Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (鉄拳タッグトーナメント2 Tekken Taggu Tōnamento?, lit. Iron Fist Tag Tournament 2) is a 3D fighting game in the Tekken series and the successor to 1999's Tekken Tag Tournament. The game was released in Japanese arcades on September 14, 2011, with a playable demo for the PlayStation 3 included with the Tekken Hybrid collection, released in North America and Europe in November 2011. An update for the arcade version, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, was released on March 27, 2012 in Japan. A home version based on the update was released on September 11, 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was also ported to the Wii U as one of the system's launch titles in November 2012, subtitled Wii U Edition and featuring bonus exclusive content.
Like its predecessor, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 focuses on tag team battles. As an expansive non-canonical game, it has a large roster of 61 characters, more than any other title in the Tekken series. While originally intended to only feature current characters from the canon Tekken 6, the revival of Jun Kazama as a playable character (who last appeared in 1995's Tekken 2) after many fan requests to Harada led to a wave of other revivals from older titles, many of whom were released as DLCs, turning the game into an 'all-stars' Tekken title.
Gameplay
As in the original Tekken Tag Tournament, matches involve each player selecting two fighters to fight with. Players are able to switch their fighters out at any time, allowing the inactivate character to gradually recover some life they might have lost. If the life bar of either of a player's fighters runs out, that player loses the round. If time runs out, the player who has the most cumulative life remaining amongst their fighters wins the round.
In the Arcade Mode, the player-selected character or characters will face random teams on random stages for the first six fights, then face Jinpachi Mishima and Heihachi Mishima in the seventh fight at Hall of Judgement. Upon winning, Heihachi will open the floor under the fighters, sending them to face True Ogre in Naraku. After defeating Ogre, the following stage is Heavenly Garden, where the fighters face Jun Kazama. Upon defeating her, the stage is corrupted into Fallen Garden, and Unknown replaces Jun.
Certain pairs of characters, when selected as a tag team, have special intros, win poses, lose poses, Tag Throws, and also Netsu ratings. The Netsu ratings affect gameplay, and whether a character 'liked', was indifferent to, or 'disliked' another, would result in faster or slower ability to gain a damage boost when their partner was damaged. The special win and lose poses are more lore based, and do not directly map onto the Netsu system, though the Netsu system can give hints as to who will have a special interaction.
The gameplay expands on the tag mechanics featured in the first Tekken Tag, allowing for extended Tag Combos and combined moves. New techniques include combined Tag Throws, which, if timed properly, can be escaped from. Tag combos (referred to as "Tag Assaults") can be done simultaneously with both characters participating in the combo at the same time. Tag Crashes could be performed when the player character was grounded and the off-screen partner's Health bar was flashing red. The game inherits gameplay features from Tekken 6, such as "Bound" (hits that slam an airborne opponent to the ground and stun them so combos can be extended) and walled arenas, some of which featuring walls and floors that can be broken through during the fight. Character customization is also featured, similar to past Tekken games.
Additionally, damage scaling has been altered, as grounded or slumping enemies now only take 60% of damage from an attack as opposed to a full 100% like in previous games.
Features suggested by Katsuhiro Harada include recording in Practice Mode, as well as a Tutorial to make the game more accessible for new players.[citation needed] The game features a stage gimmick system identical to the one seen in certain stages in Tekken 6. In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, however, after a Balcony Break, the aggressor's tag partner is waiting at the bottom to continue the combo.
The game features various modes, allowing players to choose between Tag Team (2 vs 2), Single (1 vs 1), or Handicap Matches ( 2 vs 1 or 1 vs 2), options for four players to play in a single match, and various Online Modes. Along with returning modes such as Arcade Mode, Versus Mode, Team Battle, Time Attack Mode, and Survival Mode, a new mode called Fight Lab allows players to train a Combot through various challenges. The Customize mode also returns, and features various Item Moves that can alter the gameplay as with Tekken 6, ranging from weapons such as firearms and hammer hats to superficial items which will trigger specialized KOs.
In the Unlimited version, the player can switch a ratio between Tag mode or Solo mode. There is also a Pair Play mode, in which a maximum of two to four players can play, like in the previous Tag installment Tekken Tag Tournament. The Solo Mode uses a term of Tekken 6 styles while the Tag Mode uses the previous Tekken Tag Tournament 2 styles, such as the Rage, Combo, and stage systems.
The Wii U Edition includes the return of the mini-game Tekken Ball from Tekken 3 and a Mushroom Battle mode in which various mushrooms from the Mario series litter the arena, causing players to grow or shrink in size or take extra damage. It also features optional touch-based controls using the system's gamepad, as well as costumes based on Nintendo media franchises.
Related pages:
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Netsu System
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Item Moves
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Ranking List
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Specific Moves
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Move Lists
Plot
Unlike the original Tekken Tag Tournament, the game's sequel features a storyline although it is still not the series canon. However, certain characters' endings are canon, which are followed in the sequel game Tekken 7. In the story, Heihachi Mishima has developed a rejuvenation serum, which has the ability to regress his appearance and power. After consuming it, Heihachi hosts another King of Iron Fist Tournament, sensing powerful challengers who would come to the tournament.
In the "Fight Lab" mode of the game, Lee Chaolan, under the guise of Violet, is working on a new version of Combot: the Super Combot DX. As soon as Super Combot DX is complete, Violet begins its simulation test. After the simulation test is successfully completed, Violet accidentally detonates Super Combot DX and destroys the lab. Violet decides to use an older Combot model and to begin again, trying to replicate his destroyed Super Combot DX. Combot completes five tests, aided through the tasks by Violet and his secretary. After completing these, Violet kidnaps Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima and Heihachi Mishima for Combot's final test. The newly finished Super Combot DX apparently has the upper hand, but Jin then transforms into his Devil form and destroys it. Dismayed, Violet then dismisses the loss and remotely detonates what remains of Super Combot DX, blowing up his family and then saying: "Excellent!".
Development
TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 - Switch Trailer
Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada teased an announcement on his Twitter feed on September 17, 2010 ("TGS Sep 18(Sat) at Tougeki Booth. I'll announce something :D"). It was rumored to be something related to Tekken X Street Fighter or Tekken 7. The game was announced to be Tekken Tag Tournament 2, sequel to Tekken Tag Tournament, on September 18, 2010 at the Tougeki event as promised. Producer Katsuhiro Harada stated that the game engine would be different from the one used in Tekken 6. The release of the arcade version of the game in Japan was originally planned for summer 2011, but due to complications derived from the Great East Japan earthquake, the arcade release was postponed until Autumn 2011. At the World Cyber Games 2010, Harada stated that the console version would feature additional console-exclusive returning characters and bonus gameplay modes. He also suggested that the release of the console version of the game would take place between the releases of Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter.
The Tekken Hybrid Blu-ray Disc collection, released on November 22, 2011 contains the Tekken: Blood Vengeance CGI animated film and an HD version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament, as well as a demo version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, called Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue for the PlayStation 3. The contents of the prologue mainly revolve around elements of the movie, and features four characters: Alisa Bosconovitch, Devil Jin, Devil Kazuya and Ling Xiaoyu, all of whom feature new costumes (the school uniform for Alisa and Xiaoyu, and the new Devil design from the movie for Devil Jin and Devil Kazuya).
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited logo
On February 16th, 2012, an upgrade was announced at the AOU 2012 under the name of Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited.
The upgrade features not only 2vs2 battles, but also 1vs1, and as an entirely new addition, 1vs2 battles. Additionally, the gameplay was balanced out for any battle format to be as enjoyable as the other ones. Tekken Unlimited went online for Arcade machines on March 27th, 2012.
Wii U Edition Exclusive Features
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition Nintendo Costume Trailer (Japanese)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition Japanese Trailer
At Nintendo's E3 2012 conference, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was officially confirmed for the Nintendo Wii U console. All of the characters in the Wii U Edition are given at least one alternate costume based on a Nintendo character from various series such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox. All DLC characters for the other versions are included for free in the Wii U Edition.
Other features include Mushroom Battle, which allows for characters to pick up Super Mushroom items for unique Nintendo power-ups, Touch panel moves with the Wii U Gamepad, and the beach volley battle mode Tekken Ball. The Wii U edition also features a Tekken Supporters mode, where fight money can be spent to unlock bonus items and boost a character's popularity on online leaderboards. The mode also features unique responses from each character when the maximum amount of money is gifted. The Wii U version has the most detailed set of customization options for the game, including the option to Paint characters, where the user can draw and color on the characters and then use this as a customization in game.
The Wii U exclusive Nintendo costumes are:
- Bowser - Alex, Ganryu, Mokujin, Roger Jr, True Ogre
- Captain Falcon - Bruce, Bryan, Marduk, Raven
- Fox McCloud - Baek, Dr Bosconovitch, Hwoarang, Lee, Steve
- Ganondorf - Ancient Ogre, Armor King, Combot, Devil Jin, Dragunov
- Link - Jin, Kazuya, Lars, Yoshimitsu
- Luigi - Marshall Law, Miguel, P. Jack, Sebastian, Slim Bob, Wang
- Mario - Bob, Eddy, Heihachi, Jack-6, Kuma, Paul
- Peach - Christie, JayCee, Lili, Panda, Xiaoyu
- Samus - Anna, Kunimitsu, Unknown, Zafina
- Toad - Feng, Jinpachi, Lei, Tiger
- Sheik - Forest Law, King, Leo, Miharu, Violet
- Zelda - Alisa, Angel, Asuka, Jun, Michelle, Nina
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue is a demo of the game that was included in Tekken Hybrid. There are four playable characters to choose from based on their appearance in Tekken: Blood Vengeance; they are:
- Alisa Bosconovitch
- Devil Jin
- Kazuya Mishima (appearing in his permanent Devil form)
- Ling Xiaoyu
Characters
Default characters
(sub-boss 1, with Jinpachi)
(sub-boss 1, with Heihachi)
(final boss, Round 1)
(sub-boss 2)
Playable in Console Release
Revealed July 6, 2012
Revealed July 6, 2012
Revealed July 6, 2012
Revealed July 6, 2012
Pre-order Bonus and DLC Cast
DLC Cast
Revealed September 10, 2012
Released November 13, 2012
(final boss, Round 2, unplayable in arcade version, unlockable in Wii U version)
Cameos
- Crow - enemy in Fight Lab mode.
- Julia Chang - in Michelle, Jaycee, Marduk, Armor King, King, and Ganryu's ending.
- Roger - in Roger Jr.'s ending.
- Super Combot DX - in Fight Lab mode.
Unlockable
| Character | Condition to unlock |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Beating Arcade Battle one time with a character. |
Stages
Console version
DLC
Released October 9, 2012
Music
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 had two soundtrack albums, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Original Soundtrack for the arcade version and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Original Sound Track Plus for the console version.
Trophies & Achievements
- Main article: Tekken Tag Tournament 2/Trophies and Achievements
Gallery
- Main article: Tekken Tag Tournament 2/Gallery
Videos
Live Action Short Film
TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 - Live Action Short Film by Wild Stunts Europe
In 2012, the company Wild Stunts Europe made a live-action short film[1], directed by Vincent Gatinaud, and presented by Bandai Namco. The short movie was released by Namco on YouTube with the tagline "The combat never ends with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 even in real life!". It featured stunt performances by actors playing Marshall Law (Alex Vu), Lee Chaolan (Anthony Pho), Hwoarang (Daren Nop), and Lars Alexandersson (Jonathan Henry), with further cameo appearances from Ling Xiaoyu (Xuan Thanh Nguyen), Alisa Bosconovitch (Amandine Desprez) and Kazuya Mishima (Kefi Abrikh).
Trivia
- This Tekken game is notable for having these distinctions:
- The first Tekken game to allow music for each stage to be swapped.
- This is the first Namco-made Tekken game that featured DLC.
- This is the first game to feature both Marshall Law and Forest Law.
- This is the first game that gives Lee/Violet, Xiaoyu/Miharu, and Tiger/Eddy their own character slots.
- Angel, Mokujin, and Alex also have their own character slots. Mokujin was a costume character from Tetsujin in Tekken Tag Tournament.
- The last Tekken game where a character's customized outfit cannot be used as a CPU for Practice Mode.
- The first Tekken game to display stage size diagram and location information in the Stage Select screen.
- The first Tekken game where the "Continue?" timer goes down to zero instead of one.
