Hi there! Finally someone talk about the Shinjuku stage. Everytime I play Tekken 4 I always noticed these things. And want to search after it in google. Sadly not find other people talk about it until today when I find this video. I always thought the "Beken" is a reference to Tekken 2 because on the poster that close up of a man face with a moustache and a smile reminded me of Heihachi Mishima a little bit. Thank you for the video!
I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, Beken was a mystery for me. At first I thought of chronicles of Riddick but Tekken 4 came before 😅. Maybe you're right! maybe Heihachi did some movie cameos when he was younger 😆
TOTALLY! The Aesthetics are perfect 🔥 Also I noted the CPU is harder than in the newer Tekkens, the "Ultra Hard" mode is kinda tough :D Very good game.
when you think about it, Lain and Tekken 4 so many sonic, thematic and aesthetic similarities that it's not hard to think that the former may have been a partial inspiration for the latter
very difficult to find anyone remotely interested in Tekken 4 past the ost! Let alone someone willing to analyze the city itself and look into the turn of the century! good video happy i found the channel ill sub right now
4:15 When you first showed the Ugo poster, my first connection went to Cujo, the 1983 horror film. That movie stars a dog. And I thought that’s the route you were going g when you said “This one’s kinda scary to be honest.”
@@Retibra Ohh nice! I didn't know about Cujo, I looked into the meaning of his name in the Stephen King novel and dammn, its another rabbit hole 🤣 some interesting stuff
Any Tekken 4 content is awesome! I would really love if someone made a deep dive into all aspects of Tekken 4 from the costume design, story direction, level design and so on. People have been lately talking about T4's great ambience but a video covering aspects directly would be amazing. Good video!
I'm glad you liked it! That's a great idea. By playing the game for this video I realised there's many things I liked. For instance the way the gameplay is more grounded, less juggle-heavy (like the fact that hopkicks don't launch), the CPU is more challenging than in newer Tekken games, etc. I'll consider touching more aspects besides the stages :D
This was a nice video to watch. I enjoyed the flow you created, it didnt feel out of place or weird whenever you talked about references or about a niche show called Lain and how you got to the next point of detail. It is also noticeable, that you put effort into making this video, because you also researched about the details despite being not a native speaker. I also thought you mentioning harada with his interviews was very good.
@@JohnThePlays Thank you so much!!! 🙏 Comments like this really gets me motivated. I'm glad that you noticed the effort in EXACTLY the areas I put extra attention on :D And yes, the Harada interviews are always so insightful, the man is a legend. Again, thank you very much sir 😁
Clutch video, very intriguing… Wish I would have seen it back in March when I was in Shinjuku for the first time, but now I’m even more fired up to return quickly and see what I missed out on One of the best Tekken tracks in my opinion, Bit crusher was def. At the top of my Japan trip playlist
@@BlazePiffington Nice brooo I want to go back there too so bad 😭😆 Japan is such a vibe, and yeah Bit Crusher really stands out. Also thanks, glad you liked the video :D
Loved this video, you earned yourself a sub! I went to Shinjuku this year so was nice to see the references in my favourite fighting game series, having been to the place in real life!
That's so nice broo, Shinjuku (and Tokyo in general) is such a crazy cool place, and a feast for fans of these games (for instance RGG series fans) I wanna go back soon 😅🔥
@@stephen2624 I'm glad you liked it! Oh yeah Yakuza games are a whole universe. The closer we got from it in Fighting games was the SF6 world tour mode 😆 A yakuza-style game with Tekken characters would be a dream come true
WASNT EXPECTING A HONEY REF EITHER?? i knew she was in a fighting game but i thought she was in sonic the fighters and another game, apparently shes in three ig?
Great video man! I watched the whole video through and then was surprised when I went to give a thumbs up and saw how low the view count was. Definitely deserving of much more. Well produced and entertaining the entire way through. Great job.
@@Whateverusernamedontcare Thank you so much bro!!!! oh yeah sometimes I think this site is against me 🤣 but let's see, maybe it'll start to pick up 🤞 I'm glad you liked the vid! :D 🙏
Mishimaya is a kombini with the colors of family mart (mishima being a family name), and the name is not a reference, "ya" is the kanji of store, and is used in many words like kusuriya, honya...
