I remember playing tekken 1 on the arcade when i was i think 11 or 12, same year i discovered tekken 2. Tekken 3 was the game i purchased playstation 1 for. Eddy was a reason i started capoeira, Hworang was a reason i started practicing taekwondo and Heihachi why i threw my son into volcano :) (that WAS a joke!) Tekken changed my life and i iove the whole tekken series and all sound tracks!
Tekken 5 is IMO the best game in the series. It was Tekken 3 that actually made me start martial arts myself; first Taekwondo due to Hwoarang, and later Capoeira due to Eddy and Christy which I'm still doing
Harada said it himself that Tekken X Street Fighter is definitely not canceled. He confirmed it on Twitter. And I quote, "Not in my first language to be very difficult and very labor intensive. I'm sure my interviews have given some misunderstandings, at least nearly half of them so far. I'm prepared for some misunderstandings, but I want everyone to know that there are many cases like this. We are still hopeful that TKxSF will resume development when the opportunity arises. However, such a title cannot be moved just for the convenience of one company in terms of marketing and branding, and it also affects each other’s development resources." I'm still hopeful for the day to arrive when it finally releases😁
I had a dream once where you uploaded this video, and I'm impressed that my dream actually came true. Also, that Tekken Tag Tournament story was an emotional rollercoaster! Great work, and I can't wait for Soulcalibur: The Complete History!
One of the most historically important fighting game franchises ever. Introduced so many fighting styles and memorable characters to the world, and quite honestly doing it all significantly better then Uncle Virtua Fighter and Grandpa Street Fighter
@@rosema7909 they all matter you dweebs. Tekken is how most people even heard of styles like Capoeria in the states in the first place, Mortal Kombat singlehandedly is the reason videogames have a rating system in place and street fighter is basically the example of fighting game they would use in the dictionary. All three reputable for their own reasons.
Tekken Tag was the first PS2 game I ever played. I got to play it before the PS2 released in the UK because a friend of a friend had just come back from Japan with a Japanese one and a copy of the game. Tekken 3 though, will always be my favourite.
I’ll admit I’ve fallen out of love with this game in the later years as I just find it doesn’t hold my attention like it did with all its extra modes back in the day! But gosh the amount of time spent playing 2, 3 and tag was insane! Such good memories!
This series.. love the characters, but dang does that music lives in my soul, and mind. There is something that cannot be described when the gameplay and music take you to another level. With each entry, the music went harder. It is an awesome series, past and present. Plus the visuals, designs, and world building were amazing. But dang when they did that teaser, Jin practicing, the sweat beading all over, the flow of movement, and light displaying tone on his body, it was surreal we were going to this level of character design. The Tekken team pushed so many creative ideas, inspired by, or influenced too. Thanks for this
What an astounding video. As a lifelong Tekken fan it brought me immense joy watching this. Your passion for Tekken is evident here and your incredible editing made this such an enjoyable watch. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Ironic enough I also have a Tekken Tag Tournament related story. Its one of the few memories I have with my dad before he and my mother separated. Remember playing it on our Blockbuster rented PS2 (which we never returned) and fighing him with Yoshimitsu and beating him until he called me "cheap" and walked away from losing lol. Tekken Tag truly is the game that keeps families together apparently lol
I Love the Tag games! personally...I feel they are the Pinnacle of Tekken! (Hot take I know) Hey listen...Not sure if you are interested, But I'm actually working on doing Tekken Lore videos which I think you might enjoy! I did ones on the Williams Sisters Anna and Nina, as well as Paul Phoenix and Jun Kazama! And I'm working on a Bryan Fury video as we speak! and I plan to cover many more Tekken characters in the future. You should totally come hang out on my channel and check them out when you get a chance! Would be kinda incredible if I could get your thoughts on them!
I remember trying to describe Heihachi to my grandmother in a way she could quickly understand, and so I called him "The Victor Newman of this game." The soap "The Young and the Restless" was her favorite and Victor was her favorite character.
What an awesome and in-depth retrospective!! Didn't expect you to also cover Street Fighter x Tekken, but you went the extra mile as always! One more cameo you forgot to include though was probably the most (in)famous one, Heihachi was a playable fighter in Soul Calibur 2! Since Tekken is also widely known for it's awesome music and you are also well-versed in music, which Tekken game's soundtrack is your favourite??
I know Tekken 4 is considered the black sheep of the series by many, but it’s actually my favorite installment. I worked at a GameStop in a mall from late 2000 to early 2003, and I played the hell out of Tekken 4 in the mall’s arcade for well over a year. The competitive scene was quite decent for the game and I have great memories of pulling off certain juggles and parries and such with crowds of 10-15 people looking on. I really liked the additions of the wall jump and low parry. Xiaoyu was my main, with Jin being my number 2. I loved Jin’s design and move set. Soul Calibur II came along at some point in 2002 I believe, and I started playing it much more than Tekken 4, but Tekken 4 is still my favorite 3D fighting game experience, if only due to nostalgia and great memories.
Same here. When Tekken 4 came out I was blown away. Playing it in the arcades really was a treat. I've only got to play Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5 in arcades. I've never come across the others.
