Xbigy Games writes: Today, the very word is synonymous with the beat ‘em up genre. It boasts six canonical instalments, numerous spin-offs, and three movie adaptations, all carried out in the space of just over a decade. Not to mention the numerous world records including The Best Selling Fighting Game for Playstation Consoles and the First Playstation Game to Sell Over One Million Units. So that said, it doesn’t look like the TEKKEN franchise is running out of steam anytime soon. With all the anticipation surrounding the upcoming release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which boasts the biggest ever roster of characters old and new, what better time to dust off the consoles, take a step back, and explore the history of TEKKEN.
See how the franchise and console intertwined over the years.
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Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.
Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.
Tekken's enduring popularity is owed in part to its varied and well-written cast of characters, and the lore behind them really brings them to life.
Basically all Tekken 1 standard characters except Michelle, + boss Heihachi Mishima and maybe Kuma. Also Lei and Jun from Tekken 2, Hwoarang, Eddy,Xiaoyu, Bryan Fury, Mokujin, Jin- from Tekken 3. After that they added many more great characters but none of them used to be as fun and interesting as the fleshed out initial ones from the first 3 games. Tekken 7 was really weak when it came to new characters.
And to be honest..that "article" that does not even have Yoshimitsu in it looks like a cheap excuse to have the keyword Tekken 8 on the website.
History of Tekken:
Tekken = wtf is an air juggle?
Tekken 2 = More characters, bigger juggles
Tekken 3 = side-step, more characters, more juggles
TTT = air juggles extended with tagging
Tekken 4 = even bigger air juggles
Tekken 5 = even bigger air juggles...
Tekken 6 = juggles/combos that can finish a fight in a single combo
I'm predicting next tekken will just add one hit wins.
Tekken 5:DR was the last real Tekken. 6 blew hard with the crappy bound system