Tekken 8

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

When it comes to Tekken it's usually the Mishimas. if we had to chose a face, it would have be Kazuya and Jin since they've been the main characters of most games.

Tekken 1 was Heihachi
Tekken 2 was Kayuza
Tekken 3 was Jin
Tekken 4 also Jin
Tekken 5 also Jin, I know Asuka made her debut but she had almost no involvement in the story
Tekken 6 more Kazuya though it can be argued that it's Kazuya/Jin
Tekken 7- pretty much Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin
Tekken 8- Reina though I'm sure also Kazuya and Jin

And here's who canonically "won" the different King of Iron Fist Tournaments:

T1: Kazuya Mishima.
T2: Heihachi Mishima.
T3: Jin Kazama (defeats Ogre, though Paul Phoenix technically beat Ogre first).
T4: Kazuya Mishima.
T5: Jin Kazama (defeats his grandfather, Jinpachi Mishima).
T6: None (Tournament was canceled due to Jin's disappearance).
T7: None (Tournament was canceled due to Heihachi being declared dead).
T8: None (Tournament was canceled due to an attack from the UN & Yggdrasil).

Originally Posted by IMJ

This convo really makes me wish there'd be a Tekken 1-3 remaster package or something like that....

Tekken All-Stars Vol. 1 (Tekken 1-3 + Tekken Tag 1) + Tekken All-Stars Vol. 2 (Tekken 4-6 + Tekken Tag 2) is the way to go!

[Prowler]

The arcade versions of the first 3 Tekken games are in Tekken 5. That was pretty cool back in 2005 or whenever T5 came out.

But honestly, Tekken is fine and all but it's quite surprising it used to sell so well back in the PS1-PS2 days compared to Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I don't think Tekken ever managed to influence pop culture as much as SF and MK have. Everybody can name SF and MK characters and a couple of special moves form those games. You even had the SF car bonus stage making it into a commercial many years ago. Can anyone that's not a gamer name a single Tekken character or special move?

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Tekken All-Stars Vol. 1 (Tekken 1-3 + Tekken Tag 1) + Tekken All-Stars Vol. 2 (Tekken 4-6 + Tekken Tag 2) is the way to go!

Really?
What system was that for?
I'm a recovering "gamer" dude. I saw myself out of it YEARS ago in any meaningful way.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Really?
What system was that for?
I'm a recovering "gamer" dude. I saw myself out of it YEARS ago in any meaningful way.

Oh no, I was just dreaming there. But there's no good reason we couldn't have that, and pretty quickly. If Namco was Konami we might still be on Tekken 7 but we'd probably have like 6 different collections of all the Tekken games by now.

[Prowler]

The thing about fighting game collections... you gotta have online since the competitive scene is a crucial part of fighting games. That requires a good online and match-making service.

The 90s 2D Street Fighter and KOF games can easily be played on Fightcade and SF also has an anniversary collection that lets you play Super Turbo, 3rd Strike and Alpha 3 online. Possibly Champion Edition too idk.

Tekken 3 and 5 would definitely need online play. T1 most likely not. T2... perhaps. No idea about T4.

[Andrew NDB]

I should look into emulating the Tekkens. It really is bizarre there is no "normal" way to play Tekken 1-6 on modern machines.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I should look into emulating the Tekkens. It really is bizarre there is no "normal" way to play Tekken 1-6 on modern machines.

PS1 and PS2 are very easy to emulate, fortunately. The Wii is the last home console that was truly simple to emulate. Anything beyond that and it's a pain in the ass, even portable devices like the Vita. No more "download rom, put it in your emulator folder and that's it".

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

PS1 and PS2 are very easy to emulate, fortunately. The Wii is the last home console that was truly simple to emulate. Anything beyond that and it's a pain in the ass, even portable devices like the Vita. No more "download rom, put it in your emulator folder and that's it".

Refreshing my memory. Looks like Tekken 5 originally came out on PS2 but the Dark Resurrection version did hit PS3. And Tekken 6 is a PS3 game, of course. I'm not sure if I've emulated any PS3 games yet but I might have.