By now you have to know the Tekken series, if not, then where the hell have you been?! The Tekken series has revolutionized the way we all played fighting games today. The first Tekken surpassed any fighting game, whether it was the PS version or the arcade adaptation. And the current Tekken 3 is still getting some heavy praise as being one of the greatest if not the greatest fighters ever. So far Namco has released 3 Tekkens and now they are ready to release Tekken Tag Tournament, (which is currently scheduled to be released on March 30 in Japan).

      We have over 80 screens of Tekken Tag for you to enjoy and if you look at the first few you will notice that the game didn't completely utilize PS2's anti-aliasing at its present stage. The current screens we have, show the true power of the PS2, right away you should notice the anti-aliasing has been turned on and the swaying grass looks gorgeous in the background as well as the foreground. The facial detail has been greatly increased, much better than its arcade counterpart. There is virtually no clipping, no polygons showing and the backgrounds are in 3D instead of 2D.

      The gameplay is a mix of Tekken 3 and Marvel vs Capcom, TTT takes all the characters from Tekken 2 and Tekken 3 but adds something extra to give the game that extra, umph! The tagging works a lot like Capcom's versus titles (Marvel vs Street Fighter and X-Men vs Street Fighter). You choose two fighters, one as your starter and the other as your backup partner. You have over 30 characters from which you have 20 to access right away.

      We will definitely have more info on Tekken Tag Tournament as we try to acquire the import on March 30. The game is looking better than perfect, especially in the visuals area. Stay tuned for more coverage.

 02/16/00  SolidSnake

Playstation 2

Scheduled release date:
March 30, 2000

Publisher:
Namco

Developer:
Namco

Genre:
Fighting

Number of Players:
1-2