Due to the differences in 2D and 3D graphics, seasoned Tekken developers Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray do not believe that a compilation of old Tekken games would be successful. Retro games from the 1990s, like Tekken 3, have been among the Tekken series' best-received releases.

For lovers of the fighting game genre, Tekken has been a mainstay from the days of arcades to home consoles. Whether it's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 or Tekken 8, Bandai Namco's franchise has received recognition for the developer's excellent work throughout the course of its three decades of existence. With Tekken, Bandai Namco has so far refrained from employing this strategy, in contrast to Capcom, another Japanese company that is repackaging and adapting its classic fighting games to contemporary platforms. And from the comments made recently by seasoned series developers, it seems that this might stay the case for the foreseeable future.

Tekken 8 co-producer Harada stated in an interview with TheGamer that he doesn't think a compilation of old games would be appropriate for Tekken because its early games have 3D visuals instead of the 2D graphics found in Capcom's classic fighting games. It was explained by him that people who play 3D fighting games "tend to play the latest installment" and that the polygon character models from the early Tekken games wouldn't appear "nearly as impressive" as they did. The executive producer of Tekken goes on to say that 2D fighting games don't have this problem because they're "just sprite characters and stuff," and thus "don't seem to age graphically that much."

However, Murray, who was interpreting for Harada, offered his own thoughts on the subject as well. Like Harada, he believes that 3D fighting games don't age as well as 2D games do. Still, he conceded that he may be attracted to play a fighting game with antiquated 3D graphics "for a little while" if the gameplay delivered something "drastically different," like Tekken Tag 2 against Tekken 7. Harada recently hinted that long-serving Tekken developers might quit after the upcoming game, leaving the possibility of a compilation of older Tekken titles up to the discretion of younger developers.

Since neither of the two Tekken veterans is enthusiastic about the prospect of a throwback game compilation, it is pretty much official that fans of the series shouldn't anticipate anything similar to Capcom Fighting Collection for Bandai Namco's fighting game franchise. Thus, it appears that there isn't much chance for those who would like to play beloved games like the first Tekken on contemporary systems. That being said, players nowadays still have a need for older Tekken games. Many people purchase collections like Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics because they are nostalgic, and contemporary ports of classic games satisfy this need.