What started as a meme has become a quest of sorts for Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada. Last summer, Harada became morbidly curious about the diner chain, asking his followers what the deal was with these brawls and the culture behind it. He tried to get an official collaboration going, similar to other past collabs with New Japan Pro Wrestling and The Walking Dead, but that doesn’t seem to be on the table.

Harada took to Twitter, updating his fans and followers on the situation and confirmed Waffle House has not returned his calls, but he is trying to think of a way around it.

“To be honest, within the bounds of what I can say, I fully understand your (you guys) request–that’s precisely why I had considered taking on this challenge,” Harada wrote. “In fact, I had already been thinking about it quite a while ago. Over the past year or more, I’ve actually tried to make contact through several different channels. However, and this is purely my own speculation, I suspect that the lack of response may be due to the fact that the project I’m known for revolves around fighting-themed video games. By the way, no response = very rare case.”

He did mention that maybe an homage or parody might be the best solution. “If using a different name or format is acceptable as long as the core message is maintained, then I would be willing to seriously reconsider and explore this again.” He had tossed around the name Hustle House, which seemed to catch on with his fans.

Since Waffle House seems out of reach, Season 2 of Tekken 8 already had some collabs coming with Pac-Man and Karate Kid Legends, along with much-needed balance adjustments.