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Ranked Match screen in Tekken 7

Online Mode is a game mode found in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and its sequential sequels. The mode allows players to fight friends and other online players from around the world.

Playing online allows the player to level up their online ranks and online stats, which differs from offline.

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Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection[]

The online gameplay first became available in Tekken 5: DR, exclusive to the PS3 Version of the game.

Tekken 6[]

In Tekken 6, there are two different modes: Ranked Match or Player Match. In online mode, the player can also enjoy the voice chat with the opponent during the fight. Winning will result in the player promoting their rank, thus earning fight money for customizations. Fighting in Player Match mode is a penalty-free method of randomly versing players regardless of rank. 

The player can also invite a fellow player off their list of PSN or Xbox Live friends to a private session where they can battle freely without penalty of demotion or number of losses increasing. An invitation is received via message. Or simply, the player can go to "Confirm Invitation" and formally accept, as long as the request has not expired.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2[]

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, players now have the chance to go into a manual practice session discreetly until a player connection is received. The CPU opponent is Mokujin.

The addition of team names and P1, P2 team battles have been added for a better and more personalized experience. Also, after each online battle, there is a "Tekken Channel" section that lets the player review their recent battle replays or even replays their friends send to them. There is a limit to how many replays can be saved without deleting the oldest at the bottom of the list.

Tekken 7[]

In Tekken 7, Ranked battles, Player Battles, and Tournaments online make a return as the types of multiplayer gameplay. As of the Season 3 update, players no longer start at the "Beginner" rank, and instead start out as a "1st dan". This rank changes as the player fights in ranked matches. Defeating opponents of a similar rank will reward the player rank points for their selected fighter, while losing matches will result in rank points lost and a possible demotion. Player matches are the same as Ranked Matches, but without any ranking or Leaderboard placement involved. Therefore, the player can battle other players in Player Lobbies without any rankings being changed.

Tekken 7 also gives players the opportunity to request a revenge match with the same opponent player after the match ends. Although, there is a 10-second timer to choose and the rematch will only begin if both players accept.

In its original console and PC release, Tekken 7 also displayed the rank and player ID of the opponent that the player was being matched against, but this was removed, presumably due to people actively avoiding certain players, and was changed to only show the opposing player's connection status and the region of their account. Additionally, at the start of Season 4, the amount of points needed for a promotion was increased, and the ranks of all players were consequently scaled down because of this.

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Trivia[]

  • In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, when playing in a stage that normally has people watching the fight, they all vanish, save for Arena (TTT2), Snoop Dogg, Fontana Di Trevi, and Odeum of Illusions, although in the latter, only the people in the very front, the first two rows, and magicians are gone.
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