@@pedrohenriqueboscofi Oh yeah! you're right 😁 Nice observation. @Asatora also mentioned the "ya" part in the comments. Kanji are hard man 😅 About the examples, "Izakaya" also comes to my mind :D
My favorite Tekken!! ❤ It was like seeing the future when the PlayStation had games like it, Zone of the Enders, Xenosaga, Einhander, MGS2, and MotoGP3. :)
@@beastorizeofsion Oh Yeah they were at the bleeding edge of graphics, people were like "THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL LIFE!" 🤣 But to be fair the game still looks amazing, even today. especially as I was using the progressive scan mode available in the game, that upscale it a little bit to more modern TVs, it looks crazy good. also the lipsync in the custcenes looks very impressive for the time.
@@KiaiStudio The gameplay is very fun and intuitive too! a lot of Jin Kazama's moveset felt like SNK inputs. I can't wait to lab in this game on my free time, but I sadly had my PS2 lens die on me. Need to HDD mod it soon :/
@@beastorizeofsion ohh too bad, at least with the HDD it'll become a little more convenient to load games :D But yeah, I was labbing T4 a little for this video and the gameplay is very interesting, is more grounded and less combo-focused (for instance the fact that hopkicks dont launch and etc). I liked it. Also the CPU seems to be more dificult than in newer games, the "Ultra Hard" mode is kinda tough (which is very good IMO 😆)
@@KiaiStudio I beat ultra hard! Tekken Force and arcade+story. :D 🤣 I also agree so much about the PS2 graphics being mindblowing at the time! R: Racing Evolution is another game that looked so beautiful with GT3. :DD Ridge Racer V had stunning night time visuals! the PS2, GCN, Dreamcast are all easily my favorite consoles. ^^
Yeah, it looks and sounds amazing, and it plays great too! If you want a more grounded game, less juggles and etc (for instance the hopkicks generally don't launch) Tekken 4 it is. Also I noticed the CPU is harder than recent tekken games. The ultra hard mode was demolishing me at first lmao
People didnt like tekken 4 back then because the game mechanics got stiffer and some moves had less connecting combos than 3/tag. I know game fans whine about the weirdest things but tekken 4 was aesthetically pleasing to watch but not as much to play unless this was ur first tekken
@@eoretaspace I noticed they also removed the ability to KBD. that change was wack. But to be honest with you some of the other stuff I personally kinda liked it? 😅 like as you said, it was less combo heavy, for instance the fact that hopkicks generally don't launch. I think this was interesting, it makes the game more ground-focused. But I get why the old hardcore fans didn't like it, its a very different concept, the game at high level changed too much.
With the Lain sign it looks like its angled and the first part of the name is cut off, and what appears to be a photo of Kazuya beside it, its most likely the word Villain, since its all in caps
No, definetely not. The building is in a retangular shape, It's angled but with that angle the perspective would have to be way more skewed to hide the "vil" part, since there's nothing blocking it. Also there's a white margin around the letters and if you look closely the margin is still on the left side, on the "L" side (I double checked now). If there was more letters to it it wouldn't made sense the margin around the L.
The ya in Mishimaya probably means 屋 that is a kanji that means (among other things) "shop" and they use it in a lot of different shops, bars, restaurants, etc
@@capedshinobi I'm taking a look at it right now but I can't pinpoint a location, the backgrounds doesn't look like any particular city landscape I'm familiar with. i know one of the buildings has a similar shape to a building in tokyo, but that's it. Maybe they just invented this place.