One of the best fighting game series ever. Tekken 3, Tag 2 and 7 are my favorites. Nina, Heihachi and Kazyuya are my favorite characters. Can you do a DOA retrospective next, that was for a while my favorite fighting series
I respected the entire video....the only thing I want to ask you is...when you got to the Blood Vengeance part...DID YOU KNOW BLOOD VENGEANCE CAME OUT ON THE 3DS....It was an addition to Tekken Prime FOR THE 3DS...and it incorporated the 3ds effect ❤
@@equanimity92 I’ve seen your lore videos and they are the best !! How in depth you go into each character definitely looking forward to Jin and Steve lore . Lol Namco should hire you
@@equanimity92 the only downer about this video, is that I didn’t know Tekken Tag 2 sold too badly. Making me think they won’t make a 3rd game :/ I played Tekken Tag 1 & 2 to death, I’m surprised he didn’t mention Tekken bowling
I don't think Tekken X Street Fighter is officially canceled yet. Rather, it's effectively canceled since they paused development in 2016. I wish Namco would just pull the trigger and end it or dig in and finish it up relatively soon.
Its now or never with Tekken 7 and SF 5 on their way out and the next main games not yet announced. Namco should go full crunch mode on Tekken X SF now (while Capcom could and should do another Capcom vs. SNK). Sadly they want to play it safe and just get out the next main installments.
A proud member of Team Tekken since the first time I saw a Tekken 2 arcade machine in a local 🍕 shop back in the mid-90s. I was ecstatic back in '99 when the bank I was working at got a Tekken 3 arcade machine in the break room....especially since it was free to play.
Tekken Tag Tournament is the first game I ever 100% on the PS2, only to delete the save data because our memory card is full lol. Years later, played it again, this time in HD and on the PS3 and became my 20th Platinum. Really love and enjoy the game!!
The first 3 Tekken games were a big deal for me and my buds. None of us moved onto the PS2 games though. I think Tekken 3 was so complete feeling that we kinda didn't feel the need for any more just yet. I remember we had a day once where we played Tekken 3 all day, well into the night, unlocking basically everything. Rad times.
I'm a bit saddened that T6 and TTT2 weren't well received. I had a couple years of fun with them both, especially playing online, and especially with a good buzz on. I still want Tekken X Street Fighter too.
Thanks for this Slopes. You work so hard on these Complete History vids. Tekken is one of my favourite gaming franchises and I've stuck with the mainline games (plus TTT1) since Tekken 2, which was the first one I played on the PlayStation.
@@slopesgameroom Must be some weird bs going on with the algorithm. Tekken is doing as well as 20 years ago these days. The audience is objectively there.
I'm happy I got to watch this video and now a friend of mine just gifted me Tekken 7 ultimate edition on steam thanks to the sales! Tekken 3 was the last Tekken game I played and now I'm finally ready to catch up!
The TekkenXStreetFighter game isn’t canceled. There was a error with English translation and Harada explained in a video soon after he found out about there was people talking about it. Yes there are websites saying the game is canceled, however check the dates for when that was published.
@@danhectic5629 that’s the way it looks right now. And if people are still wanting to play that game then it’ll have the potential to come out, the timing isn’t right yet
The best thing about "Tekken 3D: Prime Edition" is the command shortcuts, where you assign a few combos (albeit with some limitations) to pull off at any time instead of needing to memorize and pull of the overly strict timing of them on your own.
I've only discovered your channel, I watched the complete wipeout video first. I'm wipeout obsessed and even used to bring the discs to play at parties on the cd players lol. I love how you put in personal touches that connect you to each story, thankyou for sharing these personal touches it adds to the overall impact of the complete story as we all have our own stories connect to these great games! I'm a subscriber now and look forward to watching any future videos and if you haven't already done g police I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I liked Tekken 4 a lot because you could interact with the stages. But overall Tekken 5 is probably the best in the series. Tekken 5 is legendary!! 🎉🎉🎉
Great video. I had the first 3 Tekken games on Playstation and played the first game in an arcade in Spain prior to owning a Playstation at all when I was still rinsing my trusty Megadrive. I feel the same way that number 3 was the real ground breaker in the series and stood out as an amazing title of the era. I was touched by your anecdote about your history with Tekken Tag and your family bless you man. I never owned a playstation 2 but as I had some good pedigree playing Tekken games I would enjoy going to friend's houses who owned the system and kicking there arse on theirs :o) For me, Tekken Tag team had the all time best Tekken mini game in the ten pin bowiling. I remember it took me ages to get a perfect score but then the best character to use wasn't immediately obvious. After that I played most of the main games that came out in the series but not to the same degree and I would say they were alright in their own way but not inspring like 3 and Tag Team had been before. I must say that the loading time on Tekken 6 was way quicker on the Xbox 360 than on the PS3. I played it on both systems and it was a nightmare on PS3, especially when we played team battles with the maximum team size. I mean the loading time between all those rounds felt like waiting for each quarter to load while playing NBA Jam Extreme on my orginal Playstation back in the day! Tekken 7 definitely has got that classic Tekken feel from what I've played of it since it came out and after watching this I may download on my Xbox One X tomorrow. I think it may be on the game pass ting these days. This is one of my favourite complete history videos that you have put out so far and through the years I was more of a side scrolling urban brawler gamer, growing up reveering the many great capcom titles in the arcades and the Sega Megadrive classic Streets Of Rage on the console side of things. Tekken is THE 1 on 1 beat-em-up series that I have played most consistantly throughout my gaming life and it is the one that I was most adept at playing as well. I have a lot of good memories connected to it over the years that's for sure. Thanks again for making this video and I can only offer you my apologies for the overly long comment if you managed to read all of this.. tis a bit wordy for sure! Have a great and festive weekend geezer! ... Peace Out
I'm starting to think we need a Complete History and Kick Scammers crossover episode covering scammy phone games. Bonus points if you manage to convince Raid to sponsor it only to bash on them at the end.
