Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Tekken Tag Tournament 2
File:Tekken TT2.jpg The official 2011 Arcade logo for Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
Developer(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Producer(s)	Katsuhiro Harada
Series	Tekken
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release	Arcade PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Namco System 369

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (鉄拳タッグトーナメント2, Tekken Taggu Tōnamento 2) is a fighting game in the Tekken series and the successor to 1999's Tekken Tag Tournament. The game was released in Japanese arcades on September 14, 2011 and will be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, during the holiday season in 2012. A playable demo bundled with the CGI movie titled Tekken: Blood Vengeance and an HD version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament was released in North America on November 22, 2011 as Tekken Hybrid.

Gameplay

As the original Tekken Tag Tournament, matches involve each player selecting two fighters to fight with. Players are able to switch their fighters out at any time, allowing the inactive character to gradually recover some life they might have lost. At certain points, an inactive character's life bar may flash, giving them a temporary boost in strength if they are tagged in. If the life bar of either of a player's fighters runs out, that player loses the round. If time runs out, the player who has the most cumulative life remaining amongst their fighters wins the round.

The gameplay expands on the tag mechanics featured in the first Tekken Tag, allowing for extended tag combos and combined moves. New techniques include combined tag throws which, if timed properly, can be escaped from. Tag combos (referred to as "Tag Assaults") can now be done simultaneously with both characters participating in the combo at the same time. The game also inherits gameplay features from Tekken 6, such as "Bound" hits (hits that slam an airborne opponent to the ground and stun them so combos can be extended) and walled arenas. Character-customization will also be featured, similar to past Tekken games.

Features suggested by Harada include recording in Practice mode as well as a Tutorial to bring new players into the fold more smoothly than has been possible in the past. The game will feature a "stage gimmick" system. An example of the system shown in Famitsu has the player slamming his opponent into wall, which breaks and the opponent goes flying, landing in a new area where the fight continues. As the opponent falls, the tag partner is waiting at the bottom to continue the combo.

The game will not be having the Rage system from Tekken 6, but a new tag partner rage system like the Netsu Power in Tekken Tag Tournament. It appear when an on-screen character gets attacked a certain amount of time and the off-screen character's lifebar flashes. This is because the off-screen character is "angry". If the on-screen character tags out while the off-screen character's lifebar is flashing, the tagged character will become slightly stronger.

Characters

All 42 playable characters from Tekken 6 (including Panda, but not as a palette swap) return along with Jinpachi Mishima from Tekken 5 and two other characters from Tekken Tag Tournament, True Ogre (dub as Ogre) and Jun Kazama and also her new incarnation of Unknown. The game's roster offers 45 characters so far. More characters are still to be added to the roster, making it the largest character roster in Tekken history.

For the first time ever in the Tekken series, almost every character in the game speaks in their native language. This has been noticed as Lili speaks French, Eddy Gordo and Christie Monteiro speak Portuguese, Leo Kliesen speaks German and Miguel Caballero Rojo speaks Spanish. However, Lei Wulong and Zafina still speak English despite Lei being from Hong Kong and Zafina being from the Middle East. Also still speaking Japanese is Ling Xiaoyu, since she still needs to finish her high school education at Mishima Polytechnical School, despite being from China, Lars Alexandersson, due to him being Heihachi Mishima's son, despite being from Sweden, and Alisa Bosconovitch, since she was created to serve Mishima Zaibatsu despite being from Russia.

Playable characters

• Alisa Bosconovitch
• Anna Williams
• Armor King II
• Asuka Kazama
• Baek Doo San
• Bruce Irvin
• Bryan Fury
• Christie Monteiro
• Craig Marduk
• Devil Jin
• Eddy Gordo
• Emilie "Lili" de Rochefort
• Feng Wei
• Ganryu
• Heihachi Mishima (sub-boss 1; along with Jinpachi)
• Hwoarang
• Jack-6
• Julia Chang/Jaycee
• Jin Kazama
• Jinpachi Mishima (sub-boss 1; along with Heihachi)
• Jun Kazama (final boss 1)
• Kazuya Mishima/Devil Kazuya
• King II
• Kuma II
• Lars Alexandersson
• Lei Wulong
• Lee Chaolan
• Leo Kliesen
• Ling Xiaoyu
• Marshall Law
• Miguel Caballero Rojo
• Mokujin
• Nina Williams
• Ogre (sub-boss 2)
• Panda
• Paul Phoenix
• Raven
• Robert "Bob" Richards
• Roger Jr.
• Sergei Dragunov
• Steve Fox
• Unknown (final boss 2, playable in consoles version)
• Wang Jinrei
• Yoshimitsu
• Zafina

Development

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada teased a new announcement on his Twitter feed on September 17, 2010. "TGS Sep 18(Sat) at Tougeki Booth. I'll announce something :D," tweeted Harada. It was rumored to be something related to Tekken X Street Fighter or Tekken 7. The game was announced to be Tekken Tag Tournament 2, sequel to last-gen's Tekken Tag Tournament, on September 18, 2010 at the Tougeki event as promised. On Twitter, producer Katsuhiro Harada has stated that the game engine will be different from the one used in Tekken 6. The release of the arcade version of the game in Japan was originally planned for Summer 2011, but due to complications derived from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the arcade release has tentatively been postponed to Autumn 2011. At the World Cyber Games 2010, Harada stated that the upcoming console version will feature additional console-exclusive returning characters and bonus gameplay modes including adding Kunimitsu to the character roster for Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Also on Twitter, Harada suggested that the release of the console version of the game would take place between the releases of Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter.

The Tekken Hybrid Blu-ray Disc contains the Tekken: Blood Vengeance CGI movie and an HD version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament, released on November 22, 2011, includes also a Prologue version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, if the disk is played on a PlayStation 3 console. The contents of the prologue version of the game mainly revolve around elements from the movie, and features only include 4 characters, Alisa Bosconovitch, Devil Jin, Devil Kazuya and Ling Xiaoyu. A model from the prologue can be transferrable to Arcade version by using an access code card.

On December 10, 2011, during the Spike Video Game Awards, a trailer was released, which noted that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be released during Holiday 2012. On December 12, Namco Bandai announced that the game will be released in "Holiday 2012" on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The game had originally been confirmed for a PlayStation 3 release, but it was not before this announcment that the game would also be available on Xbox 360. Katsuhiro Harada announced that the console release will feature various features not found in the arcade original, including reworked online play following direct feedback from fans. Namco's announcement confirmed the game for "home consoles", potentially leaving the door open for a Wii U release too.

External links

• Official website