@@KiaiStudio I hope we can find something, I tried searching for names on nearby buildings but they dont lead to anything. For example the airport stage its the philadelphia airport, probably almost every stage is existing, I dont know why Im so obsessed with it. One day we’ll make it 🙏🏻
@@capedshinobi Oh so the airport is in Philadelphia! I was wondering where it was. About the names on the buildings, the only one I found something was the "Nitrino", that COULD have a connection with the "neutrino transmission service" in Tekken 8 I touched on in my "Urban Square" analysis video. And oh yeah I know this feeling, these things start to be an obsession hahaha maybe we'll find something later🙏🔥
I think that's a fair guess. I 'ondt think it's the real togo cause it's a coloured picrure, so maybe it's just a stock. I know Harada had a dog called Heihachi but it was a shiba Inu 😅 If it's another dev's dog it would be cool :D
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Hi there! Finally someone talk about the Shinjuku stage. Everytime I play Tekken 4 I always noticed these things. And want to search after it in google. Sadly not find other people talk about it until today when I find this video. I always thought the "Beken" is a reference to Tekken 2 because on the poster that close up of a man face with a moustache and a smile reminded me of Heihachi Mishima a little bit. Thank you for the video!
I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, Beken was a mystery for me. At first I thought of chronicles of Riddick but Tekken 4 came before 😅. Maybe you're right! maybe Heihachi did some movie cameos when he was younger 😆
The most beautiful tekken game it needs a rerelease
TOTALLY! The Aesthetics are perfect 🔥 Also I noted the CPU is harder than in the newer Tekkens, the "Ultra Hard" mode is kinda tough :D Very good game.
we need a tekken collection remaster
@@Pēm̐cā That would be really nice
Looks better than part 6 to 8 to me and a bit better than 5
Tekken 2 and 4 had the best dark and gloomy atmosphere
Yeah the vibes are soo good
did NOT expect a lain ref
I was stunned when I saw it. The devs def. have good taste 🤌
when you think about it, Lain and Tekken 4 so many sonic, thematic and aesthetic similarities that it's not hard to think that the former may have been a partial inspiration for the latter
@@justhikari8-or1bt true true!
@@justhikari8-or1bt Makes sense
very difficult to find anyone remotely interested in Tekken 4 past the ost! Let alone someone willing to analyze the city itself and look into the turn of the century! good video happy i found the channel ill sub right now
@@madmanwristy9052 Thank you so much!! 🙏 I'm glad you liked it :D
is one of my fav Tekkens, I´ve replayed it TONS of times
@@KiaiStudio Keep going, I think you have something to contribute others couldn't articulate
@@madmanwristy9052 Thank you for your words!! 🙏 It really makes me motivated🔥:D
I spent hours as a child just looking at the environments.
4:15 When you first showed the Ugo poster, my first connection went to Cujo, the 1983 horror film. That movie stars a dog. And I thought that’s the route you were going g when you said “This one’s kinda scary to be honest.”
@@Retibra Ohh nice! I didn't know about Cujo, I looked into the meaning of his name in the Stephen King novel and dammn, its another rabbit hole 🤣 some interesting stuff
Any Tekken 4 content is awesome! I would really love if someone made a deep dive into all aspects of Tekken 4 from the costume design, story direction, level design and so on. People have been lately talking about T4's great ambience but a video covering aspects directly would be amazing. Good video!
I'm glad you liked it! That's a great idea. By playing the game for this video I realised there's many things I liked. For instance the way the gameplay is more grounded, less juggle-heavy (like the fact that hopkicks don't launch), the CPU is more challenging than in newer Tekken games, etc. I'll consider touching more aspects besides the stages :D
This was a nice video to watch. I enjoyed the flow you created, it didnt feel out of place or weird whenever you talked about references or about a niche show called Lain and how you got to the next point of detail. It is also noticeable, that you put effort into making this video, because you also researched about the details despite being not a native speaker. I also thought you mentioning harada with his interviews was very good.
@@JohnThePlays Thank you so much!!! 🙏 Comments like this really gets me motivated. I'm glad that you noticed the effort in EXACTLY the areas I put extra attention on :D And yes, the Harada interviews are always so insightful, the man is a legend. Again, thank you very much sir 😁
Clutch video, very intriguing… Wish I would have seen it back in March when I was in Shinjuku for the first time, but now I’m even more fired up to return quickly and see what I missed out on
One of the best Tekken tracks in my opinion, Bit crusher was def. At the top of my Japan trip playlist
@@BlazePiffington Nice brooo I want to go back there too so bad 😭😆 Japan is such a vibe, and yeah Bit Crusher really stands out. Also thanks, glad you liked the video :D
Loved this video, you earned yourself a sub! I went to Shinjuku this year so was nice to see the references in my favourite fighting game series, having been to the place in real life!
