Tekken

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Tekken

Developer(s)	Namco
Publisher(s)	Namco
Release date(s)	Arcade December 9, 1994 PlayStation ^JPN March, 1995 ^NA November, 1995 ^EUR November, 1995
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Up to two players
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 (as part of Tekken 5's Arcade History mode)
Input	8-way joystick, 6 buttons; Gamepad
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade system(s)	Namco System 11

Tekken is a fighting game and first of the series of the same name. It was released at arcades in 1994 and on the PlayStation in 1995. It was developed and published by Namco.

1 Gameplay
2 Story
3 Characters
- 3.1 Starting characters
- 3.2 Unlockable characters
4 Ports
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Gameplay

Tekken is one of the earliest 3D fighting game franchises, with the first game applying many of the concepts found in Virtua Fighter by Sega.

As with many fighting games, players choose a character from a lineup, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent. It is primarily a competitive two-player series, but a human player can fight an AI-controlled character for practice or amusement.

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.

Kazuya vs. King in Angkor Wat.

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 other cases, the announcer will call "K.O." when one character is triumphant.

In the game, 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, Windermere, Venezia, Akropolis, King George Island, and Chiba Marine Stadium. (However in later Tekken games the location names were removed)

[edit] Story

A worldwide martial arts tournament is nearing its final, with a large purse of prize money to the fighter who can defeat Heihachi Mishima in the final round of competition. The contest is sponsored by the giant financial group, the Mishima Zaibatsu.

There are eight fighters that remain after winning death matches all over the world. The winner of the tournament will receive The King of the Iron Fists title. Who will be the one to defeat Heihachi Mishima and take home the prize money and fame?

[edit] Characters

[edit] Starting characters

[edit] Unlockable characters

[edit] Ports

Box Art for the PlayStation port.

Tekken was ported to the PlayStation. The PlayStation version allowed players to unlock mid boss characters when the game was beaten and had FMV movies.

The PlayStation 2 release of Tekken 5 featured the Arcade version of the original Tekken playable.

[edit] Reception

Tekken was met with many positive reviews, with critics claiming it was a good start to the series.^{[citation needed]} Its success and popularity has spawned six 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.^{[citation needed]} Tekken was, however, criticized for making the "boss" character, "Heihachi Mishima", extremely powerful because of his unstoppable air juggle combos.^{[citation needed]} This was rectified in the later versions of the series.

[edit] References

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