

The new game engine of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 allows up to four characters to appear on the screen at the same time Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has been positively received by critics, earning averaged review scores in the range of 82-83% at both GameRankings and Metacritic for the PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 versions, as well as several fighting-game-of-the-year awards. Players can choose either a team of two characters on each side or a solo character. It was ported to the Wii U as one of the system's launch titles in November 2012, subtitled Wii U Edition.Īs with the original Tekken Tag Tournament (1999), the game includes almost every character from past Tekken games, giving it the largest playable roster in a Tekken game to date. A console version based on the update was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September 2012, prior to the update. It received an update, subtitled Unlimited, in March 2012.

It was released for the arcades in September 2011. Just like Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, this game only released for arcades.Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is the eighth installment in the Tekken fighting game series and the sequel to Tekken Tag Tournament.If the on-screen character tags out while the off-screen character's lifebar is flashing, the tagged character becomes slightly stronger. The Netsu Power appears when an on-screen character gets attacked a certain amount of times and the off-screen character's lifebar flashes. Once activated, a reddish energy aura appears around the character, and their health bar starts to flicker in red. Rage gives characters more damage per hit when their vitality is below a certain point. There is also a Pair Play mode, which allows four players to fight simultaneously in pairs of two, much like the "Scramble Mode" in Street Fighter X Tekken. The Unlimited version features the Rage system from Tekken 6 for Solo mode characters, and the new tag partner Rage system from the original arcade version of Tag Tournament 2 for Tag mode characters only. In the Unlimited version, the player can switch a ratio between Tag mode and Solo mode ("2 vs 2", "1 vs 2" or "1 vs 1").