- The first Tekken game where character select renders feature in the lifebar HUD portrait.
- The first non-canonical game to feature some endings that may be canon to the Tekken series.
- The first Tekken game where character's outfits can be chosen through slots. This lets the player create more than one outfit slot for any character without customizing them over their default outfits.
- The first Tekken game that will save the selected options when exiting Practice Mode.
- It currently boasts the largest number of characters in a single Tekken game with 59 (60 when including Devil) characters.
- It currently features the most modes of any Tekken game.
- Like Tekken 6, the game features Item Moves for characters.
- Players can now choose which CG art of their character is displayed.
- Most of the fighters that received palette-swapped versions of their original primary outfit in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, regain their recolored outfits from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (ex. King II wears Blue/Purple trunks/tights with yellow boots, kneepads, and elbow pads in Tekken 5 and Tekken 6, but in TK5: DR, his trunks/tights/boots are recolored in all black). Xiaoyu, however is the only character to keep her TK5:DR palette-swapped outfit, so her Player 2 outfit is pink, like it was in Tekken 5. Note: if any fighter did not receive palette swaps before or gained a new outfit, their Player 2 outfit will be the same as their Player 1 outfit, but in completely new colors (Ex. Jin's Player 2 outfit will be the same as his Player 1, but it will be colored the same way as it was in Tekken 5, same with Hwoarang). Paul however, does not sport his TK5: DR colors, and his red judo uniform is recolored in blue, instead of white.
- French Kickboxer Jerome le Banner and American Kickboxer Bob Sapp were both featured in the Harada Calendar for the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Global Championship.
- Ranks 20th through 23th Dan are named after the four sacred beasts: the turtle (Genbu), Tiger (Byakko), Dragon (Seiryu) and Phoenix (Suzaku).
- Ranks 24-28 are all named after various Buddhist and Japanese gods. Fujins are Japanese gods of wind, Raijins being that of thunder, Yaksa is a class of nature spirits in Buddhism, Majins literally translates to demon gods and Toshin is in reference to Ogre's role as the "God of Fighting".
- Though considered to be non-canon, certain characters' endings in the game seem to be connected and follow the same storyline as Tekken 6. This makes it likely that some endings in the game are canonical, such as Steve Fox's and Leo Kliesen's.
- Some characters who were introduced in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 were non-canon; having been confirmed as canon in Tekken 7 was Jaycee.
- Not counting the original King, Armor King, Kuma, or the numbered Jack models, the only playable characters from previous games that did not return were Roger, Gun Jack, Tetsujin, guest character Gon, and Crow, who was playable only in Tekken Card Challenge. Though Julia Chang returns, she appears as her alter ego, "Jaycee".
- Roger, Crow, and Julia, outside of her Jaycee alter ego, all make cameo appearances. Roger appears in Roger Jr.'s ending, Julia appears in Ganryu's, Michelle's, and Jaycee's endings, as well as in panel artwork. Jaycee can also be customized to look like Julia. Crow briefly appears in the Fight Lab mode.
- Unplayable characters such as Azazel and NANCY-MI847J also do not make appearances.
- In an early trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Unlimited, the updated health bar used a green color, similar to the Dark Resurrection and Bloodline Rebellion update for Tekken 5 and Tekken 6 respectively, but this was changed to blue in the final release.
- There is a glitch that is possible to recreate during Tag Assaults that briefly removes the opponent's ability to move when a non-damaging move (such as Ling Xiaoyu's Knee Cracker) lands during the combo.[2][3]
- Soulcalibur V obtained DLC which featured customizable outfit pieces for its Create-A-Soul mode based on outfits from Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 6, using the outfits of King, Jin, Devil Jin, Xiaoyu, Panda, Jun, and Asuka. The same content would later be provided for Soulcalibur VI with outfits from Tekken 7.
- The game appears in the twenty-first episode of the anime Accel World.
- The game on an arcade makes an appearance in Episode 12 of South Korean drama series, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, alongside Tekken 7. The arcade screen only shows records of previous gameplays.
See Also
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Features
- Category:Tekken Tag Tournament Games
- Category:Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Moves
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2/Netsu System
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2/Item Moves
- Tekken Tag Tournament