Seeing that only a year had passed between the two games, one would expect that there would be minimal changes made, but that would prove to be false. Now in control of the Mishima Zaibatsu, the company announced a second tournament. Shortly after the tournament, the Kazuya threw his father's lifeless body down a cliff in an effort to rid himself of the man who had tortured him for so long. According to canon, it was Kazuya Mishima - son of Heihachi Mishima who had won the first Tekken tournament. This would actually become a trend that Namco would follow for the next couple of games. Tekken 2 Release History Arcade - 1995 PlayStation - 1996įollowing up on the success of the first game, Tekken 2 hit arcades a year later, and around the same time that the first game arrived on the PlayStation. This was indeed, a great start for Namco. Not only were the locales breath-taking and imaginative, but the animation of the fighters themselves turned the heads of a lot of people, especially those who hooked on 2D fighters. In Tekken this changed, as downed fighters could roll in any direction and then spring up with a fierce attack that could change the momentum of a fight.Īt the time, the visual quality of the game was stunning. Traditional 2D fighting games at the time didn't allow a player who has been knocked down to go on the offensive immediately, so the attacker had all of the advantage. Making the game even more unique was the concept of rising attacks after you had been knocked down. Eventually, he ended up at Nintendo, where he directed 1080 Snowboarding, Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2. Rather, most moves were very easy to pull off, and the usefulness of many attacks was determined by frames rather than damage.Īfter the release of Tekken 2, director Masamichi Abe left the company to pursue other ventures. Compared to 2D fighting games, Tekken didn't have special attacks such as fireballs or dragon punches, nor did it have attacks that were based on strength. This is most apparent in the way that you execute your attacks. Being one of the first 3D fighting games on the market, Tekken paved the way for future games to come.
The original Tekken featured eight playable characters, and the final boss, Heihachi Mishima.
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To this day, no other game has utilized this layout, which makes the Tekken series completely unique. Where Virtua Fighter uses a three button layout, Tekken adopted a unique four button configuration, with each button controlling a limb on a character's body (left and right arms and feet). In fact, the only trait that they share is the fact that they're 3D. Financed and sponsored by the giant financial groups, the Mishima Zaibatsu (Financial Empire) - of which Heihachi was the head of - the first Tekken tournament began with sixteen fighters, all with different motives for entering the championship.ĭespite the comparisons between Tekken and Virtua Fighter, the two series are vastly different from each other. A large purse of prize money would be awarded to the fighter who could defeat Heihachi Mishima in the final round provided incentive for warriors from all over the globe to enter. Tekken Release History Arcade - 1994 PlayStation - 1995Ī worldwide martial arts competition was announced, called "Tekken" or Iron Fist tournament. Join us as we take a look back at the myriad games that make up the Tekken lineage! Not when there are other competitors to deal with - including Namco's other franchise, Soulcalibur.
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With Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on the PSP and Tekken 6 on the PlayStation 3, the series is stronger as ever, and it's showing no signs of slowing down at all. The rivalry between the two games would prove to be part of a continuing fight between the two companies to one-up each other in the arcades, and on console as well. Sporting breakthrough 3D graphics and realistic fighting (for its time, let's face it, the fighting isn't that realistic anymore), Tekken was completely different from the rest of the competition at the time, and was considered a direct competitor to Sega's Virtua Fighter.
For Namco, this was the perfect opportunity to enter into the foray, and they did this with Tekken (Iron Fist) in 1994.
The original Virtua Fighter enjoyed quite a bit of success in Japan and abroad, and at the time, and with the introduction of the King of Fighters series and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, the competition was getting fiercer with each passing month. If you're a hardcore gamer, then this was the time to be one.Īrcades were especially hot. Some of the biggest titles had hit the shelves, including Star Fox, Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy VI. To most gamers who are now in their mid-20s or early 30s, this was the golden age of gaming. Think back to gaming in the mid-1990s, if you're old enough to remember it.
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