Taking matters into their own hands, and with the help of a local gaming lounge owner and co-founder of TKM, Michale Florin, the island community set to work to unite players once again. "Everyone was thinking: 'When will there be a big Tekken event? Why aren't there big sponsors and tournament organisers interested in Tekken?", the group said. ""Everyone was waiting for a miracle," said Tekken Madagascar (TKM), the main organiser of tournaments for Malagasy players.
While similar communities exist in multiple African nations - most notably Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Mozambique - South Africa and Madagascar have also seen efforts from local players putting vast amounts of effort into getting their respective nations recognised on a greater scale.Ī similar need to celebrate Tekken and put players' skills on display was born in Madagascar where, in 2017, the island nation sought to bring about a revival of what had largely been an inactive tournament scene. More specifically, Tekken 7 has seen a greater rise in the number of new players joining. In South Africa and Madagascar, Tekken, another fighting game series, has garnered dedicated fanbases that regularly compete in both online competitions and at local in-person tournaments. The fighting game community in particular is one whose history can be dated back to the early 1990s when Street Fighter II ushered in an era of competitive 1v1 competition and whose legacy continues to this day with thousands anticipating the approaching launch of Street Fighter 6. These days, gaming communities are as varied as the genres they support.
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