That's so nice broo, Shinjuku (and Tokyo in general) is such a crazy cool place, and a feast for fans of these games (for instance RGG series fans) I wanna go back soon 😅🔥
I love these creative type of hyper-fixation videos. These stages makes you wish you could explore these stages like in the Yakuza games.
@@stephen2624 I'm glad you liked it! Oh yeah Yakuza games are a whole universe. The closer we got from it in Fighting games was the SF6 world tour mode 😆 A yakuza-style game with Tekken characters would be a dream come true
@@KiaiStudio Or even akin to Shenmue minus all the things that make Shenmue frustrating, then it just becomes Yakuza.
@@stephen2624 hahahaha true
WASNT EXPECTING A HONEY REF EITHER?? i knew she was in a fighting game but i thought she was in sonic the fighters and another game, apparently shes in three ig?
Yeah it does seems so, at least as a reference. The Sega Virtua Fighter guys are very influential after all
@@KiaiStudio yea :3
Great video man! I watched the whole video through and then was surprised when I went to give a thumbs up and saw how low the view count was. Definitely deserving of much more. Well produced and entertaining the entire way through. Great job.
@@Whateverusernamedontcare Thank you so much bro!!!! oh yeah sometimes I think this site is against me 🤣 but let's see, maybe it'll start to pick up 🤞 I'm glad you liked the vid! :D 🙏
Im saving this for latter. Im sure its gonna be epic! One of my favourite stages and my favourite Tekken game ever 🤝
Thank you so much bro!! In all modesty I think this one ended up being pretty good 🤩 I think you're gonna like it :D
Best music in the game hands down
@@p4ladin167 FR Its soo good 🔥
This game made me a tekken fanatic❤❤
Yeah, the game is amazing 🤩
They could literally just put the stage in T8 if they wanted to.
Mishimaya is a kombini with the colors of family mart (mishima being a family name), and the name is not a reference, "ya" is the kanji of store, and is used in many words like kusuriya, honya...
@@pedrohenriqueboscofi Oh yeah! you're right 😁 Nice observation. @Asatora also mentioned the "ya" part in the comments. Kanji are hard man 😅 About the examples, "Izakaya" also comes to my mind :D
Awesome vid
I love rambling and overanalyzing stuff
Foda p crlh
@@dragonlash Oh so you came to the right place 😂
vlw dmss kk :D
My favorite Tekken!! ❤
It was like seeing the future when the PlayStation had games like it, Zone of the Enders, Xenosaga, Einhander, MGS2, and MotoGP3. :)
@@beastorizeofsion Oh Yeah they were at the bleeding edge of graphics, people were like "THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL LIFE!" 🤣 But to be fair the game still looks amazing, even today. especially as I was using the progressive scan mode available in the game, that upscale it a little bit to more modern TVs, it looks crazy good. also the lipsync in the custcenes looks very impressive for the time.
@@KiaiStudio The gameplay is very fun and intuitive too! a lot of Jin Kazama's moveset felt like SNK inputs. I can't wait to lab in this game on my free time, but I sadly had my PS2 lens die on me. Need to HDD mod it soon :/
@@beastorizeofsion ohh too bad, at least with the HDD it'll become a little more convenient to load games :D But yeah, I was labbing T4 a little for this video and the gameplay is very interesting, is more grounded and less combo-focused (for instance the fact that hopkicks dont launch and etc). I liked it. Also the CPU seems to be more dificult than in newer games, the "Ultra Hard" mode is kinda tough (which is very good IMO 😆)
@@KiaiStudio I beat ultra hard! Tekken Force and arcade+story. :D
🤣 I also agree so much about the PS2 graphics being mindblowing at the time! R: Racing Evolution is another game that looked so beautiful with GT3. :DD Ridge Racer V had stunning night time visuals! the PS2, GCN, Dreamcast are all easily my favorite consoles. ^^
Lets gooooo
i might try tekken 4 just because of this video kinda looks cool
Yeah, it looks and sounds amazing, and it plays great too! If you want a more grounded game, less juggles and etc (for instance the hopkicks generally don't launch) Tekken 4 it is. Also I noticed the CPU is harder than recent tekken games. The ultra hard mode was demolishing me at first lmao
With the candy/honey thing in sonic the fighters they had a secret character named honey so you were spot on!
