Tekken 8

[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.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

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.

I only own Tekken 5 vanilla. It was actually my first Tekken, in fact. Looked pretty damn great for its time and holds up well graphically to this day imo. Never played Dark Resurrection. What are the key differences between it and vanilla?

Emulating PS3 and 360 games requires a good PC, from what I hear.

[Prowler]

Wait isn't Tekken 3 available on the PS5? Digital format ofc.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Wait isn't Tekken 3 available on the PS5? Digital format ofc.

If I'm not mistaken, Dark Resurrection may be one of -- if not the first -- console-based software upgrade. i.e., you put the Tekken 5 PS2 version into your PS3, then can pay a little bit and download the Dark Resurrection patch to basically upgrade your game to the PS3 version. Just like when you put Breath of the Wild into your Switch 2 and pay $10 for the Switch 2 upgrade.

[Andrew NDB]

Update: so it only took me about 20 minutes to get MK vs DC Universe and Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection for PS3 up and running on my PC in console-perfect performance. Complete with my PS5 controller. And they look much better than originally because the emulators can tap into your 2025 video cards and upscale the graphics. Can't do much for FMV, of course. The ROMs are NOT hard to find. When I couldn't figure out how to add the files I got for Tekken 5 a quick Google search provided an obvious (and easy) answer.

This is actually all really cool. It's fun to play with the graphical settings now in the emulator. Even with the PS1 Tekken 1-3 games you can boost the polygon output to 4K if you really want to. I find that the sweet spot is 720p for PS1, and 1080p for PS2, and shoot straight for 4K with PS3. They all look GREAT as such, better than ever.

Sidenote: I completely forgot that Tekken 1 and 2 (2 with some character exceptions)... NOT 3D fighting games! There is no sidestepping functionality. This began with only a couple characters in 2 like with Lei Wulong and then became available for all beginning with 3.

[Prowler]

Some quick research tells me T2, T3 and T6 are available on the PS5.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Some quick research tells me T2, T3 and T6 are available on the PS5.

True. Although Tekken 6 on PS5 is the damn PSP version and boy does it show. Super pixelated. No clue why they did the PSP version there.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

True. Although Tekken 6 on PS5 is the damn PSP version and boy does it show. Super pixelated. No clue why they did the PSP version there.

That's a strange choice.

But at least Sony went back to making the Playstation backwards compatible with previous ones. I guess they learned from their mistake of not making the PS4 backwards compatible with the PS3. The PS3 was also backwards compatible with the PS2 at first but other models came out afterwards that weren't. Ridiculous.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

True. Although Tekken 6 on PS5 is the damn PSP version and boy does it show. Super pixelated. No clue why they did the PSP version there.

I didn't read the fine print and found out after the fact that it was the dumbass PSP version. What were they thinking?? That only made sense if the console version didn't exist but it does.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So I guess Namco did a poll and most people wanted to see Ogre from Tekken 3... but instead of just doing that they created this... thing instead.



And still no Lei Wulong.

I take it back. Playing as her is actually really fun. Her moves lend well to my general Tekken sensibilities.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I take it back. Playing as her is actually really fun. Her moves lend well to my general Tekken sensibilities.

I've heard she's a lot of fun to use but deals little damage. I'll eventually buckle down and get the DLC characters.

[Prowler]

Tekken should bring back minigames and sidegakes. Like that old arcade game by Namco when you booted up Tekken 5 or The Devil's Jin game in Tekken 5 as well. Speaking of which, I never beat that goddamn thing

[Andrew NDB]

Tekken 8 includes Tekken Ball. Like a volleyball game where you smack a big ball toward the other guy.

Tekken Bowl was cooller.

[Prowler]

Tekken Ball kinda sucks, which is why I forgot about it until you mentioned it. And honestly, Dead or Alive pulled off beach volleyball way better 20 years or so before Tekken 8 came out, which make Tekken Ball quite pathetic.

Never played TTT2 but Tekken Bowl does look cool indeed.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Never played TTT2 but Tekken Bowl does look cool indeed.

It was in TTT1 as well. And Tekken 7 as DLC. It's actually a REALLY good bowling game even on its own merit.

Yeah, Tekken Ball sucks. I tried it once and went "Nope!"

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It was in TTT1 as well. And Tekken 7 as DLC. It's actually a REALLY good bowling game even on its own merit.

Yeah, Tekken Ball sucks. I tried it once and went "Nope!"

I don't remember it tbh. I guess I didn't buy the DLC in T7 that included it or something. As for TTT1, I played it on an emulator eons ago and don't remember it either.

Speaking of T7 it was a fine game and all but the single player content was rather poor. Once you were done with the story mode, that was it. Arcade mode was so bare bones. I understand fighting games must prioritize the competitive scene but I only play Street Fighter competitively, so I need solid single player content in Tekken to keep me interested. Mortal Kombat does the single player content thing the right way with its tower challenges.