TAG2 News/Information --NO DISCUSSION!--

[LonerHero]

Guys, read the thread title. There is to be NO DISCUSSION in this thread as it is ONLY a news thread do all your discussing on Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Hype Train! .

TEKKEN Net Links:

English site.
Japanese site.
Korean site.

Social Media Sites:

TEKKEN's Facebook page.
Current leader of the 'TEKKEN' project team.
Game designer and personal translator for Harada.
Namco Bandai Games Community Manager.
Community and Sponsorship Manager at Mad Catz.

Official Announcements:

TTT2 Unlimited Is Now Available - In Japanese. [March 27, 2012]
Character Balance Changes (Ver. F17) - In Japanese. [March 27, 2012]
2D Character Illustrations Are Now Available - In Japanese. [March 27, 2012]
TTT2U Coming To Consoles This September - PRESS RELEASE HERE [April 11, 2012]
Official Site For Console TTT2 Opens - [April 12, 2012]
TEAM TRIALS Will Soon Be Held In Asia And Oceanic Regions [June 11, 2012]

Articles/Interviews:

4Gamer's Interview with Katsuhiro Harada on Unlimited- [February 19, 2012]
LUYG's Hands-on Preview with Unlimited - [March 14, 2012]
LUYG's First Gameplay Videos - [March 17, 2012]
LUYG's Solo Mode Arcade Run-throughs - [March 20, 2012]
Eurogamer: No paid character DLC plans for TTT2 - [April 17, 2012]
EGM Preview: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - [April 17, 2012]
TTT2 to use netcode similar to the one in Soul Calibur 5 - [April 17, 2012]
Gamespot's discussion with Harada on several fighting game related topics - [May 21, 2012]
E3 2012: GameTrailers Director Interview - [June 6, 2012]
Gamespot Asia Interviews Harada on TTT2 & TxSF - [August 2, 2012]
Eurogamer: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 gets a flashy new cinematic video - [August 13, 2012]
Eventhubs:No plans for 4 separate console pair play in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, 6 player lobbies at launch - more online features to be added gradually - [August 13, 2012]
ATP:Tekken Tag Tournament 2 to Feature Special Collaboration Costumes and more - [August 14, 2012]
VG247:Tekken Tag Tournament 2 to feature 3D support and Tekken Tunes - [August 15, 2012]

Promotional Videos:

New Item Moves Trailer - [December 31, 2011]
AOU 2012 TEKKEN UNLIMITED's Reveal Video - [February 15, 2012]
AOU 2012's Trailer In English - [March 5, 2012]
See The New Fight Lab In Action! - [April 16, 2012]
Double Trouble - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - [April 16, 2012]
We Are Tekken! Trailer - PRESS RELEASE HERE [April 17, 2012]
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - DLC Characters Video - [May 21, 2012]
TTT2 E3 Trailer - Welcome Snoop Dogg - [June 5, 2012]
Extended Michelle Gameplay Video - [June 6, 2012]
Extended Angel Gameplay Video - [June 6, 2012]
Extended Ancient Ogre Gameplay Video - [June 6, 2012]
Extended Kunimitsu Gameplay Video - [June 6, 2012]
Promotional Video: TTT2 Console Modes - [July 3, 2012]
Welcome Back P-Jack, Alex, Forest Law & Tiger Jackson! - [July 6, 2012]
The Art Of Doing Combos Trailer - [July 10, 2012]
San Diego Comic-Con's Tekken Bad Girls Trailer - [July 13, 2012]
TTT2 Summer Time Trailer, It's Raining Bikinis! - [July 16 2012]
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - Fight Lab Trailer - [July 30, 2012]
Console Tekken Tag Tournament 2's Opening Cinematic - [August 13, 2012]
Welcome the World Tekken Federation! - [August 14, 2012]
TTT2 - Tekken Takes Tokyo Teaser - [August 28, 2012]
TTT2 - Lili's Fluffy Skirt PV - [August 28, 2012]
TTT2 - Japanese Commercial - [September 1, 2012]

Tutorial Videos:

