>, and we were moving forward with it behind the scenes,” remembers Harada<\/a>, in a series of tweets translated by Eventhubs’ Nicholas Taylor<\/a>. “However, the discussion changed to ‘Isn’t she actually a better fit for Soulcalibur<\/em>?’ and that’s what happened.”<\/p> Ultimately, I think we’d all agree that Soulcalibur<\/em> was a more snug fit for 2B, given her haute couture battle fashions and penchant for bladed weaponry. That said, it would’ve been great to see her throw down with Tekken<\/em>‘s Alisa Bosconovitch – all-out cyborg warfare that would probably shift the entire planet off its axis. Tekken<\/em> would go on to receive its own cast of guest stars, including Street Fighter<\/em>‘s Akuma<\/a>, Final Fantasy XV<\/em>‘s Noctis<\/a>, Fatal Fury<\/em>‘s Geese Howard<\/a> and… erm… The Walking Dead<\/em>‘s Negan<\/a>.<\/p>