Bandai Namco is planning to update Tekken 8’s accessibility options after players raised safety concerns about some of its colour blind filters.
Tekken 8 director says players raising accessibility concerns "have misunderstood the options"
31.12.2023 - 19:19 / eurogamer.net / Bandai Namco / Katsuhiro Harada
Fans and accessibility advocates alike have reached out to Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada in a bid to have its colourblind options revised ahead of the game's release next month.
After videos and screenshots showcasing the fighting game's accessibility modes went viral over the festive period, colourblind players and accessibility advisers reached out to the Tekken team on social media alleging they fell ill with vertigo and migraines after testing the alternative modes.
The video below illustrates the issue but please refrain from watching if you know or suspect you may have epilepsy, as some accessibility advisers believe it may cause Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP):
«You urgently need to remove one of your filters (the striped one), it cannot be present at launch as it may hospitalise players (or worse), in the same way as the infamous Pokémon episode,» said accessibility specialist, Ian Hamilton.
«The approach with the filters in general would benefit from rework, they generally don't help. The intent was good and the technology is good, but the focus should be on players with low vision, not colourblindness, filters aren't a fix for colourblindness.»
The approach with the filters in general would benefit from rework, they generally don't help. The intent was good and the technology is good, but the focus should be on players with low vision, not colourblindness, filters aren't a fix for colourblindness.
«At the very least, it should be deleted, the way that people find out they're prone to seizures, which can be fatal (SUDEP), is by having one,» Hamilton warned.
«The intent, behind it, i.e. separating characters by something other than hue, is fantastic. But this isn't the way to achieve that.»
Director Katsuhiro Harada responded by saying that «a few people, albeit very few, have either misunderstood the accessibility options we are trying, or have only seen the video without actually trying them out in the demo play».
«We have 'multiple types of colour vision options' for players with different colour vision, not just one pattern,» Harada said. «In addition to that, there is also a brightness adjustment for effects, and an overall brightness adjustment, and with those, there is quite a range of adjustment.
»On top of that, we have never claimed or publicised that these options cover all players' colour vision (although it has been talked about by a favourable community as a result)."
A few people, albeit very few, have either misunderstood the accessibility options we are trying, or have only seen the video without actually trying them out in the demo play.
We have «multiple types of color vision options» for players with different color vision, not just…
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