That would be epic. How many people actually play Raid? I feel like it's just all marketing, getting TH-cam to push their crappy mobile game to beef up their download count.
Fantastic video as always mate, what a monster! I've dabbled in Tekken over the years, particularly when I had 5 on the PS2. I've been meaning to get into 7 for ages now, especially given the tremendous longevity that game ended up having.
I love hearing about all of this history, even if I find Tekken basically unplayable. Tried multiple Tekkens (TTT2, Tekken 4 and 5 I think?), just too hard for me. Give me Soul Calibur or even Virtua Fighter any day.
Watching the arcade/story endings of every character from ever Tekken game (save for 7, at least in my opinion) were fun and amazing. Tekken games also had some of the best music, I even like some in 7. Tekken 5, 5 DR, & 6 I played Survival Mode to hell, & always enjoyed it (actually that was until I tried to play Survival Mode in T5 on PS2 & hadn't played it years. I stopped after a game where Paul punched my fighter, Law, 3 times getting a PERFECT on me...)
@@slopesgameroom I love you m8, me and a mate have for the longest time had a sort of running joke of ironically loving the T1 select theme then unironically loving it and now this exists and i just don't know how to process it haha also great vid m8
I'm actually a fan of Death by Degrees, and still have a copy of it (albeit without a case, just a disc and book) and while i can see why people wouldn't like it. If you stick with it and get used to the controls, its actually not a bad game. It can be hard at times, but not impossible. The fighting system is unique among every game ever and I loved being able to smash peoples bones
I recall getting Tekken 3 as a rental. My father (who had no interest in video games whatsoever) came in while I was playing, watched for a few minutes, and said something to the effect of “we should go buy this.”
I’ve always preferred VF to Tekken, I just think the gameplay is deeper and more satisfying, but I do still love the Tekken series as well. I grew up in the mid 90’s playing a ton of both of them. Tekken 3 is outstanding and STILL one of my favorite 3-D fighting games of all time, even today.
Tekken is the over all greatest fighting series of all time! The intros are incredible (particularly 2, Tag and 4), and the soundtracks are always addicting! The story is insane but I couldn't love it anymore than I do! Tekken is also the reason I asked for my first console (PS1) and many to follow!
Tekken 7 is the first game in the series to really break some of the basic fundamentals of the series like Team Battle, Survival, etc. in favor of a less-than-stellar story mode that feels like a filler arc. Without having anyone to play with, Tekken 7 has nothing going for it and feels like the worst game in the franchise even if the gameplay is the best the series has ever seen.
Tekken 6 is the best, or TTT2. Tekken 6 because you also have the coop scrolling beat-em-up Tekken force mode as well as the main mode. TTT2 because you have the tag feature. Tekken 7 misses both of these features and add modern day bullshit, DLC and then adding characters from other games which sadly breaks the Universe and just seems gimmicky and stupid. Why is Akuma or some guy from Final Fantasy 15 in the game? And removing endings for each character, one of the core features since Tekken 1. I also don't like Tekken 7.
I thought Tekken 4 was incredible. Sure it wasn't perfect but I think it was a step forward to improvement. It's bizzare but fun. That was my first game that I played as a kid with my uncle and I loved it.
That's interesting. Metaverse related projects seem to be very popular. Every token seems to be into it. One project that has interested me most is called Ertha, a life simulation game on metaverse.
Tekken: Uncharted territory in 3D fighting...potential Virtua Fighter (2) knockoff. Tekken 2: My introduction to the series; very interesting exposure to the Tekken 🌎. I was content with the game. Tekken 3: The best game of its time and in the series. Being released during the attitude era was the best thing going for this game. A very rockin' game. Tekken 4: Very sleepy.....felt like most of the cool people left the party. Tekken 5: A very invigorating game. I played this for the first time during the spring of 2005 and it definitely woke me up from Tekken 4. Tekken 6: Not terrible, but definitely unnecessary; like someone replaced my KFC with supermarket fried chicken thinking I wouldn't notice. I didn't want to see Tekken again until they brought the good shit to the table. Tekken 7: The best Tekken game after Tekken 3. The stories for the other characters could be extremely better than they are.
you know what can of worms you opened by doing a Complete history of Tekken... now you have to do one on Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur... Battle Arena Toshinden (well maybe not that last one). Great stuff Daniel... as always.
I still think Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection for the PS3 is the most intense and balanced game of the franchise, one very big reason to emulate in rpcs3 since getting a PS3 is rather pointless now, but their games have aged like a very fine wine, specially Dark Resurrection & Wipeout HD Fury, my top reasons to build a high-end gaming system to enjoy said games whenever I want without PSN account issues or net issues, you can play it over parsec and it plays wonderful, sadly emulation is still in a gray area and piracy still an issue, this is only way to play proper Tekken 5 DR online now. Amazing video!
7 wasn't that bad, is 4 and 6 the ones I kind of despise... specially 4 which changed the controls for the worse, I just hate that 7 has all the rest of the characters behind a paywall.
This is an excellent video. I just want to say, and I may have missed this, you forgot to mention Heihachi was an Unlockable character in Soul Calibur II for the PS2.
