{"id":12250,"date":"2014-08-20T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12250"},"modified":"2014-08-17T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T08:49:47","slug":"carys-top-ten-tekken-toughies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/20\/carys-top-ten-tekken-toughies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary’s Top Ten Tekken Toughies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TEKKEN_BOX\"<\/a>Recently I ordered a birthday present for a close relative online, but it wasn\u2019t enough to get free shipping.\u00a0 So I ordered Tekken Tag Tournament 2\u00a0for Wii U to go along with it.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a big fan of Tekken games, but I\u2019ve been known to buy a couple of them if they have a few modes and features I like, and if the price is low enough.\u00a0 For instance, I got Tekken 4 when it was cheap, simply because hidden in the game was an old Namco arcade 3-D space shooter called StarBlade.\u00a0 The Wii U edition of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 had some Nintendo-centric modes and features I was curious about trying, but not curious enough to pay full price for.\u00a0 But I found it cheap enough now online, and I\u2019ve been playing it off and on.\u00a0 So in honor of that, here is a blog about my top ten favorite Tekken fighters!<\/p>\n

Wii U Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

But first I\u2019m going to talk a little bit about the Nintendo-centric modes and features in the Wii U Edition of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.\u00a0 Each character in the game has alternate costumes, and on the Wii U, they also have an outfit that dresses them up like Nintendo characters!\u00a0 The costumes include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Fox McCloud, and Captain Falcon.\u00a0 Now, you can\u2019t dress them up as ANY of those characters.\u00a0 Each fighter has one specific outfit they can dress in, and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Some of them look pretty silly!\u00a0 I wonder if other versions of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on other consoles have other video game character costumes.\u00a0 Does anyone know?<\/p>\n

The other new mode in the Wii U version is called Mushroom Mode.\u00a0 You fight like you do in a regular Tekken game, but this time, Mario themed power-ups hop around and if you touch one, you\u2019ll feel its effects.\u00a0 Sometimes they\u2019re hard to get since even though Tekken is in 3-D, you travel on a 2-D plane most of the time.\u00a0 Some of these power-ups include Super Mushrooms, Mega Mushrooms, Golden Mushrooms (they make you fast), Poison Mushrooms, and Invincibility Stars.\u00a0 The power-ups act just as they would in a Mario game.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty silly seeing a giant fighter battling a tiny one!\u00a0 Oh, and they also play the Mario theme song in the background.<\/p>\n

The last reason why I got Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is something that\u2019s found in all versions of the game, not just the Wii U.\u00a0 And that is my favorite video game music composer, Go Shiina, did some of the music for this game!\u00a0 I only wish they\u2019d tell you which songs he did in the game, but his style is easy to spot.\u00a0 If any of you have read my blogs in the past, you might\u2019ve heard me talk about him before.\u00a0 Go Shiina does music for various Namco games, including Mr. Driller, Tales of Legendia, Ace Combat and Tekken series, and Gods Eater Burst.\u00a0 A lot of his music sounds the same, so he\u2019s kind of a one-trick pony.\u00a0 Kind of like Akira Toriyama\u2019s artwork.\u00a0 They\u2019re both the same, but unique at the same time.<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, before I get to my top ten Tekken characters, I have to give credit to some other fighters, too.\u00a0 There are some characters in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 that I didn\u2019t even know existed in other Tekken games.\u00a0 One is a robot called Combot, and there\u2019s even an angel character!\u00a0 King is also cool, but I only liked him in Namco X Capcom because he was funny and paired with Felicia from DarkStalkers.\u00a0 Characters like Jun, Zelfina, and Christie are also cool, but I don\u2019t have a good reason why.\u00a0 One character I didn\u2019t know about is named Miharu, and she wears a swimsuit and a purple cap and heart sunglasses.\u00a0 She looks like a tacky tourist and acts silly.\u00a0 And last, one character that shows up in both the Tekken and Soul Calibur series is named Yoshimitsu, and he\u2019s pretty cool here.\u00a0 I think Yoshimitsu is my brother Jeff\u2019s favorite character in both series.\u00a0\u00a0 OK that\u2019s enough of that; here are my top ten favorite Tekken characters!<\/p>\n

10. Bob<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Tekken characters are really strong and tough looking, and then we have Bob.\u00a0 He\u2019s fat and looks like a trucker.\u00a0 And he\u2019s kind of silly.\u00a0 That\u2019s how he got on my list.<\/p>\n

