Sake
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| Origin | Japan |
| Voiced By | Katsuhiro Harada |
| Fighting Style | Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts |
| Age | Unknown |
| Blood Type | Unknown |
| Height | 177 cm |
| Weight | 63 kg |
| Occupation | Unknown |
| Hobby | Unknown |
| Likes | Unknown |
| Dislikes | Unknown |
Introduction[edit]
Sake (pronounced Sha-kay) is an irregular character that made his only appearance in the Arcade version of Tekken 3. Sake uses Yoshimitsu's Tekken 3 model, and Jin Kazama's moveset. For some time it was believed by fans that Sake was a prototypical version of Steve Fox. Sake was also going to be a middle boss before Ogre, and Kuma was originally planned to fight holding a large fish, which may have been Sake. Katsuhiro Harada revealed the following in a forum post on August 1st 2010:
"Regarding 'SAKE', this was included when we planned to implement a new animal character. But there were a few problems...
It was really a salmon so, no matter if you press punch or kick, the character just flops around making a flapping noise... At the time, one play was 100 yen (a little over a dollar) so that is the quality bar to keep in mind for customer satisfaction. So we thought players would get quite angry if they had to pay that much to play such a character, and we gave up on that character. That kind of character might be OK in a console version, but not for the arcade"[1].
The concept of Sake returned during a poll for Tekken Revolution's original character. The poll, however, was won by Eliza, and Sake did not receive a sizable amount of votes.
Story[edit]
Sake was rather populating the game as the game had already got 20 characters at that time. Namco's production team probably didn't have much time to re-do the whole code for character selection, so they buried the two raw characters in an as-is condition.
Media[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Sake uses Yoshimitsu's Tekken 3 body, and Jin Kazama's moves.
- Can be unlocked and playable using a cheat (on the Arcade version only).
- Sake was believed to be a Tekken 3 version of Steve Fox or female version of Yoshimitsu before its true nature was known.
- Sake is not featured in any opening or endings of any Tekken character or game.
- It's name, spelling and pronunciation is the same as the Japanese alcoholic beverage.
- The concept behind Sake as a character flopping around on the ground may have been used for Dr Bosconovitch.
- Sake reappeared as a voting option for Tekken Revolution's Original Character poll in it's Salmon incarnation. In the end, he got 5th place.
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