So glad they overcome the early problems as I have so many great memories from playing Tekken and Tekken 2 in my youth, hats off to you Top Hat, on another wonderful video
Yes for a TEKKEN 2 video, please! T2 was my first PS1 game together with the console for Christmas '97. While Tekken 3 might've had the better improved gameplay, I still am VERY nostalgic for T2, which IMO still has the best storyline and soundtrack of any Tekken game so far, with TTT2 and T5(DR) being a close second / third.
I completely agree with you. It was a trendsetter for its time and was one of my favorite and most played PS game. So many tournaments and super late night matches!!
It's really lovely to see how beloved TEKKEN 2 still is to this day. And I would've never thought I'd get such a wholesome response to my comment above. I'm nearly lost for words. Thank you for your kindness everybody! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
I just replayed Tekken after many years. 2 has so much better atmosphere, character arcs. Though i really love Tekken 3, some areas are much better in Tekken 2.
We gotta give the Tekken team some credit for making this iconic fighting game franchise. It really shows that how much risk they’ve taken,and all the hardships that these team of developers had to go through just to make one game. I am glad that it all went so well at the end. Now that it’s became one of the best fighting games ever.
Tekken's Motion Designer was Masahiro Oniguchi and its Game Designer was Seichi Ishii. Prior to Tekken, Seichi Ishii worked on Virtua Fighter also as Game Designer.. So essentially they were scouted and picked by Namco from prior working at Sega Seichi Ishii who would go on and start his own development studio: Dream Factory, and make 3D fighting games such as Tobal #1, Tobal 2, and Ehrgeiz, as well as the 3D beat em ups: The Bouncer, Crimson Tears, Appleseed EX, and Yoshitsune-Ki. He would than also go on and make the exclusive Kakuto Chojin 3D fighting game for the og XBox, and an unreleased arcade fighting game for Atomisware called KenJu). Masahiro's Oniguchi would later on form a company called Anchor Inc, and would go on to work on such other fighting games like teaming up with Seichi Ishii once again to help make Tobal #1, then go onto making Fighters Destiny 1 & 2 on N64, Fighting Vipers 2, Toy Fighter in the arcades, WWE Raw 1 & 2, Pride FC 2003 and helping SEGA AM2 division make Virtua Fighter 4. Masahiro's work would also be used for Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho 120% developed by Dimps for Banpresto for arcade/PS2 in 2006/2007, and his company would later work on Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, Namco's Rise of the Incarnates and Bloostained. He then would go on to make another company; Quad Arrow Future Links, and sell the same engine used for these fighting games as a sort of open source 3D Fighter Maker game on Steam called EF-12. Masahiro had one unreleased 3D arcade fighting game called Force Five, which was in development using the Atomisware board after Virtua Fighter 3 Virtua Fighter 4, Tekken 3 and 4 etc, and it was made under his company Arrow Inc (which he opened in 1996) for Sammy Studios publisher but it never officially came out.and its assets were bought by another company called Atravita who did release it completely redone visually as a game called Jingu Storm.
I'll never forget how Tekken started...it was the early time of the Playstation- when people only cared about the graphics and were wowed by the gameplay. Me, I thought the game was ugly and boring. It wasn't worth my time. I had others tell me " Well it's an innovative game! Its a true 3D Fighter!" to which I reminded them about Virtua Fighter 2, Killer Instinct 1&2 and even Namco's own Soul Edge were much better games. It would take Tekken 3 to really grab my attention!
True that. The Tekken series has barely improved visually since Tekken 5, despite being two console generations apart. At least it's not Soul Calibur VI, which actually looks WORSE than its last-gen predecessors.
Love the video. Tekken is my favorite fighting series and can't wait for Tekken 8. But I never knew they had such a tough start, as understandably a problem that most companies had as being pioneers. But this series definitely left a staple on my heart. And it's all too nostalgic when ever I play it.
Tekken 3 is the reason I'm into fighting games. Before that I only like Killer Instinct. I hated Mortal Kombat and SF before Tekken 3 got me into fighting games.
@@Gamesta100 yes!!!! ....i like marvel vs capcom 2 and injustice but not a fan of the mk and sf series and this upcoming street fighter 6 looks like its trying to emulate tekken
Tekken 2 was easily my favorite game at the time of the release. I actually played 2 before the original because i bought the PS when 2 came out. Countless hours unlocking and mastering characters. Love this series.
