After that, several well-known fighters ended up dead, attacked or disappeared around the world, and Ogre was behind it all. Heihachi, having captured a quick glimpse of Ogre before his immediate disappearance, tries to capture him in the hope of using his gigantic battle power for his own purposes. Shortly after arriving at the site, Heihachi discovers that the entire team has been obliterated by an evil and mysterious creature called Ogre. One day, a Tekken Force squadron searches an ancient temple, located in Mexico, under the premise of an excavation project. Using the company’s influence, Heihachi is responsible for many events that ultimately led the world to world peace. įifteen years later, Heihachi established Tekken Force: a paramilitary organization dedicated to protecting Mishima Zaibatsu. In it, the character must hit the ball with a powerful blow, to spray the opponent or to cause greater damage to him by dropping the ball in his territory.Īt the conclusion of the second Iron Fist King tournament, Heihachi Mishima defeats and kills his son Kazuya and regains control over the mega-corporation Mishima Zaibatsu. Another mode called “Tekken Ball” is somewhat similar to beach volleyball. The concept would be expanded in a mode for the successor, Tekken 4, and enhanced in the Devil Within campaign, in Tekken 5. Tekken 3 introduces a beat ’em up mode called “Tekken Force”, which places the player in various scenarios against enemies in a lateral advance. There are also three secret characters: Gon, Doctor. The enabling sequence is Kuma / Panda, Julia Chang, Gun Jack, Mokujin, Anna Williams, Bryan Fury, Heihachi Mishima, Ogre and True Ogre. They are opened in a certain order, as the game is finished with the initial characters. Unlike previous games, additional Tekken 3 characters are not sub-bosses. The balance between speed and strength of some characters leads the player to clashes where what really counts is the skill and not the chosen character. New improvements included faster replenishments after a character fell to the ground, more escapes from Tackles(when one character grabs the other from the front and throws him to the ground in the same direction) and stunning, more blows with allowed aerial combos, and the novelty of grappling combos. Fighters now jump at more reasonable heights, unlike the last games, making them less overwhelming and increasing the relevance of dodging, since jumping no longer guarantees the escape of common attacks. While in previous versions the element of depth was generally insignificant (with only a few characters having different dodge and evasion maneuvers), Tekken 3 added emphasis on the third axis, allowing characters to dodge in or out of the background. Tekken 3 maintains the same core as the predecessors in terms of the battle system and concept. Tekken 3’s direct sequel, Tekken 4, was released on Arcades and PlayStation 2 in 20, respectively. It was updated in Tekken Tag Tournament, a 1999 non-canonical iteration on Arcades and 2000 on PlayStation 2. With more than 8 million copies sold worldwide, Tekken 3 is the fourth best-selling game on PlayStation. The game has been cited as one of the greatest video game games of all time. The home version included a new beat ’em up mode called Tekken Force, as well as the bonus Tekken Ball mode.
Tekken 3 has a large number of new characters, including the debut of several of those who would become key players in the series, such as Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Bryan Fury, Eddy Gordo and Hwoarang, adding up to a total of 23 characters for the game. Tekken 3 was re-released in 2018 as part of the compilation of Sony, PlayStation Classic.
The original version of Arcade was released in 2005 for PlayStation 2 as part of Tekken 5 ‘s Arcade History mode. The title was released on Arcades in March 1997, and for PlayStation in 1998. Tekken 3 ( 鉄 拳 3, Tekken 3 ?, “Iron Fist 3”) is the third game in the Tekken video game series.