Every Tekken game, in release order
What started out as an arcade game in the mid-90s grew to become one of the largest and most prominent fighting game series in gaming. Along with the other titans of the genre, Tekken has been trailblazing throughout the arcade period, moving onto consoles as they came out, and now finding its place on practically every possible gaming platform. Originally published by Namco, it is rightfully considered to be the best-selling fighting game franchise of all time. In this article, we will count all of the released Tekken games, in the order of their release, starting with the first one.
Tekken Main Series Tekken (1994)The original game that began the franchise. It was just an arcade game at first but was later successfully ported to the first Sony Playstation gaming console in 1995.
Tekken 2 (1995)The sequel quickly followed a year later. Once again it appeared in arcades first and was later (in 1996) ported to Playstation. The success of the first game inspired Namco to improve on the first game in every aspect.
Tekken 3 (1997)The next installment went down in gaming history as one of the most successful ones ever released. It had major innovations on all fronts – graphics, gameplay, and hardware utilization. It is still considered to be among the best fighting games of all time. As before, it first appeared on arcade, and in 1998 on Playstation.
Tekken 4 (2001)This was the first divisive release in the franchise. It introduced a much different type of gameplay than the previous games. However, the graphics were a major step forward, and the game’s lore really began to take off with this installment.
Tekken 5 (2004)Tekken 5 was a bit of a conciliatory release, looking to merge elements that the fans liked from Tekken
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