Tekken Card Challenge

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Tekken Card Challenge

Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Namco
Release date(s)	JP 1999 JP 06/17/99
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T), PEGI 7+, OFLC: M
Platform(s)	WonderSwan
Media	N/A
Input	N/A

Tekken Card Challenge is a Tekken game released for the WonderSwan. It uses the characters from Tekken 3, plus an exclusive character to the game, Crow.

[edit] Gameplay

Tekken Card Challenge's battle mode

Tekken Card Challenge utilizes a system similar to its Pokémon counterpart. Two opponents are to fight at a time, with various cards for different maneuvers and a 100 point HP total for damage accumulation. The player begins with a hand of four cards, drawing more as the duel proceeds. The battle system is similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! in that the three types of cards perform in a rock, paper, and scissors pattern. Attack cards are played against each other to compare values with the loser being discarded and deducting HP, an attack card played against a defense nullifies each other (except in the case of a counter), and two block cards cancel each other out. There is also a minor system of air juggling, which can be quite damaging given the correct order of cards.

Tekken Card Challenge also provides the player with a variety of game modes. There is a link mode present, 1-player battle, and (the main mode) Adventure, which allows the player to unlock more characters and duel opponents. In adventure mode, the player is given movement of a character sprite in a full environment taken place on a 15 x 15 square grid to traverse. The point of each stage is to defeat each "duelist" given limited number of steps and gain entrance to the exit.