Katsuhiro Harada on why he thinks Nintendo chose Namco for the next Smash games

Why did Nintendo choose Namco to produce the next Smash games to produce the next Smash games along with Sakurai? Well, it's not known exactly why, but Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada has a possible reason. According to him, Namco has 17 years of experience with fighting games due to making the Tekken games, and since Smash Bros. is a fighting game, Namco may be a good choice for producing the next games in the series. In addition, he also mentions that Namco has a good relationship with Nintendo and Sakurai.

"I think Nintendo chose us just because Smash Brothers is a fighting game. We have over 17 years of continuously developing titles in our franchise [Tekken], I think they felt we were a choice for that. Also, we’ve continually developed a very good relationship with Nintendo. Maybe not necessarily in the public spotlight but kind of behind the scenes. We have established a very good working relationship with them. Not just Nintendo, but as a company, we have a very good relationship with Sakurai-san at Sora as well. I think that we are in very good position to make a great game for the Smash Brothers series."

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/08/24/tekken-producer-on-why-nintendo-chose-namco-bandai-for-super-smash-bros/

I'm personally not a fan of the Tekken games so I'm a bit worried.

Well, with that experience, I hope they don't fail us.

Ps: sorry everyone for my absence and that I have not posted anything for the past few days. School starts back tomorrow and I have been in the process of getting everything ready. My daily posting will hopefully resume tomorrow (in the afternoon at lease).