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Tekken fans pester developer to add a Waffle House stage
Are you a bad enough dude to fight at the Waffle House?
All the posts seemingly got to Harada, who finally asked, “Why?” The resulting thread on X was a neat bit of American / Japanese cultural exchange in which fans explained the deep lore of the Waffle House franchise and why it’d make for a fitting addition to the King of the Iron Fist Tournament. And because it remains open rain or shine or worse, feeding families and the inebriated alike, it’s developed a bit of a reputation for hosting knock-down, drag-out fights that often go viral on social media. In Harada’s X thread, one commenter explained the Waffle House phenomena quite succinctly: “Overworked and underpaid drunk Southerners with communication issues and insomnia consume fried sugary snacks in a confined space with bad lighting and uncomfortable seating attended to by questionable customer service reps with military grade combat skills.”
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