This is interesting! See, that café name has to be a reference 🧐😆
W Video
Thank you so much bro!! 🙏
People didnt like tekken 4 back then because the game mechanics got stiffer and some moves had less connecting combos than 3/tag.
I know game fans whine about the weirdest things but tekken 4 was aesthetically pleasing to watch but not as much to play unless this was ur first tekken
@@eoretaspace I noticed they also removed the ability to KBD. that change was wack. But to be honest with you some of the other stuff I personally kinda liked it? 😅 like as you said, it was less combo heavy, for instance the fact that hopkicks generally don't launch. I think this was interesting, it makes the game more ground-focused. But I get why the old hardcore fans didn't like it, its a very different concept, the game at high level changed too much.
All the Past Tekken Games need a Remaster with Photo Mode Added.
Totally!!! Its tiring having to launch people just to see the details 😅
With the Lain sign it looks like its angled and the first part of the name is cut off, and what appears to be a photo of Kazuya beside it, its most likely the word Villain, since its all in caps
No, definetely not. The building is in a retangular shape, It's angled but with that angle the perspective would have to be way more skewed to hide the "vil" part, since there's nothing blocking it. Also there's a white margin around the letters and if you look closely the margin is still on the left side, on the "L" side (I double checked now). If there was more letters to it it wouldn't made sense the margin around the L.
no way kamurocho kiryu in teken confirm?
hahaha well since kabukicho/kamurocho is within Shinjuku they MUST've bumped into Kiryu someday 🤣
T4 stages were amazing, wish they remade some of them in T8.
Totally. I would love for this one or authentic sky for instance. Tbh there's too many memorable ones in 4
@@KiaiStudio fr authentic sky is my favourite stage in the entire series.
The ya in Mishimaya probably means 屋 that is a kanji that means (among other things) "shop" and they use it in a lot of different shops, bars, restaurants, etc
@@Asatora OHHH so that's it!! very interesting, thank you for the input! :D
@@Asatora I'm always getting bodied by the kanjis bro 😭😂 but very nice observation, thanks again
cool vid bro 5:00 "butty" is spelt buddy unless I'm missing a joke
@@cepheusSuperiorThanks!! Oh you're right it was a misspell 😅😳 sorry haha
I would like to know if the building stage exist too as well as the other stages, I've always been curious about tekken 4
@@capedshinobi I'm taking a look at it right now but I can't pinpoint a location, the backgrounds doesn't look like any particular city landscape I'm familiar with. i know one of the buildings has a similar shape to a building in tokyo, but that's it. Maybe they just invented this place.
@@KiaiStudio I hope we can find something, I tried searching for names on nearby buildings but they dont lead to anything. For example the airport stage its the philadelphia airport, probably almost every stage is existing, I dont know why Im so obsessed with it. One day we’ll make it 🙏🏻
@@capedshinobi Oh so the airport is in Philadelphia! I was wondering where it was. About the names on the buildings, the only one I found something was the "Nitrino", that COULD have a connection with the "neutrino transmission service" in Tekken 8 I touched on in my "Urban Square" analysis video. And oh yeah I know this feeling, these things start to be an obsession hahaha maybe we'll find something later🙏🔥
@@KiaiStudio you can read about stages on tekken wiki, I didn't know either
But who is Ugo? Is it a developer's dog or a stock image?
I think that's a fair guess. I 'ondt think it's the real togo cause it's a coloured picrure, so maybe it's just a stock. I know Harada had a dog called Heihachi but it was a shiba Inu 😅 If it's another dev's dog it would be cool :D
the amount of care between 4 and 8 is night and day. the series has fallen so far. what a damn shame.