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{{Short description|1995 fighting video game}}
{{Distinguish|Taken 2}}
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{{Infobox video game
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| image = Tekken 2
| caption = An arcade flyer for ''Tekken
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| composer = {{Unbulleted list|Yoshie Takayanagi
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There are 25 playable fighters in the game, which includes 17 returning veterans from the original [[Tekken (video game)|''Tekken'']] and eight newcomers, including Jun Kazama and Lei Wulong.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |date=June 1996 |title=Tekken 2 |magazine=[[Game Players]] |pages=48–49 |volume=9 |issue=6}}</ref> The former [[Boss (video games)|boss]], [[Heihachi Mishima]], is now playable from the start as he seeks revenge in the plot, with [[Kazuya Mishima]] becoming the new antagonist. The home console version also introduced new, now-staple game modes to the series,<ref name=":2" /> as well as [[full-motion video]] endings for every character.<ref name=":3">{{cite magazine |author= |date=1996 |title=Full motion |url=https://archive.org/details/GameOnUSA/Game_On_USA_03/page/n73 |magazine=Game On! USA |publisher=[[Viz Media]] |page=72 |pages= |issue=3 |issn=}}</ref>
''Tekken 2'' was a critical as well as commercial success, with about 40,000 arcade units and {{nowrap|5.7 million}} PlayStation copies sold worldwide, and becoming one of the [[List of best-selling PlayStation video games|best-selling PlayStation games]]. Critics praised its graphical visuals and light sourcing, as well as its deep system of moves and combos,<ref name=":2" /><ref name="EGM86" /><ref name=":3" /> and the [[Video game music|soundtrack]].<ref name="gamefan52" /> It has been cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. ''Tekken 2'' was followed by a sequel, ''[[Tekken 3]]''. The arcade version was later released in ''[[Tekken 5]]''{{'}}s Arcade History mode for the [[PlayStation 2]].
==Gameplay==
[[File:Tekken 2.jpg|left|thumb|Gameplay screenshot showing Jun hitting Lei with a back-flip]]
The
The home console version of ''Tekken 2''
==Characters==
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The game features a total of 25 playable fighters, consisting of
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===Returning characters===
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==Plot==
Meanwhile, Kazuya is sentenced to being arrested by animal rights activist and operative [[Jun Kazama]] for his experiments. Heihachi on the other hand, whom Kazuya had defeated and thrown off a cliff
When Jun enters the
Meanwhile, during the tournament, Heihachi defeats the opposing fighters, including his adopted son [[Lee Chaolan]], who had sided with Kazuya and worked for him as a secretary at the Mishima Zaibatsu. Despite his victory, however, Heihachi was defeated by Kazuya's old rival, [[Characters of the Tekken series#Paul Phoenix|Paul Phoenix]], in the semi-finals of the tournament. Thus, Paul had earned the right to have a rematch with Kazuya.
Later on, the tournament officials reinstated Heihachi, allowing him to replace Paul in the finals when the latter was forced to forfeit after getting stuck in traffic due to a multi-car collision on the expressway and, therefore, unable to make the match on time. At some point during this time, Jun was able to cause an internal conflict within Kazuya, weakening Devil's hold over him.
Despite her efforts, Jun fails to prevent Kazuya from going on to meet his father, Heihachi, in the tournament finals, to which Heihachi confronts Kazuya, and they battle once again. Kazuya is too weak to overpower Heihachi because of the internal conflict between his evil side - Devil - and his good side - an unknown entity called Angel, which was brought forth after his past meeting with Jun.
After defeating Kazuya in the finals, Heihachi throws Kazuya's unconscious body into a volcano before escaping on a helicopter just as the volcano erupts behind him, taking revenge and regaining the Mishima Zaibatsu. In the meantime, Jun, who became pregnant after her past meeting with Kazuya during the tournament, gives birth to Kazuya's illegitimate son [[Jin Kazama]], resulting in her leaving everything behind to raise their child.
