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Tekken 2

Tekken 2 is a fighting game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation. Released in 1995, it is the second installment in the Tekken series, featuring improved graphics, new characters, and refined gameplay mechanics that established the franchise's signature 3D fighting style.

Release Date
January 1, 1995
Developer
Namco
Publisher
Namco
Players
1
Region
US

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Story

2 years after the King of the Iron Fist Tournament , the Mishima Zaibatsu, under the leadership of Kazuya Mishima , has become more powerful than ever before and is involved in many illegal operations. While his father Heihachi Mishima was rather ruthless in his endeavors, Kazuya acts completely without a conscience. He hires assassins to eliminate any of his critics and rivals, extorts money from several businesses and organizations, and smuggles endangered species to conduct genetic experiments on them. The reason for his evil deeds is that he has allowed the Devil within him to consume his soul and mind as a result of his hatred towards Heihachi.

Kazuya is sentenced to being arrested by animal rights activist and operative Jun Kazama for his experiments. Heihachi on the other hand, whom Kazuya had defeated and thrown off a cliff 2 years ago, has climbed back up and is training himself, plotting to overthrow Kazuya and take back the Mishima Zaibatsu. In an attempt to rid himself of Heihachi and his enemies once and for all, Kazuya announces the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, with a large cash prize of $1,000,000,000,000 , knowing that Heihachi will appear in an attempt to get his revenge. When Jun enters the tournament and eventually comes face to face with Kazuya, she tries to arrest him, but instead, the two cannot help being drawn to one another, propelled by a mystic force beyond Jun's control.

Besides her duty to arrest Kazuya, who smuggles protected animals, she wants to free Kazuya of his evil power and drops out of the tournament as a result. Meanwhile, during the tournament, Heihachi defeats the opposing fighters, including his adopted son Lee Chaolan , who had sided with Kazuya and worked for him as a secretary at the Mishima Zaibatsu. Despite his victory, however, Heihachi was defeated by Kazuya's old rival, Paul Phoenix , in the semi-finals of the tournament. Thus, Paul had earned the right to have a rematch with Kazuya.

Later on, the tournament officials reinstated Heihachi, allowing him to replace Paul in the finals when the latter was forced to forfeit after getting stuck in traffic due to a multi-car collision on the expressway and, therefore, unable to make the match on time. At some point during this time, Jun was able to cause an internal conflict within Kazuya, weakening Devil's hold over him. Despite her efforts, Jun fails to prevent Kazuya from going on to meet his father, Heihachi, in the tournament finals, to which Heihachi confronts Kazuya, and they battle once again. Kazuya is too weak to overpower Heihachi because of the internal conflict between his evil side - Devil - and his good side - an unknown entity called Angel, which was brought forth after his past meeting with Jun.

After defeating Kazuya in the finals, Heihachi throws Kazuya's unconscious body into a volcano before escaping on a helicopter just as the volcano erupts behind him, taking revenge and regaining the Mishima Zaibatsu. In the meantime, Jun became pregnant after her past meeting with Kazuya during the tournament, resulting in her leaving everything behind to raise her newborn son .

Gameplay Systems

The gameplay in Tekken 2 is much like its predecessor Tekken with a few additions. It continues to use 2D backgrounds in its stages, an infinite playing field and a fighting system that utilizes four buttons: left punch, right punch, left kick and right kick. Distinct additions included attack reversals for some characters, back throws, chain-throws and a sidestep unique to two characters, Kazuya Mishima and Heihachi Mishima . However, Yoshimitsu has a spinning sidestep move that lowers his health.

Tackles were also modified to inflict damage when running from a greater distance. Each time the game is beaten with one of the default available characters in arcade mode, the associated sub-boss character becomes selectable. The home console version of Tekken 2 introduced various modes that would become staples to the series. These include Survival mode , Team Battle mode, Time Attack mode and Practice mode.

Survival mode takes the player through an endless number of matches to see how many opponents they can defeat without being defeated themselves. In addition, any health lost during a match will carry over to the next match, but the player would regain a little bit more health. Team Battle mode allows the player to select up to eight characters to participate in single-round matches. Like Survival mode, any health lost during a match will carry over to the next match, but the player will regain a small amount.

The player will also keep their character for the next match until they are eliminated, in which the next character will take their place. The mode ends when all characters on either team are eliminated. Time Attack mode is similar to Arcade mode, except it is played to see how fast the player can go through it and beat records. Finally, Practice mode allows a player to train their skills in using a selected character's moves and techniques against a training dummy.

Awards & Honors

a Gold award

Sales & Commercial Performance

Total Copies Sold
1 million copies

Media Reviews

IGN
9/10
GameSpot
9.2/10
Famitsu
9/10
Game Informer
9.5/10
Electronic Gaming Monthly
34/40
EGM
1996

About Tekken 2

Tekken 2 is a classic video game released for the PlayStation on January 1, 1995. Developed by Namco and published by Namco, this title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.

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