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...

While some fighting favorites have recently issued bold, sweeping new iterations, Tekken has contentedly maintained its pattern of gradual refinement. And that trend continues with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 , which largely resembles the last core release (2009's Tekken 6 ), albeit with the addition of...

+ Unique tag approach offers strategic choice; + Loads of customizable fighters; plus sleek backdrops

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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 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.

The Tag series returns with a boatload of content. Can it hold up to other recent greats?

+ Tons of content; + Deep fighting system; + Online is smooth; + Lots of stages and characters

Barrier to entry; Some graphical inconsistencies

Over the years, my favorite Tekken game wound up being Dark Resurrection , originally released as a Sony PSP exclusive. I think it was because that Namco built a fighting game that was just so well-suited for the PSP hardware, and without being able to rely on multiplayer to include depth, they were...

Namco Bandai has a tendency of allowing three to four year gaps between Tekken titles and this lengthy development cycle certainly pays off in Tekken Tag Tournament 2's case. Simply put, TTT2 is a massive improvement over the original Tekken Tag Tournament and is the best Tekken game yet in terms of...

It has been almost three years since gamers received a new Tekken game. The last title, Tekken 6 , released just after the rebirth of fighting games (due to the fantastic Street Fighter IV) back in 2009.

I wanted a fighter that wouldn't be re-released 2-3 times down the road. Namco does a good job with their fighters the first time and all of the DLC characters will be free over time and balancing will be done via updates.

Best competitive Tekken to date - Most complete character list to date - Just a whole lot of fun if you're a Tekken fan - Fight Lab is pretty hysterical - Tag and solo fighting - up to 4 players at a time - tag ins and outs yelling at your friends is awesome

- Online pass - Xbox D-Pad control (get the silver controller or just stick with it) - No single player mode a la Tekken Force mode

It's hard to believe it's been 12 years since the original Tekken Tag Tournament. It seems like only yesterday when my mother and I went to EB as quickly as possible on the PS2's launch and picked this game up alongside the system.