Great video, I was hoping you would cover Tekken at some point. Great memories as I remember the time Tekken first hit the seen and have been a fan since day 1. The first 3 Tekken were amazing, with each sequel improving and getting better and better even when we through it was not possible. Tekken 2 was a huge jump up in both gameplay and graphics. Somehow Namco done it again with Tekken 3 which was an even bigger improvement with the additon of side stepping and giving everyone a whole set of moves. Truly an amazing franchise. My personal is Tekken 2, the nostalgia with easily one of the best soundtracks in gaming history. Please cover the rest of the franchise 🙏
Man, I remember one day waiting for my turn in MK3 kind of turning around slowly to look to see this new cabinet in the arcade that I've been hearing in the background all day (the arcade in question is video'd, from 1993 though, on my channel somewhere). Not a lot of people were playing it at the time believe it or not (MK was still all the rage in my part of the country) but I remember thinking "this is the beginning of the end. everything is going to be 3d now". I know virtua racing was well into its stride etc but I dunno, Tekken just kind of felt like the brunt of the trend. Like THIS IS IT, THIS IS WHAT GAMING WILL BE. A different feeling than when I saw VF for the first time. This was more of a science project kind of thing. Like "Oh wow this is cool" but you know it still wasn't as good as Mortal Kombat (plus I think it was a dollar to play or something if I remember correctly. it was more expensive for sure). Yeah Tekken was the beginning of the end for the Mortal Kombat era I think. The slippery slope to all things PS1 (Toshinden etc) and even bringing the arcade home (no need to flush out quarters, you got MK3 for free on the PS1 demo disc! haha). Anyway good times and a GOAT soundtrack to this day.
Great history on the first Tekken. Alas, it's a series that no matter how often I give it a chance, it didn't seem to leave much of a positive impression on me. I never HATED Tekken, but Soul Blade-Calibur REALLY grabbed me as the Namco fighting series.
I never really got into the first two Tekken games. Tekken 3 is the one and only Tekken game that truly resonated with me. It never would have came to be if its granddaddy the original Tekken had never become popular. The influence of Virtua Fighter is painfully obvious, but I had no idea the degree of behind the scenes struggles went on during development. Tekken is therefore an underdog miracle franchise that could have easily been DOA
Great coverage! I absolutely love the namco titles from this era, they're so good and their soundtracks have made it onto every phone since the dawn of mp3
One thing I loved was the hit select for top down perspective. Can't remember if it made it to part 2 but for sure the first had that simple but effective touch.
I have to say this channel has really rekindled my love of fighting games after a good 10 years dormant. As a result, in the last week I've picked up the PSP editions of Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Tekken 5, along with the Street Fighter EX Trilogy, and I'm waiting on Virtua Fighter 5. So thanks for that.
I think people forget how rough early 3D games were. Especially ones that want to Doom or Wolfenstein. There's a reason Tekken one was an arcade hit and it's because it played pretty good for its time. You did have to get past a little jank but it was like that with the most games People tend to look back at classic video games and only remember the absolute best of the best. So everybody remembers Zelda but nobody thinks about Roland's curse. Even though the latter was a perfectly serviceable game.
Roland's Curse was an abysmal abject FAILURE in terms of sales on THAT platform it was on... Zelda is revered because of the hard work Nintendo in Japan and Nintendo of America's marketing staff did to make sure the game would be known and be accessible to gamers especially when you purchased a Nintendo Entertainment System and got the offer of two years monthly subscription for the price of one year for the official Nintendo Power Magazine since 1988 and onwards... Meanwhile SEGA here in the U.S. is NOT revered and is instead seen as a quagmire due to the insurrectionist actions of Sega of America's staff who didn't bother to do the same effort that Nintendo of America staff did... Basically Sega of America's staff attempted to dictate what the "Genesis" was by refusing to use the "MegaDrive" name and then they eventually started to block many exclusive Japanese developed Sega MegaDrive game software... something that Nintendo of America did not do as they tried to actually do the work of translation of as much game software as they could handle even though their flaw was that they could have hired more people to translate more games they feared over saturating the game market with too many games like Atari did... also because of LJN and other shitty devs who pushed shovelware crap and could give any game system a bad reputation if they didn't play the real Japanese first party games or the games from talented devs like the old RARE... and others.
I didn't play any of the Tekken games for a while. Part of the reason is I rushed out to the arcades to play Virtua Fighter. I always liked Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, so obviously I was going to love a 3D fighter, right? I thought Virtua Fighter SUCKED! Looking back, I still think it was a terrible game. So I figured I wouldn't like any of the 3D fighters, but when I finally gave Tekken a try, I ended up loving it.
Not going to lie I played both of these like a lot, seriously like every other day I was putting 5 bucks into each loved tekken for the combo’s and controls, loved virtual fighter for the selection of styles and the graphics were like wow. I was also born in 82 my first system was a Atari 2600. I was absolutely amazed by where games have started and where they are now. Still would love to see SEGA make a newer version of the Saturn and a dev kit like the ouya but good.
