Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada has responded to a fan on social media criticising the new design of Anna Williams, stating "there will always be people like you".Yesterday Bandai Namco revealed Anna would be the next fighter to join Tekken 8 as part of its ongoing DLC roadmap, complete with a redesign of her look - as with many returning characters.However one fan shared their disappointment on social media requesting the old design return. "I don't like the new design," they wrote, "replacing Anna with this new character is the devs way at getting back at Anna fans for all these years of support makes me feel sad."Tekken 8 - Anna Williams Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube"While 98 percent of the fans are welcoming this, there will always be people like you," wrote Harada in response. "I understand and sympathise that it may not suit your personal taste, but if you prefer the old design, past works already exist. I am not taking those away from you."Also, you refer to yourself as 'Anna fans,' as if you represent all Anna fans, but you should express your opinion as an individual."Harada then referred to the impossibility of pleasing players, writing: "You threaten to quit if she isn't brought back. You complain the moment she is brought back. You demand that she be reverted after she has been completely redesigned from scratch, including her model and framework. And if she actually were reverted, you'd just say, 'That's recycling!'""Either way," he concluded, "your method of expressing your opinion and the content of your argument are entirely unconstructive, utterly pointless, and, above all, disrespectful to the other Anna fans who are genuinely looking forward to her."To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Harada additionally responded to a more positive response to Anna's design, and explained why he often responds to negative opinions."It's because these negative folks tend to have a narrow perspective," he said. "If I don't respond, they start spreading toxicity, saying things like, 'Why won't they engage with the community?!'"He responded to other negative comments too, stating: "If you don't like something, you don't have to buy it, you don't have to comment, and you can simply leave."Harada's comments exemplify the frustration of developers battling online toxicity. Take former PlatinumGames boss Hideki Kamiya, who called out "shitty leakers" in the wake of Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal, or Riot Games' head Anna Donlon who discussed the "current state of player behaviour" in Valorant and told toxic players to "play something else, we won't miss you".Harada caused confusion last month when he set his LinkedIn profile to "open to work", causing fans to worry he would be leaving Bandai Namco. He responded saying he wanted to "broaden [his] horizons by connecting with more people".Before Anna, Tekken 8 added Final Fantasy 16's Clive Rosfield as a DLC character.