9. Alisa<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s got pink hair and she\u2019s a robot.\u00a0 That\u2019s how she got on the list.\u00a0 She would\u2019ve been higher up on the list, but in Tekken 6 there is an adventure mode that plays like a 3-D beat \u2018em up game.\u00a0 It\u2019s not very good, but I made it to the end anyway.\u00a0 One of the final bosses however, is Alisa, and she was so hard that I couldn\u2019t defeat her.\u00a0 She had one move where she would take off her head and then give it to you, and your character would be stunned for a moment holding her head in your hand.\u00a0 And then her head would explode, causing massive damage to you.\u00a0 It was ten times harder than anything that came before it so I was mad at her for that.\u00a0 One funny thing about that adventure mode is that you could collect and dress up your characters in various outfits.\u00a0 I made my characters look like tacky tourists.<\/p>\n

8. Alex<\/strong><\/p>\n

One character in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 that I didn\u2019t know about is a dinosaur named Alex.\u00a0 That\u2019s a silly name for a dinosaur.\u00a0 But where did he come from?\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember a dinosaur in a Tekken game before.\u00a0 He\u2019s a little T-Rex with boxing gloves on.\u00a0 How could you not like that?<\/p>\n

7. Kuma\/Panda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah I know that\u2019s two characters, but I know a pallet swap when I see it.\u00a0 Kuma the bear is supposed to be Heiachi\u2019s pet, and the Panda is one of the girl fighter\u2019s friends.\u00a0 I guess they had to give the bears some sort of background story instead of just, \u201cHey Kuma, wanna join the Iron Fist Tournament?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cSure!\u00a0 Er, I mean, GRRR, RARRR!\u201d\u00a0 And speaking of Heiachi, does anyone else think he looks like Dr. Wily after eating a can of spinach?<\/p>\n

6. Kangaroo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually I think his name is Roger Jr. and he\u2019s just the joey in his momma\u2019s pouch, who does all the fighting.\u00a0 But how can you not like a kangaroo in boxing gloves?\u00a0 That\u2019s one thing I do like about Tekken is that they don\u2019t take things TOO seriously sometimes.<\/p>\n

5. Mokujin<\/strong><\/p>\n

This wooden man was originally just used for the training modes, but they\u2019ve made him a playable character now.\u00a0 Did you know that Mokujin has showed up in other Namco games, too?\u00a0 One was one of the Point Blank light gun games on the PSOne.\u00a0 In his game, you had to shoot the right Mokujin who was performing the same fighting pose as the one pictured in the middle.<\/p>\n

4. Asuka Kazama<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the only reason why I like her is because she looks like the Ridge Racer lady after eating a can of spinach.\u00a0 Plus, in one of the first games she was in, the final boss in arcade mode was really cheap, and the only character I could beat it with was Asuka.\u00a0 Yeah, I know, I\u2019m awful at fighters.<\/p>\n

3. Julia Chang<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s cool and tough and I think she\u2019s Native American or something.\u00a0 Only problem is I\u2019m confused about her character.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a Michelle Chang and I get them mixed up sometimes.\u00a0 And in some of the later Tekken games, I think one or the other wears a mask and turns into a wrestler or superhero or something.\u00a0 Confusing or not, that\u2019s still pretty cool, though.<\/p>\n

2. Nina Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only reason why I like this character is that she looks cool, tough, and strong.\u00a0 She even got her own game on the PS2 called Death By Degrees.\u00a0 It had some neat ideas but the play control was awful.\u00a0 I like her Nintendo outfit in the Wii U game.\u00a0 In the Wii U edition of Tag Tournament 2, they made Nina look really buff, so when you dress her like Princess Zelda, it looks like Zelda\u2019s been working out.\u00a0 Yeah you\u2019d better watch out, Ganon!\u00a0 Next time you try to kidnap her; Zelda\u2019s going to throw you across the room!\u00a0 OK now I\u2019m just being silly!<\/p>\n

1. Pac-Man<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHey, wait a minute, Pac-Man\u2019s not a Tekken character,\u201d is what you might be thinking.\u00a0 But he was kind of a Tekken character once.\u00a0 In Street Fighter X Tekken for the PS3, Pac-Man was a playable character!\u00a0 He piloted a drivable Mokujin mech!\u00a0 Pac-Man being in the game is the only reason why I got Street Fighter X Tekken (it\u2019s basically just Street Fighter IV with Tekken characters in it).\u00a0 Pac-Man was the silly character representing the Namco side, but on the Capcom side, the silly character was Bad Box Art Mega Man!\u00a0 That would\u2019ve been really funny, but I think the timing was off for that to work.\u00a0 You see, that was around the time the creator of Mega Man left Capcom, and Capcom cancelled a couple of highly anticipated Mega Man games (Mega Man Universe and Mega Man Legends 3).\u00a0 So having that version of Mega Man in the game just didn\u2019t \u2018smell right,\u2019 know what I mean?\u00a0 At least a \u2018good\u2019 version of Pac-Man and Mega Man will be in the new Super Smash Bros. game, so I\u2019m excited about that.<\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n

And those are my favorite Tekken characters!\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of my list and tell me any other Tekken characters you think I would like.\u00a0 And let me know your favorites, too!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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