I just got the first tekken Longbox ps1 game from my friend yesterday! I always loved them but I never played past Tekken Tag Tournament, I figured I'd give them another go
@@E.e.V.e.E Konami needs to start selling the dope IPs they'll never actually use again. Kensei, Phantom Crash/S.L.A.I. and Rumble Roses are only naming a few
@@BridgetGX I wish they will do that, many fans actually share this idea because they lose faith in Konami and wish their favorite game back with another company 😞
Also what set Tekken apart from other fighting games was it was really the 1st game to canon the heel (bad guys ) winning the games something other winning games would not do for s decade with Mortal Kombat Deception's intro
Just like Resident Evil, I've only known about Tekken from game Magazines. But my first real experience with the Franchise was with a Demo of Tekken 2 and then a Final Version of Tekken 3. 4:54- Speaking of 60 FPS, are you gonna make your content in 69 FPS in the future.
Tekken definitely was a risk taking title. If it were not for its gutsy attitude, we would not see the series continue. The evolution since the original is an amazing one More Tekken coverage? Yes please.
Please do videos on mortal kombat 3 (& UMK3),tekken 2,soul calibur 2,& DOA2. As well as videos on blazblue,snk's world heroes,primal rage,sonic the fighters,& pokken tournament
I say do every single fighting game of the generation. Bushido blade 1&2, bloody roar 1&2, dead or alive, destrega, tobal 1&2, soul edge and blade, battle arena toshiden, dragon ball gt, I think there was even a d&d fighting game really early in PlayStation not sure if it came out but saw it in EGM back in 96 or 97.
If Tekken never released then neither would Tekken 3 and I possibly wouldn't be into fighting games because 3 is what got me into fighting games. It should be no surprise that Tekken is my favourite fighting series.
Great video as always, but does it really need that big bright neon green border? I could barely look at the screen I thought it was going to trigger a migraine.
As a child, I only saw my brother play tekken in the arcade machines, it was awesome, the graphics and the iconic characters. I really wasn't into fighting games when I was young, but now in my 30's, I'm playing all the tekken games, from 1 to 8. I'm in the TTK2 now, cool games.
I had no idea about this. I only knew about Tekken thanks to teh sequel Tekken 2. This is one I really need to watch. I always felt that Tekken 6 was where the franchise died but I was wrong once 7 dropped although I wish Bandai Namco did more with Tekken 7.
Tekken 2 was the first PlayStation game I played with a friend. That’s when I knew I wanted a PlayStation console for Xmas , which I did but did not own Tekken 2 cuz it was sold out 😢
I remember Tekken, Virtua Fighter & Fighting Vipers all utilised the 3D polygonal approach, and I wasnt a fan at the time because I was a huge fan of Super Street Fighter 2 & Killer Instinct. I remember, of the three, I preferred Fighting Vipers at the time.
Tekken 3 was the first 3d fighting game I played. Much like with SF2 I learned all the move sets and could not be bothered to do so ever again with subsequent games.
Thanks to teeken being such as success we got the best surprise shocking unexpected dlc reveal of all time it was a cross over one. God bless daddy let the man have a break for the love of President owata.
that was very interesting. didnt know it was such a crazy development...wow. glad it all came together in the end tho. the sequels just improved and namco perfected the craft. great call on using playstation compatible hardware too. it was a huge factor in its success and hype. tekken 3 still fav psx fighting game of all time... holds up to this day. and tekken is a worthy 3-d fighter and rival to virtua fighter. also glad its still going strong after all these years. sadly sega quit VF so its great at least there is tekken to fall back on. the king of iron fist tournament TEKKEN!! :D
I was quite big on the first few Tekken games. Crazy to think the production of this first one was so ridiculous. To go from this to Tekken 2 was a big step up, then to Tekken 3 was huge. T3 is still one of the very best fighters on PS1 and possibly of that whole generation.
I would love to see more Tekken. But only if you have a good relationship with those Tekken games. Because I like it when you are cracking jokes and giggling to yourself when talking about the backstories, especially the fighters coming from the wonderfully weird world of the Japanese fighting game disputants. I wish there are a lot of stories and fun facts about the world of Tekken so that you can make more of the superb long play movies that focus on one fighter at a time. I am just gonna say it, your best work is in the long play vids about the fighters in street fighter, imo😃🥰 BTW, I stopped playing fighting games 25 years ago, but your channel is still enjoyable for the nostalgia and for the content of "you". Sorry about the bad sentence structure, I am a foreigner, so ...yeah😇. Cheers
I like Tekken (specifically Tekken 3) but i've definitely always preferred VF as a series. I always felt the games looked better, were better balanced, had more authentic moves and animations, and had more depth, they just feel better to play to me. VF 4 Evo is the greatest 3-D fighter of all time in my personal opinion.
Tekken 1 was a bit rough, sure, but Tekken 2 is amazing, I would definitely say it's the first great 3d fighter, with Soul Blade following close behind.
