In a move that's sure to get
Tekken fans burning up with excitement, Tekken Producer
Katsuhiro Harada has tweeted and unveiled photos from the
Japan AOU Amusement Show 2012 of the newest upgrade to the current Tekken game "
Tekken Tag Tournmanent 2". Billed as "
Tekken Unlimited Tag Tournament 2", the changes to the engine are just more than simply addressing balancing issues and tweaking the game aesthetically.
TUTT2 adds the option of playing TAG or SOLO, meaning you can take the brawl either way you like, through teamwork, old fashioned 1-on-1 beat 'em up, or a SOLO player going up against a TAG player, making the fight 1 Vs 2! With the current build of Tag 2 still making waves in arcades, and
Street Fighter X Tekken seeing release in consoles next month, this is sure to please fans around the world once it hits, and justifies the delays for the console version!
Follow
Harada himself on Twitter for more updates and pics!
UPDATE: The Announcement Trailer has arrived!
Tekken Unlimited Tag Tournament 2 Announcement Trailer
Suddenly, I'm hyped up, and I want to play this awesome music from TTT2 again!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Music: AIM TO WIN (Character Select)
This video I caught off Kotaku shows how diverse and beautiful the fighting game circuit can be... and how it'll take a man places as he builds himself up and primes himself for the nasty fight ahead. In this fan video by Geek, this guy in a track suit wanders the streets of Japan to muster up the courage and determination to go over to Shibuya Kaikan Monaco, one of definite arcade's in the world, to prove himself in Street Fighter IV. It's a pretty creative project if you ask me, and the theme they used, a remixed version of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger", is just awesome to hear. Check it out in the embedded player below.
I featured this a couple of months ago, but this week is the time it comes out for PSN and Xbox Live, and I'm excited for it!
Super Street Fighter IV is getting new releases in two different platforms. One is the franchise's original home, the arcades, and the game's going to get new tweaks and characters added to its roster in the form of Yun and Yang. The other platform is the Nintendo 3DS, the new portable gaming system Nintendo is gearing for release early next year. From the trailers and screenshots released, the port looks a lot faithful to its console counterpart, with its graphics understandably scaled down to compensate for the 3DS' requirements.
However, more pressing and slightly disappointing news appears via way of Kotaku. It appears that Capcom will be giving SSFIV 3DS access to 4 hotkey slots that players can assign moves and special moves to, allowing players to dish out punishment at the press of a button. While it may sound like good news that a simplified way has come to play Street Fighter, I'm not one of those favoring this mechanic being implemented. The game of Street Fighter has always been about challenging oneself and mastering moves and combos in order to improve one's skills. This eliminates any challenge from the equation, and practically makes the game "easy mode" on the go. Fine that beginners get this option to make it easier for them, but it won't teach them how the game is played properly. You play the game the only way it should be played - either with a controller or arcade stick, and the video below demonstrates how those tried and true rules apply to skilled veterans.