==Development and release==
''Tekken 2'' development took about seven months before its release in August 1995. The updated ''Ver. B'' followed in October 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |date=1996 |title=To Namco and Back! |url=https://archive.org/details/GameOnUSA/Game_On_USA_03/page/n76 |magazine=Game On! USA |publisher=[[Viz Media]] |page= |pages=76–77 |issue=3 |issn=}}</ref> Each of the characters in ''Tekken 2'' is composed of roughly 800 polygons and took between three days and a week to model.<ref name= "Max7">{{cite
''Tekken 2''{{'}}s port to the PlayStation includes unique [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] endings for every character and numerous modes such as Survival, Time Attack, Team Battle and Practice mode. It contains [[remix|arranged]] music, like the port of the first game.
== Soundtrack ==
The [[Video game music|music]] in ''Tekken 2'' was composed mainly by Yoshie Takayanagi and Yoshie Arakawa. The [[Arrangement|arrangements]] in the console version were handled by a large team ("Namco Sound Team") consisting of Yoshie Arakawa, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara, Hiroto Sasaki and Keiichi Okabe.<ref name=":1" /> The ending music, "Landscape Under The Ghost - KAMIMANO" was composed by Akira Nishizaki and Takashi Furukawa, with Ryoko Shiraishi being the [[vocalist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RyokoShiraishi |url=https://www.tunecore.co.jp/artists/RyokoShiraishi?lang=en |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=TuneCore Japan |language=en}}</ref> Additional compositions in the game are credited to Hideaki Mitsui.<ref name=":1">{{Cite video game|title=Tekken 2|platform=Sony PlayStation|date=1996|developer=Namco|scene=Credits}}</ref>
Official soundtrack [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|CDs]], ''Tekken 2 Strike Fighting Vol.1'', ''Tekken 2 Strike Fighting Vol.2'', and ''Tekken 2 Strike Arranges'', were released by [[NEC Avenue]] in Japan in June, July and August of 1996 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NACL-1225 {{!}} TEKKEN2 STRIKE FIGHTING Vol.1 - VGMdb |url=https://vgmdb.net/album/1059 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=vgmdb.net |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, ''TEKKEN 2'' (''Original Soundtrack'') was released by Lace Records as an [[LP record]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tekken 2 vinyl soundtrack includes arcade and PlayStation score |url=https://www.godisageek.com/2020/03/tekken-series-soundtracks-coming-to-vinyl-in-2020/ |website=The Ongaku|date=March 26, 2020 }}</ref>
▲The [[PlayStation 2]] version of ''[[Tekken 5]]'' features the arcade version of ''Tekken 2'' (''Ver. B'') as a playable bonus. ''Tekken 2'' standalone is available for [[PlayStation 3]] users to download onto the [[PlayStation Portable]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/tekken2/news.html?sid=6160549 |title=PSP port details |publisher=GameSpot.com |date=1969-12-31 |access-date=2013-08-11}}</ref> However, multiplayer options have been removed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Store#id=20021|title=PlayStation® Official Site – PlayStation Console, Games, Accessories|work=Playstation|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> and on [[Zeebo]] via ZeeboNet.