Then come Tekken 7 we find out Heihachi threw Kazuya off a cliff to see if he had the devil gene, a mistake that would come back to get him later on.....
I actually enjoyed the original Tekken back in 94/95 after that I simply didn't care for the sequels including the second game cuz it looked the same as the first one. To me the Tekken franchise didn't compare to the Capcom fighters including the X-Men children of the atom game, the SNK fighting games like Fatal Fury and King of Fighters because Tekkens 3d graphics didn't do it for me and Tekken 's music was too bland for me! Battle Arena Toshinden still had way better music than Tekken did! How Battle Arena Toshinden is forgotten and Tekken is still even relevant today is freaking crazy 🤣
The creators even admitted Tekken 1 was horribly balanced. It was also ugly, slow, and unoriginal. Could somebody explain to me why they preferred it to Virtua Fighter 2? I'm not hating on the franchise: it got good starting with Tekken 3, and I think Tekken 7 is better than Street Fighter 5 and as good as Virtua Fighter 5.
Seeing this rn as i just Re-discovered tekken and I've played tekken 3 and 4 after ages... Despite i love the series i should confess first Tekken is genuinely a Walmart Virtua Fighters for Playstation users
i take it back that when i told u dont know what ur talking about when it comes to tekken 1. i personaly however belive this that they made all if not most of tekken 1 moves with motion capture. if they didnt then they did from tekken 2 or tekken 3 onwards. motion capture is big thing for tekken . whang su ill 2 did motion capture for whaorang for example and some games credit pretty big motion capture teams. hope to see more tekken history videos in the future.
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Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should definitely do a video on The King of Fighters '95!
Yes please cover Tekken 2!
So glad they overcome the early problems as I have so many great memories from playing Tekken and Tekken 2 in my youth, hats off to you Top Hat, on another wonderful video
you play Super Smash Bros Ultimate ?
Yeah I was a big Sega person and like the Virtua Fighter games, but Tekken was just so much fun and had more memorable characters.
Same. It was the very first game that I bought for my PS1.
Yes for a TEKKEN 2 video, please!
T2 was my first PS1 game together with the console for Christmas '97.
While Tekken 3 might've had the better improved gameplay, I still am VERY nostalgic for T2, which IMO still has the best storyline and soundtrack of any Tekken game so far, with TTT2 and T5(DR) being a close second / third.
I completely agree with you. It was a trendsetter for its time and was one of my favorite and most played PS game. So many tournaments and super late night matches!!
I first played Tekken 2 on summer 1997,it was mindblowing.TTT2 is best in series.
The roster is honestly better on 2 as well lol
It's really lovely to see how beloved TEKKEN 2 still is to this day. And I would've never thought I'd get such a wholesome response to my comment above. I'm nearly lost for words. Thank you for your kindness everybody!
🤜🏻🤛🏻
I just replayed Tekken after many years. 2 has so much better atmosphere, character arcs. Though i really love Tekken 3, some areas are much better in Tekken 2.
We gotta give the Tekken team some credit for making this iconic fighting game franchise. It really shows that how much risk they’ve taken,and all the hardships that these team of developers had to go through just to make one game. I am glad that it all went so well at the end. Now that it’s became one of the best fighting games ever.
I remember playing Tekken in Spain in an arcade and fell in love with it but T2 is the one I bought for psx
Tekken's Motion Designer was Masahiro Oniguchi and its Game Designer was Seichi Ishii. Prior to Tekken, Seichi Ishii worked on Virtua Fighter also as Game Designer.. So essentially they were scouted and picked by Namco from prior working at Sega
Seichi Ishii who would go on and start his own development studio: Dream Factory, and make 3D fighting games such as Tobal #1, Tobal 2, and Ehrgeiz, as well as the 3D beat em ups: The Bouncer, Crimson Tears, Appleseed EX, and Yoshitsune-Ki. He would than also go on and make the exclusive Kakuto Chojin 3D fighting game for the og XBox, and an unreleased arcade fighting game for Atomisware called KenJu).
Masahiro's Oniguchi would later on form a company called Anchor Inc, and would go on to work on such other fighting games like teaming up with Seichi Ishii once again to help make Tobal #1, then go onto making Fighters Destiny 1 & 2 on N64, Fighting Vipers 2, Toy Fighter in the arcades, WWE Raw 1 & 2, Pride FC 2003 and helping SEGA AM2 division make Virtua Fighter 4.
Masahiro's work would also be used for Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho 120% developed by Dimps for Banpresto for arcade/PS2 in 2006/2007, and his company would later work on Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening, Namco's Rise of the Incarnates and Bloostained.
He then would go on to make another company; Quad Arrow Future Links, and sell the same engine used for these fighting games as a sort of open source 3D Fighter Maker game on Steam called EF-12.
