The European Tekken Cup 2023 was concluded earlier today. GL|Tetsu ended up taking the top spot at the Tekken 7 major using Claudio.
It ended up being quite the surprise when Katsuhiro Harada himself turned up to present the award to Tetsu. Not letting this opportunity go to waste, Tetsu opted to make a certain request of Harada while they were both on center stage.
“Bring back Lidia for Tekken 8!” said Tetsu into the microphone. In response, the audience began to laugh and cheer at Tetsu’s bold request.
Lidia Sobieska, the Prime Minister of Poland within the Tekken series, made her debut in Tekken 7 as one of the final DLC characters for the game via the Season 4 Pass alongside Kunimitsu.
Of the Tekken 7 DLC newcomers, only Leroy Smith returned for Tekken 8’s base roster. At this time, all 32 characters for Tekken 8’s launch roster have been revealed, meaning that fans of Lidia will have to potentially wait for a DLC announcement.
Regardless, everyone that’s familiar with Katsuhiro Harada’s approach surely knew what kind of response Tetsu was going to receive for this request. Indeed, Harada said his famous line.
“Don’t ask me for shi-” said Harada. Check it out below courtesy of Shahlan323 for clipping the scene: