Tekken 2 takes everything about the original game and makes it even better. Roger – A kangaroo that was genetically enhanced as part of Kazuya’s secret para-military experiments.Īlex – A genetically modified dinosaur, also one of Kazuya’s sadistic experiments.Īngel – Much in the same way that Devil is a dark entity manifested by Kazuya’s soul, Angel is believed to be the opposite – a reflection of what little good may still be left inside of him.īruce – A deadly kickboxer who serves as one of Kazuya’s elite bodygaurds.īaek – A renown martial artist who has entered the tournament to challenge Law. The following new characters are initially locked-out of the starting roster, but can also be unlocked and added to the roster: Jun – A mysterious government official who is also given the task to hunt down and arrest Kazuya. He enters the tournament to accomplish this goal. Lei – Lei is a police officer from Hong Kong who is assigned the task to bringing down Kazuya. He has been redesigned specifically for the second tournament. Jack 2 – This is an upgraded version of the original Jack android. This game also adds the following to new characters to the mix: The following characters have also returned, but need to be unlocked before being added to the roster: Prototype Jack, Anna, Armor King, Ganryu, Kuma, Lee, Kunimitsu, Wang, and both Kazuya and Devil (who serves as the final boss of the game). Heihachi is also added as a playable character in this game. Even knowing that this new contest is likely nothing more than a trap laid for him by Kazyua, Heihachi nevertheless enters in hopes to defeat his treacherous son and recapture his former glory.įrom the original game, the following characters return as part of the main playable roster: Yoshimitsu, King, Law, Nina, Michelle, and Paul. Eventually, he get his chance when news breaks out of a second tournament. Heihachi survives the fall and goes into exile to plot his revenge. The storyline assumes that Kazuya was the winner of the King of the Iron Fist Tournament, having defeated his father Heihachi by tossing him over the edge of a cliff (just as Heihachi did to Kazuya before the events of the original Tekken). Tekken 2 takes place two years after the events of the original game.

But the home version expanded the roster from a mere ten to a shocking twenty-five playable characters (a starting line up of ten with the additional fifteen being unlockable). Just like the original game, the arcade release had a very limited number of playable characters.

But it was the PS1 version of the game that most gamers are likely to remember. Today, I’m going to share my thoughts on Tekken 2.Īs was the case with the first Tekken game, Tekken 2 was originally released as a successful arcade cabinet. In the recent weeks I’ve spent a lot of time working on the current side project for this site, which (in case you haven’t been keeping track) is a focus on retro arcade fighters. While many people both young and old are spending time today exploring new games, books, and other delightful forms of nerdery, I am reveling in the joys of retro bliss. Before diving right into this review, I want to take a moment to wish all of my readers a very merry Christmas.

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