So many characters being obtained only by DLC also irked me, and that's with my preferred character (Noctis) being DLC. Also, nearly inevitably, new characters would be over-powered and weeks would go by before the issue was rectified. I had fallen to the wayside of playing Tekken but I watched my sibling have to deal with these issues frequently. Also, Tekken 6 is where he fell in love with playing as Lars, but Lars was nerfed to the point of also needing to be corrected in Tekken 7. I'm not a massive fighting game fan as-is and I just grew exhausted at seeing so many updates and fixes. I still like the game even if I don't play it (maybe one day I'll find the courage to take myself online once more...have only done so three times and lost two of three fights, lol), but Tekken has gone quite beyond being accessible for the average joe, unless you have the patience to deal with these constant changes and fighting against a hige hoarde of characters you might not have because you couldn't afford them. Noctis was our one and only DLC.
TTT is also my favorite, me and my dad played the hell out of that game, we unlocked everything, it took us so long, i think we had more fun with the bowling mini game than any other mode. protip play bowling with one of the cyborg chars, and you get an aiming computer to help you get better rolls.
If you pre-ordered Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on PSP at GameStop, you got that D-pad overlay which helped a lot but you also got a wrist strap with a Tekken charm on the end of it. Wish I still had that stuff. I also almost bought Death by Degrees only cause I was a huge Tekken mark but I'm glad I didn't. In Tekken 5 you could play Tekken 1, Tekken 2 and Tekken 3 arcade modes in their entirety. That was badass and a feature nobody talks about. I haven't tried any of the games after Tekken 6 (It soured the series for me) but do any of the later titles reintroduce this feature? Tekken 7 should have come with a bundle including all of the past main titles.
Back in the early 2000’s when tekken tag came out, Sony or some subsidiary game company manufactures a prototype motion fight simulator that detects you punches, kicks and knees and transfer your skill rating and pinch speed to the game. In ten years or less tekken is probably gonna be processing estimate data on what type of fighter or whom type of fighter would win. Similar to the processing AI data used to match up and play against chess opponents.
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@BobaFett-Ish this will defo happen eventually
@Slope's Game Room You forgot to mention the Sony PSP version of Tekken 6 in this documentary.
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I remember playing tekken 1 on the arcade when i was i think 11 or 12, same year i discovered tekken 2. Tekken 3 was the game i purchased playstation 1 for. Eddy was a reason i started capoeira, Hworang was a reason i started practicing taekwondo and Heihachi why i threw my son into volcano :) (that WAS a joke!) Tekken changed my life and i iove the whole tekken series and all sound tracks!
Actually too funny!! 🤣😭😭🌋
Hes not joking. I'm his kid and I still have he burns from the dreaded volcano
Tekken 5 is IMO the best game in the series. It was Tekken 3 that actually made me start martial arts myself; first Taekwondo due to Hwoarang, and later Capoeira due to Eddy and Christy which I'm still doing
Law made me wanna do JKD, and Being a wrestling fan, King was a given to learn wrestling maneuvers lol
Harada said it himself that Tekken X Street Fighter is definitely not canceled. He confirmed it on Twitter.
And I quote, "Not in my first language to be very difficult and very labor intensive. I'm sure my interviews have given some misunderstandings, at least nearly half of them so far. I'm prepared for some misunderstandings, but I want everyone to know that there are many cases like this. We are still hopeful that TKxSF will resume development when the opportunity arises. However, such a title cannot be moved just for the convenience of one company in terms of marketing and branding, and it also affects each other’s development resources."
I'm still hopeful for the day to arrive when it finally releases😁
I had a dream once where you uploaded this video, and I'm impressed that my dream actually came true. Also, that Tekken Tag Tournament story was an emotional rollercoaster! Great work, and I can't wait for Soulcalibur: The Complete History!
That is one of my all time favorite games. Omg the memories.
Did you, though? Or were you actually Tekken Tag Tournament dreaming you were a Chinese philosopher?
@@termeownator I actually dreamt about it. And then I woke up to see if the video was there, and it wasn't... until now.
@@equanimity92 I’ll give it a watch. Jin and Hworang were always my favorites.
@@equanimity92 that is actually what I was looking for in the first place, I'll give it a watch once I've finished this.
One of the most historically important fighting game franchises ever. Introduced so many fighting styles and memorable characters to the world, and quite honestly doing it all significantly better then Uncle Virtua Fighter and Grandpa Street Fighter
It's defo my fav of the series
Historically important? lol calm down Chad. Street fighter and mortal kombat are the only two that actually matter
@@rosema7909 they all matter you dweebs. Tekken is how most people even heard of styles like Capoeria in the states in the first place, Mortal Kombat singlehandedly is the reason videogames have a rating system in place and street fighter is basically the example of fighting game they would use in the dictionary. All three reputable for their own reasons.
@@TheCuboneSwordsman tekken doesn’t matter though. Otherwise, you proved my point. Thanks
@@rosema7909tekken doesn’t matter but somehow you watched this video! lol
Tekken was my first game on playstation. The original trilogy can't be topped.
Tekken Tag was the first PS2 game I ever played. I got to play it before the PS2 released in the UK because a friend of a friend had just come back from Japan with a Japanese one and a copy of the game. Tekken 3 though, will always be my favourite.
I’ll admit I’ve fallen out of love with this game in the later years as I just find it doesn’t hold my attention like it did with all its extra modes back in the day! But gosh the amount of time spent playing 2, 3 and tag was insane! Such good memories!
