RedShell Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Anyone picking this up next week? I've got a copy pre-ordered. Still can't believe how awesome the 3DS has been for the fighting game genre! Street Fighter, Dead or Alive and now Tekken! What's next... SoulCalibur? Trailer: Best promo ever: 41 playable characters Full-length CG/3D animated movie Runs at 60fps with 3D on StreetPass Online and local multiplayer 700+ collectible Tekken cards Looks pretty good to me, apart from the removal of character customisation, not happy about that. And apparently the game is 2D only during multiplayer, but I don't mind that one, in fact I'm glad that the developers have focused on making sure it plays well.
Grazza Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Nope. The "Sega fan" part of me has never liked Tekken. Childish perhaps, but I do have DOA and SFIV on 3DS and I don't play them much, so I just don't really think I'd get much use out of Tekken.
Hero-of-Time Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I won't be picking it up. I don't really care for fighters on a handheld and I have just picked up Tekken Hybrid on the PS3, so i'm all set for now.
Captain Falcon Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I remmeber playing a demo for Tekken 3 on the PSX and being totally underwhelmed by the entire thing. And since that point, I've never so much as looked twice at a Tekken game. I've not a super fan of fighting games outside of my soft spot for Street Fighter (and Smash Bros if you include that in the genre - some do/some don't). I also appreciate the Virtua Fighter games on a technical level but ultimately find them too intimidating.
Magnus Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 The only fighting game I like is Super Smash Bros., so that's an italicized nope from me.
dazzybee Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I'll pick it up when it's on sale. But yeah, fantastic start to the 3DS fighting catalogue!
Jonnas Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Infidels! Tekken is amazing! How dare you disagree? That said, the only reason I'm not picking this up is because I don't have a 3DS yet. But it's up there, with Kid Icarus for me.
khilafah Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Pre ordered this. Doesn't this game not even have a story or arcade mode. What's that all about?
f00had Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I remmeber playing a demo for Tekken 3 on the PSX and being totally underwhelmed by the entire thing. And since that point, I've never so much as looked twice at a Tekken game. I've not a super fan of fighting games outside of my soft spot for Street Fighter (and Smash Bros if you include that in the genre - some do/some don't). I also appreciate the Virtua Fighter games on a technical level but ultimately find them too intimidating. Tekken 3 is the best one too so if you didn't like that then you'll never get into the Tekken series! :p I'm gonna pass on this game since I already have Dead or Alive on 3DS and Tekken 6 on PS3. Pre ordered this. Doesn't this game not even have a story or arcade mode. What's that all about? Well the game does come with a movie so if you want story you have that lol.
Dcubed Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Nah, not a Tekken fan. I much prefer Soul Calibur!
Mandalore Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I've never played a Tekken game before and this does look pretty good. Tempted to keep my pre order.
cvl Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) No, not interested until my spouse wants her own 3DS so I can beat her, or I actually rather get beaten senselessly by her I'm sure haha. Is it even possible to play local multiplayer with only one game cartridge I was wondering? Edited February 14, 2012 by cvl Automerged Doublepost
RedShell Posted February 14, 2012 Author Posted February 14, 2012 Nintendo Life's Review (7/10): http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/tekken_3d_prime_edition Is it even possible to play local multiplayer with only one game cartridge I was wondering?Not according to that review:though there's no Download Play so it's multi-cart all the way.
khilafah Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 50/50 on this now. dunno if I wanna pay full price for lack of single player modes.
-Dem0- Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 at first I voted "maybe" but that's only if the price is around ?10. otherwise no.
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Well the game does come with a movie so if you want story you have that lol. I watched that last night and apart from the 3 way fight at the end it's pretty poor. Having Ling Xiaoyu as the main character is a massive fail.
cvl Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Not according to that review: Cheers for the info. Oh well, can't 'beat' 'em all.
RedShell Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 Got this today, early impressions are not good. It's lacking a lot of polish, seems more like a launch title than any of the actual 3DS launch titles. Not only that, but it has crashed on me a couple of times too! The biggest worry of all though is in the online play. I've played around 15 matches, and so far all but 1 have been absolutely riddled with slowdown/lag, making them completely unplayable! So yeah, very disappointed so far. Will give it some more time, but unless things improve with the online mode I reckon I'll be getting rid of this one pronto.
Mandalore Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 I got it today as well. It's the first ever Tekken I've played, I'm quite impressed by the gameplay in general and the graphics are well done. The lack of modes is really disappointing though, and the card collecting thing for the StreetPass is a bit crap. I haven't had any crashes, and the one match I played online earlier today seemed to run fine... apart from the fact I got obliterated. RedShell do you want to try some matches online now?
RedShell Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 the card collecting thing for the StreetPass is a bit crap.Indeed. I didn't realise that would be the only thing StreetPass was used for in this. Both SSFIV and DoA had at least some kind of interactivity/gameplay aspect to their SP modes, so for this to be just card swapping is pretty bad. RedShell do you want to try some matches online now?Didn't see your post until now. You still able to play? How about at 21:30?I'll go on then anyway, see if you're about.
Kav Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Lag in a fighting game is an absolute no-no! It's the reason I don't play Smash Bros online, it just ruins the game completely. I live Tekken too... bummer!
Mandalore Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Didn't see your post until now. You still able to play? How about at 21:30?I'll go on then anyway, see if you're about. I'm on now, left my 3DS hosting a friend vs match incase you join.
RedShell Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 @Mandalore, awesome games just now. : peace: And they all ran nice and smooth, excellent. Man, I was really worried about the online for this earlier, but I guess I was just having bad luck before. If it holds up like how it did just now though, then this game might have a permanent place in my collection after all.
Mandalore Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Yeah those were some fun matches we had. I'm still feeling quite disappointed with this game though, it just feels so empty. Like I bought it 2nd hand and someone else already unlocked everything for me. I'm tempted to watch the movie and then trade it in whilst it's still worth top price.
Kav Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 Yeah those were some fun matches we had. I'm still feeling quite disappointed with this game though, it just feels so empty. Like I bought it 2nd hand and someone else already unlocked everything for me. I'm tempted to watch the movie and then trade it in whilst it's still worth top price. Funnily enough, this is what I'm after. I can't be bothered going through unlocking everything from the start. I just care about the fighting itself. Straight up 1vs1, I don't care about any other modes, just that I can play it online. I think after the last couple posts I'll pick this up after all.
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