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Tekken 5 is the sixth installment in the popular Tekken video game franchise.
Gameplay Tekken 5 is credited for taking the series back to its roots. It incorporates a faster, more fluid fighting system, improved graphics, returning characters, and some of the Tekken series trademark infinite stages. It also retains its wall juggling concept from Tekken 4, but the element is effectively less easy to abuse and easier to defend against. The home version is a collector's edition of sorts, as it includes full arcade emulations of Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, and Star Blade. Tekken 5 includes a fighting mini-game in direct lineage to the Tekken Force modes in Tekken 3 and Tekken 4 called "Devil Within". This mini-game follows the adventures of Jin Kazama as he searches the G corporation in search for information on his missing mother and other answers. Being somewhat story oriented, the player is not permitted to use their own choice of characters like previous iterations. Along with fighting various Jack models in the mini-game, the player must pursue minor key quests to proceed. This mode is one of the two ways to unlock the playable version of Jin's Devil incarnation. Another notable feature included is the possibility to buy additional costumes and customise characters using money gained from playing the Story, Survival and Arcade Battle modes. Story Following the conclusion of the Tekken 4 tournament, Heihachi Mishima led Kazuya Mishima to Hon Maru, planning to let both Kazuya and Jin Kazama battle, and steal their respective devil genes. However, Jin defeats both of his predecessors and flies away, leaving the latter two unconscious. Shortly after, Jack-4's invade the compound, programmed to take Heihachi's life. For a short moment of time, father and son fight off the horde of Jacks, until Kazuya gets a better idea and escapes, leaving Heihachi to deal with the Jack-4's by himself. They quickly overwhelm him and self-destruct, leaving him for dead and also reviving Jinpachi Mishima from his 50 year slumber. Jinpachi then proceeds to take back the Mishima Zaibatsu for himself. A few days later, the fifth King of Iron Fist Tournament is announced. Character Roster Returning Characters New Characters Character Voices In Tekken 5 the developers had some of the characters speak in their native languages; Korean and Mandarin were added to Japanese and English). Steve Fox, however, is the only English speaking character who doesn't speak with an American accent, but rather, speaks with his native British accent; Craig Marduk, however, doesn't speak with a stereotypical Australian accent and Nina and Anna Williams don't have any Irish inflection in their voices. Lei Wulong also speaks in an American accent in certain cutscenes (This may be because most people in Asian cultures are taught American-English) Flat Floored Backgrounds The backgrounds' raised and lowered floors from Tekken 4 were removed. This change made every stage play similarly aside from the wall placements. Critical response Tekken 5 (as well as Tekken Dark Ressurection) were met with mainly positive critical response. Among these positive responses are the reviews from GameSpot and IGN, which gave Tekken 5 a 9.2/10 and 9.3/10 respectively. The games critical praise was matched with moderate commercial success. As of August 2006, Tekken 5 has sold around 1.4 million copies (note that the game was first released in February 2005). Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Currently available in arcades throughout the world, and now released only for the PSP: Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, once known as Tekken 5.2, is an upgrade of Tekken 5. It was officially announced at the 2005 JAMMA AM Show but news of it leaked slightly beforehand. Unlike Tekken 5.1 which merely tried to balance Tekken 5, Dark Resurrection adds a host of new content. Categories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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