Masahiro had one unreleased 3D arcade fighting game called Force Five, which was in development using the Atomisware board after Virtua Fighter 3 Virtua Fighter 4, Tekken 3 and 4 etc, and it was made under his company Arrow Inc (which he opened in 1996) for Sammy Studios publisher but it never officially came out.and its assets were bought by another company called Atravita who did release it completely redone visually as a game called Jingu Storm.
I'll never forget how Tekken started...it was the early time of the Playstation- when people only cared about the graphics and were wowed by the gameplay. Me, I thought the game was ugly and boring. It wasn't worth my time. I had others tell me " Well it's an innovative game! Its a true 3D Fighter!" to which I reminded them about Virtua Fighter 2, Killer Instinct 1&2 and even Namco's own Soul Edge were much better games. It would take Tekken 3 to really grab my attention!
I miss when each generation of video games looked significantly better than the previous one.
True that. The Tekken series has barely improved visually since Tekken 5, despite being two console generations apart.
At least it's not Soul Calibur VI, which actually looks WORSE than its last-gen predecessors.
Love the video. Tekken is my favorite fighting series and can't wait for Tekken 8. But I never knew they had such a tough start, as understandably a problem that most companies had as being pioneers. But this series definitely left a staple on my heart. And it's all too nostalgic when ever I play it.
Tekken 3 is the reason I'm into fighting games. Before that I only like Killer Instinct. I hated Mortal Kombat and SF before Tekken 3 got me into fighting games.
@@Gamesta100 yes!!!! ....i like marvel vs capcom 2 and injustice but not a fan of the mk and sf series and this upcoming street fighter 6 looks like its trying to emulate tekken
Tekken 2 was easily my favorite game at the time of the release. I actually played 2 before the original because i bought the PS when 2 came out. Countless hours unlocking and mastering characters. Love this series.
do you like Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Another lovely trip down memory lane. I would love to see Tekken 2 and, even more-so, Soul Edge/Soul Blade for arcade and PS1.
Tekken 1 is stiff but fun to play. Never knew Namco were in trouble while developing Tekken.
Well that was really interesting. I knew about Seiichi Ishii working on Tekken 1 & 2 but crazy development was new to me.
By far my favorite fighting game series. I'm missing Tekken 1, 2 and Hybrid from my collection.
If you have a PS2, get Tekken 5, which has the original arcade versions of 1 2 and 3 on the disc as bonus features.
1 is the only game I don't own. Well besides Advance and the PSP version of 6.
Great video, I was hoping you would cover Tekken at some point. Great memories as I remember the time Tekken first hit the seen and have been a fan since day 1. The first 3 Tekken were amazing, with each sequel improving and getting better and better even when we through it was not possible. Tekken 2 was a huge jump up in both gameplay and graphics. Somehow Namco done it again with Tekken 3 which was an even bigger improvement with the additon of side stepping and giving everyone a whole set of moves. Truly an amazing franchise. My personal is Tekken 2, the nostalgia with easily one of the best soundtracks in gaming history. Please cover the rest of the franchise 🙏
Man, I remember one day waiting for my turn in MK3 kind of turning around slowly to look to see this new cabinet in the arcade that I've been hearing in the background all day (the arcade in question is video'd, from 1993 though, on my channel somewhere). Not a lot of people were playing it at the time believe it or not (MK was still all the rage in my part of the country) but I remember thinking "this is the beginning of the end. everything is going to be 3d now".
I know virtua racing was well into its stride etc but I dunno, Tekken just kind of felt like the brunt of the trend. Like THIS IS IT, THIS IS WHAT GAMING WILL BE.
A different feeling than when I saw VF for the first time. This was more of a science project kind of thing. Like "Oh wow this is cool" but you know it still wasn't as good as Mortal Kombat (plus I think it was a dollar to play or something if I remember correctly. it was more expensive for sure).
Yeah Tekken was the beginning of the end for the Mortal Kombat era I think. The slippery slope to all things PS1 (Toshinden etc) and even bringing the arcade home (no need to flush out quarters, you got MK3 for free on the PS1 demo disc! haha).
Anyway good times and a GOAT soundtrack to this day.
Great history on the first Tekken. Alas, it's a series that no matter how often I give it a chance, it didn't seem to leave much of a positive impression on me. I never HATED Tekken, but Soul Blade-Calibur REALLY grabbed me as the Namco fighting series.
I never really got into the first two Tekken games. Tekken 3 is the one and only Tekken game that truly resonated with me. It never would have came to be if its granddaddy the original Tekken had never become popular. The influence of Virtua Fighter is painfully obvious, but I had no idea the degree of behind the scenes struggles went on during development. Tekken is therefore an underdog miracle franchise that could have easily been DOA
True that. At least it's not DOA: Dead or Alive.
