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Morgan Park

Tekken boss once tried to get KFC's Colonel Sanders to join the roster, but the chicken superpower wouldn't budge: 'They weren't very open to the idea'

I love you colonel sanders.

Once upon a time, a magical collaboration between a fighting game franchise and worldwide fast food mascot almost took place, until a fried chicken conglomerate got in the way. I'm of course talking about Tekken and its director Katsuhiro Harada's attempt to bring KFC mascot Colonel Sanders on as a guest fighter. So much potential in that pairing, but it wasn't meant to be.

In an interview with TheGamer, Harada briefly told the story of reaching out to KFC during development of an unspecified Tekken game.

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