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Tekken
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast (as a part of Bleemcast!)
Release date (Tekken) 1994 - 1995
(Tekken 2) 1995 - 1996
(Tekken 3) 1997 - 1998
(Tekken Tag Tournament) 1999 - 2000
(Tekken 4) 2001 - 2002
(Tekken 5) 2004 - 2005
(Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection) 2005 - 2006
(Tekken 6) 2007 - 2008
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer

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An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo.

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The Tekken series is one of the earliest 3D fighting game franchises, with the first game releasing less than two years after Virtua Fighter. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer For other meanings see Tekken. Tekken is a Fighting game and is the first of the series of the same name Virtua Fighter is a 1993 Fighting game developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group There are five Tekken sequel games: Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, and Tekken 5. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Tekken 2 is the second installment in the popular Tekken Fighting game series Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken Fighting game series Tekken Tag Tournament is an update to Tekken 3 and is the fourth installment in the popular Tekken Fighting game series Tekken 4 is the fifth installment in the Tekken series for the PlayStation 2. is the fifth installment in the popular Tekken series Story Mere moments after Jin's departure from Hon-Maru helicopters start to approach the Dojo An update of Tekken 5, and a further update titled Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection have also been released. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection ( Tekken Dark Resurrection for the PSP version or referred to as Tekken 5 Tekken 6 is also announced to be in development for release in arcades (the game is currently undergoing location testing in Japan) and on the PlayStation 3 console in 2008. is the latest installment of Namco 's Tekken series which was released to Japanese arcades on November 26, 2007. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Events June 28: Blizzard Entertainment announces Diablo III at Paris France.

The Tekken series also includes Tekken Advance, (a GBA version of Tekken 3) which was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. Tekken Advance is a fighting game released for the Game Boy Advance. Events Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts John Carmack of Id Software However, Namco did not release any other Game Boy Tekken titles subsequently, due to the franchise's exclusive deal on the PlayStation platform. ( SCEI) is a Japanese Video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry mostly in Video game consoles and is a full A PSP version of Tekken 5 retitled Tekken: Dark Resurrection, was released in Japan and the U.S. in summer 2006. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection ( Tekken Dark Resurrection for the PSP version or referred to as Tekken 5 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events January 26 2006 -- Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld the Nintendo DS Lite. The European version was released September 15, 2006. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

As with many fighting games, players choose a character from a lineup, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent. A player of a Game is a participant therein The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in Game theory and in ordinary recreational Games Close combat has two close meanings which sometimes overlap Close quarters battle and Hand to hand combat. It is primarily a competitive two player series, but a human player can fight an AI-controlled character for practice or amusement.

In the original Tekken game, the characters would fight on arenas. The name of the location was displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen. The locations included Angkor Wat, Szechwan, Monument Valley, Chicago, Kyoto, Fiji, Lake Windermere, Venezia, Akropolis, King George Island, and Chiba Marine Stadium. Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) (អង្គរវត្ត is a Temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II ( Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western China with its capital in Chengdu. Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona (around) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य Windermere is the largest natural Lake in England. It has been one of the country’s most popular places for holidays and summer homes since 1847 when the Kendal Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Acropolis (Gr akros akron edge extremity + polis city pl acropoleis King George Island (Argentina Isla 25 de Mayo, Chile Isla Rey Jorge Russian historical name - Vaterlo (Waterloo) is the largest of the is a Stadium in Chiba City, Japan. It is primarily used for Baseball, and is the home field of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Subsequent Tekken games do not have the names of real locations displayed in-game during fights.

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). Traditional fighting games, such as Street Fighter, involve inputting commands as rapidly and accurately as possible, whereas Tekken slows the action down, emphasizing rhythm, strategy, and deception over speed. or commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of Fighting games in which the players pit combatants from around the world each with his or her own

