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General: The first sequel to Namco's surprise hit 3D fighter, Tekken, was an improvement over the original in every way. Tekken 2 gave the series a much needed facelift in terms of graphics, and cleaned up quite a few of the more awkward animations. The roster has grown tremendously, and included a ton of secret characters that were "time released" in arcades, which brought a lot of hype to the series, giving fighting game fans a new reason to spend hours at the arcades.
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The gameplay was very similar to the original Tekken. There was still no sidestep, unless you were Kazuya of course... Kazuya was a beast in this game, especially since his Wind Godfist hit mid as well as high. *sigh* Those were the days. All returning characters were given a great selection of new move commands, and for the time, the characters movelists were pretty big. Once again, the diverse and unique characters are what made this game stand out!
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Tekken 2 was of the best fighting games you could play on a home console when it came out... Period. It was really fun to play, but was still a step behind Virtua Fighter 2 graphically and some might say gameplay as well. Still, Tekken 2's interesting gameplay and characters held the interest of many fighting gamers; and was a big hit in both arcades and homes. A classic.
Manufacturer: Namco
Platforms: Arcade,
Playstation
Release: 1996
Characters:
Kazuya,
Law,
Jack-2,
Lei,
Jun,
King,
Nina,
Michelle,
Paul,
Yoshimitsu,
P.
Jack, Lee,
Armor
King, Wang,
Anna,
Kuma,
Bruce,
Baek,
Kunimitsu,
Ganryu,
Devil,
Angel,
Roger,
Alex,
Heihachi
Related Games:
Tekken, Tekken
3,
Tekken Advance, Tekken
4, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken
5, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken:
Dark Resurrection, Tekken 5: Dark
Resurrection Online, Tekken 6
Review is for Tekken 2 on PS1
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Closing Comment:
What can you really say about Tekken 2? It was a great step forward for
the series, and it definitely did it's job as a sequel (at the very least)...
Aside from being one of the best home console games at the time of it's release,
the home version of Tekken 2 sported one of the most memorable and cool intros
ever seen for a fighting game, possibly video game for that matter... Yes,
intros matter. Damn, I love that intro. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG