Tekken Tag Tournament

The game starts out with a very nice CG (computer generated) intro. Namco has some of the world's best CG animators and you can see that in a lot of Namco's games like R4. Just like you were first blown away by the powerful Tekken 3 intro, you'll get the same effect by this one.

The gameplay remains the same as in Tekken 3, except for some new moves. The main feature in TTT is that there is now a 'tag' option. You pick your two characters and then you tag in and out while fighting your other 2 opponents. It's really nice because you can perform double-combos with the two characters together. In total, there are over 30 characters to choose from. They are all gathered from the series' 3 games. Each has their own, unique 3 to 2 types of clothing, and LOTS of moves and combos to be creative with. The graphics are what you'd expect from PlayStation2. But this is only the beginning. I'm sure Tekken 4 will be much better. The backgrounds are very nice with moving people and objects like flangs and plants. There is even an area where you fight on grass and you can step on it and see the effect of how it's smashed.

Overall, Tekken Tag Tournamet is only a sort of a 'preview' of what we can expect from PlayStation2 and Namco in the years to come.


Great Game with improvements on the Japanese version   October 27, 2000
35 out of 40 found this review helpful

Tekken Tag Tournament has both pros and cons, but it is the best fighting game out now.

Graphics 4.999999 out of 5

Pro- Great Graphics, with the background being some of the best that I have seen. The jaggies that plagued the Japanese version has all been anti-aliased and the characters look as smooth as hell.

Con- The characters look good, but they also look like plastic G.I.JOES and loses the good anime-ish quality of the arcade characters.

Gameplay 5 out of 5

Pro- massive number of characters with unique styles for everyone. Tag juggles have almost infinite possibilities. Very deep system of play with different stamina for characters, reversals, the ability to reverse reversals, parries, universal low parries, and sidesteps that can actually avoid moves offer a lot of fun and practice. Very few characters that a beginner can mash and win against an intermediate player.

Con- Basically, it has the same engine as tekken 3, except for the tag. Some Tekken2 characters lost out in the transition from T2 to TTT. aka Jun and Wang

Music 4.3 out of 5

Pro and con- the music fits with the stages, but nothing memorable or horrible. Namco should have kept the arcade tracks or made it so that you can select them as an option.

Sound 4.8 out of 5

Pro and Con- Sounds are all great, and fits with everything.

Features 4.9 out of 5

Pros- has practice mode, 1 on 1 arcade, 2 vs 2, bowling mode, Survival mode, time attack, and team battle.

New features for US TTT include 1 on 1 vs mode, fixed damage counter in practice mode, and a very easy to use moves recording mode. Endings look very good.

Cons-Endings at a bit short and throws the tekken storyline out of wack(even though Namco said TTT had no storyline).

Overall 5 out of 5

Get this game if you like fighters and isn't sick of Tekken 3. It is simply the best out there right now. DOA2 and Soul Caliber are good, but TTT is the GOD of fighting games.


Tekken, king of fighting games.   August 28, 2000
Adam Miller (Gulfport, Mississippi United States)
18 out of 23 found this review helpful

Any serious gamer will agree that Tekken is one of the most advanced and fun fighting games around. It has survived through 4 versions and managed to not stagnate like many others have. Mortal Kombat for example. The game combines characters from all three tekkens and still retains playabilty. This is because all of the characters have been upgraded and they all have new moves.

As for the graphics. We all know that the ps2 is a graphics machine. And TTT is no exception. As far as I'm concerned, TTT on the ps2 looks better than any game in the arcade, PC, or dreamcast to date.

If you want a game that won't collect dust on your entertainment center after 10 hours of gameplay, then I highly recommend you look into this game. I've been playing it since it came out, and I will continue to play it until the next version of tekken is released.


TTT is a very good fighting game   December 27, 2000
17 out of 17 found this review helpful

Many have said that this game falls short because one could press random buttons and win. I have found that this doesn't really apply. I have played this game extensively, including in games against novice players. A player who blocks, uses the special moves and combos efficiently, and has a fighting strategy will almost always win. I find that this game is fairly challenging, and is actually difficult on very hard. This game has awesome graphics combined with all of your favorite characters from the Tekken series and very cool special moves and combos. Although you can get lucky and hit some special moves by just pressing buttons, many of the moves are difficult to perform and do a lot more damage than the previously mentioned moves. An experienced player can string together moves and beat any novice pressing buttons, contrary to what some people say. Tekken Tag Tournament is a great game, and all fighting game fans with a PS2 should own and love this game.


Incredible graphics and sleep-depriving gameplay fun   April 3, 2001
Lisa Shea
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

Yes, they've finally done it! In the past, you'd see the cut-scenes of a game and then be disappointed by the actual blocky characters you had to move around. With Tekken Tag Tournament on the PS2, the characters are fluidly smooth, the backgrounds are INCREDIBLE and the combinations of moves for each character both reflect the personality of the fighter and are executed flawlessly on the screen.

The Tag Tournament aspect might seem distracting before you've tried it, but in the game it adds another entire strategic layer to how you play. You can choose two players who have opposite skill sets, so that you choose which one to kill off your opponents with. Or, you can choose with matching skills so that you continue to hammer on your foes with a certain style of play.

Even better, certain combinations of characters can do a special tag move, so that one player does something on his/her way 'out' and the other character finishes the move while coming into the arena. Very, very cool!

And those graphics! Your characters can wear different outfits. The fire in the torches looks like REAL fire - one of the hardest things to do on a computer. The leaves on the ground actually scatter when you slam your enemy into the floor.

Definitely a game to get if you enjoy fighting games at all, and one which will knock the socks off of your friends when they see it on your TV!