Tekken Card Challenge (鉄拳カードチャレンジ Tekken Kādocharenji?) is a turn-based fighting game released only in Japan for the Wonderswan. It features the characters from Tekken 3 plus an exclusive character named Crow.
Gameplay[]
Tekken Card Challenge utilizes a system similar to Nintendo's Pokémon games. Two opponents are to fight at a time, with various cards for different maneuvers and a 100 point HP total for damage accumulation. The player begins with a hand of four cards, drawing more as the duel proceeds.
The battle system is similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! in that the three types of cards perform in a rock, paper, and scissors pattern. Attack cards are played against each other to compare values with the loser being discarded and deducting HP, an attack card played against a defense nullifies each other, and two block cards cancel each other out. There is also a minor system of air juggling, which can be quite damaging given the correct order of cards.
Tekken Card Challenge also provides the player with a variety of game modes. There is a link mode present, 1-player battle, 2-player battle and Adventure, which allows the player to unlock more characters and duel opponents. In adventure mode, the player is given movement of a character sprite in a full environment taken place on a 15 x 15 square grid to traverse. The point of each stage is to defeat each "duelist" given limited number of steps and gain entrance to the exit.
Game Modes[]
- Adventure (アドベンチャー): Single player game mode. It is possible to collect cards during the adventure. Reinforced characters can be used in online battles.
- Solo combat (1 人でババル): Card battle against a computer. The cards used are decided at random.
- 2 Player Combat (2 人でバトル): Card fight between two players without using the cable to connect two consoles. The cards used are decided at random.
- Online combat (通信対戦): Card combat between two players. Connect two WonderSwans to participate.
- Data initialization (データ初期化): Clear all backup data.
Characters[]
| Initial characters |
|---|
| Jin Kazama |
| Ling Xiaoyu |
| Hwoarang |
| Unlockable characters |
|---|
| Anna Williams |
| Bryan Fury |
| Crow |
| Doctor B. |
| Eddy Gordo |
| Forest Law |
| Gun Jack |
| Heihachi Mishima |
| Julia Chang |
| King II |
| Kuma II |
| Lei Wulong |
| Mokujin |
| Nina Williams |
| Ogre (sub-boss) |
| Panda |
| Paul Phoenix |
| Yoshimitsu |
| NPC |
|---|
| True Ogre (final boss) |
Unlock Characters[]
All characters have three rivals. The rivals have to be defeated once or twice, usually twice, to unlock them. The characters can only be unlocked in adventure mode. Crow and Ogre are not included. Both are unlocked by defeating Ogre with any other character.
| Character | Rivals |
| Anna Williams | Nina Williams, Mokujin, Gun Jack |
| Bryan Fury | Lei Wulong, Yoshimitsu, Doctor B. |
| Crow | Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Heihachi Mishima |
| Doctor B. | Nina Williams, Anna Williams, Yoshimitsu |
| Eddy Gordo | Ling Xiaoyu, King II, Julia Chang |
| Forest Law | Hwoarang, Mokujin, Paul Phoenix |
| Gun Jack | Julia Chang, Bryan Fury, Anna Williams |
| Heihachi Mishima | Ling Xiaoyu, Jin Kazama, Julia Chang |
| Hwoarang | Heihachi Mishima, Julia Chang, Jin Kazama |
| Jin Kazama | Hwoarang, Nina Williams, Yoshimitsu |
| Julia Chang | Heihachi Mishima, Eddy Gordo, King II |
| King II | Gun Jack, Paul Phoenix, Lei Wulong |
| Kuma II | Heihachi Mishima, Paul Phoenix, Panda |
| Lei Wulong | Bryan Fury, Ling Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu |
| Ling Xiaoyu | Anna Williams, Lei Wulong, Eddy Gordo |
| Mokujin | Heihachi Mishima, Ling Xiaoyu, Jin Kazama |
| Nina Williams | Hwoarang, Anna Williams, Jin Kazama |
| Ogre | Heihachi Mishima, King II, Hwoarang |
| Panda | Kuma II, Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu |
| Paul Phoenix | Jin Kazama, Kuma II, Forest Law |
| Yoshimitsu | Paul Phoenix, Doctor B., Heihachi Mishima |
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Trivia[]
- For the first time, Panda is not a palette swap of Kuma II.
- Although this game is based on Tekken 3, Gon and Tiger Jackson are not included.
- Gon is not present as he was only a guest character in Tekken 3.
- Crow replaces Gon and takes his place while Panda "replaces" True Ogre.
- Crow and Ogre are the only bonus characters.
- True Ogre is for the first time an unplayable boss.
- Eddy Gordo, King II, Paul Phoenix, Forest Law, Nina Williams, Lei Wulong, Yoshimitsu, and Hwoarang are the first time unlockable characters.
- Hwoarang is the only one that is half unlockable.
- He can only be unlocked if he is not selected in Adventure Mode. If selected, he is automatically unlocked for versus mode.
- Hwoarang is the only one that is half unlockable.
- All the playable characters have 100 HP, with the exception of Crow, who has only 50 HP.
- There is a small mistake in the character selection at Doctor B.. The point comes after "Doctor" instead of "B".