==Reception==
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| PS = true
| GR_PS = 93%<ref name=GR/>
| MC_PS = 89/100<ref>{{cite web |url=
| Allgame_ARC = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11321&tab=review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115114543/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=11321&tab=review|title=Tekken 2|archive-date=15 November 2014|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=17 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Allgame_PS = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Deci |first=TJl |title=Tekken 2 -Overview |publisher=[[Allgame]] |access-date=May 29, 2013 |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=2314 |archive-date=December 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210191803/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2314 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| CVG_PS = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_179_1996-10_EMAP_Images_GB#page/n79/mode/1up|title=Computer and Video Games - Issue 179 (1996-10)(EMAP Images)(GB)|date=October 1996|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref>
| EGM_PS = 34/40<ref name="EGM86">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Tekken 2|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=86|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=September 1996|page=28|url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20086%20%28September%201996%29/page/n27}}</ref><ref>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'', January 2004, page 189.</ref>
| Fam_PS = 38/40<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=858|title=鉄拳2|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051413/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=858|url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameFan_PS = 291/300<ref>''GameFan'', volume 4, issue 9 (September 1996), pages 18 & 68-75.</ref>
| GI_PS = 9.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/june96/tekken2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970117184347/http://www.gameinformer.com/june96/tekken2.html|title=Review - Tekken 2|magazine=[[Game Informer]] |archive-date=17 January 1997|access-date=17 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GameRev_PS = A−<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.game-revolution.com/games/sony/tekken2.htm|title=Tekken 2 Review|access-date=17 March 2016|archive-date=25 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725010912/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/sony/tekken2.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GSpot_PS = 9.2/10<ref name="GSrev">{{cite web |last=Mac Donald |first=Ryan |title=Tekken 2 Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=December 1, 1996 |access-date=May 29, 2013 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tekken-2-review/1900-2549644/ |archive-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107234956/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/tekken-2-review/1900-2549644/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Hyper_PS = 95%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review (PlayStation) - Tekken II |magazine=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]] |date=July 1996 |issue=33 |pages=36–9 |url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-033/page/36/mode/2up}}</ref>
| IGN_PS = 9/10<ref name=IGNrev>{{cite web |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150475p1.html |title=IGN review |website=[[IGN]] |date=November 26, 1996 |access-date=2013-08-11 |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816182734/http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150475p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NGen_ARC = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=NG9/>
| NGen_PS = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=NGen20>{{cite magazine |title=Tekken to the Limit |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=20|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=August 1996|page=90}}</ref>
| OPMUK_PS = 9/10<ref>{{cite
| Play_PS = 95%<ref>''Play'', issue 7 (May 1996), pages 46-48 (published 25 April 1996).</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Mean Machines]]''
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| award1Pub = [[:ja:ゲーメスト大賞|''Gamest'' Awards]] (1995)<ref>''[[:ja:Gamest|Gamest]]'', ''The Best Game 2: Gamest Mook Vol. 112'', pp. 6-26.</ref>
| award1 = 4th Best Graphics, 6th Best Game, <br> 6th Best Fighting Game, <br> 9th Best Direction
| award2Pub = ''[[GamePro]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Editor's Choice Awards 1995 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=89 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=February 1996|page=26}}</ref> <br> ''GamePro'' (1996),<ref name="gamepro106"/> <br> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly|EGM]]'' (1996)<ref
| award2 = Best Arcade Game
| award3Pub = ''[[GamePro]]'' (1996),<ref name="gamepro106">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_106_Volume_09_Number_07_1997-07_IDG_Publishing_US#page/n31/mode/2up |title=GamePro - Issue 106 Volume 09 Number 07 (1997-07)(IDG Publishing)(US)|date=July 1997|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> <br> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (1996)<ref name=EGM92/>
| award3 = Best Fighting Game
| award4Pub = [[GameFan#Golden Megawards|''GameFan'' Megawards]] (1996)<ref name="gamefan52">''GameFan'', volume 5, issue 2 (February 1997), pages 34-36.</ref>
| award4 = Best Use of FMV/CG of the Year, <br> Best Soundtrack of the Year (Runner-Up), <br> 5th Top Game of 1996.
