Players are given quite a few options of gameplay styles to choose from: Arcade, Versus, Team Battle, Time Attack, Tekken Force, Practice and a hidden Beach Ball mode (a competition to see who can keep the ball from touching the sand). To help players get used to controlling the game, each fighter's move list can be accessed at any time via a pause menu. They consist of throws (for up close battle), punches and jabs, and kicks (both aerial and on the ground). Their story is represented by various intro and ending cinematic sequences.Īs in the previous Tekken titles, each character has an abundance of moves he or she can perform. At first, you have 10 fighters to choose from but as you complete the individual story/arcade modes, you will unlock that person's counterpart. Each of the 20-plus characters features a different style (Kung Fu, Capoeira), some of which must be mastered before using adequately. Tekken 3's fighting styles range from street fighting to beautiful ancient oriental fighting styles. The trick was to pull off a conversion to fit with the console's architecture and technology, and they did just that. It is a step better than Namco's System 11 board, which is nearly identical to the PlayStation. Converted from the arcade to the PlayStation, Tekken 3 ran on the technology called the System 12 board. To attract Toshin, Heihachi decides to host the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3.įour years later, on Jin Kazama's 19th birthday, the curtains rise for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3.Tekken 3 is the third installment of Namco's premier 3D fighting game franchise. Heihachi, hearing Jin's tale, is convinced that Toshin is after the souls of powerful fighters. Honoring her instructions, Jin goes to Heihachi and begs to be trained in order exact revenge. Jin searches frantically for his mother but she is nowhere to be found. When Jin awakens, the house and everything around it is burned to the ground. But against his mother's pleas Jin opts to face Toshin and is knocked unconscious. Toshin comes to the mountains bringing a chilling, swirling wind. Her intuition proves right on a cold, stormy night.
She tells Jin to go to his grandfather Heihachi if anything befall her. Accepting her destiny, she tells Jin everything she knows of their haunted past to prepare him for the fateful day she now feels is imminent. She has no understanding of what it is, but senses that she has become a target. Jun Kazama instinctively picks up on the dark power encroaching on her life. Persons of strong soul, masters of martial arts and other derivative fighting disciplines are reported missing. Within weeks, strange disappearances occur throughout the world. To obtain this mysterious power of Toshin, and the world, Heihachi tempts the fates once again. Heihachi is wracked by sorrow, but also realizes that the power of the mysterious life form could be the key to his long dormant dream of world domination. Upon arriving at the dig, Heihachi finds a field of corpses. Heihachi orders the creature's capture, but loses contact with the Tekkenshu after a garbled radio message, ". Under Heihachi's orders, the Tekkenshu are excavating a Central American archeological site when they discover a mysterious life form. Through Heihachi's efforts, the world appears to be regaining peace.Īround fifteen years have passed and Jin Kazama is now 15 years old. He also takes a strong interest in the well being of developing nations by helping them build agricultural systems that will sustain them. Using his immeasurable wealth, he forms Tekkenshu, a mercenary group employed to quell conflicts efficiently. He embarks on a crusade to win the trust of world leaders by putting wars and conflicts to rest. Having regained control of the Mishima Conglomerate, Heihachi sets about to further increase his powers. But in a desperate struggle for the future of her child, Jun defeats Devil and retires to desolate Yakushima so as to raise Kazuya's son, Jin, alone. Unaware of Devil's presence, Heihachi casts the lifeless Kazuya into a fiery volcano.Īs Kazuya's body burns, the Devil appears before the pregnant Jun Kazama in a bid to enter the soul of the new life beating within her. Eventually, Heihachi emerges scarred but victorious to regain control of the immense Mishima Conglomerate. In a reprise of the first Tekken Tournament, the father and son clash in a cursed blood battle. Several days later, the final challenger arrives to face Kazuya, the organizer of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2. But she cannot help being drawn to him, propelled by a mystic force beyond her control. Jun Kazama comes to the stunning realization that Kazuya's supernatural strength stems from Devil.
The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 Draws to a close.
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