Tekken 3
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation |
| Release | 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Tekken 3 is the third installment in the popular Tekken video game franchise. It was deemed by Gamespot as "the best fighting game on the playstation", and was the last installment of Tekken for the playstation.
Gameplay
Tekken 3 continues to uphold its popular fighting engine, but improves upon the installment furthur by indroducing more detailed graphics, 12 newly selectable characters, and a faster and more fluid game engine. The improved engine allowed for quick recoveries from knock-downs, more escapes form tackles and stuns, and newly-created combo throws.
Story
In the conclusion of the 2nd King of Iron Fist tournament, Kazuya Mishima defeats his son, Kazuya, and retakes control over the Mishima Zambatsu. Shortly after taking control, he learns of a mysterious, ancient power in Mexico (Ogre), and depatches his Tekken Force to investigate. However, things go wary, and Heihachi arrives to find all his troops destroyed en masse. Now intriqued and brimming with an insatible lust for Ogre's power, he announces the 3rd King of Iron Fist tournament..
Character Rooster
Returning Characters
- Heihachi Mishima
- Paul Phoenix
- Lei Wulong
- King -(It should be noted however, this is a successor to the King in Tekken and Tekken 2; the first King was killed by Ogre)
- Nina Williams
- Yoshimitsu
- Anna Williams (Must be unlocked, and she did not enter the third tournament storywise)
- Kuma (Like King, this Kuma is a successor to the first; the forst one died of old age)
New characters
- Jin Kazama
- Forrest Law
- Hwoarang
- Eddy Gordo
- Ling Xiaoyu
- Byran Fury (Unlockable)
- Gun Jack (Unlockable)
- Ogre or Toshin in Japan (Unlockable)
- True Ogre or Shin Toshin in Japan (unlockable)
- Julia Chang (unlockable)
- Mokujin (unlockable)
- Dr. Bokonavich (Bonus character; unlockable)
- Gon (Bonus character; unlockable)