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The Good-Ass Game That Reclaimed Its Throne: The Story of Tekken

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For the longest time, Tekken was fighting games’ best kept secret.

For years, it lived in the shadows of more popular fighting games. More known fighting games. More competitive fighting games.

But when the other games fell flat, Tekken finally got its shot. Its chance to prove that none of that was true. That Tekken could be the biggest, best and most exciting fighting game on the planet.

And this is its story.

Written By: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Edited and Narrated By: Sebastien Martin-Schultz (@Seb_dot)

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Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

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35 comments

Dino Barros December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken 3 was the first tekken i played. And it was magic. So good i cant even explain

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Emman A December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I'm so mad, I just found out my main was release like a year ago SMH lol, I stop playing because Craig Murdak was not in the,game at realease, and even a year after,, I was so mad, I never bought the game, never played Tekken 7. Untill I saw this video, and I google, when is Craig Murdak comming out, SMh, why no one,said so lol. Well I'm buying it, and Craig Murdak here I come 🙂

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giftofgab247 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Honestly, I greatly prefer Tekken t any MvC game. MvC is too spastic with its button-mashing bs and seizure-inducing light show that they dub a "special move". Never could get into them. Different strokes I suppose.

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GABRIEL CHRISTIANO December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I remember watching lil majin's run (vods unfortunately) and man it was magic

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CyrusCageSCWS December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Good video. In my opinion Tekken has steadily gone downhill since 4 and 5. My main attraction to the game has always been characters and aesthetic. Ever since they introduced randomised custom outfits in single player, the game started feeling too silly for me.

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ARX 351 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

We need arcades back, places were you can play games and also socialize with other people. Of course they should allow to smoke inside, i temember how old arcade machins all had little ashtrays!

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Dante Waters December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Day 1 Tekken player it's crazy how far the series has come

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Nolan Marinara Boiiiiii December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Why does lilmajin sound like Anthony Mackie?

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christianrapper December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken tag tournament turned me into a tekken fan for life.

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Dzastin 0713 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

0:44 – It always was and will always be.

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C0nnor Small December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Lol shots fired at granblu? Haha

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Dan Duario December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I love Tekken but Akuma shouldn't be in Tekken. ?

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Polaris Castillo December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

This. I've always fucking known that the Tekken is the best fighting game out there. I've known it since Tekken 2.

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FIVE 6 MAFIA December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

And then came Leroy

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Zak The Ghost December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken and Smash are the best fighters.

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Yesnog05 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I will say this again. Tekken is so far ahead, Capcom may have to team up with SNK and bring out a Capcom vs SNK 3

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Mosmith December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken has always been know for being a fantastic game. Every generation when am disappointed by broken games, p2w shit, I can always rely on Tekken for having good/innovative gameplay with none of the AAA Corporate BS.

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Dark Carnage December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

This game is Legit my Childhood been playing this game since forever (started with tekken 3 ) A Massive thanks to this channel for spreading the message BTW Im from pakistan and the players here are insane

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Miguel Floriano December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken 7 is probably the best put game ever made..

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Pipoy 1999 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

man this game was my childhood. I always go to arcades back when I was younger and funny enough this was the most popular game

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Dio Brando December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Best tekken player in the usa = lowtiergod

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Frank Hardy December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

People can say what they want, but virtua fighter 2 was and is an infinitely better game that tekken 1 even 2.

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bboykiddblack December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken 3 is one of the highest selling playstation games to date, i dont understand them saying it was never very popular ?

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jay cashin December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Kazuya attack sounds on tekken 2 "mua mua , tuah! "

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Lewizna Bielizna December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

wow!

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Katz Blazer December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

BIggest change is that fat guy, wow

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Katz Blazer December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I might be tripping but tekken 5 was the sh*t man, that's when everyone knew tekken in my area.

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JoEs_ Do9 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Tekken 6 is way better then 7 fighting games to day just aren't the same

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fafafagat December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Hi escore

There is a deaf person down there in the comments asking for subs. Is it possible to get subs for her and other deaf viewers?

p.s: The auto generated subtitles is apparently pretty bad so no faith there

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ᄂᄋᄉᄐ December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I’ve been playing Tekken since I was a kid, my first being TK3

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Ryan Crafar December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Ive been playing tekken since the 1st installment. Im so happy to how far has it goes

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A U December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Whats with the Crack weight black guy giving random feedback like doesnt he know poeple are watching this he should have dressed nicely.

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CreeDo Lala December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

As someone who got into Virtua Fighter during its peak, I'd be interested to see exactly when (and why) tekken overtook that series. VF is now dead and Tekken is stronger than ever. VF had some very cool mechanics and a lot of depth, but I suspect what it lacked was a sense of flashiness and style. One game featured a generic Chinese guy, and the other had Bruce Lee punching the opponent in the nutsack.

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Ourlordtomcruise 11 December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

I was better at every video game than my brother except soul caliber, injustice, and growing up… teken. My bro used to spank me with Eddie. My mom wouldn’t let us play because of fight him in real life after he would non stop perfect me. I played waaaay more than him cuz when we got a 360 I moved the ps2 in my room and loved playing the missions after school. I would beat the story, easy, any character. I’d invite him in thinking I could finally get him but no… when you can change stances and hit combos with that guy I could never match him. Love my bro we are adults now and it seems silly but yeah this game was a wedge when we’d game back in the day. I played so much and he’d beat me so handedly I wonder if he was elite back in the day. Anyone else have Eddie problems?

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Arnel De Leon December 27, 2019 - 8:26 pm

Smash Ultimate is the highest selling fighting game of all time in the U.S and has the most views on YouTube. Tekken isn't as popular as people here think.

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