This series.. love the characters, but dang does that music lives in my soul, and mind. There is something that cannot be described when the gameplay and music take you to another level. With each entry, the music went harder.
It is an awesome series, past and present.
Plus the visuals, designs, and world building were amazing. But dang when they did that teaser, Jin practicing, the sweat beading all over, the flow of movement, and light displaying tone on his body, it was surreal we were going to this level of character design. The Tekken team pushed so many creative ideas, inspired by, or influenced too.
Thanks for this
"Remember the time we stayed up all night drinking apple Schnapps and playing Tekken 2?"
What an astounding video. As a lifelong Tekken fan it brought me immense joy watching this. Your passion for Tekken is evident here and your incredible editing made this such an enjoyable watch. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Ironic enough I also have a Tekken Tag Tournament related story. Its one of the few memories I have with my dad before he and my mother separated. Remember playing it on our Blockbuster rented PS2 (which we never returned) and fighing him with Yoshimitsu and beating him until he called me "cheap" and walked away from losing lol. Tekken Tag truly is the game that keeps families together apparently lol
I Love the Tag games! personally...I feel they are the Pinnacle of Tekken! (Hot take I know) Hey listen...Not sure if you are interested, But I'm actually working on doing Tekken Lore videos which I think you might enjoy! I did ones on the Williams Sisters Anna and Nina, as well as Paul Phoenix and Jun Kazama! And I'm working on a Bryan Fury video as we speak! and I plan to cover many more Tekken characters in the future. You should totally come hang out on my channel and check them out when you get a chance! Would be kinda incredible if I could get your thoughts on them!
I remember trying to describe Heihachi to my grandmother in a way she could quickly understand, and so I called him "The Victor Newman of this game." The soap "The Young and the Restless" was her favorite and Victor was her favorite character.
I love Tekken! Tekken 3 was my first Tekken game for the PS1.
Mine too and it's what got me into fighting games.
mine was Tekken 2. have always mained Jun and Law (and Jack when i was a kid but he fell off for me by 7)
What an awesome and in-depth retrospective!! Didn't expect you to also cover Street Fighter x Tekken, but you went the extra mile as always! One more cameo you forgot to include though was probably the most (in)famous one, Heihachi was a playable fighter in Soul Calibur 2!
Since Tekken is also widely known for it's awesome music and you are also well-versed in music, which Tekken game's soundtrack is your favourite??
I know Tekken 4 is considered the black sheep of the series by many, but it’s actually my favorite installment. I worked at a GameStop in a mall from late 2000 to early 2003, and I played the hell out of Tekken 4 in the mall’s arcade for well over a year. The competitive scene was quite decent for the game and I have great memories of pulling off certain juggles and parries and such with crowds of 10-15 people looking on. I really liked the additions of the wall jump and low parry. Xiaoyu was my main, with Jin being my number 2. I loved Jin’s design and move set.
Soul Calibur II came along at some point in 2002 I believe, and I started playing it much more than Tekken 4, but Tekken 4 is still my favorite 3D fighting game experience, if only due to nostalgia and great memories.
Same here. When Tekken 4 came out I was blown away. Playing it in the arcades really was a treat. I've only got to play Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5 in arcades. I've never come across the others.
The atmosphere of Tekken 4 made it possibly my fave of the franchise, even the character designs were great.
Man, this was a biggun. Excellent video. I love these giant projects. Good job dude!
One of the best fighting game series ever. Tekken 3, Tag 2 and 7 are my favorites. Nina, Heihachi and Kazyuya are my favorite characters. Can you do a DOA retrospective next, that was for a while my favorite fighting series
One of my favorite aspects of early Tekken was unlocking new characters as you beat the game over and over.
The jump in graphics between Tekken 1 & Tekken 2 was nothing short of amazing. A bit of a theme with Namco during the PlayStation 1 era.
Really was quite impressive
I respected the entire video....the only thing I want to ask you is...when you got to the Blood Vengeance part...DID YOU KNOW BLOOD VENGEANCE CAME OUT ON THE 3DS....It was an addition to Tekken Prime FOR THE 3DS...and it incorporated the 3ds effect ❤
. This was EPIC. Very well done.
@@equanimity92 I’ve seen your lore videos and they are the best !! How in depth you go into each character definitely looking forward to Jin and Steve lore . Lol Namco should hire you
Been waiting for this, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
@@equanimity92 the only downer about this video, is that I didn’t know Tekken Tag 2 sold too badly. Making me think they won’t make a 3rd game :/
I played Tekken Tag 1 & 2 to death, I’m surprised he didn’t mention Tekken bowling
I don't think Tekken X Street Fighter is officially canceled yet. Rather, it's effectively canceled since they paused development in 2016. I wish Namco would just pull the trigger and end it or dig in and finish it up relatively soon.
Its now or never with Tekken 7 and SF 5 on their way out and the next main games not yet announced. Namco should go full crunch mode on Tekken X SF now (while Capcom could and should do another Capcom vs. SNK). Sadly they want to play it safe and just get out the next main installments.
A proud member of Team Tekken since the first time I saw a Tekken 2 arcade machine in a local 🍕 shop back in the mid-90s. I was ecstatic back in '99 when the bank I was working at got a Tekken 3 arcade machine in the break room....especially since it was free to play.
