Developer : Namco
Release date : October 2, 1996
Synopsis :
Tekken 2 is a fighting game, the second entry in the Tekken series. It was released in arcades in June 1995 and for the PlayStation in 1996. The original arcade version of the game was released in Tekken 5’s Arcade History mode for the PlayStation 2, in 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network and in 2009 for Zeebo.
There are 10+ playable Tekken Fighters in the game’s arcade version and up to 25 on the roster in total, including eight new ones in the console version. The home version also introduced new, now-staple game modes to the series. Tekken 2 was a critical as well as commercial success, becoming one of the most successful video games of 1996 with about 40,000 arcade units and 5.7 million PlayStation copies sold worldwide. It was followed by Tekken 3 in March 1997.
The game features a total of 25 fighters, consisting of 8 newcomers and 17 returning veterans. Characters who were clones in the original game have been made into distinct playable characters, although they still share many moves with the originals. Devil Kazuya, originally a bonus palette swap of Kazuya reserved for the home console version of the first game, is also made as a full playable character and serves as this game’s final boss.
Out of the 25 playable fighters, only 10 are available by default, with the rest being made available through updates (the arcade version) or by clearing the Arcade Mode with different characters (the console version). Like the first game, the character select screen only displays the 10 default ones, with the others being selected by scrolling past the screen to the left or right. The screen normally defaults the character option to Jun Kazama, but the arcade version contains a code that can toggle it to Baek Doo San and vice versa.
Source : Wikipedia