The Basics - [August 2, 2012]
Intermediate 1 of 2 - [August 10, 2012]
Intermediate 2 of 2 - [August 13, 2012]
Combos - [September 13, 2012]
Advanced 1 of 2 - [October 5, 2012]
Advanced 2 of 2 - [October 10, 2012]


Gameplay Video Channel Repositories:

Off hand camera footage:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TekkenReplays - [1080p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArcadeHeroes - [1080p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/XiahReZenT/ - [1080p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/IkhwanNakrull - Matches from Malaysia [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/xxxbdashxxx - Matches from Japan (ArcadeHeroes & BDash) [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowlonelyspirit - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/l0rds1lv3r/ - Sydney Tekken Community [480p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/topmellevel - Melbourne Tekken videos [480p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/shauku77 - [240p]

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Arcade direct feed videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ShintairikuKumagaya - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/yyvaca30 - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/kay9070 - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/GuntamaMiraclein - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/xfile9138 - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/Boss27Eur - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/S8M9E2JX - [720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/TekkenCrashS2 - [480p ~ 720p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/pier21tekken - [360p]
http://www.youtube.com/user/122lupin - includes Japanese commentary [360p]

Special:


http://i.youku.com/u/UNTc0MjkxMTY=/videos - Several Tekken matches within Youku online video service.

KimChanYang's Unlisted Videos - Currently, the owner of the channel is feeling bitter towards ungrateful viewers and decided to hide some of his Unlimited videos. Well If you enjoy the footage, let him know. [480p]

Scans, Concept Art and other Promotional Images:

North America's TTT2 Game Covers: NA Front Cover | NA Reversible Cover
Latin America's TTT2 Game Covers: LA Front Cover | LA Reversible Cover
ANZ edition's box cover: Shot
First glimpse at the new Brazil stage: Shot 1 | Shot 2
Direct Feed shots of the new Fight Lab in action: Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4 | Shot 5 | Shot 6
New DLC Character Renders: KUNIMITSU | ANCIENT OGRE | ANGEL | MICHELLE
Famitsu Scan exhibiting the ability to replace character art on the select screen: Scan
Earning Parts To Customize Combot: Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3
Direct Feed Images of Snoop Dogg's Stage: Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4
Fight Lab Story Scenes: Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4
Some Shots Of Ending CGs: Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4
Full Renders Of More Incoming Characters: ALEX | P. JACK | TIGER JACKSON | FOREST LAW |
Enter The Dragon Parody: WATAHHHH
Riverside Promenade Stage (France): Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4 |
Tulip Festival Stage (Netherlands): Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 |
Coastline Sunset Stage (Philippines): Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3 | Shot 4 |
Fireworks Over Barcelona Stage (Spain): Shot 1 | Shot 2 | Shot 3
Special Magaka Collaboration Costumes For TTT2: ANNA | ALISA | HEIHACHI | JAYCEE | KUNIMITSU | MIGUEL

~~Tekken Net 2D Illustration Lottery Draw:

Tomio Fujisawa's Illustrations-

ALISA | ANNA | ARMOR KING | ASUKA | BAEK | BOB | BRUCE | BRYAN | CHRISTIE |
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DEVIL JIN | DRAGUNOV | EDDY | FENG | GANRYU | HEIHACHI | HWOARANG |
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JACK-6 | JAYCEE | JIN | JINPACHI | JUN | KAZUYA | KING | KUMA | LARS | LEI |
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LEE | LEO | LAW | LILI | MARDUK | MIGUEL | MOKUJIN | NINA | PANDA | PAUL |
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RAVEN | ROGER | STEVE | T. OGRE | WANG | XIAOYU | YOSHIMITSU | ZAFINA |

JUNNY's Illustrations-

ALISA | ANNA | ARMOR KING | ASUKA | BAEK | BOB | BRUCE | BRYAN | CHRISTIE |
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DEVIL JIN | DRAGUNOV | EDDY | FENG | GANRYU | HEIHACHI | HWOARANG |
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JACK-6 | JAYCEE | JIN | JINPACHI | JUN | KAZUYA | KING | KUMA | LARS | LEI |
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LEE | LEO | LAW | LILI | MARDUK | MIGUEL | MOKUJIN | NINA | PANDA | PAUL |
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RAVEN | ROGER | STEVE | T. OGRE | WANG | XIAOYU | YOSHIMITSU | ZAFINA |

