Tekken 4

Overview

Tekken 4 is a 3D fighting game developed and released by Namco for arcades (using PS2-based Namco System 246 hardware) on July 2001.

The fourth main installment in the Tekken series (after Tekken 3), Tekken 4 updates the series' graphical capabilities (using more-advanced PS2-based hardware) while revamping the series' older system of "endless" arenas with a new system of closed arenas (each with different sizes and obstacles, such as walls, ceilings, and pillars). Some of the changes resulting from this were later removed in the game's sequel.

The story is set two years after Jin Kazama, now possessed with the "Devil Gene", defeats the mysterious entity known as Ogre and disappears. Heihachi Mishima, after learning that his son Kazuya has survived his apparent death 20 years prior (with involvement by the mysterious biotech firm "G Corporation"), forms a fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament to lure him out for a mysterious purpose.

The game was later released on the PlayStation 4 in 2002 (March 28 in Japan, September 13 in Europe, and September 23 in North America), adding new story elements (including a reworked "arcade mode", now known as "Story Battle") and a successor to Tekken 3's beat-'em-up "Tekken Force" mode.

Gameplay

Tekken 4 introduces a significant new gameplay changes from the previous Tekken games. For the first time, players are able to maneuver around an arena and interact with walls and other things for extra damage. This new feature allows players to juggle with their opponent for consecutive combos. Position changes and moving before the fight starts were also introduced in Tekken 4, but later removed in future iterations. The game also introduces a brand new graphics system, that had increased lightning, smoother surfaces, and dynamic physics. Tekken 4 brings back "Tekken Force" a beat 'em up minigame with enhanced new features. It was first introduced in Tekken 3. Players were also allowed to maneuver their opponents around during a match but pressing the left punch and right punch simultaniously along with a respective directional button, this was taken out in tekken 5 and given to Steve Fox as a special throw.

Characters

New Additions

Base

• Steve Fox - A British champion boxer who became a target of a mafia group after winning a bout he was ordered to throw, entering the tournament to earn enough fame to learn the truth of his mysterious past.

• Craig Marduk - An Australian Vale Tudo fighter who was expelled from the professional circuit due to a scandal, then sentenced to prison after killing someone in a bar brawl. He was then released and invited to the tournament from an anonymous "benefactor".

• Christie Monteiro - The Brazilian granddaughter of a legendary Capoeira master, taught in the art by Eddy Gordo (who her grandfather trained during his imprisonment). When Eddy leaves abruptly to pursue vengeance, she searches for him through the tournament. She is seen as a replacement for Eddy, sharing most of his moveset, although Eddy Gordo is unlockable in the PS2 version as a model swap.

Unlockable

• Combot - A bi-pedal robot created by "Violet" and his robotics company "Violet Systems", who is entered in the tournament to show off its combative capabilities. Similar to Mokujin in the previous game, it is able to mimic the fighting style of any random combatant (although now it changes per-match, rather than per-round). It is the final character unlocked.

Returning Characters

Base

• Kazuya Mishima - One of the game's central protagonists, Kazuya was revived from his apparent death from Heihachi 20 years prior through the biotech firm G Corporation, which he used to understand the power of his "Devil Gene". After being attacked by Heihachi's "Tekken Force", he enters the tournament for vengeance. He returns from Tekken 2.

• Marshall Law - A Chinese-American martial artist who founded a restaurant chain along with his dojo. After being forced to declare bankruptcy on his restaurant, he trains himself back to his fighting spirit and enters the tournament. He returns from Tekken 2, taking the place of his son, Forest.

• Paul Phoenix - An American martial artist who believed he won the last tournament, only to depart before Ogre's true transformation. Down on his luck due to his tainted reputation, he enters the next tournament to prove that he is the true champion. It is his first appearance where he can sport a more casual hairstyle.

• Yoshimitsu - The mysterious ninja leader of the chivalrous "Manji Clan", entering the tournament seeking an alliance with the Mishima Zaibatsu for funding and manpower.

• King (ll) - A jaguar-masked Mexican luchador whose mentor, the original Armor King, was murdered after the third tournament. He uses his winnings to free the murderer and invites him to the tournament anonymously in order to challenge him.

• Hwoarang - A Korean Taekwondo practitioner and Jin's rival who, after the third tournament, was drafted into the military and became a skilled Spec Ops soldier. Longing for the thrill of martial combat, he deserts his unit to participate in the tournament.

