Lee Chaolan
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Who are these reports from? Hope they're Bogus, that would deflate most of my hype for this game. Unless they'd bring him back as a console release character or something.
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TEKKEN 7 will be out in Japanese Arcades on Feb 18th
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Who are these reports from? Hope they're Bogus, that would deflate most of my hype for this game. Unless they'd bring him back as a console release character or something.
Not analogous at all. MK was selling, just not to people that took fighting games more seriously. The series' "Dark Ages" can only be in reference to its gameplay, that went off the rails after Ultimate. A "Back to Roots" marketing campaign was all that was needed to drum up renewed interest in MK9. Tekken hasn't gone anywhere and doesn't have that luxury.
Someone here on GAF talked with a representative I think. Who said, Lee, the bears, Bruce, Wang and such have been taken out.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Kinda odd they would just tell a random person who's in or not in the game before the characters are officially released, when they haven't officially made a peep yet about the time release characters.
Perhaps I'm slightly in denial my fav character won't be in, but until there's official confirmation, I'm taking that with a big grain of salt.
It'd be weird if Kuma wasn't in this game. There's been a Kuma in every single mainline Tekken, and he was present in Street Fighter X Tekken. He's kind of a staple. Plus he's my favorite character to play as in front of people who aren't very familiar with the series.
Bugs Bunny
Banned
It was a Friend of a friend of a friend who speaks Japanese & somehow talked to an unnamed producer. Aka take it with a grain of salt. Information is most likely unreliable.
Just watched that footage with Harada. Lucky Chloe looks like the worst of the Capos and Lili combined. Shaheen's style looks interesting though. Definitely want to give him a shot when the game hits home. And I cannot get over Kazuya's sexy coat physics. If nothing else, Tekken 7 is surely setting a new high bar for realistic clothing physics with minimal clipping. I especially love how the lighting changes as the material deforms.
Mmmm guud.
Mmmm guud.
LowParry
Member
Goddamn. Both characters look fun as hell. 1 2 3 4 powww!
Hah. My best friend's wife said the same thing.
LowParry
Member
And this is just a pre build of the final right? Game is really looking now. The lighting coming off of Kazuya's godfists are damn sexy.
Yeah, this is still the pre-build. Harada said on twitter the game is still being updated further.
LowParry
Member
Man that's hype. So wish this was coming to the US this year for consoles.
All the more time to add stuff to the home versions.
LowParry
Member
Maybe a couple more characters unless we see later this year a Tekken 7: "insert title" update with some new characters. I'm looking at this like Tekken 6. Just give me the streams/youtube vids. And Tekken Crash is going to be ballin.
Spuck-uk
Banned
She's likely the least played character in the game, she's not coming back.
They could literally redo the whole cast and I would still play the game. I usually end up maining newer cast members every iteration anyway. I really hope Jin doesn't show up for this iteration. I miss Namco pulling crazy stuff like they did with Kazuya not showing up for Tekken 3 because of the volcano ending being the canon ending. I hope they stick to their guns and let Jin stay on the sidelines for this iteration for it to really have some sort of impact on people so they know no one in the cast is safe. Hell, even another time skip would be welcome for me.
Selling? The sales of the ps2 3d MK's to MK1-3 are analogous to the sells of Tekken post 5 to T3 and T5. MK9 was their highest selling MK game...of all time...by far, from Ed Boon's mouth.
The ps2 era was the dark age in terms of gameplay, lack of innovation and sales. The studio would not have been here if they didn't rebrand to Netherealm and WB believed them.
Tekken has definitely stagnated and gone down in sales, and has been using the same gameplay template from 5, which is a decade old.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I am hyping the crap out of this game (heading to Japan to play this in June) but no Lee = hype reduced with 400%
They can't fucking put a character in a game (T6) - let tons of people main the character, and then fuck the people up by removing him the next game.
They can't fucking put a character in a game (T6) - let tons of people main the character, and then fuck the people up by removing him the next game.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Tekken 4 you mean? He's been in consecutively since 4, missing in 3.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
How are you still pissed off at something so miniscule that's been true since Tekken 5?
