Tekken Tag Tournament 2

**Insanecyclone** · 2011-12-04 15:52

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/04/na...d-tests-in-us/

Namco Bandai announces Tekken Tag Tournament 2 field tests in US arcades

"But wait," we hear you say from the other side of the Internet. "Isn't the American arcade scene dead? Haven't coin-op establishments gone the way of the dodo? What kind of fool do you take me for? Hey I'm talkin' to you!"

Chill, friend! It's true that the American arcade is not as prolific as it once was, but the scene is far from dead. In fact, the U.S. of A.'s fighting game community has gone to great lengths to preserve its arcade heritage, and the scene is doing so well that Namco Bandai will be testing the latest entry in the Tekken series across our amber waves of grain.

Announced during Northeast Championship XII, the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 field test will take place in 5 different arcades across the nation: Next Level Arcade in New York City, Round One Entertainment in City of Industry, CA, Super Arcade in Walnut, CA, Fun Works in Honolulu, HI and Arcade UFO in Austin, TX.

As Austin is positively bursting with Joystiq editors, we'll be keeping an eye out for scheduling information as it becomes available. For now, we're just going to sit back and daydream about punching a robot with a bear. Mmmmm, satisfying.

**Charismatic** · 2011-12-04 23:51

Austin..? Why?

**Insanecyclone** · 2011-12-10 19:43

**Vandole** · 2011-12-11 02:01

Originally Posted by Kuroikage

Austin..? Why?

because fubarduck is a head honcho

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-02-18 04:13

**Charismatic** · 2012-02-18 04:52

Capcom style!

**6souls** · 2012-02-18 12:08

http://images.cheezburger.com/comple...3296149534.jpg

**BadKarma** · 2012-02-18 12:19

Qbert would be perfect for some bob cosplay

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-04-11 19:19

Yes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NAMCO BANDAI GAMES ANNOUNCES 'TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT™ 2'
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2012

Franchise that Created the Tag-Fighting Genre Returns to the Arena
on PlayStation®3 system and Xbox 360® this Fall

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, (April 11, 2012) – NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today delivered a knockout blow with the announcement that TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT™ 2 will be coming to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system this September.

With the largest player roster in TEKKEN history, TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 will feature more than 50 characters with expanded fight arsenals and move sets to do battle in new stages set in different countries from around the world. In addition to the tag-based battle that TEKKEN pioneered, TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 will feature both one-on-one fighting and solo fighter vs. a tag-team battle, upending the current fighting game standards and making the game accessible for fans and newcomers alike.

In Pair Play mode, up to four players can each control a character in the ultimate team battle, while in the all new Fight Lab mode, players can customize the moves and appearance of new training character, Combot. Players that clear the innovative Fight Lab will have mastered the complexities of TEKKEN and own their own customized Combot.

"TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT is one of the most beloved entries in the TEKKEN series – not just among fans but also for myself and the entire development team, so crafting the sequel has been a labour of love for everyone here," said Katsuhiro Harada, TEKKEN Project Director at NAMCO BANDAI GAMES Inc. "To truly make this game stand up to the high benchmark set by the original, we have injected some exciting features and modes that will revolutionize the online fighting game community and allow new players to enjoy and master the game – so there will be something for everyone."

The original TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT created the entire tag-based fighting genre when it released in arcades in 1999, and the highly-anticipated sequel will bring unique features to the fighting game community with innovative online functionality that will be revealed in greater detail during E3 in June.

"There is so much packed into TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 that we can't wait to reveal to fans of both fighting games and fans of all games," said Carlson Choi, vice president of marketing, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. The latest entry into the iconic series will have the level of depth expected of the highest-selling fighting game franchise of all time, but also the accessibility for new fans and gaming noobs alike."

For more information on the TEKKEN® universe, please visit: www.namcobandaigames.com www.tekken.com http://www.facebook.com/Tekken; http://www.twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN; or http://www.twitter.com/FilthieRich.