Shunya Yamashita's Illustrations-

ALISA | ANNA | ARMOR KING | ASUKA | BAEK | BOB | BRUCE | BRYAN | CHRISTIE |
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DEVIL JIN | DRAGUNOV | EDDY | FENG | GANRYU | HEIHACHI | HWOARANG |
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JACK-6 | JAYCEE | JIN | JINPACHI | JUN | KAZUYA | KING | KUMA | LARS | LEI |
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LEE | LEO | LAW | LILI | MARDUK | MIGUEL | MOKUJIN | NINA | PANDA | PAUL |
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RAVEN | ROGER | STEVE | T. OGRE | WANG | XIAOYU | YOSHIMITSU | ZAFINA |

Mediafire link to the entire collection of Illustrations-

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmrbtypssm42nq3

Release Dates:

TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 comes out worldwide for the PS3 & XBOX360 the week of September 10th, 2012.

[mm/dd/yyyy format]

• North America & Asia (excluding Japan) | 09/11/2012
• Japan & Australia | 09/12/2012
• Europe | 09/14/2012

Pre-order Now!

http://tekken.com/preorder

Baraka aka FlyingWonkey inspired me with this idea...so yeah i will keep updating this post if anything new comes about TTT2 that idea belongs to him not me

[annaluvur]

[annaluvur]

Joystiq: How long have you been working on Tekken Tag Tournament 2?

Katsuhiro Harada: Actually there was some talk at first of doing this before Tekken 6 came out, but when we discussed it amongst ourselves and the team we felt like we first wanted to make a proper sequel to 6 to see how far we could push the limits of our graphics engine on that hardware before going to Tag.

As you've seen for yourself in the trailer, we have three or four characters on the screen at once so that's simply twice as much power needed than previously for example in Tekken 6. So obviously trying to do that right off the bat earlier on would be much more difficult.

If it's running on the same technology as 6, which came not only to arcades but to consoles, what are your console plans for Tag 2?

As we announced, it will see an arcade release first. That's where most of our efforts are focused on at the moment. But that being said, we do want to provide a chance for all of our fans abroad to be able to enjoy the game. That's about all I can say at this point.

The first Tekken Tag Tournament came out in 1999. Why did it take 12 years to go back to a tag-based fighter?

As I said on stage, it was pretty much the result of many years of the fans giving us feedback that they wanted tag. At first, for the development team when we started out we had [Tekken] 3 and we thought the natural progression would be to go to 4 and 5 and such as a proper roadmap. Tag came about, first of, as an idea that I had after about five minutes of thinking. We were all really quite surprised when that took off and gained the popularity that it did. So we had to rethink the roadmap again once more. After working on the proper sequels and still considering all the fan feedback and how much that has just gradually increased over the years and gotten to the point where we just really had to seriously consider it.

Tekken x Street Fighter was announced recently, and today you announced this. Both are high-profile games. How are you resourcing both of these projects? Are there multiple teams?

Actually, before Street Fighter x Tekken and that whole announcement came about, Tag 2 was already in the works, so that's something that we've already originally planned for. Really the question is now "so what do we want to do with Tekken x Street Fighter?" It's getting a lot more people, and assigning them and such, as well as making game ideas on where to take that.

What do you think about the recent resurgence of fighting games, with titles like BlazBlue, Street Fighter and such?

Well, this is something that I've said before continuously. The Tekken series, if you look at it alone, each installment in the console versions sell about five million copies lifetime, and has continued for about fifteen years now. Plus the income from the arcades haven't really dropped off at all for the Tekken series in general. From our standpoint, it's not like anything has really changed much. The one thing that is noticeable perhaps is that other series, like Street Fighter IV coming back after a blank of about ten years or so, Mortal Kombat is starting to come back. I think that's where some of the changes are occurring, rather than us. We've been rather constant.

Thanks for your time!