It's good to see my secondary, Alisa is back. I hope she'll get some detachable limb moves. I want even more crazy. Give us a gorilla character too.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Yeah, but he was changed so drastically in T6 and many people who didn't main him in the other games started maining him in T6.
Yes, I want Marduk in the game too.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Game is looking better and better. Lucky Chloe seems to have a rather fun movelist, even if it seems she borrows quite a bit from Ling. I'm just happy to have 1v1 Tekken back...2v2 was way too hectic for me to get a handle on.
MrCookiepants
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Tekken series has sold 43 million copies. Let's be generous and say the PS1 games account for 20 million of that total.
So the 6 Tekken games since then would average sales of about 4 million per game. In other words, you're a liar.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
I can't answer for the person you quoted but alts, defaults, general artwork and aesthetics are certainly not miniscule to me. Tekken 2 had a tone, an aura to it that drew me in. 3 had a different vibe that also resonated. 4 on a much smaller scale and 5 sort of started out ok until it became clear that it was a sort of self aware and retreading old ground (character retcons and resets, gameplay going back to T3's standards etc) while also integrating systems that seperated itself from its own identity to being one burdened and/or beholden by the community (ugly customizations, character identities replaced by player names, needless stat tracking through multiple modes etc).
I'm sure my rants are tiresome to those who notice, but my concern trolling is simply an act of yearning for the creativity that was once there, including characters and fighting styled. Shaheen is great visually, though moves seem a bit too flashy based on gifs.
And as always, I await Yoshi's reveal. Hopefully no more back wheels.
So you are calling me a liar off of numbers you just made up from the ps1 games?
Yes the series sold 43 million, which does not tell us individual game sales.
But I'll help you a little on your research, T6 lifetime sales is 3.5 million. T3 lifetime sales is 8.5 million
You can start from there.
MrCookiepants
Member
Harada himself said Tekken 3 has sold 8.3 million http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/news/2014/2/18/tekken-3-sold-83-million-worldwide.html
Knowing this, it's safe assumption to say the PS1 games combined for 20 million or less. The rest is just math. I made nothing up.
T6 and TTT2 both sold less than 4 million (a lot less in TTT2's case). That means there is an outlier, probably Tekken 5, that had sales way beyond 4 million. In conclusion, you lied.
Tekken 5 and Tekken 5 DR are two different games. TTT sold ~4 million. T4 sold 3.5 million. Tekken Revolution=???. So my initial point pretty much still stands with the currently available information.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
lol. Why you call Marduk a gorilla?
Lee Chaolan
Member
No Lee = no buy for me
I'll play it at a friends, or try to buy it used. Did the same for Tekken 3, the last Lee-less game. It worked as he was brought back in 4. lol
Lost Cloud
Member
Dang! T7 is a gorgeous looking game. It's great to finally see the new build in action. It'd be cool if they released some comparison shots of what they've improved since the location test.
I gotta say, Lucky Chloe's animations are quite good, but yeah, I'm not liking her as a character all that much. I think part of my dislike is because of her costume though, so maybe I'll like her more when that cat outfit is replaced with something a bit more "normal" (hope she has some good custom outfits). But man, is she really going to say the same "1, 2..." etc. voice sample every time that she goes into her dance stance? I really hope that the finished game has some varied voice samples for that move. Otherwise, that'll get seriously annoying if that stance is integral to her gameplay.
WOW at Shaheen though! He looks fantastic! His moves are so fluid, and they look like they have a ton of power behind them. That air-catch combo finisher where he slams Kazuya into the ground is awesome, and his Rage Art is probably the only one that I've seen so far that I actually like; it's just quick and brutal. Shaheen is easily my favorite of the new characters so far, no question.
Have you seen Marduk?
And just to preempt anyone thinking certain things in here, no, I'm not talking about his skin color.
He does have a couple of moves where he slams his fists against the ground like King Kong. And he's somehow larger than the Jack robots, and nearly as big as Kuma. A full sized GRIZZLY BEAR! Gorilla or not, Marduk is one scary animal.
Lee Chaolan
Member
This game would not be Excellent without me ;o
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Of course
Devil Kazuya is in it.
Its the best already, who are you anyway?That weird kid heihachi adopted?
His wall throw is called angry ape, enough said.
Bruce is the greatest