# # #

About TEKKEN®
Created and published worldwide by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., the TEKKEN® fighting game series is among the world's most popular and well-known gaming brands with franchise sales of more than 45 million units to date. Originally a 1994 arcade game, subsequent titles have been released for almost all gaming platforms. The series is renowned for the visual style of its many characters including Heihachi Mishima, Jin Kazama,, Anna Williams and Emilie De Rochefort (Lili), and for its martial arts-based combat set in the universe of the King of Iron Fist Tournament. Forthcoming titles include TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT™ 2, TEKKEN® for Wii U ™ and TEKKEN® X Street Fighter™ produced in collaboration with Capcom ,. For more information go to www.tekken.com .

About NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., part of NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc., is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive content - including all major video game consoles, iOS, mobile and online. The company is known for creating and publishing many of the industry's top video game franchises, including PAC-MAN®, TEKKEN®, SOULCALIBUR®, NARUTO™, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, Dragon Ball®, GALAGA®, RIDGE RACER® and ACE COMBAT®. More information about the company and its products can be found at www.namcobandaigames.com or www.facebook.com/namco

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**Insanecyclone** · 2012-04-17 11:43

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-04-17 15:37

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/17...-will-be-free/

Tekken Director: If Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Has DLC Fighters They Will Be Free

Looking back at Namco Bandai’s Global Gamers Day, chatting with Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada was my personal highlight. The minute he started speaking, you could practically feel his love for Tekken and see that behind his snappy sunglasses he’s excited about what he does. During the other discussion developer sessions I attended, everyone would sit calmly at a table. Harada was animated, sometimes leaping from his seat to point at the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 display.

Harada played through the game’s Fight Lab mode instead of using clips of predetermined footage. When displaying fight techniques with his translator, he jumped up after characters had been selected to point at a specific spot on the screen. "We kinda forgot to mention on the character select screen, but there was a panel like [the one] you see here and that’s where some of the new characters are going to be at," Harada said. "So you can see, there’s quite a space there."

Fight Lab begins with Violet developing the most advanced Combot ever called Super Combot DX. Harada got to use it for one round before the story advanced and Violet accidentally destroyed Super Combot DX and part of the lab. Harada (and later on players) had to to start over with a tabula rasa Combot. In one part of the session, designed to teach players the importance of high, normal and low attacks, the Combot faced generic robots all the way up to a a boss fight against Jack-6. In each case, an indicator appeared on the body of the enemy showing where to punch or kick. As Harada went through the exercise, bombs would occasionally appear in empty spots and would damage Combot if they were hit. Towards the end, Harada had to pay attention where to punch since the target would constantly change. You earn development points to make the Combot stronger with new techniques as you progress through Fight Lab. Certain customization points are only available in this mode and those can be combined with other characters’ techniques to make Combot a powerful character. The idea is players, like the Combot, will refine their skills, which makes Fight Lab act a bit like a tutorial mode. Harada seemed especially proud of this feature.

Seeing how the main menu in the demo didn’t reveal any mini-games, I asked Harada if we would see anything like Tekken Bowl or Tekken Force in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. It turns out Fight Lab is it. Harada clarified, "Actually, that’s kinda where we’re taking the essence of those different types of games and trying to work them into the structure of Fight Lab. So if you hear that it’s kinda like bowling or it’s kinda like Tekken Force, it sounds more entertaining than a tutorial, right?"

"Hearing a lot of beginner or novice skill level people, they don’t think that they themselves are novices," Harada observed. "So, a tutorial might not appeal to some of those people. But if you say, ‘Hey this is a really entertaining mode! Why don’t you try it?’ It’s a lot more appealing, I think. That’s why we’ve taken this approach."

I followed up and asked if Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will have console specific characters like Soulcalibur IV or more fighters available for sale as downloadable content. "We get that question a lot and we haven’t really thought about it until today," Harada answered. "The fact that so many people ask, is that something players want? Or is it something they don’t want to see?"

