Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection

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Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
PSP US box art
Developer(s) Namco
8ing/Raizing (PSP)
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
Release date Arcade
JP December 2005
NA February 2006
PlayStation Portable
JP July 6, 2006
EU September 15, 2006
AUS September 14, 2006
PlayStation 3
JP December 12, 2006
NA March 1, 2007
EU March 23, 2007
AUS March 23, 2007
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer (PS3 version)
Rating(s) CERO: B
ESRB: Teen
OFLC: M
PEGI: 16+
Media Arcade board, UMD, Download
Input methods Arcade Stick, PSP, SIXAXIS

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (Tekken: Dark Resurrection for the PSP version) or referred to as Tekken 5.2/Tekken 5.5 is an update to Tekken 5 and the seventh game in the Tekken series. The game was first released in the arcade in Japan in 2005 and in North America in 2006, and was ported to the PSP later that year. The game was also released as downloadable content on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network online service in 2007.

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[edit] Story

Following the conclusion of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, Heihachi Mishima defeated Kazuya Mishima and led him to Honmaru Temple, planning to let both his son Kazuya and his grandson, Jin Kazama, battle and steal their respective "Devil Genes." However, Jin defeats both of his predecessors and flies away, leaving the latter two unconscious. Shortly after, several Jack-4 robots invade the compound, programmed to take Heihachi's life. Initially, Kazuya and Heihachi fight the Jack-4s as a team, but eventually Kazuya throws Heihachi across the room as soon as he notices that Heihachi is getting tired. Then, Kazuya turns into Devil Kazuya and escapes, leaving Heihachi to deal with the Jack-4s by himself. They quickly overwhelm him and self-destruct, leaving Heihachi seemingly dead. The explosion however, revives Heihachi's father Jinpachi Mishima from his 50 year slumber chained up beneath the Temple, and proceeds to reclaim the Mishima Zaibatsu. A few months later, the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 is announced. It turns out that Heihachi in fact survived the explosion, and now pledges to find out and "break the neck of the one who started this ridiculous tournament!"

[edit] New Features

Over 35 stages are available in total, including new stages such as a redesigned forest stage from Tekken 3. Most of the existing stages from Tekken 5 have also been reworked, such as being set in different times of day, or with differing setpieces (The Burning Temple stage, for instance, is no longer burning, but is now an Autumn leaf showered arena) as well as remixed stage themes to match. The original versions of these stages are still available in the arcade version and unlockable in the PlayStation 3 version.

There are more customization items for each character, and for the first time Mokujin and Eddy Gordo can be customized as well. All characters are now available to begin with, rather than having to be unlocked by completing the game with each character. The default colors for all the characters have been changed (for instance, Kazuya's formal attire has been changed from purple to white and Jin Kazama's gym pants' flames are now red rather than white).

The player can customize the characters to don their original Tekken 5 colors. Hwoarang's footpads, which were previously unable to be customized, are now available to allow players to change their colors. All of the items from Tekken 5 are present, as well as a number of new items. These include auras which change colours depending how a player ranks their characters. All extra costumes from Tekken 5 are also present, and some have even been made customizable (such as Ling Xiaoyu and Asuka Kazama's school uniforms).

Many of the characters have new animations, which can be viewed before and after a battle. The three animal characters have had their custom color regions expanded/reworked, including color options for Roger Jr., Kuma and Panda's fur. These characters have more expressive facial animation (mouth movement for example).

Eddy is now a standard character, separate from Christie Monteiro for the first time since Tekken Tag Tournament (before Christie was introduced as a character in Tekken 4), with his own character select space and customization items. Armor King is a standard character with his own set of moves, sharing less of King's. All characters have new and balanced-out moves as well as some updated move commands. During battles and intermissions Jinpachi Mishima has an altered appearance, with a skin texture like veins of fire or flowing magma, and a glowing white horn protrudes from his forehead.

The selection screen and battle loading screen sport new CG renders of each character. Also, many of the characters have had the colors of their Tekken 5 outfits changed, and can subsequently be seen in the selection screen and the battle loading screen CG renders, as well as during gameplay.

[edit] Gameplay

Along with the many additions to the PlayStation 2 port, the Arcade Battle has been upgraded by adding twelve more ranking titles and removing one: Conqueror. Tekken Lord is no longer the highest ranking like it was in Tekken 5. Dark Lord is one ranking above Tekken Lord and the highest ranking is Divine Fist.

Divine Fist is only achieved by successfully completing all of the league matches, survival tournaments and ranking tournaments in Tekken Dojo mode. The opportunity is offered once a promotion chance is offered sometime in the Heaven Dojo, the sixth stage in Tekken Dojo mode. Obviously it is only offered when the player is ranked as a Dark Lord.

Another addition to Arcade Battle is that it now keeps track of the player's statistics. Each character has a clean slate once they begin playing Arcade Battle. During selecting a character, loading a match and battling an opponent, the player can see their alias, ranking, what region they hail from, their wins, losses and percentage.

[edit] Ports

The North American cover of the PSP version.
The North American cover of the PSP version.

[edit] PSP version

The PSP version runs at full 60FPS during matches (although it reverts to around 30 fps for the pre-fight and post-fight cinematics). The game features game sharing, which means that only one copy of the game is needed to play over ad-hoc. The game runs on version 2.6 firmware for the North American version, and the European version requires version 2.71.

Other modes include Tekken Dojo, where the player fight ghosts of other players that can be uploaded and downloaded online. They can also download official ghost packs from arcades all over the world.

In Gold Rush mode, the player fights for in-game cash. New versions of Tekken Bowl and Command Attack; bonus games from Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken 4, are also included.

Due to the PSP d-pad's lack of protrusion, Namco produced a special d-pad attachment that sits on top of the PSP's d-pad that came with early releases of the Japanese and Asian versions of the game, as well as pre-ordered copies of the US version. The European version did not include this accessory.

Tekken: Dark Resurrection for the PSP was one of the most successful games of Summer 2006. In the US game charts Dark Resurrection was 5th on the list of the best selling games for July-August. This game has also been confirmed to have sold over a million units worldwide[1].

[edit] PS3 version

Although Tekken: Dark Resurrection had positive reviews and sales, it had disappointed many hardcore Tekken players that the game was not available on a PlayStation home console, as all other installments had been. As handhelds cannot be taken to a competitive level that home consoles can, Namco Bandai announced that the game would be ported to the PlayStation 3. The game retained the numeric title of the Arcade version, unlike the PSP version.

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection was first made available on the Japanese PlayStation Store on December 12, 2006. At $16, it made Dark Resurrection the most expensive game available for download. The North American version was made available on March 1, 2007 for $19.99, while the European version was released on March 23, 2007 in conjunction with the PAL launch for GBP 6.99/EUR 9.99. It is also available at the Singapore PlayStation Store for S$24.99 (US$1 = approximately S$1.55).

While the PSP version is a visually scaled down version of the Arcade build, the PS3 version retains its original graphical performance, running at 60 frames per second[2], and supports full 1080p HD resolution. The game features the same modes as the Arcade version, including ghost battles and a gallery mode, while Jinpachi Mishima is playable for the first time. However, unlike its PSP counterpart, the PS3 version lacks additional gameplay modes, such as Story mode, Bonus mode, Practice mode, and Survival mode. However, the latter two have been added in a recent downloadable patch.[3]

The patch, which was released on the Japanese Store on August 1, 2007 [4] and on the North American Store on August 30, 2007, [5] contains an Online Versus mode, as well as Online rankings, a Practice mode and a Survival mode.[6] The European version of the online patch was released on November 8th. In Europe, the upgrade costs 5.99 € (£3.49), while the full game including the patch is priced at 19.99 € (£14.99).

[edit] Character roster

Before Tekken 6 released, the PS3 version Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection sported the largest number of characters in a cannonical Tekken fighting game (because of Jinpachi being selectable). Tekken Tag Tournament was not cannonical to the Tekken storyline.

[edit] Returning characters

[edit] New Characters

[edit] Reception

[edit] Reviews

Publication Score
GameSpot 9.2/10
GameSpy 4.2 out of 5
IGN 8.2/10
PSM Magazine 9/10
Official PlayStation Magazine 9/10
Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK 10/10
X-Play 4/5
Joker[disambiguation needed] 90/100
Compilations of multiple reviews
Game Rankings 88%

[edit] Awards

  • IGN Best PSP Fighting Game of 2006[7]
  • IGN Best Graphics Technology on PSP in 2006[8]
  • IGN Runner Up PSP Best Offline Multiplayer Game of 2006[9]
  • IGN Best Fighting Game of 2006[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sales Retrieved June 11
  2. ^ Gamezone
  3. ^ Tekken online
  4. ^ ONLINE « SDTEKKEN.COM - Tekken News Resource!
  5. ^ THE WAIT IS OVER… « SDTEKKEN.COM - Tekken News Resource!
  6. ^ Tekken online
  7. ^ IGN Awards Retrieved June 11
  8. ^ IGN Awards Retrieved June 11
  9. ^ IGN Awards Retrieved June 11
  10. ^ IGN Awards Retrieved June 11

[edit] External links

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