Great coverage! I absolutely love the namco titles from this era, they're so good and their soundtracks have made it onto every phone since the dawn of mp3
Very nice historical breakdown! You gotta cover Tekken 2 just for the epic intro song
One thing I loved was the hit select for top down perspective.
Can't remember if it made it to part 2 but for sure the first had that simple but effective touch.
I have to say this channel has really rekindled my love of fighting games after a good 10 years dormant. As a result, in the last week I've picked up the PSP editions of Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Tekken 5, along with the Street Fighter EX Trilogy, and I'm waiting on Virtua Fighter 5. So thanks for that.
I think people forget how rough early 3D games were. Especially ones that want to Doom or Wolfenstein.
There's a reason Tekken one was an arcade hit and it's because it played pretty good for its time. You did have to get past a little jank but it was like that with the most games
People tend to look back at classic video games and only remember the absolute best of the best. So everybody remembers Zelda but nobody thinks about Roland's curse. Even though the latter was a perfectly serviceable game.
I'm not into Zelda but I've never even heard of Rolands Curse
Virtua Fighter 1 and 2 played much better. But yeah, most early 3D games were rough.
Roland's Curse was an abysmal abject FAILURE in terms of sales on THAT platform it was on...
Zelda is revered because of the hard work Nintendo in Japan and Nintendo of America's marketing staff did to make sure the game would be known and be accessible to gamers especially when you purchased a Nintendo Entertainment System and got the offer of two years monthly subscription for the price of one year for the official Nintendo Power Magazine since 1988 and onwards...
Meanwhile SEGA here in the U.S. is NOT revered and is instead seen as a quagmire due to the insurrectionist actions of Sega of America's staff who didn't bother to do the same effort that Nintendo of America staff did...
Basically Sega of America's staff attempted to dictate what the "Genesis" was by refusing to use the "MegaDrive" name and then they eventually started to block many exclusive Japanese developed Sega MegaDrive game software... something that Nintendo of America did not do as they tried to actually do the work of translation of as much game software as they could handle even though their flaw was that they could have hired more people to translate more games they feared over saturating the game market with too many games like Atari did... also because of LJN and other shitty devs who pushed shovelware crap and could give any game system a bad reputation if they didn't play the real Japanese first party games or the games from talented devs like the old RARE... and others.
I didn't play any of the Tekken games for a while. Part of the reason is I rushed out to the arcades to play Virtua Fighter. I always liked Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, so obviously I was going to love a 3D fighter, right? I thought Virtua Fighter SUCKED! Looking back, I still think it was a terrible game. So I figured I wouldn't like any of the 3D fighters, but when I finally gave Tekken a try, I ended up loving it.
Hmm, I liked Virtua Fighter 1/2 (faster, better looking, better balanced), but I found Tekken 1/2 horrible.
Why did you prefer Tekken?
You think VF is "terrible"?? It's an excellent series, definitely my favorite 3-D fighting series of all time.
@@orlanzo2621 Did it improve dramatically after the first one? I think that's the only one I played and I thought it was sluggish and dull.
I actually got into Tekken 2 when it first came out in the arcades. In fact, Tekken 2 was the reason I got a PlayStation.
Not going to lie I played both of these like a lot, seriously like every other day I was putting 5 bucks into each loved tekken for the combo’s and controls, loved virtual fighter for the selection of styles and the graphics were like wow. I was also born in 82 my first system was a Atari 2600. I was absolutely amazed by where games have started and where they are now. Still would love to see SEGA make a newer version of the Saturn and a dev kit like the ouya but good.
Lost the long box and manual, but SO happy that I still have my disc for Tekken
I just got the first tekken Longbox ps1 game from my friend yesterday! I always loved them but I never played past Tekken Tag Tournament, I figured I'd give them another go
What I don't get is how Tekken survives but Kensei: Sacred Fist only ever got one game.
I love Kensei but it's not like it release with T1!
it came after Tekken 3 and never release in arcade so that's why!
and Konami too.....
@@E.e.V.e.E Konami needs to start selling the dope IPs they'll never actually use again. Kensei, Phantom Crash/S.L.A.I. and Rumble Roses are only naming a few
@@BridgetGX I wish they will do that, many fans actually share this idea because they lose faith in Konami and wish their favorite game back with another company 😞
This game brings back memories. I paid $70 new for this game a little over a month after the PS1 release.
Also what set Tekken apart from other fighting games was it was really the 1st game to canon the heel (bad guys ) winning the games something other winning games would not do for s decade with Mortal Kombat Deception's intro
Just like Resident Evil, I've only known about Tekken from game Magazines. But my first real experience with the Franchise was with a Demo of Tekken 2 and then a Final Version of Tekken 3.
4:54- Speaking of 60 FPS, are you gonna make your content in 69 FPS in the future.
Great to see Top Hat branching into Tekken. Hope to see more Tekken content 👍🏾
TEKKEN = Greatest 3D fighting game of all time.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate has something to say about that
For me that's VF.
