Tekken Tag Tournament

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Tekken Tag Tournament is an update to Tekken 3 and is the fourth installment in the popular Tekken fighting game series. It, however, is not canonical to the Tekken storyline. The game was originally available as an update kit for Tekken 3, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 with improved graphics and new modes.

Gameplay

Tekken Tag Tournament, being the first Tekken title for the PlayStation 2, featured vastly detailed graphics and improved quality music. It was also notable for having the largest character roster in the series, boasting an extravagant 38 characters, all returning from the previous installments in the series, save for the boss character Unknown who has made her only appearance in this game. Finally, its most important feature is its tag system. A player selects two characters and may tag out between them to utilize special combos and throws.

Tekken Tag Tournament included a mini-game called "Tekken Bowl", that challenged the player to use a team of characters to play a bowling game. Depending on the player's selected character, different attributes would be placed into effect in the mini-game. For example, Bryan Fury has a powerful roll due to his super strength and can use a targeting system to make more accurate shots becasue of his cybernetic enhancements. A physically weaker character like Julia Chang would have a much less powerful strike, but would be easier to control when placing the spin and amount of force on the ball.

Story

Tekken Tag Tournament, being a non-canon game, features no storyline. It is more of a compilation of the Tekken series giving fans the opportunity to play as almost every character in the series up to that point.

Speculation

Much debate has come from fans regarding the game's boss character Unknown. Most speculate that Tekken Tag Tournament features all the fighters existing in a dream world, all coming to together (and subsequently) teaming up to fight a common evil. Some consensus regarding these speculations are evident by Unknown's CG ending, where she (apparently) escapes from the Wolf demon sprit possessing her body, as well as Ogre's ending depicting him (it) about to engage in a fight with Unknown. However, only further games may tell if these speculations (and Unknown's history) are notable to any canon.

Character Roster

Tekken

• Heihachi Mishima
• Kazuya Mishima
• Paul Phoenix
• Yoshimitsu
• King
• Nina Williams
• Michelle Chang
• Lee Chaolan
• Kuma
• Panda
• Kunimitsu
• Armor King
• Ganryu
• Anna Williams
• Wang Jinrei
• P. Jack

• Lei Wulong
• Jun Kazama
• Jack-2
• Baek Doo San
• Bruce Irvin
• Roger
• Alex
• Angel
• Devil

The boss character, Unknown, in a CG scene

• Eddy Gordo
• Hwoarang
• Ling Xiaoyu
• Jin Kazama
• Bryan Fury
• Forrest Law
• Julia Chang
• Mokujin
• Gun Jack
• Ogre
• True Ogre
• Tiger Jackson

Tekken Tag Tournament

• Unknown
• Tetsujin

Trivia

• Tekken Tag Tournament was originally for the arcade systems before a release to the PlayStation 2. The arcade version operated similarly, but ran on a 32 bit graphics engine like Tekken 3. It received upgraded graphics when is was ported to the home system.
• Tekken Tag Tournament is the one of the games in the series to be released in an alternate cover, which can be seen [here].(Other is Tekken 4.)
• It took up to three weeks to re-create a character in Tekken Tag Tournament, which included enhancing the graphics, adding new moves and programming.

 

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