The Tekken games are popular within the martial arts community thanks primarily to the fact that most of the characters' fighting techniques can be found in real life martial arts. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. However, there are questions as to the accuracy of the style labels ascribed to certain characters. For example, in previous releases of the game, the character Paul Phoenix is listed accurately as fighting using integrated martial arts based on judo, despite judo not generally allowing punching and kicking, especially in competition. Paul Phoenix is a video game character from the Tekken fighting game series meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late Similarly, the character Marshall Law is listed as being a practitioner of "martial arts", which is not a specific discipline. Marshall Law is a character in the Tekken Fighting game series Similarities exist between Marshall Law and Bruce Lee, including Jeet Kune Do as well as appearance. Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the Jeet Kune Do ( Chinese: 截[[Wiktionary 拳|拳]] 道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit The misunderstanding concerning Marshall Law's "martial arts" is commonly attributed to the fact that in the manual for the American PlayStation release of Tekken 2, the translator for the manual missed a small pun where Marshall Law practiced 'Marshall arts', a reference to his own name. Other Tekken characters also draw heavily from real life action heroes, such as Lei Wulong and Craig Marduk, video game analogues of Jackie Chan, and large wrestlers/mixed martial artists, such as Bill Goldberg, Nathan Jones, and Bob Sapp, respectively. Lei Wulong ( Chinese: 雷 武龍 Pinyin: Léi Wǔlóng, Japanese: レイ・ウーロン Rei Uron) is a fictional character Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director William Scott Goldberg 2 time United States Heavyweight Champion In early 1998 Goldberg defeated the likes of Brad Armstrong at SuperBrawl VIII Nathan Darren Jones (born August 21 1970) is an Australian Actor and professional wrestler. Robert Malcolm Sapp aka Bob "The Beast" Sapp (born September 22 1974) Namco themselves have stated that the styles in Tekken are not supposed to accurately represent real styles, but merely give the impression of them. Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, Yoshimitsu and Heihachi Mishima have been in all Tekken games. 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 is a fictional and one of the main characters in the Tekken Fighting game series

Apart from Yoshimitsu and Heihachi, there are many crossovers between Tekken and the Soul series, such as King's mask available for custom characters in Soulcalibur III, and Ivy's hairstyle for Anna in Tekken 5. Soul is a Weapon -based Fighting game series by Namco. The series revolves around a sword that after years of bloodshed and hatred gained is a Fighting game produced by Namco and is the Sequel to Soulcalibur II and is the fourth overall installment in the Soul Yoshimitsu and Heihachi, being originally Tekken characters, obtained many new moves when brought to the Soul series. In later Tekken games, some of these attacks were added to their moves lists.

Gameplay

Kazuya vs. King in Angkor Wat.
Kazuya vs. King in Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) (អង្គរវត្ត is a Temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II

The Tekken series uses separate buttons for right and left limbs, resulting in four buttons, while most other 3D fighting games used two buttons. Other trademarks include throw escapes, and starting from Tekken 2, autoblock. Each iteration was improved upon both graphically and technically. Tekken 3 introduced the ability to move into the foreground or away from the background, commonly referred to as "sidestepping. " Also, Tekken 3 reduced recovery time after being knocked down then previous games and each game afterwards include rolls to recover instantly after hitting the ground; allowing the player to get back into the fight instead of pounding buttons. Tekken 4 gave characters even greater mobility by adding true 3D movement while simultaneously including geometrically complex arenas with unleveled ground, obstacles, and walls. This differed from previous Tekken games, where all of the arenas were level and contained no boundaries, meaning the player could walk forward or backward without limit. Tekken 5 saw the return of both walled and infinite arenas, with the fluid mobility of Tekken 4 being toned down to appease many players who felt it made the game more focused on evasion. Tekken Tag Tournament, released between Tekken 3 and Tekken 4, is not a part of the Tekken storyline. The game allowed each player to control one of the two selected fighters, who could be tagged in and out of the fight by the additional fifth button, which can be used for tag team attacks and juggles, amongst other tactics. Otherwise, Tag Tournament used much of the Tekken 3 gameplay engine and reintroduced characters who weren't available since Tekken 2.

Rounds

By default, there are 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 limit expiring, the announcer will call, "Perfect!" If the winning character is near knock out, the announcer will call, "Great!" It is possible that both characters can 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 both players have equal health remaining, the round will be a draw. In other cases, the announcer will call "K. O. " when one character is triumphant.

