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The recently published demo version of Tekken 8 includes optional Color Support accessibility settings to support players with visual impairments, such as color blindness. The game’s director, Katsuhiro Harada, also joined the conversation on X by mentioning details behind the new implementation.
Harada revealed that he and his team had previously developed a test build of Tekken 7 with accessibility settings. However, the team never implemented the new settings to the public releases. They instead opted to polish the features further to be implemented well in Tekken 8.
Harada’s tweet, which also quotes the user-uploaded footage of the accessibility mode in Tekken 8, is available to view below. The quoted post also contains a thread showing screenshots of various accessibility settings from the game:
Accessibility settings have been widely discussed among game players and developers to support people with disabilities. Capcom has also added sound-based accessibility settings for Street Fighter 6, which came out earlier in June 2023. Sony Interactive Entertainment gave a Special Award to the game at PlayStation Partner Awards 2023 Japan Asia for having the accessibility features.
The demo version of Tekken 8, which also includes the Color Support accessibility settings, is immediately available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC. Bandai Namco will release the game’s full version on the same platforms on January 26, 2024.