• Ling Xiaoyu - A Chinese high school student who began to distrust the Mishima Zaibatsu after an anonymous e-mail she believed was from her former classmate Jin. In the PS2 version, her schoolmate and upbeat best friend Miharu Hirano is unlockable as a model swap.

Unlockable

Each of the roster is unlocked sequentially, both by the number of weeks active (Arcade version, starting at 2 weeks) or by the number of character completions in Story Battle (PS2 version). These are listed in order:

• Jin Kazama - One of the game's central protagonists and Kazuya's bitter son, who after learning of his "Devil Gene" affliction resolves to destroy everything about the Mishima bloodline, even managing to unlearn the Mishima-style Karate in favor of Kyokushin Karate.

• "Violet" - The majority shareholder of robotics manufacturer Violet Systems and a mysterious fighter of past, who enters the tournament due to not only boredom, but of testing the combat prowess of his robots. It is later revealed after unlocking most of the cast that Violet is the disguise of Lee Chaolan, Kazuya's rival and adopted Chinese brother who betrayed the Mishima Zaibatsu by siding with Kazuya 20 years prior. He returns from Tekken 2.

• Nina Williams - An Irish assassin who was released from cryosleep in the last tournament. Still suffering from amnesia, she became a contract assassin, and infiltrates the next tournament for her next hit: boxing champion Steve Fox.

• Lei Wulong - A Chinese detective whose workaholic lifestyle led to some misfortunes. After learning of an assassination attempt at a certain boxer participating in the tournament, he enters to restore his honor.

• Bryan Fury - An American reanimated cyborg whose death was impending. When the only person capable of extending his life abandoned him to join the Mishima Zaibatsu, he enters the tournament to gain access to him.

• Julia Chang - An American archaeology student who joins a research group in G Corporation to help ecologically restore her native homeland. When her research is cancelled due to attacks from the Mishima Zaibatsu, she enters the tournament using her adoptive mother's Chinese martial arts to seek the truth.

• Kuma Jr. - Heihachi's bodyguard and personal pet bear, whose defeat from Paul in the last tournament pushes him to train alone in the brutal mountains of Hokkaido. Xiaoyu's bodyguard and pet Panda is also available as a model swap.

• Heihachi Mishima - The head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Kazuya's father, and the host of the fourth King of Iron Fist Tournament. It is later revealed that he plans to use the genome of the god Ogre with a body containing the "Devil Gene" to create a powerful new being. He is the standard final boss for most combatants.

Soundtrack

Disc 1

Track 1 Fist for a Fist 2:06

Track 2 Acid Timpani 0:41

Track 3 Jet 1:18

Track 4 Fetus 2:26

Track 5 Uninhabited 3:20

Track 6 Didgerhythm 6:24

Track 7 Authentic Sky 4:55

Track 8 Mob 3:28

Track 9 Kitsch 3:49

Track 10 Quadra Introduction 0:07

Track 11 Quadra 2:08

Track 12 Bit Crusher 4:47

Track 13 Fear 4:24

Track 14 Gym 4:21

Track 15 Touch and Go 2:56

Track 16 The Inner Shrine 4:31

Track 17 Wirepuller Appearance 0:25

Track 18 The Strongest Iron Arena 2:34

Track 19 Nothingness 2:24

Track 20 Lights 1:51

Track 21 Hex 3:03

Disc 2

Track 1 Draw the Waveform 2:01

Track 2 Heihachi Mishima 1:19

Track 3 Craig Marduk 1:00

Track 4 Julia Chang 1:53

Track 5 Christie Monteiro 0:48

Track 6 Ling Xiaoyu 2:24

Track 7 Steve Fox 1:10

Track 8 Kuma 0:33

Track 9 Kazuya Mishima 3:29

Track 10 Yoshimitsu 1:00

Track 11 Combot 0:43

Track 12 Bryan Fury 1:41

Track 13 Lei Wulong 0:52

Track 14 Jin Kazama 2:37

Track 15 Lee Chaolan 0:50

Track 16 Hwoarang 1:15

Track 17 Marshall law 1:19

Track 18 Paul Phoenix 1:09

Track 19 Panda 1:08

Track 20 Nina Williams 1:20

Track 21 King 1:00