Tekken is a
fighting gameFighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in one-on-one close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena...
and is the first of the series of the same name. It was released at
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in
1994-Events:*1994 — Nintendo calls this year "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".*March – Online gaming service, VGOL formed*April — Interactive Digital Software Association founded ; IDSA founds Entertainment Software Rating Board *June 24 — The Computer Game Developers Association...
and on the
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in
1995-Events:*May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek *May 11-16 — The 1st annual Electronic Entertainment Expo is held in Los Angeles, California....
and was later released again in
Tekken 5is the fifth installment in the popular Tekken series. This also marks Tekken
's 10th Anniversary.- Story :Mere moments after Jin's departure from Hon-Maru, helicopters start to approach the Dojo. The noise wakes Heihachi and Kazuya up, and moments later, a squadron of Jack-4's...
's Arcade History mode. It was
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and
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by
Namco, is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. The company is most famous for creating Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game in history...
.
Gameplay
Tekken is one of the earliest
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fighting game franchises, with the first game applying many of the concepts found in
Virtua Fighter by
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.
As with many fighting games, players choose a character from a lineup, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent.
Tekken differs from other hand-to-hand fighting games in some ways. Traditional fighting games are usually played with buttons which correspond to the strength of the attack, such as strong punch or weak kick.
Tekken, however, dedicates a button to each limb of the fighter, making learning special attacks more of an intuitive process. The player could watch the animation on screen and figure out the appropriate command (if the character kicks low with their right leg, the move is likely to be executed by pressing down and right kick, or a similar variation).
By default, there will be two rounds of combat. However, the players have a choice from one to five rounds, as well as options for the time limit of each round. If the winning character retains all his or her health without the time having run out, the announcer will say, "Perfect!" If the winning character is near knock out, the announcer will call, "Great!" Occasionally, both characters will be knocked out simultaneously, and the announcer will call "Double K.O." If the time limit for the round expires, the character with more health will be declared the winner. If one does not exist, the round will be a draw. In most cases, the announcer will call "K.O." when one character is victorious.
In the game, the name of the location was displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen. The locations were all real places and included
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(Cambodia),
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(USA),
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(USA),
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(Japan),
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(Italy),
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(Greece),
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(Antarctica), and
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(Japan). However, in later
Tekken games the location names were removed and the locations themselves became more generic.
Story
Heihachi Mishima, the powerful and ruthless owner of the multi-national Mishima Zaibatsu, has announced the King of the Iron Fist Tournament, a fighting competition with a one billion dollar cash prize. There are eight competitors, and one of them is an undefeated world champion who is apathetic towards the prize money and solely wants to take his revenge on Heihachi.
This man's name is Kazuya Mishima, the son of Heihachi. As history puts it, when Kazuya was five years old, Heihachi threw him off a cliff to see whether or not he was really his son (this would be determined by Kazuya's ability to survive the fall and climb back up). Kazuya did indeed survive the fall, but it left a deep and bloody scar on his chest which was slowly claiming his life. The Devil appeared before Kazuya, offering him the opportunity to retrieve his strength back to take his revenge on Heihachi in exchange for his soul. Kazuya, driven by anger and hatred, accepted.
The King of the Iron Fist Tournament takes place twenty-one years later, and by now Kazuya is an undefeated champion (the only blemish on his record being a draw against Paul Phoenix, another character from the game who wishes to win the tournament as well as defeat Kazuya). Kazuya enters the tournament, and ultimately makes it to the final round where Heihachi awaits him.
Kazuya and Heihachi clash in battle atop the same cliff from which Heihachi once tossed Kazuya, with the violent and bloody fight raging on for hours until Kazuya, powered by the strength given to him by the Devil, overpowers Heihachi and beats him into unconsciousness. Kazuya picks up his father's broken body, and drops it from the cliff. Smiling to himself in triumph, Kazuya is now the new owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Character Roster
Main Article:
List of characters in the Tekken series
Selectable Characters
- Jack
- Marshall Law
- Paul Phoenix
- Kazuya Mishima
- Michelle Chang
- Nina Williams
is a character from Namco's Tekken game series. She is known to be a cold-blooded assassin who had made her very first appearance in the original Tekken game and since has appeared in every Tekken game released...
- Yoshimitsu
- King
King is a video game character in the fighting game series Tekken. There are actually two Kings in the series, both of whom wore a jaguar mask in matches.-Tekken:King is a famous luchador from Mexico...
Unlockable Characters
- Prototype Jack
- Wang Jinrei
- Kuma
- Lee Chaolan
- Kunimitsu
- Anna Williams
- Ganryu
- Armor King
- Heihachi Mishima
is a fictional and one of the main characters in the Tekken fighting game series. He is one of only four characters to have appeared in every game in the series and he makes two appearances within the series as the final boss .He is also the only Tekken character aside from Yoshimitsu to be...
- Devil
Ports and related releases
Tekken was later
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to the
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. The PlayStation version allowed players to unlock mid boss characters when the game was beaten and had
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s. The PlayStation 2 version of
Tekken 5 features the arcade version of Tekken (being an emulated version of its arcade counterpart as well as the other two that were included in the arcade history mode).
In 2005, Namco re-released
Tekken as part of the
NamCollectionNamCollection is a collection of 5 PlayStation games by Namco in 2005 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. It was only released in Japan. Its was a portmanteau of Namco and Collection words....
compilation for the PlayStation 2 to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary.
Reception
Tekken was met with many positive reviews, with critics claiming it was a good start to the series. Its success and popularity has spawned five sequels. The
Tekken games have been highly popular with the martial arts community due to moves of the fighters being close to the actual style of fighting.
Tekken was the first PlayStation game to sell over a million units.
Guinness World Records awarded
Tekken with multiple records in the
Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. These include, "First PlayStation Game to Sell Over One Million Units", "First Fighting Game To Feature Simulated 3D", as well as a record for the entire series as "The Best Selling Fighting Series for PlayStation Consoles."
External links
- Tekken Zaibatsu page
- Tekken for PlayStation at GameSpot
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- Tekken for Arcade Games at GameSpot
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