Tekken Tag Tournament 2 delivers entertaining yet uninspired beat downs (review)

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is filled with more. More characters. More in-match participants. More button smashing. More lunacy. The sequel to 1999's Tekken Tag Tournament is a noncanonical sidestep in the constant battle that is Namco Bandai's bare-knuckle 3D fighting franchise.

Become the ultimate Don Armor King In TT2's fantasy world, you can put on the dream fights you've always wanted to see; You have a ridiculously dense (and in some cases, just plain ridiculous) roster of ruffians to rumble with, either solo or in tag teams.

New challengers might have trouble getting ready for their next battle TTT 2 is for the hardcore Tekken fan; I'm talking about a person who's debated the superiority of Japanese-style arcade sticks and scoured message boards for animation frame data to gain an edge.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Tekken is a series that seems to come in waves. It's always there near the start of a console generation and then again at the end. While the early releases are generally very solid, the later releases nearly always shine.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Review

While some of the games in the Tekken series haven't grabbed me, I do remember having a great experience with the original Tekken Tag Tournament in the arcade and on the PS2. While the ability to switch fighters in the middle of the match was nothing new, the mechanic where you lost the round if one...