I know the Pokken Tournament people are rather loyal to that game. Besides that, I don't know much about the series. Has anyone played the Pokken Tournament game?
I know the Pokken Tournament people are rather loyal to that game. Besides that, I don't know much about the series. Has anyone played the Pokken Tournament game?
I have. It is a decent arena fighter. I have the original arcade machine pad controller for it. I know a guy who went to an actual tournament, but couldn't compete because in that particular tournament they thought using a fightstick was cheating. Which is just nonsense, but that's what happened.
I have the original arcade machine pad controller for it.
At first I thought you said you had the arcade machine. Nearly spit out my beer.
Haha, well the original cabinet is just a flat screen with a wired pad, so by getting the pad you get the exact same experience with your screen and the Wii U, just like having a Dreamcast, a fightstick, and a Dreamcast copy of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 can accomplish the same.
I like the series but haven't played them a whole lot. I did spend a decent amount of time with 3 and 5. Don't remember playing 1-2(I think I did for a few minutes on T5), 4, 6, or Tag 2. The first Tag I played a bit but other games tore me away. Definitely thinking of getting 7 to try getting back into the series.
... and most important: Tekken always had absolutely abysmal character designs. It was neither the realistic style from VF nor the creative anime designs from Capcom/SNK, but something in between that just looked uncanny to me. Hell, I preferred (and still do) Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur over Tekken, so it was at the very bottom among the good 3d fighters. Maybe I would also put Last Bronx and Rival Schools above it if you asked me in the 90s.
Been wanting to respond to this point for ages. Tekken seems to be one of those fighting series that has gotten a lot of flack for its visual design, especially character designs. The way I see it is, on one hand, you have crap like Paul and Nina. But on the other hand you have powerful and iconic designs like Heihachi and Jin, not to mention that all of the male fighters have realistic builds and fighting styles, unlike garbage like King of Fighters where the roster all looks like fuck-boi cosplayers who fight with magical attacks and other supernatural crap that makes no sense and is uninspired as hell.
So even though the character designs in Tekken are something of a mixed-bag for me overall, there are still many stand out character designs and, unlike series like Dead or Alive which lean towards the expressionistic end of the spectrum by using a traditional anime look, they are modeled extremely realistically. As a result all of the male and female characters in Tekken look distinct, unlike in Dead or Alive where all of the female fighters look like they use variations of the same base character model because the facial dimensions (i.e. eye size) are all the same.
And even the most sexualized female fighters in Tekken are still tame compared to the outright pornographic look of Dead or Alive, so I give it credit for that too. So overall I'm generally a fan of the character designs in Tekken and I think it's far from the worst mainstream fighting franchise in that regard.
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Tekken is one of those few IPs that simply get better with each new entry. However if I have to choose one I would now choose Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection.
My favorite used to be Tekken Tag Tournament 2, but in terms of overall vibe, and style, Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection is one of the best games ever made.
It is interesting because Tekken 5 is not all that great, but everything that came with the Dark Resurrection update, put the game on a league of its own.