Tekken Tag Tournament is the first game I ever 100% on the PS2, only to delete the save data because our memory card is full lol. Years later, played it again, this time in HD and on the PS3 and became my 20th Platinum. Really love and enjoy the game!!
it's cool to hear way harada came up
even able to show his parents what he was doing actually works it's nice to see
The first 3 Tekken games were a big deal for me and my buds. None of us moved onto the PS2 games though. I think Tekken 3 was so complete feeling that we kinda didn't feel the need for any more just yet. I remember we had a day once where we played Tekken 3 all day, well into the night, unlocking basically everything. Rad times.
I didn't play tekken outside of the arcade until tt2 after 3...3 was that awesome
Ahh, Tekken. Your storyline is absolutely batshit but I still love it.
2 and 3's opening cinematics and soundtracks are truly amazing.
I'm a bit saddened that T6 and TTT2 weren't well received. I had a couple years of fun with them both, especially playing online, and especially with a good buzz on. I still want Tekken X Street Fighter too.
I dont see much about tekken's development being documented on youtube. Nice to see a complete history on my favorite game series.
Thanks mate, so glad you liked it :D
Thanks for this Slopes. You work so hard on these Complete History vids. Tekken is one of my favourite gaming franchises and I've stuck with the mainline games (plus TTT1) since Tekken 2, which was the first one I played on the PlayStation.
Can't thank you enough mate. Glad you enjoyed it
Another complete history just before Christmas, thank you very much Dan!
That sound track with bells is incredible. Tekken 2 at my local round table pizza 🍕 was life.
I loved everything about this. You do an amazing job and deserve way more subs and likes!!
Appreciate it mate. Sadly this video has not done well at all. Fingers XD it picks up
@@slopesgameroom Must be some weird bs going on with the algorithm. Tekken is doing as well as 20 years ago these days. The audience is objectively there.
I wish Namco gave every tekken franchise midscreen combo, results screen, victory theme, super/ultimate attacks, and
I'm happy I got to watch this video and now a friend of mine just gifted me Tekken 7 ultimate edition on steam thanks to the sales! Tekken 3 was the last Tekken game I played and now I'm finally ready to catch up!
Awesome history and I appreciated the personal backstory of Tekken Tag
I’ve been a fighting game fan since Way of the Exploding Fist was first released but Tekken 3 quickly became THE fighting game for me. It’s so good!
Yeah I remember being fully addicted to it
The TekkenXStreetFighter game isn’t canceled. There was a error with English translation and Harada explained in a video soon after he found out about there was people talking about it. Yes there are websites saying the game is canceled, however check the dates for when that was published.
yea but no it's never coming out.
@@danhectic5629 that’s the way it looks right now. And if people are still wanting to play that game then it’ll have the potential to come out, the timing isn’t right yet
The best thing about "Tekken 3D: Prime Edition" is the command shortcuts, where you assign a few combos (albeit with some limitations) to pull off at any time instead of needing to memorize and pull of the overly strict timing of them on your own.
I've only discovered your channel, I watched the complete wipeout video first. I'm wipeout obsessed and even used to bring the discs to play at parties on the cd players lol. I love how you put in personal touches that connect you to each story, thankyou for sharing these personal touches it adds to the overall impact of the complete story as we all have our own stories connect to these great games! I'm a subscriber now and look forward to watching any future videos and if you haven't already done g police I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I liked Tekken 4 a lot because you could interact with the stages. But overall Tekken 5 is probably the best in the series. Tekken 5 is legendary!! 🎉🎉🎉
Tekken 4. Underground arena and punching the crowd was so satisfying
Especially with eddy/christy just kicking everyone lmao
Kazuya Mishima- best hair in videogames.
That Mishima style gel lol
Another masterpiece. I may not be into the kickscammer videos, but your complete history videos are some of my favorite on youtube.
Great video. I had the first 3 Tekken games on Playstation and played the first game in an arcade in Spain prior to owning a Playstation at all when I was still rinsing my trusty Megadrive. I feel the same way that number 3 was the real ground breaker in the series and stood out as an amazing title of the era. I was touched by your anecdote about your history with Tekken Tag and your family bless you man. I never owned a playstation 2 but as I had some good pedigree playing Tekken games I would enjoy going to friend's houses who owned the system and kicking there arse on theirs :o) For me, Tekken Tag team had the all time best Tekken mini game in the ten pin bowiling. I remember it took me ages to get a perfect score but then the best character to use wasn't immediately obvious. After that I played most of the main games that came out in the series but not to the same degree and I would say they were alright in their own way but not inspring like 3 and Tag Team had been before. I must say that the loading time on Tekken 6 was way quicker on the Xbox 360 than on the PS3. I played it on both systems and it was a nightmare on PS3, especially when we played team battles with the maximum team size. I mean the loading time between all those rounds felt like waiting for each quarter to load while playing NBA Jam Extreme on my orginal Playstation back in the day! Tekken 7 definitely has got that classic Tekken feel from what I've played of it since it came out and after watching this I may download on my Xbox One X tomorrow. I think it may be on the game pass ting these days. This is one of my favourite complete history videos that you have put out so far and through the years I was more of a side scrolling urban brawler gamer, growing up reveering the many great capcom titles in the arcades and the Sega Megadrive classic Streets Of Rage on the console side of things. Tekken is THE 1 on 1 beat-em-up series that I have played most consistantly throughout my gaming life and it is the one that I was most adept at playing as well. I have a lot of good memories connected to it over the years that's for sure. Thanks again for making this video and I can only offer you my apologies for the overly long comment if you managed to read all of this.. tis a bit wordy for sure! Have a great and festive weekend geezer! ... Peace Out
I'm starting to think we need a Complete History and Kick Scammers crossover episode covering scammy phone games. Bonus points if you manage to convince Raid to sponsor it only to bash on them at the end.