[Tofma]

gamespot interview

[WhoreANG!]

Harada said via twitter that all character models will be upgraded.

[Razer]

Harada at WCG 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBM7xCHhw0

- console release confirmed!
- for console maybe even more characters, or returning characters



also said that he will release more information in his twitter and facebook

[crystal]

Some old but important info from twitter that was posted before but got deleted due to zafina bug:

TAG2 Arcade ---> SF x TK ---> TAG2 console ---> TK x SF u got it ? RT @xocears: Wtf?? Tekken tag 2???

Also from some interview with Gamepro:

-This game will have the largest roster of any Tekken game yet.
-There will be a significant number of returning characters that didn't make the roster in Tekken 6 or Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.
-Like Tekken Tag, this game exists as a side-story to the main Tekken plot.
-The developer is making some key tweaks to combat to improve on what Tekken 6 contributed to the fighting game genre. In particular, Harada told us to "watch out for" floating mechanics.

[Darth Bane]

Harada confirmed on Twitter that both Gon and Doctor B. wont be in the TTT 2 roster (No surprise there).

In an interview with SFs Ono, Ono said he would like to see Jun Kazama even though Harada wants to eliminate her. I asked Harada on twitter if thats true and he replied to me that this is not true and that Ono was just joking around.

Also good news for all female Jin fans: Harada said that he will be single for eternity xD

[Razer]

Yes. RT @kazuyafan94 Will there be character customization in TTT2?

Source.

[Darth Bane]

Harada confirmed via twitter that TTT 2 will have a completely new boss:

Harada_TEKKEN
I'll change & create new boss. RT @Sreblek235 harada is there going to be a easier BOSS in TTT2 and also mini games? PLEASE ANSWER

[Razer]

LIVESTREAM INFORMATION

I typed all of this out on the live stream as it was streaming for you guys.
All "quotes" were speed written and are very close to what they said (or identical).

- The demo showed Paul/Law, King/Armour King, and Jin/Asuka in a test area
--- Four characters on one screen on occasion, there were more team throws
--- You can wall splat and then do an unblockable (two people)
--- QUOTE: "...if the timing's right, you can also escape the tag throws."
-------- They demonstrated this when Paul was throwing King, Armour King came in from the back and kneed him in the back, causing him to drop King. Law flew overhead and whiffed.

- They currently have an idea to make it possible to continue a tag juggle after a wall/floor break
- QUOTE: "...once you press the tag button, it'll automatically switch back and forth."

- Graphics engine is being reworked
--- Environment + character models are being reworked, they showed Jin as an example, which is as follows:


LEFT: Tekken 6
RIGHT: Tekken Tag 2

They also stated that the model was incomplete still and being reworked.

Then they began to answer questions, as follows.

QUESTION: "How does the story fit into the Tekken Universe? Is it canon?"
ANSWER: "Before [K. Harada] answers, he wants to know if anyone remembers the story from Tekken Tag 1? *pause* So uh, people who know the story from Tag 1 will know its not Tekken canon in the main storyline, and there IS a little background story that hasn't been made public. So uh for this time around for Tag 2, we want to have a side story so we don't have all the restrictions..."

Therefore, TEKKEN TAG 2 IS NOT CANON TO THE MAIN STORYLINE, but there will be something akin to a side storyline. They mentioned something about a dream (i.e. the storyline could be a dream of the character/s).

QUESTION: "Any returning dead canon characters if this is a side story?"
ANSWER: "Well uh, if we were to bring back all the characters, we would have 60 or so and that's not possible. We would like to bring back a few though."

No mention of Jun/Michelle/etc.

QUESTION: "In the beginning of that first trailer, we saw a character from the back that looked like a younger Heihachi... Can you give us any hints as to what's up with that?"
ANSWER: "Uh well the only thing he can say is that uh, he can't really say who it is at this point. There is a little background story that we can talk about -- there's the Devil Gene... and there's a factor to that. The characters who have the devil gene don't go bald, but those who do tend to lose their hair. That's all he'll say at the moment."

