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General: Tekken Tag Tournament brought together nearly every character every game in the Tekken franchise thus far, and featured brand new 2-on-2 tag team style bouts. The gameplay is most similar to Tekken 3's gameplay engine, but was also tweaked even further for the better... The combo system had been nicely updated as well as the sidestep game, making it clearly the best Tekken to date; hands down.
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The tag-team gameplay fits exceptionally well into the series, offering fans more of the classic Tekken gameplay they've come to know and love, but now with two characters per team; allowing for crazy combo possibilities, special tag team throws; and a handful of new strategies. There really is a lot to the gameplay, but you'd only find that out by playing against someone highly skilled in Tekken. The new tag team combos are quite fun and open ended, as one character can launch the opponent, run out of the fight, and have their partner finish out the air combo. There are also a handful of cool looking tag team throws which can only be done with special character combinations! This feature was later "borrowed/stolen" by Tecmo in DOA2.
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The arcade version of Tekken Tag looked a lot like Tekken 3 and somewhat failed to impress visually, but the graphics for the PS2 version were "completely" re-done and looked "next gen" for the time. The backgrounds from Tekken 3 returned but were "remixed" with new visual elements like people cheering in the backgrounds, weather, and lighting effects. The textures and character models all were also improved very much graphically, and surely impressed as a "launch title" for Sony's PS2. Also remixed, was the music for this game; which flowed brilliantly with the pace of the game... I still love the soundtrack to this game, it's certainly one of the best fighting game soundtracks EVER.
Manufacturer: Namco
Platforms: Arcade,
Playstation 2
Release: 2000
Characters:
Jin,
Kazuya,
Law,
Hwoarang,
Eddy,
Tiger,
Jack-2,
Lei,
Xiaoyu,
Jun,
King,
Nina,
Michelle,
Julia,
Gun
Jack, P. Jack, Bryan,
Paul,
Yoshimitsu,
Lee,
Armor
King, Wang,
Anna,
Kuma,
Panda,
Bruce,
Baek,
Kunimitsu,
Ganryu,
Devil,
Angel,
Roger,
Alex,
Ogre,
True
Ogre, Unknown, Heihachi
Related Games:
Tekken,
Tekken 2, Tekken 3,
Tekken
Advance, Tekken 4, Tekken
5, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken:
Dark Resurrection, Tekken 5: Dark
Resurrection Online, Tekken 6, Tekken
6: Bloodline Rebellion
Review is for Tekken Tag on PS2
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Closing Comment: Tekken Tag Tournament was a popular fighting game in both arcades and on the PS2. The PS2 version also included the clever Tekken Bowl Mode, where players could take their favorite Tekken fighters and go bowling for Heihachi style bowling pins! Overall, Tekken Tag was (and still is) a very fun game, especially when you're playing someone who's highly skilled, (if you're highly skilled as well, that is). ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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