Tekken Tag Tournament

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Tekken Tag Tournament
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Native resolution 640x480
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release date Arcade

Summer 1999
PlayStation 2
JPN March 30, 2000
NA October 25, 2000
EUR November 24, 2000
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Input methods 8-way joystick, 5 buttons; DualShock 2
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Namco System 12

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. Tekken Tag Tournament was originally for the arcade 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 it was ported to the home system. Tekken Tag Tournament is one of the two games in the series to be released in an alternate cover, which can be seen here (the other being Tekken 4).

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[edit] 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 39 characters, all returning from the previous installments in the series, save for Unknown, the boss character, and Tetsujin, a costume swap for Mokujin. Both Unknown and Tetsujin have only appeared 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. When in Team Battle mode, the fights are also tag fights unless there is one person left on a team where they will fight alone.

Tekken Tag Tournament included a minigame 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 he can use a targeting system to make more accurate shots because 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.

[edit] 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, including many of those that had apparently been killed off in the main Tekken storyline. Of all the returning characters, Kazuya Mishima was the most heavily promoted, since he featured prominently on the game's cover art and promotional material, despite his absence from the previous entry in the Tekken series (he would return in Tekken 4).

[edit] Character roster

[edit] Returning characters

[edit] New characters

[edit] Trivia

  • If the player chooses Kazuya and Devil on the same Tag Team, Kazuya will transform into Devil (and vice-versa) instead of them tagging.
  • Marshall Law, the Jack robot from the original Tekken game, the first King, the first Kuma, and Doctor Boskonovitch, as well as Gon, the manga character who appeared in the PlayStation version of Tekken 3, were not included as characters in Tekken Tag Tournament. However, Doctor Boskonovitch makes a cameo in the Tekken Bowling minigame.
  • The amount of health in the health bar is raised.
  • Ling Xiaoyu has a secret extra outfit, only accessible via the random character select box. It is a green version of her square and triangle attire.[citation needed]
  • Due to TV conversion issues, the PS2 PAL version was slower than its NTSC or JAP counterparts.

[edit] Reception

Tekken Tag received positive reviews with critics. GameSpot giving it a 9.6 out of 10. IGN gave it an 8.7 out of 10 praising its graphics and character moves.

[edit] Port

Tekken Tag Tournament was later ported as a launch title for the PlayStation 2 with improved graphics and new modes. Tekken Tag Tournament also enabled players to play one on one as well as an all new Tekken Bowl mode.

In 2007, IGN listed Tekken Tag Tournament as the 23rd best game on the PlayStation 2.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ IGN article Retrieved on June 11
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