That was a very interesting insight.
I'm more into Soulcalibur but sure would I like a follow up video to Tekken2.
Tekken definitely was a risk taking title. If it were not for its gutsy attitude, we would not see the series continue. The evolution since the original is an amazing one
More Tekken coverage? Yes please.
Please do videos on mortal kombat 3 (& UMK3),tekken 2,soul calibur 2,& DOA2. As well as videos on blazblue,snk's world heroes,primal rage,sonic the fighters,& pokken tournament
Tekken was my 1t game on the ps1 and I didnt even own the console yet! Now im out here cosplaying as Kazuya taking pictures with harada!
I say do every single fighting game of the generation. Bushido blade 1&2, bloody roar 1&2, dead or alive, destrega, tobal 1&2, soul edge and blade, battle arena toshiden, dragon ball gt, I think there was even a d&d fighting game really early in PlayStation not sure if it came out but saw it in EGM back in 96 or 97.
If Tekken never released then neither would Tekken 3 and I possibly wouldn't be into fighting games because 3 is what got me into fighting games.
It should be no surprise that Tekken is my favourite fighting series.
Great video as always, but does it really need that big bright neon green border? I could barely look at the screen I thought it was going to trigger a migraine.
As a child, I only saw my brother play tekken in the arcade machines, it was awesome, the graphics and the iconic characters. I really wasn't into fighting games when I was young, but now in my 30's, I'm playing all the tekken games, from 1 to 8. I'm in the TTK2 now, cool games.
Great video like always Top Hat. Very Informative. Keep up the great work man!
As much as I love part one
i chose part2 (version B) for my arcade cab
I hope you'll cover Star Gladiator and it's sequel Plasma Sword
Now all
They need to do is let arcade 1up release a tekken 1- tekken tag arcade cabinet
I had no idea about this. I only knew about Tekken thanks to teh sequel Tekken 2. This is one I really need to watch. I always felt that Tekken 6 was where the franchise died but I was wrong once 7 dropped although I wish Bandai Namco did more with Tekken 7.
Have been waiting almost 3 years for this thank you.
Was that Minoru Suzuki in the pictures of the motion capture team?
Tekken 2 was the first PlayStation game I played with a friend. That’s when I knew I wanted a PlayStation console for Xmas , which I did but did not own Tekken 2 cuz it was sold out 😢
I love tekken!!! Tekken 4 was the first tekken I ever played and Jin became my favorite character cause he was badass
The annoying thing about Tekken 4 Jin for people who played previous games was that his fighting moves were changed quite a lot.
I remember Tekken, Virtua Fighter & Fighting Vipers all utilised the 3D polygonal approach, and I wasnt a fan at the time because I was a huge fan of Super Street Fighter 2 & Killer Instinct.
I remember, of the three, I preferred Fighting Vipers at the time.
I love this game...i was there in 1995 ^^
Thank God it's alive & stronger then ever
Keep going with Tekken stuff as they were the best fighting games of my childhood. Love it!
what about Super Smash Bros
Tekken 3 was the first 3d fighting game I played. Much like with SF2 I learned all the move sets and could not be bothered to do so ever again with subsequent games.
Yeah it's true. Tekken Tag 2 was supposed to be the last game of the series. I'm glad we got 7 and it's also successful.
Also, can you discuss the history and downfall of ridge racer, eternal champions.
Thanks to teeken being such as success we got the best surprise shocking unexpected dlc reveal of all time it was a cross over one. God bless daddy let the man have a break for the love of President owata.
that was very interesting. didnt know it was such a crazy development...wow. glad it all
came together in the end tho. the sequels just improved and namco perfected the craft.
great call on using playstation compatible hardware too. it was a huge factor in its success
and hype. tekken 3 still fav psx fighting game of all time... holds up to this day.
and tekken is a worthy 3-d fighter and rival to virtua fighter. also glad its still going strong after
all these years. sadly sega quit VF so its great at least there is tekken to fall back on.
the king of iron fist tournament TEKKEN!! :D
Love your hard work! You and Decade are amazing! Much love from Indiana :)
I was quite big on the first few Tekken games. Crazy to think the production of this first one was so ridiculous. To go from this to Tekken 2 was a big step up, then to Tekken 3 was huge. T3 is still one of the very best fighters on PS1 and possibly of that whole generation.
Loud YES for a Tekken 2 video, thank you very much
I like Tekken and I also like Virtua Figthter but which is better? There's only one way to find out.....
This guy looks like Dorian from the Mask and Cillian Murphy.
BRING BATTLE ARENA TOSHINDEN FFS! 🔥🤬😠😡🔥
Seconded!
@@jacksonpeds5298 seconded what?