"As far as DLC, we don’t have concrete plans yet, but the way I’m thinking though is that the characters and such are like pieces that are necessary for a chess game," Harada continued. "So you wouldn’t want to sell them, because some people would have them and some wouldn’t. If we have DLC characters or stages, they would be free. We might use them for pre-order bonuses though, because the retailers really like it. That doesn’t mean they’d be exclusive forever though. That just means you’d get it earlier, for a certain period. So the players, they get to see a variety of different characters from the different pre-orders and such. The retailers get their pre-orders so they’re happy and if the retailers are happy, we’re happy. So that makes everyone happy."

Harada laughed a bit and brought something else up. "There are some, you know, very eccentric people out there on Twitter that are asking for bikini bottoms for Lee Chaolan or something like that. That’s a very specific request that’s not originally in our plan. We might charge money for that," Harada said. "Since that’s not in the original plan and it’s not something essential to the game we might charge $1 or $2 for something like that. It seems like fighting game players like swimsuits? Just recently I’m starting to understand a little bit why [Tomonobu] Itagaki kinda made his games more erotic."

Since it wasn’t at the press event, I had to ask Harada how Tekken X Street Fighter was going. "Well, you know, you guys haven’t heard much about it so everyone assumes it’s not going anywhere, but we are making it. It’s progressing," Harada announced. "Tag 2 is going to be coming out first and we want that in the spotlight at the moment because that has to be successful first. If we talk about Tekken x Street Fighter, you guys are going to be writing articles about that maybe some about Tag 2. It’d be kind of unfocused, so we want to have the spotlight on Tag 2. So you guys write your articles about Tag 2. Hype it. A lot of people will buy it, and then we take that money and put it into Tekken X Street Fighter to make it a good game. On the other hand, if Tag 2 doesn’t sell well, then there’ll probably only be about three playable characters in Tekken X Street Fighter."

So, if you want more than three characters in Tekken X Street Fighter, buy Tekken Tag Tournament 2 when it comes out this September for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360?

**Lucavi** · 2012-04-17 15:59

Definitely hyped for it, and will be picking this up.

**Scizor** · 2012-04-17 16:43

Played the demo that came with with HD tekken tag and it was pretty awesome, cant wait for the full version!

**jinkazama** · 2012-04-17 21:06

Im just hoping they stop changing character's play style. I'm tired of learning a set of juggles, just to have the same set not work in the next game.

TTT Jin was the best IMO, fuck the other jins

**Viq** · 2012-04-17 21:14

If you played T6 then you'll barely have to adjust your shit to TTT2. There are some differences, but not nearly as drastic as usual.

**jinkazama** · 2012-04-17 21:16

I played a little T6, they fucked with my paul and bryan too much tho, so got frustrated.

**Viq** · 2012-04-17 21:18

T6 Bryan is one of the most fun Tekken characters ever, imo. TauntJU for life.

EDIT: As an example of changes, TTT2 Bryan still has TauntJU, but the window for the taunt cancel is a lot tighter making it much less potent than T6.

**6souls** · 2012-05-21 20:32

Spoiler: show

**Lucavi** · 2012-05-21 20:52

Oh fuck yes. KUUUUUNIIIIIIIIIIIII~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**6souls** · 2012-05-22 18:47

Fuck you EU!

Namco Bandai Games Europe today announced Tekken Tag Tournament 2, the next installment in the award-winning fighting game franchise, will release to retailers worldwide the week of September 10, 2012 for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will boast the largest roster of fighters in Tekken history and fighting game fans who pre-order the game at select retailers can look forward to playing with one or more of these additional DLC characters: Michelle Chang, Angel, Kunimitsu or Ancient Ogre immediately at launch.

On day one of Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s launch, fans that placed their pre-orders with Shopto.net will have access to Michelle Chang and Angel DLC, whereas Zavvi.com will offer Kunimitsu and Ancient Ogre.

UK Tekken fans will also have access to the “We are Tekken” edition of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 exclusively from GAME. This collector’s edition is packed in an exclusive metal case including the following content: the original soundtrack of the game and an additional music CD with remixes, an art book with more than 200 pages, a behind the scene video with Harada San and other special guests giving you their best Tokyo tips.

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