#Tekken 4 logo series#

PlayStation and quickly became a favorite among 3D fighting game fans. Discovering new moves and characters kept the gameДЇresh! The hype and mystery surrounding Tekken continued strong until the release of Tekken 2 (which quickly became a smash hit.) While fighting game fans of 90's arcades didn't seem sure about Tekken at first, I can remember crowds eventually forming around the Tekken 1 machine. Months following its original arcade release, Tekken seemed to gain more and more steam. Tekken 1 offered a unique blend of characters based in martial arts, pro-wrestling, as well as other obscure characters that made it stand out at arcades. (which also became a trademark of the series), while featuring authentic and hard-hitting martial arts techniques. The game didn't seem to take itself too seriously Tekken surely had a lot of room to grow and improve, and that's exactly what it did over the decades!ДЄbout it, but definitely came off as more 'laughable' than serious. while introducing innovative mechanics such as the 4-limb button system, chain throws, and 10-hit combos. This unorthodox 3D fighting game was the foundation of whatД«ecame one of the greatest, and best-selling fighting game franchises inДЄs a 3D fighting game, but the original Tekken played more like a 2DДЇighter. Tekken 6, Tekken 6: BR, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, TekkenДЄdvance, Tekken Revolution, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 2, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken Than one, the original TEKKEN was no doubt a head-turning console fighting game at the Players to unlock mid boss characters when the game was beaten. PlayStation version also featured impressive FMV character endings and allowed

#Tekken 4 logo series#

'The Best Selling Fighting Series for PlayStation Consoles'. Game to sell over a million copies and was awarded a Guinness World Record for Impressive, opening cinematic for the time. Incredibly high (much like in Virtua Fighter).ДЇaithful port of the arcade version and presented a new, and very graphically The fighting was also semi-realistic, an achievement which so fewДЇighting games even attempted, although characters are still able to jump To stand out with its original characters and unique style of animation & Impressive as some of the other 3D fighting games in '94, Tekken managed Even though the graphics weren't nearly as Honestly, the game itself was also on the ugly side, even for the time.Д¬haracter models are a polygonal mess and the actual backgrounds are 2D,Д«asically warping around the 3D characters and square floor (which actuallyД«ecame a trademark of the series). The character selection screen shows off some prettyДЇunny looking 3D-rendered character faces. TEKKEN 1 introduced many hilarious (and difficult to perform) special moves to discover. Pull off in Tekken also came off as 'original' and didn't blatantlyД¬opy other fighters from other games (which some other games were doing). Which really set it apart from the wildly popular Street Fighter 2 series (where Game in 1994/1995! Tekken also didn't feature any projectile attacks, Game look painful when they connect, possibly more so than in any other fighting Have a considerable amount of weight to them and nearly all of the moves in the Weirdness of the animation actually allowed the game to stand out even moreДЄmong its competitors (which wasn't a bad thing).Д®ven with its awkward moments, what Tekken'sДЄnimation did right was collision detection and 'ouch factor'. Of more 'awkward' animations in the original Tekken, but the apparent Priority attacks and some brutal looking throws. Unlike future installments to the series, the first Tekken featured no sidestepping.Д¬haracters can also jump incredibly high, making the game comparable to many of the top fighting games at the time (whichД¬haracter presents a unique fighting style, packed with a generous variety of This original gameplayД®lement offers unique mind games, allowing players to better set up theirДЄttacks, as well as run & tackle each other after creating a distance. Indefinitely, as characters will never encounter a wall. One 10-hit combo string, which requires hitting a series of buttons in order and

Set-up to Virtua Fighter / Virtua Fighter 2. EachДЇighter has your basic punches, kicks, special moves and throws a comparable Combining buttons allows for alternateДЄttacks and various throw techniques.

Making attacks feel natural to the player. Each button is assigned to a specific limb on the character, Unique 4-button layout (which is still used today in the latest Tekken Interesting cast of characters and some particularly hard-hitting gameplay to While not nearly as 'pretty' as the likes of Virtua Fighter 2, TekkenДid one-up the original Virtua Fighter by running at a smooth 60 frames Tekken first emerged in arcades around the world in 1994/1995, joining theД¬urrent 'reigning' 3D fighting game franchise, Virtua Fighter.