Characters

Tekken is notable and praised for depicting its characters with visual flair and style. Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. Many characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil, while others like Roger Jr. and Kuma provide comic relief. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize. When a player selects a character, completion of the game would assume that particular character won the tournament and their ending is shown, hence there are multiple endings depending on which character is chosen by the player. The plot of subsequent games in the series, however, assumes only one of the endings to be correct. The overarching plot of the series revolves around the Mishima family (Heihachi, Kazuya, Jin and most recently Jinpachi), who together are the only characters to host and win the tournaments canonically in the series so far. is a fictional character and one of the main characters in the Tekken Videogame series. is a fictional character in the Tekken Fighting game series He is one of the most recognizable characters in the series being featured

Character Tekken Tekken 2 Tekken 3 Tekken
Tag Tournament		 Tekken 4 Tekken 5 Tekken 5:
Dark Resurrection		 Tekken 6
Alex NoN YesY NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
Angel NoN YesY NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
Anna Williams YesY YesY YesY YesY NoN 1 YesY YesY YesY
Armor King YesY YesY NoN 2 YesY NoN NoN YesY YesY
Asuka Kazama NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY
Azazel NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 3
Baek Doo San NoN YesY NoN YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY
Bob NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY
Bruce Irvin NoN YesY NoN YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY
Bryan Fury NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Christie Monteiro NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY
Combot NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN
Craig Marduk NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY
Devil YesY YesY NoN YesY NoN 2 NoN 2 NoN NoN
Devil Jin NoN NoN NoN 2 NoN 2 NoN 2 YesY YesY YesY
Doctor Boskonovitch NoN NoN 2 YesY NoN 2 NoN 2 NoN 1 NoN 2 NoN
Eddy Gordo NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY 5 YesY 5 YesY YesY
Feng Wei NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY
Forrest Law NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN NoN 1 NoN NoN
Ganryu YesY YesY NoN YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY
Gon NoN NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN
Gun Jack NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN NoN 1 NoN NoN
Heihachi Mishima YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Hwoarang NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Jack YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN
Jack-2 NoN YesY NoN 5 YesY NoN NoN 2 NoN NoN
Jack-5 NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN
Jack-6 NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY
Jin Kazama NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Jinpachi Mishima NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 3 YesY 4 NoN
Julia Chang NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Jun Kazama NoN YesY NoN 2 YesY NoN 2 NoN NoN NoN
Kazuya Mishima YesY YesY NoN 2 YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
King YesY YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN
King II NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Kuma YesY YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN
Kuma Jr. NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Kunimitsu YesY YesY NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN 5 ?
Lee Chaolan YesY YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Lei Wulong NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Leo NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY
Lili NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY
Ling Xiaoyu NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Marshall Law YesY YesY NoN 2 NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY
Michelle Chang YesY YesY NoN 2 YesY NoN NoN 1 NoN NoN
Miguel Caballero Rojo NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY
Miharu Hirano NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY 5 NoN NoN NoN
Mokujin NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY
Nancy MIS47J NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN 3
Nina Williams YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Ogre NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN 1 NoN NoN NoN
Panda NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Paul Phoenix YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Prototype Jack YesY YesY NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
Raven NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY
Roger NoN YesY NoN YesY NoN NoN 1 NoN 2 NoN
Roger Jr. NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY
Sergei Dragunov NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY
Steve Fox NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY YesY YesY YesY
Tetsujin NoN NoN NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
Tiger Jackson NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
True Ogre NoN NoN YesY YesY NoN NoN 3 NoN NoN
Unknown NoN NoN NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN NoN
Violet NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY NoN NoN NoN
Wang Jinrei YesY YesY NoN YesY NoN YesY YesY YesY
Yoshimitsu YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY
Zafina NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN NoN YesY
Notes:
  1. Mentioned briefly in-game
  2. Makes a cameo in-game
  3. Unplayable boss character
  4. Available only in a specific version of the game
  5. Appears as alternate costume for another character

Appearances in other media

Developers' opinions

Developers of non-Tekken games have commented on the series.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tekken (2009)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_%282009_Film%29

External links

Tekken is a 1998 two-part OVA series based on Namco 's Video game franchise Tekken.
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