That would be epic. How many people actually play Raid? I feel like it's just all marketing, getting TH-cam to push their crappy mobile game to beef up their download count.
You sir just made my day!!Thank you ana Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
😍 Tekken 🥰 thanks for the 4K60FPS video quality 😇
I was really confused with Street Fighter x Tekken , since Tekken characters barely used fireballs, so why not do Tekken x Virtua Fighter instead?
Fantastic video as always mate, what a monster! I've dabbled in Tekken over the years, particularly when I had 5 on the PS2. I've been meaning to get into 7 for ages now, especially given the tremendous longevity that game ended up having.
I love hearing about all of this history, even if I find Tekken basically unplayable. Tried multiple Tekkens (TTT2, Tekken 4 and 5 I think?), just too hard for me. Give me Soul Calibur or even Virtua Fighter any day.
You could try "Tekken 3D: Prime Edition" with its command shortcuts. It's the only way I've ever found the Tekken series to be decently playable,
King is still one of the most iconic video game characters of all time.
Far and away one of the best gaming videos on TH-cam. I doff my cap to you, sir
Watching the arcade/story endings of every character from ever Tekken game (save for 7, at least in my opinion) were fun and amazing. Tekken games also had some of the best music, I even like some in 7. Tekken 5, 5 DR, & 6 I played Survival Mode to hell, & always enjoyed it (actually that was until I tried to play Survival Mode in T5 on PS2 & hadn't played it years. I stopped after a game where Paul punched my fighter, Law, 3 times getting a PERFECT on me...)
I love Tekken, Tekken 5 is the Goat to me of fighters
Did...did you just mash up the Tekken 1 character select with Smack My Bitch up? You mad lad I need it in pure upload form!
Hahaha mmmmmmaybe
@@slopesgameroom I love you m8, me and a mate have for the longest time had a sort of running joke of ironically loving the T1 select theme then unironically loving it and now this exists and i just don't know how to process it haha also great vid m8
Great video man. I just subscribed!
Super interesting and well made video. Thank you !
my all time favorite franchise
I've been waiting for this. thank you
For a long while, back in the PS2 days, I thought this and Yakuza were related.
41:42 the dude reading the ad sounds like he’s about to fall asleep
awesome video!! thanks for making this
I'm actually a fan of Death by Degrees, and still have a copy of it (albeit without a case, just a disc and book) and while i can see why people wouldn't like it. If you stick with it and get used to the controls, its actually not a bad game. It can be hard at times, but not impossible. The fighting system is unique among every game ever and I loved being able to smash peoples bones
This was a great video. Pretty fun overall and the beginning was rather informative
I recall getting Tekken 3 as a rental. My father (who had no interest in video games whatsoever) came in while I was playing, watched for a few minutes, and said something to the effect of “we should go buy this.”
Awesome work
Happy new year!
I can hear that Prodigy loop in the background, bruv. 😉
Hahaha well spotted
Annyone else who thinks Kazuya is the main character of Tekken and the most bad ass character in a fighting game ever?
Tbh it should be, the whole thing kinda started with him
You sound like Jeremy Clarkson lol bringing that Top Gear atmosphere to the world of gaming v cool 10/10
"SPEEEEDD, POOOWWEERRR!!!"
Man Tekken Really Needed This Thnxs!!
1. Tekken 3 (PS1)
2. Tekken Tag Tournament (arcade)
3. Tekken 5 (PS2)
4. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (PSP)
5. Tekken 4 (PS2)
Just unlocked all the characters in Tekken 4 last week, and Santa will be bringing Tekken 5 :) So this was AMAZING timing!
Tekken 4 is defo good when I put the time in
I’ve always preferred VF to Tekken, I just think the gameplay is deeper and more satisfying, but I do still love the Tekken series as well. I grew up in the mid 90’s playing a ton of both of them. Tekken 3 is outstanding and STILL one of my favorite 3-D fighting games of all time, even today.
Tekken is the over all greatest fighting series of all time! The intros are incredible (particularly 2, Tag and 4), and the soundtracks are always addicting! The story is insane but I couldn't love it anymore than I do! Tekken is also the reason I asked for my first console (PS1) and many to follow!
Tekken 7 is the first game in the series to really break some of the basic fundamentals of the series like Team Battle, Survival, etc. in favor of a less-than-stellar story mode that feels like a filler arc. Without having anyone to play with, Tekken 7 has nothing going for it and feels like the worst game in the franchise even if the gameplay is the best the series has ever seen.
Does it not have online play?
Tekken 6 is the best, or TTT2. Tekken 6 because you also have the coop scrolling beat-em-up Tekken force mode as well as the main mode. TTT2 because you have the tag feature. Tekken 7 misses both of these features and add modern day bullshit, DLC and then adding characters from other games which sadly breaks the Universe and just seems gimmicky and stupid. Why is Akuma or some guy from Final Fantasy 15 in the game? And removing endings for each character, one of the core features since Tekken 1. I also don't like Tekken 7.
@@Compucles It has. But considering online isn't exactly free on PS4, it should've had more content for single players.
