Tekken History: Tekken Tag Tournament

Tekken History: Tekken Tag Tournament

Robert Knuckles

“Best Introduction to the PS2”

Another classic game right here. Tekken Tag Tournament was released in the arcades in July 1999 and was one of the first games released on the PS2 on October 26, 2000.

Now both versions ran different. The arcade version ran through a 32-bit engine and had the same graphics as Tekken 3 but the PS2 had better 3D graphics and ran so much better than the arcade version. You could actually see characters facial expression and it was a great start for many great Tekken games with 3D graphics.

Now the gameplay in Tekken Tag has the same features and movement from Tekken 3 but the biggest difference is now players can choose two characters instead of one. Tekken Tag features 2 vs 2 tag battles. But in Tekken Tag the round is over when you take out one character so players have to use strategy in when to tag in or tagout characters. When you tag out characters they can regain some health. Players can also perform some nice tag team throws using certain characters.

Tekken Tag Tournament features every fighter from Tekken 1-3. It Was basically a dream roster. You can have Kazuya and Heihachi work together against your opponents. Now some characters do play the same but you have a lot that don’t. Jin and Kazuya have many similar moves same with Julia and Michelle. Only new character was Unknown the game’s boss that can play as any character's playstyle.

Tekken Bowl was featured as a minigame and it's pretty fun. It’s definitely a game where everyone can laugh and have a good time.

Tekken Tag Tournament on the PS2 features up to 4 players so you can play up to four friends for some nice couch gameplay.

I want to end by talking about the music in this game and my god it’s amazing. They even had a soundtrack.

In the end Tekken Tag Tournament is a great introduction to the PS2. The graphics are amazing, the roster is just incredible having every character from the Tekken series come together and the music had to be the best for a fighting game. Namco definitely gave fans something that they dreamed of and it delivered.