What a game and really changed the fighting game genre forever. Long live Tekken
*They put this cabinet right beside the Virtual fighter and Fighting Vipers On Purpose*
Can you do Dynasty Warriors? The first one used to be a fighting game until 2 and onwards when it became a hack & slash game franchise.
More please - love tekken!
I wanted to Grew yo to be a Tekken Fighter… and I’m actually kickBoxing Next month I’m like a Combo of Bruce, Eddy, Steve Hwoarang with Kazuya Swag
Tekken was my first Ps1 game and it was Kazuya on the poster that made me get it
Yes! TEKKEN 2 please. I just unlocked everyone on the ps plus version. Lol.
Kazuya's creepy sociopathic smile made me laugh. 😆
I would love to see more Tekken. But only if you have a good relationship with those Tekken games. Because I like it when you are cracking jokes and giggling to yourself when talking about the backstories, especially the fighters coming from the wonderfully weird world of the Japanese fighting game disputants.
I wish there are a lot of stories and fun facts about the world of Tekken so that you can make more of the superb long play movies that focus on one fighter at a time.
I am just gonna say it, your best work is in the long play vids about the fighters in street fighter, imo😃🥰
BTW, I stopped playing fighting games 25 years ago, but your channel is still enjoyable for the nostalgia and for the content of "you".
Sorry about the bad sentence structure, I am a foreigner, so ...yeah😇.
Cheers
Top Hat Gaming Man, how about you do a video on Tekken 2?
Get ready for the next battle
You're not gonna talk about Xiaoyu's "KWEHPEYO"?
In sum old promos,Law is named Dragon
I like Tekken (specifically Tekken 3) but i've definitely always preferred VF as a series. I always felt the games looked better, were better balanced, had more authentic moves and animations, and had more depth, they just feel better to play to me. VF 4 Evo is the greatest 3-D fighter of all time in my personal opinion.
Didnt use the muton capture for Tekken 1. Bait and switch marketing.
Tekken 1 was a bit rough, sure, but Tekken 2 is amazing, I would definitely say it's the first great 3d fighter, with Soul Blade following close behind.
VF2 was excellent.
Tekken could be the first 3d fighting game in the history of the Guinness Book Of World Records
Curious about this one
This is basically opposite of *What Happun* series.
Then come Tekken 7 we find out Heihachi threw Kazuya off a cliff to see if he had the devil gene, a mistake that would come back to get him later on.....
Excellent video, keep up the good work.
I actually enjoyed the original Tekken back in 94/95 after that I simply didn't care for the sequels including the second game cuz it looked the same as the first one. To me the Tekken franchise didn't compare to the Capcom fighters including the X-Men children of the atom game, the SNK fighting games like Fatal Fury and King of Fighters because Tekkens 3d graphics didn't do it for me and Tekken 's music was too bland for me! Battle Arena Toshinden still had way better music than Tekken did! How Battle Arena Toshinden is forgotten and Tekken is still even relevant today is freaking crazy 🤣
Never forget Lee's BS infinite kick, while we struggled to learn combos Never forget!
Taken aka 2nd 3rd rate sf ii and or mk or better yet, wanna be virtual fighter and killer instinct
Tekken is nothing like SF, KI or MK.
@@Gamesta100 what about virtual fighter and or killer instinct
@@n.b.l.5709 Tekken is similar to Virtua Fighter at least.
Killer instinct is a wannabe mortal kombat and worse than the rest mentioned
Yeesss pls Tekken 2.. you always do great work 🤞🏾
The creators even admitted Tekken 1 was horribly balanced. It was also ugly, slow, and unoriginal.
Could somebody explain to me why they preferred it to Virtua Fighter 2?
I'm not hating on the franchise: it got good starting with Tekken 3, and I think Tekken 7 is better than Street Fighter 5 and as good as Virtua Fighter 5.
Seeing this rn as i just Re-discovered tekken and I've played tekken 3 and 4 after ages... Despite i love the series i should confess first Tekken is genuinely a Walmart Virtua Fighters for Playstation users
Ah yes T2 the beginning of my life long war against Paul and King mains
i take it back that when i told u dont know what ur talking about when it comes to tekken 1. i personaly however belive this that they made all if not most of tekken 1 moves with motion capture. if they didnt then they did from tekken 2 or tekken 3 onwards. motion capture is big thing for tekken . whang su ill 2 did motion capture for whaorang for example and some games credit pretty big motion capture teams. hope to see more tekken history videos in the future.
Lady Decade did this topic already lol ;)
Lady Decade? Who's that?
... how would you say this game compares to Street Fighter III? **snirk**
I’m going to be that guy and moan about pronunciation lol
“Te-Ken”
“Hey-hatchy”
“Kazeeya”
...sorry lol
05:31 wrong picture,he's gabe Newell
Why does king outfit look different??!!! It's a white top with red slacks!!!