Rather than have light and strong punches and kicks and doing quarter turns on the stick / d-pad you instead have a button for the left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, and you do combinations by switching between them (with some directional inputs and holding two buttons together thrown in, but nothing as complex as Street Fighter et al). The gameplay for Tekken was very unique for the time (as was 3D fighting games in general, to be fair). Heihachi shows his amazing ability… to wear only a Gi in the middle of an icy wasteland. There was also a special costume for Kazuya called “Devil” that was playable as well, though to unlock it you had to beat 8 levels of a Galaga-inspired game during the loading screen… Likewise the final boss of the game, Heihachi, wasn’t selectable in the arcades, but was available to play as at home after you beat Arcade mode without using a continue. These sub-bosses weren’t selectable in the Arcade mode, but were playable in the PS1 version, unlocking every time you beat one of them. They are Lee (Kazuya’s opponent, Law’s moves), Anna (Nina’s boss with Nina’s moves), Kuma (Paul’s opponent with Jack’s moves), Armour King (King’s opponent with his own moveset), Wang (Law’s opponent, Michelle’s moves), Prototype Jack (Jack’s opponent, Jack’s moves!), Kunimitsu (Michelle’s opponent, Yoshimitsu’s moves) and Ganryu (Yoshimitsu’s opponent, once again, Jack’s moves). The Arcade version had eight playable characters in Kazuya, Nina, Paul, King, Marshall Law, Jack, Michelle and Yoshimitsu, but during each character’s arcade route they faced a new opponent with pretty much the same moveset as another character in the game. Thanks to being made using Playstation hardware it was swiftly ported to the PS1 in March 1995 in Japan, and November 95 in the US and Europe.
Tekken first came to Arcades in December 1994, being created by the same mind that innovated Virtua Fighter a short time before. I thought since I did a character select screen for the Street Fighter II games I’d do it here… now I regret everything. How does it hold up now, after many… many sequels and spin-offs? Let’s find out! Still, I have fond memories of being round a friend’s house and him showing me the game and how you can unlock certain characters, and I remember renting it out for a long weekend. I’ve always enjoyed Tekken (the games at least, the film I can give or take…), but it’s always been secondary to the 2D fighters I’ve loved from the likes of CAPCOM and SNK.
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