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I’m Liking Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s Old-Favorite Feel and Neat New Tricks
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 feels a bit like a best-of album. Almost everything likeable about Namco’s fighting game franchise is on prominent display in the sequel. Dancing pandas, overdone intra-family fisticuffs and deep, varied movesets all unfold beautifully animated backdrops. There’s a huge cast of playable characters, too—with cult favorites returning and new warriors debuting…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 20, 2012 -
WTF? Namco Bandai Announces “World Tekken Federation” Online Service
Namco Bandai has unveiled a new online service that they’ll launch alongside Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and it’s called the “World Tekken Federation.” Slow down. Look at that name. Yup. The WTF. It’s okay to chuckle a bit. From the press release: The World Tekken Federation service will provide TEKKEN® players with a social community…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 14, 2012 -
Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s Fight Lab Looks a Lot More Fun Than… Tekken
Some people live for the thrill of intense, one-on-one fighting. They thrive on the click of arcade stick buttons and sideways glances at the player attempting to steal their thunder. Me, I just want to be a robot kicking a bear wearing a ballerina costume while dodging chickens. Most of my Tekken memories involve me…
By Mike Fahey Published July 31, 2012 -
How Do You Tell Your Family You’re a Tekken Fan?
Commenter Normalaatsra has never told his parents or brother his darkest secret: he loves Tekken. For many people this would not be a problem. So why is Normalaatsra hiding the disc from his family? Find out in today’s very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. I just bought Tekken 6 from a friend of…
Featuring Normalaatsra Published July 18, 2012 -
Imitation or Parody, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 DLC Features More than 100 Swimsuit Costumes
Whether an attempt to copy Dead or Alive or to parody it, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will feature more than 100 swimsuit costumes as downloadable content after the game releases Sept. 11. The costume collection includes beachwear for all characters, male and female. It’s the voluptuous “Bad Girls” live-action trailer for the game (above), which…
By Owen Good Published July 15, 2012 -
If You Hate Capcom’s DLC Policy, Read This
Japanese publisher Capcom has taken a lot of flak this year for its policy of hiding “downloadable” content on a fighting game disc, then charging users to unlock it. Sure, they had their business reasons, but when people spend $50-60 on a game, they expect to own everything on that disc. So it’s awesome to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2012 -
This Tekken Figure Sure is Frilly
Japanese toy company Kotobukiya will be at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, offering attendees first dibs on this new Tekken piece from the company’s bishoujo line It’s Alisa Bosconovich, who as a 1/7 scale figure will be selling at the show for $65. Kotobukiya says there are “only” 1500 of them being made available, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 9, 2012 -
Street Fighter X Tekken Puts Its On-Disc DLC on Sale at the End of July
A dozen new fighters in Street Fighter X Tekken will go on sale July 31, Capcom said yesterday at EVO 2012. It’ll cost 1,600 Microsoft Points/$19.99 to unlock them from the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 disc where they reside. Now, those with a PS Vita may still wish to wait, as its version of…
By Owen Good Published July 7, 2012 -
PlayStation All Stars Borrows Two Fighters from Street Fighter X Tekken
Billed as a big reveal tonight during the Evolution Championship Series, the next two fighters on the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale roster sound a little familiar. That’s because Heihachi Mishima and Toro Inoue were both in the lineup for Street Fighter X Tekken Still, both have long and noteworthy ties to the Sony brand. Heihachi…
By Owen Good Published July 6, 2012 -
Phew, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Will Have Afro Breakdance Kung-Fu and Boxing Dinosaurs Again
The announcement of a fighting game sequel always comes with two varieties of nervous tension. First comes the worry of “Who’s gonna be in it?,” where one wonders if their favorite fighters will be showing up in a new installment of Series X. Then comes the panic that developers might have nerfed or ruined your…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2012 -
Tekken Head Unleashes Twitter Tirade
Oftentimes, when classic games are re-released, there can be fan discontent about the quality of the porting job. If too many things are changed, fans are upset. This can be particularly dicy with voice-acting, given that many older games used outdated technology to record and compress audio, and many of the voice actors that worked…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012 -
This is Snoop. Rapping About Tekken. No, Really.
I know Snoop does just about anything for a cheque these days, but hearing him rap about Tekken Tag Tournament was still a little surprising. In case you miss it, yes, there appears to be a Snoop stage in the game. His own private fight club.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 -
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Out on September 14th for Europe, With a Giant Collector’s Edition
If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to get your hands on Steve Fox, Lilli and, ahem, Kunimitsu and you happen to live in Europe, Namco Bandai’s got answers for you. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be available for continental fighting game fans on September 14th, bringing with it the collectors’ edition and expected…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Even Plastic Tekken High Kicks Can Be NSFW
Especially when it’s the Queen’s Gate version of Tekken 5 character Lili Rochefort Queen’s Gate was originally a Lost Worlds style “combat picture book game” and has been published in Japan for the last couple of years. In three words, it’s pure fan service. Queen’s Gate features only female characters and has showcased the likes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2012 -
Kotaku EastMeet Your Tekken Tag Tournament 2 DLC Characters. They’re Free!
Here’s a video of the first batch of DLC characters for Tekken Tag 2. The first batch of free characters. Actually, to keep the game balanced, there are no plans for paid Tekken Tag Tournament 2 DLC characters (keep in mind that doesn’t mean no paid DLC, just no paid characters). Still, those are very…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Please, I Beg You, No More Tekken Movies
When the Tekken film was released, it was so bad that Tekken‘s video game producer Katsuhiro Harada publically distanced himself from the project. He might have to do that again. For reasons unbeknownst to man, Hollywood is keen to make another Tekken flick. Crystal Sky, one of the production companies on the first film, is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2012 -
EsportsWhat My Favorite Fighting Game Character Says About Me
I almost flunked out of college because of Mortal Kombat on the Genesis. (Yes, that’s how old I am.) Classes skipped, papers turned in late and reading assignments left barely skimmed, all because I was trying to perfect my Scorpion technique. And while the undead ninja from the gory fighting series is a favorite of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 4, 2012 -
New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Screens Show Off Father-on-Son Violence
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be making a September debut, marking the current-gen debut of co-op martial arts brawls for Namco’s fighting game series. This new batch of screens highlights various tag moves, the new Fight Lab mode and new looks for several characters. Young Heihachi still looks little creepy to me, honestly. Tekken Tag…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 26, 2012 -
Culture
The Cast of Tekken, in Glorious Sketch-o-Vision
Japanese artist Shunya Yamashita is to thank for these sketches of the cast of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, used as promotional art for the 2011 arcade fighter. Interestingly, they’re also forming the basis for Kotobukiya’s fancy “Bishoujo” line of Tekken figures You can see the entire collection at the link below. Tekken Tag 2 –…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2012 -
Namco Says You Won’t Pay to Unlock Characters in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Capcom’s caught a lot of heat for the on-disc locked content that shipped with Street Fighter x Tekken. Fans have loudly complained that they’ll be paying for characters that on a game disc they’ve already paid for once. But Namco—the sometime rival and sometime partner of Capcom—won’t be following in those stumbling footsteps. In a…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 18, 2012