| award5Pub = ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (1996)<ref name=EGM92>{{cite magazine |title=The Best of '96|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=92|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=March 1997|pages=84–90}}</ref>
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In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Tekken 2'' on their September 15, 1995 issue as being the most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=503|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 September 1995|page=31|lang=ja}}</ref> It went on to become a major worldwide arcade hit. In Japan, it sold about 15,000 arcade units and became the
The PlayStation port also became a major worldwide hit. In Japan, it sold more than one million units by October 1996,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Will the Real Boss of Sony Please Step Forward? |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=23 (November 1996) |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=22 October 1996 |page=9}}</ref> and over {{nowrap|1.2 million}} by the end of the year,<ref name="Hurwitch">{{cite book |last1=Hurwitch |first1=Nick |title=The Art of Tekken: A Complete Visual History |date=10 July 2019 |publisher=[[Dynamite Entertainment]] |isbn=978-1-5241-1308-7 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG2hDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33}}</ref> becoming the best-selling video game of 1996 in Japan.<ref name="Dengeki">{{cite magazine |title=1996年のコンシューマーゲームソフトの売上 |trans-title=1996 Consumer Game Software Sales |magazine=[[Dengeki Oh]] |publisher=[[MediaWorks (publisher)|MediaWorks]] |lang=ja |url=http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1996.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010921045056/http://www.rnac.ne.jp/~zangel/1996.htm |archive-date=21 September 2001 |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> In North America, it sold nearly {{nowrap|1 million}} copies within four months.<ref name="Hurwitch"/> In Europe, it sold 420,000 copies by December 1996,<ref name="SD132">{{cite book |title=Screen Digest |date=1997 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=[[Screen Digest]] |quote=Despite the earlier launch in the US, sales of next generation console games can already be fairly evenly balanced between the US and Europe, with PlayStation titles ''Tekken II'' and ''Crash Bandicoot'', for example, selling 470,000 and 340,000 in the US and 420,000 and 300,000 in Europe respectively. |access-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209212411/https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> becoming the year's second best-selling PlayStation game in Europe.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Top-Selling PlayStation Titles (1996) - Europe |journal=[[Screen Digest]] |date=1997 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Screen Digest Limited |access-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209212411/https://books.google.com/books?id=51nvAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was a best-seller
===Critical===
The game was acclaimed by game critics, with the PlayStation version holding a 93% rating at [[GameRankings]].<ref name=GR>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/198899.asp |title=Gamerankings |publisher=Gamerankings |date=1996-08-25 |access-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013518/http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198899-tekken-2/index.html |archive-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> Critics praised the game's light sourcing,<ref name=GSrev/><ref name=IGNrev/> fluid character movement,<ref name=GSrev/><ref name=IGNrev/><ref name=NGen20/><ref name=GPro94>{{cite magazine |author=Scary Larry |title=ProReview: Tekken 2 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=94 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=July 1996|pages=58–59}}</ref> detailed backgrounds,<ref name=IGNrev/><ref name=NGen20/><ref name=GPro94/> complex system of moves and combos,<ref name=EGM86/><ref name=GSrev/><ref name=GPro94/> accessibility to inexperienced gamers,<ref name=EGM86/><ref name=GSrev/><ref name=GPro94/> large set of playable characters,<ref name=EGM86/><ref name=GSrev/><ref name=IGNrev/><ref name=NGen20/> and the practice mode, which several critics predicted would become a standard feature in fighting games.<ref name=EGM86/><ref name=IGNrev/><ref name=NGen20/><ref name=GPro94/> Crispen Boyer of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' called it "the best 3-D fighting game you can find for any system"<ref name=EGM86/> and ''[[GamePro]]'', further comparing it to fighting games still in development, assured gamers that it would be at least a year before ''Tekken 2'' would be topped.<ref name=GPro94/> It received a number of [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]] awards from various publications.
''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the arcade version of the game, and stated
In 1996, [[GamesMaster (magazine)|''GamesMaster'']] ranked the game 12th on their "Top 100 Games of All Time
Footballer [[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]] was a notable fan of the game, crediting his passion for the game as the reason why his performance declined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/73074.html|title=Top ten sporting excuses|access-date=July 14, 2021|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714182041/http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/73074.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Notes==
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