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What went wrong with the Tekken movie?

The Spoony One and Film Brain take a look at the Tekken movie...and how it is absolutely nothing like the game series it is based on.

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darkeva934642d ago

Easy. They made it a movie...

zerocrossing4642d ago

Damn! I was gonna say that, lol

Bubble 4 U

Honestly though... What where they thinking? Just how can you ruin Tekken? Its like the director took one look at the the source material and said "pft, I can do better than that" Fail!

qwertyz4641d ago

that was the same problem with the mortal kombat movie

Pozzle4641d ago

Blashphemy! The Mortal Kombat movie was awesome! (in a cheesy 90s kind of way)

Quagmire4641d ago

The film had absolutely ZERO input from Harada-san and his team. Namco basically sold the rights to the studio, and let them do whatever the hell they wanted to the film.

Why dont people understand that there's no such thing as a bad film, only bad directors. GIVE THE LICENSE TO SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THE GAME.

Godmars2904641d ago (Edited 4641d ago )

No, a good director and script writer who've played the game for 10 minutes, read the wiki entry have a better chance of making a decent movie. Thing is few good writers/directors look for jobs like this.

And if you guys think this one was bad you should see the latest one: King of Fighters.

Quagmire4641d ago

My perfect match up would be Christopher Nolan to do an Assassin's Creed film, Quite similar to Inception when you think about it, and also anything Nolan touches turns to gold.

I can dream, right?

hazelamy4641d ago

but keeping the games creators involved doesn't mean it'll be a good movie.
capcom produced the chun li movie remember.

mind you i think with this new movie studio ubisoft are setting up they could produce the first truly successful video game movie.
especially if that assassin's creed lineage short movie they made is any indication.

majiebeast4641d ago

So just asking is it worse then DOA movie,dragonball movie or streetfighter?

floetry1014641d ago

They're all virtually on the same plain of craptitude.

Another reason why video-games and films should remain separated. They are different forms of visual expression, which is why it's difficult for games to be translated in to film and vice versa.

Army_of_Darkness4641d ago (Edited 4641d ago )

Tekken was bad, but it was'nt horrible like the above I mentioned. besides, the chicks in that flick were smokin man!

NewZealander4641d ago

damn that pommy guy sounds annoying, in comparison the tekken movie don't look too bad.

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The Evolution of Tekken and PlayStation

See how the franchise and console intertwined over the years.

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Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition

NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.

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Kakashi Hatake362d ago

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.

NotoriousWhiz362d ago

You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.

gerbintosh361d ago

Not according to the creator, Sakurai. Link below

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

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CrimsonWing69362d ago (Edited 362d ago )

I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21361d ago

because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.

CrimsonWing69361d ago

@NatsuXTheMaxspeed21

I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.

When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.

Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.

Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…

Immagaiden361d ago

What’s next, you gonna say Mario Kart isn’t a racing game?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21361d ago

oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .

Immagaiden361d ago

I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?

What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?

repsahj361d ago

"Only kids and kids at heart check for mario kart and smash".

-fixed!

FallenAngel1984361d ago (Edited 361d ago )

Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter

PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter

gleepot361d ago

You're correct, it isn't traditional. It's a fighting game though.

repsahj361d ago

Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.

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MrNinosan362d ago

Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.

NotoriousWhiz362d ago

I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.

MrNinosan362d ago

"and here's how it competes against other fighters"

No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21361d ago

Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.

NotoriousWhiz362d ago

I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.

Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.

PapaBop362d ago

While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.

Thundercat77362d ago

And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.

Immagaiden361d ago

Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB

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Ezio2048362d ago

Given the volume of games released, I would say Tekken has sold the best.

lodossrage362d ago (Edited 362d ago )

Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.

Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?

With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?

With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?

There are a lot of variables at play here

Ezio2048362d ago

Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.

CS7361d ago

Yeah, i realized that too. Very interesting.

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Tekken Characters Who Have Immortalized The Franchise

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.

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Terry_B546d ago (Edited 546d ago )

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.

Santouryuu546d ago

Even though Tekken 4 is, for me, the lowest ranking main line game. It introduced Steve Fox which is my favorite fighter and also Marduk was added which has a great design and ok backstory. Tekken 5 added Dragunov. Another good charachter, gameplay wise, I am not to aware of his backstory. Asuka whom was added in 5 too helped expand the lore. Tekken 6 introduced Alisa and Miguel, I find them visually pretty interesting, again not sure of their backstories. The guest characters from Tekken 7, were more like cheating fighters, I am not fond of them tbh. But I love the design of Leroy Smith and Fahkumram, also both pretty OP on launch.

DeathTouch546d ago

From the new guests, Lydia is my favorite overall.