Tetsujin (鉄人? ; literally meaning "Iron person"), is a character in the Tekken series who has only playable in Tekken Tag Tournament and is unlockable. He is also in Tekken Revolution and Tekken (Mobile) as unplayable boss character. Whereas Mokujin is constructed of wood, Tetsujin is constructed from metal.
Story
Tekken Tag Tournament
To pick Tetsujin in Arcade mode, one must go all the way to the left on the bottom row of characters. Tetsujin/Mokujin will be in the invisible box to the left of Wang.
Given that Ogre, Devil and Unknown are present in Tekken Tag Tournament, it is assumed that Mokujin arose again to stop them. Seeing as there are three evil forces to be stopped, this may explain why Tetsujin was also "activated".
Tekken Tag Tournament - Tetsujin Ending HD
Ending Description: Tetsujin's ending is the same as Mokujin's, where Tetsujin is training many other Mokujins.
Tekken Revolution
Tetsujin returns, for the first time since Tekken Tag Tournament, as the second strongest sub-boss in the game. He plays the same as Mokujin, but gives more rewards, though not as much as Kinjin.
Tekken (Mobile)
Tetsujin appears on July 11, 2018 as the boss character in the special live events and it's featured act in the Story Mode.
Other Appearances
Project X Zone 2
Tetsujin is a training dummy in the training room of Project X Zone 2.
Gameplay
He shares the same style as Mokujin, Mimicry, as he is just a metallic palette swap of him. At the start of a round, Tetsujin will randomly select the fighting style of another tournament participant and adopt this style as his own. A new style is chosen at the start of each round, although it is possible for a fighting style to be carried over to the next round.
In Tekken Revolution, Mokujin, Tetsujin, and Kinjin all use a customized moveset belonging to multiple characters and is more similar to a customized Combot than copying a single character.
Character Relationships
- Mokujin - He is a metallic version of Mokujin.
- Unknown - He is possibly trying to stop Unknown in Tekken Tag Tournament.
- Ogre - He was possibly brought to life by Ogre's evil, like Mokujin.
- Kinjin - His golden counterpart.
Trivia
General:
- If the player wins ten matches in Versus mode with Tetsujin, he turns to gold.
- It is possible that the design of Kinjin (from Tekken Revolution) is based on Tetsujin's golden palette swap.
- In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and onward, Mokujin can be customized to look identical to Tetsujin, with Tekken 6 allowing Mokujin to be customized to actually become the silver and gold versions of Tetsujin.
- In Tekken 8, a Tetsujin avatar skin is available as a pre-order bonus for Playstation 5 players.
- In Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, the dummy that appears in Practice Mode when a demo of a character's move is played resembles a low-poly Tetsujin.
- In Tekken 5 for the PlayStation 2, by using an action replay device, it is possible to play as this Practice Dummy. If this dummy is used, Paul Phoenix's picture will be displayed on the versus screen. During gameplay, it will mimic its opponent's fighting style, including Jinpachi Mishima's style.
- Tetsujin's featured act is Iron to Gold, a reference to his iron appearance.
- Unlike Mokujin who drops gems as a boss character in the live events, Tetsujin drops gold coins even in Story Mode.
- Tetsujin's fighting stance and moves are from Nina Williams as both his pre-fight and win animation are reused animations from Nina.
- Silver dummies similar to Tetsujin can be found as enemies in the Subterranean Pavilion stage of Tekken 6's Scenario Campaign.