You resumed my feelings about the game : a perfect gameplay in a lifeless game.
It's a pay to play mobile game ported to PS4, essentially
Unlocking Doctor B on Tekken 3 was the highlight of my high school years.
@@equanimity92 You have for sure piqued my interest.
Definate subscribe and your content looks totally ace👍
I learned about Capoeira from Bob's Burgers.
I thought Tekken 4 was incredible. Sure it wasn't perfect but I think it was a step forward to improvement. It's bizzare but fun. That was my first game that I played as a kid with my uncle and I loved it.
That's interesting. Metaverse related projects seem to be very popular. Every token seems to be into it. One project that has interested me most is called Ertha, a life simulation game on metaverse.
I'm glad u was smart enough to mention Tekken was the first million seller cutos to u
With the recent resurgence of Virtua fighter and rumors of VF 6, i really hope we'll see VF vs Tekken one day.
Tekken: Uncharted territory in 3D fighting...potential Virtua Fighter (2) knockoff.
Tekken 2: My introduction to the series; very interesting exposure to the Tekken 🌎. I was content with the game.
Tekken 3: The best game of its time and in the series. Being released during the attitude era was the best thing going for this game. A very rockin' game.
Tekken 4: Very sleepy.....felt like most of the cool people left the party.
Tekken 5: A very invigorating game. I played this for the first time during the spring of 2005 and it definitely woke me up from Tekken 4.
Tekken 6: Not terrible, but definitely unnecessary; like someone replaced my KFC with supermarket fried chicken thinking I wouldn't notice. I didn't want to see Tekken again until they brought the good shit to the table.
Tekken 7: The best Tekken game after Tekken 3. The stories for the other characters could be extremely better than they are.
Great vid new sub 👍🏾
you know what can of worms you opened by doing a Complete history of Tekken... now you have to do one on Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur... Battle Arena Toshinden (well maybe not that last one). Great stuff Daniel... as always.
I still think Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection for the PS3 is the most intense and balanced game of the franchise, one very big reason to emulate in rpcs3 since getting a PS3 is rather pointless now, but their games have aged like a very fine wine, specially Dark Resurrection & Wipeout HD Fury, my top reasons to build a high-end gaming system to enjoy said games whenever I want without PSN account issues or net issues, you can play it over parsec and it plays wonderful, sadly emulation is still in a gray area and piracy still an issue, this is only way to play proper Tekken 5 DR online now.
Amazing video!
I read that a lot from fans that didn't say 7 was the best
7 wasn't that bad, is 4 and 6 the ones I kind of despise... specially 4 which changed the controls for the worse, I just hate that 7 has all the rest of the characters behind a paywall.
Bro you got it hands down. You mentioned my favorite movie of all time, first 💜💜💜💜💜
Tekken 1 - at the same time, Namco was working and released Soul Edge ...
16:33 - Character Select music into The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 🤌🏼
This is an excellent video. I just want to say, and I may have missed this, you forgot to mention Heihachi was an Unlockable character in Soul Calibur II for the PS2.
I guess that's why the very recent titles has less content and a dump load of DLC.
Tekken 6 was the peak of content and being a game.
So many characters being obtained only by DLC also irked me, and that's with my preferred character (Noctis) being DLC. Also, nearly inevitably, new characters would be over-powered and weeks would go by before the issue was rectified. I had fallen to the wayside of playing Tekken but I watched my sibling have to deal with these issues frequently. Also, Tekken 6 is where he fell in love with playing as Lars, but Lars was nerfed to the point of also needing to be corrected in Tekken 7. I'm not a massive fighting game fan as-is and I just grew exhausted at seeing so many updates and fixes.
I still like the game even if I don't play it (maybe one day I'll find the courage to take myself online once more...have only done so three times and lost two of three fights, lol), but Tekken has gone quite beyond being accessible for the average joe, unless you have the patience to deal with these constant changes and fighting against a hige hoarde of characters you might not have because you couldn't afford them. Noctis was our one and only DLC.
Kudos on 150k subs 👍😎
Cheers mate
TTT is also my favorite, me and my dad played the hell out of that game, we unlocked everything, it took us so long, i think we had more fun with the bowling mini game than any other mode.
protip play bowling with one of the cyborg chars, and you get an aiming computer to help you get better rolls.
If you pre-ordered Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on PSP at GameStop, you got that D-pad overlay which helped a lot but you also got a wrist strap with a Tekken charm on the end of it. Wish I still had that stuff. I also almost bought Death by Degrees only cause I was a huge Tekken mark but I'm glad I didn't.
In Tekken 5 you could play Tekken 1, Tekken 2 and Tekken 3 arcade modes in their entirety. That was badass and a feature nobody talks about. I haven't tried any of the games after Tekken 6 (It soured the series for me) but do any of the later titles reintroduce this feature? Tekken 7 should have come with a bundle including all of the past main titles.
31:22 "Your Kungfu is strong, pond-skipper. But the Tekken fighters are stronger." "WHAT?!"
I laughed.
Back in the early 2000’s when tekken tag came out, Sony or some subsidiary game company manufactures a prototype motion fight simulator that detects you punches, kicks and knees and transfer your skill rating and pinch speed to the game. In ten years or less tekken is probably gonna be processing estimate data on what type of fighter or whom type of fighter would win. Similar to the processing AI data used to match up and play against chess opponents.
Awesome background D&B tunes! 😎
Appreciate that mate, these take ages to put together