QUESTION: "Another thing we liked were the mini games, can we expect to see anything similar in this new tag release?"
ANSWER: "...Uh, originally when Harada made the mini games like Tekken Bowling and Tekken Bowl... they didn't think it would be so popular. So its something we're going to think about from now on what to put in."

Hmmm, Bowl anyone?

QUESTION: *missed it, but it was about the release of it*
ANSWER: "Uh, in regards to Tag 2, most people in the states and Europe will get it on the console first when it comes out. No only will you have bonus modes and mini games... We might do somethign to the character line up that's different to the arcade version, like the character line up."

QUESTION: "Practice mode -- other than record mode, what are you planning to add to a single player Tekken Tag 2?"
ANSWER: "We weren't able to have a command capture feature in Tekken 6. We plan to include something in the next Tekken. Not only that but we want to add a tutorial Tag Mode to help everyone get to this [competitive] level."

They also mentioned that they ran out of memory space to have it in or something similar to that.

QUESTION: "About the accessibility of Tekken in general -- as we watch the progression, it seems that the combos seem to get longer. Are you planning to continue with that on the new version of Tekken or are you trying to make it more accessible for newer people?"
ANSWER: "Find a new and interesting way to use the tag element in the combos... So rather than just keep increasing the damage, we'll just find another way to make the tag element more interesting. Its not just an add on, there might be some changes in the combo system that we're contemplating."

So, possible changes to juggle system, what D:

AUDIENCE QUESTIONS:

QUESTION: "Why do you hate Ganryu so much? Can you put Devil Ganryu in Tekken Tag 2 so I can win?"
ANSWER: "So uh, often Harada gets this on Twitter/Facebook. He's never ever said that anywhere so, he doesn't know where that came from. He's making the characters himself, why would he make a character that he hates? ...Actually the development team really likes Ganryu. And uh, Harada-san has been telling everyone after we saw the ending movie, Devil Ganryu will make an appearance, but he's the only one on the team who likes that."



QUESTION: "What's the progress on Tekken x SF? Which one should we expect first? What is the team more focused on?"
ANSWER: "Well uh, actually that's not the only two we're working on. TTT2 is our main focus... naturally we're helping out with SFxT. And after that we have TxSF. We still have to decide about the game system, character line up, and we've spoken with the Capcom guys about that once or twice. Not very far at the moment. Not only that but we've got a lot of people out there asking for a new Soul Calibur. He's trying to convince the executives to make another one."

*HAPPY DANCE ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF SC5*

And that's all.

SOURCE: The MLG Livestream, 7th November 10.30 - 11am (AUST TIME)

THE VIDEO:

[Miss Fox]

Steve confirmed for Tekken Tag 2 roster ( source )

[Jinkens]

...and Devil Jin too ( source )

[Delayne]

...and Devil Jin too ( source )

Also Jin and Devil Jin will be seperate characters and not one character like Devil and Kazuya in TTT1.

[Kicky]

Harada_TEKKEN

*Announcement* The Sound Director on TTT2 will be Akitaka Tohyama! (Composer of TK Series/TTT1/Katamari Damacy, etc) His Techno is awesome!! about 3 hours ago via Twittelator

[Delayne]

Alisa, Ganryu and Julia were confirmed on Twitter.

[Scribe]

Harada_TEKKEN wrote:
No good for arcade.. But console. I'll consider. RT @marto_motoko Really missing Kunimitsu. Any chance she'll be coming back? Even a hint?

Kunimitsu won't be in the arcade release for TTT2.

https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/7383626333298688

[Razer]

Kazuya and Ling Xiaoyu confirmed via Twitter.

Yes. RT @UTekkenFanBoy Harada just a quick question (you don't have to awnser if you don't want to) will Kazuya be in Tekken Tag 2?

Source.

Aye. RT @AayJay08 Is Ling Xiaoyu in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 too?

Source.

[Garydee]

Looks like we won't have Devil Kazuya.


http://twitter.com/#!/Harada_TEKKEN/sta ... 5667836928

[Razer]

Yes he is. RT @martin_vichy97 Please answer me once!!! Is Eddy Gordo in Tekken Tag 2?

Source.