Tekken 7 will NOT have Invincibles

Eventhubs just posted an interview they had with Harada where he revealed that Tekken 7 will in fact not be bringing back the Invincibles seen in Tekken Revolution. You can see the full interview below.

EventHubs: Harada said that Catalina would be a character that beginners would find easy to use. But by that what is he referring to exactly? Does he mean that she'd have fewer moves than some of the other fighters, so beginners won't have to memorize as much when picking her up? In what sense will she be easier to play?

Katsuhiro Harada (interpreted through Michael Murray): It's not so much about the number of techniques. For people who know how to play Tekken, they'd know to try out different strings, right? Like Left Kick, Right Punch or something like that.

But for beginners, they're not going to think to try out these combinations. We've noticed that many beginners would just jam on the buttons -- usually something like Left Kick, Left Kick, Left Kick or Right Punch, Right Punch, Right Punch.

For Catalina, she will have strings that comprise entirely of repeated presses of the same button. So that when they're jamming on the buttons, at least there will be some cool and flashy moves that will come out. 

So in that sense Catalina will be easier to play, and [serve as] at the very least a foothold in the door.

EventHubs: In Tekken Revolution, for the first time fully invincible moves were introduced into the series, as opposed to the partially invincible High Crush and Low Crush move properties. Do you plan on including fully invincible moves in Tekken 7? We hear that these do not sit very well with stance characters who cannot block while in stance...

Harada: In general, elements from Tekken Revolution, such as fully invincible moves, will be not included in Tekken 7.

EventHubs: Since the location tests for Tekken 7 are coming up very soon, is there anything you could comment on with regards to system mechanics?

(Note: during the Mad Catz TGS stream, Harada did mention that there will be two new system mechanics in Tekken 7, after all)

Harada: Unfortunately, not at the moment. I would love for everyone to see the mechanics with their own eyes during the location test period.

EventHubs: What about existing mechanics like Bound and Rage? Could you comment on if they will be returning in Tekken 7?

Harada: ...For that, please look forward to finding out during the location tests.

Comments

[guest]

I played not so long ago in VF5:FS. I didn't knew movelists, mechanics. I only knew that there's punch, kick and block.
It was quite enough to get through the Arcade Mode with Akira Yuki. I am button masher, and that game also had potential for it. Tekken on the other hand is more difficult, I think that's why Harada plans to bring back "Tekken 2/Tekken 3" feeling - when majority of cast was rather easy, intuitive and fun to play That's why Tekken series became more popular.
Although with Tekken 5 and later installments, game became real "pain" - especially with rage and bound mechanics. Walls and multi-leveled arenas are also useless addition to the game IMO, gives advantage to first who will launch juggle craziness.

[xyz]

But it will have invincibles because lars is going to be in it. Kappa