28 Facts About Tekken

Tekken is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

Tekken is noted as being one of the first fighting games at the time to use 3D animation.

Tekken 2 was released in 1995 in arcades and in 1996 for the PlayStation.

Tekken 3 was released in arcades and for the PlayStation in 1997 and 1998, respectively.

Tekken 4 is the fifth installment and the next canonical game in the series, released in 2001 in arcades and 2002 for the PlayStation 2.

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Tekken 5 was released in arcades in 2004 and 2005 for the PlayStation 2, with a short period of time of transition from arcade to PlayStation, of two months in North America and four months in Japan.

Tekken 6 was originally released in arcades in 2007, followed by an updated version in 2008 titled Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.

Tekken 7 was released in Japanese and Korean arcades in 2015.

Tekken 3 was ported to the Game Boy Advance as Tekken Advance in 2001.

Tekken 6-based Tekken 3D: Prime Edition was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.

Tekken Bowl was first game not to include Yoshimitsu, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, or King.

In 2012, Street Fighter X Tekken was released, which was developed by Capcom and includes 2D gameplay mechanics as seen in Street Fighter IV.

Tekken 4 received negative feedback to the point of being considered the worst installment within the series which led to major changes starting with 5.

Tekken dedicates a button to each of the four limbs of the fighter.

Tekken 3 introduced several gameplay possibilities that were retained in later games, including the ability to sidestep into the foreground or background.

Tekken 4 gave characters even greater mobility by adding true 3D movement inside geometrically complex arenas with uneven ground, obstacles, and walls.

Tekken 5 saw a combination of walled and infinite arenas, while discarding uneven ground.

Tekken 6 retains much of the design from Tekken 5 but includes a "Rage" mode, which activates when a character is near the end of his vitality bar and earns a damage multiplier.

Tekken 6 has destructible floors and walls that allow the fighters to blast through to new fighting areas when broken.

Tekken 7 introduces some movement changes to the Tekken formula.

The back walk animation is similar to Tekken Revolution, featuring a more fluid movement away from the opponent as opposed to a slower shuffle.

Some Tekken characters have been featured as guest characters in other video games, such as Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis, Digimon World Re:Digitize, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Pac-Man Fever, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ridge Racer 6, Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, Soulcalibur II, Super Smash Bros.

Tekken is a live-action film directed by Dwight Little and starring Jon Foo, Ian Anthony Dale and Kelly Overton.

Tekken Comic is a manga illustrated by Rui Takato and published by Ultra Egg Jump in 2009.

Developers of non-Tekken games have commented on the series in various ways.

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Tekken has cult-like fans who live and breathe the moves and storylines.

Since the series has a long history of being exclusive to PlayStation along with the arcade cabinets running on PlayStation hardware, Tekken has been associated closely with the PlayStation brand.

Tekken was playable in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and is Harada's favorite character in the series.