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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 arcade bound

TGS 2010: Japanese-arcade-only sequel to dual character fighter confirmed for summer 2011 release; no confirmation of home console ports or international access.

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TOKYO--The original Tekken Tag Tournament was one of the premium fighting games of its generation and was a big hit both in its original arcade form and later when the highly regarded PlayStation 2 version hit homes. Now, almost 10 years since its PS2 release, the popular fighting game is finally getting a sequel, simply titled Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

And they came in, two by two.
And they came in, two by two.

Series producer Katsuhiro Harada made the announcement at the Tougeki Space Battle Opera finals, a fighting game event held concurrently with the Tokyo Game Show. Harada showed a teaser trailer for the game to the Tougeki crowd--when the trailer first began, it simply looked like a regular Tekken 6-type match between Kazuya and Jin Kazama. Suddenly, Asuka Kazama tags in, which caused the Tougeki crowd to cheer as they realised a new Tag game was being unveiled. The trailer then showed a few rapid cutscenes of battle, and it seems that as well as featuring the fast character switching of the original, Tekken Tag Tournament will allow players to set up combos directly from tags.

And now for the bad news: Tekken Tag Tournament is confirmed for release only in arcades, and only in Japan. No confirmation was given as to whether the game will eventually make it to home consoles. The last Tekken game--Tekken 6--was released last year for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 over a year after the original iteration hit the arcades. Tekken 5, however, took a mere three months to make the transition, while Tekken 4 took almost a year.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is due out in Japanese arcades some time in the summer of 2011, according to the teaser trailer, with other regions to be confirmed. Keep it tuned to GameSpot for more news on Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as it emerges.

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looks cool! .. i think it will be only for ps3...

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oh god...2011 for arcades and early 2012 at best for consoles I can not wait this much !!!

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Hopefully it doesn't take two years to hit consoles like T6.

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Tekken Tag Tournament is still awesome. I can't wait to play the second game.

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TTT was awesome. :)

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awesome TTT2 there must be on ps3 and xbox360

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This will probly come to consoles, but if it doesn't, that will really suck. Every time they've released a new tekken I've been hoping for Tag in it but they have just pee'd on the fans by not giving them a feature that they know everyone loves. It's about time they got around to this.

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i always thought tekken 3 and tag was the peak of the series, hopefully they recapture that magic with this one

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I'm gonna suck balls when I play this...but I still can't wait :D

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I loved the first TTT. Can't wait to play this when it's in the arcades :D

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@soulless4now The blue PS2 disc means it needs to be read faster or something. If its not working try cleaning out your PS2 or look up that tape trick for the blue disc. I forgot how that went.

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@nice2400 What?

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Of COURSE it'll come home to consoles. NMco isn't stupid (like Sega). They will do everything they can to push their quality fighters and get themto the fans. Sega needs to hop on board Nd get Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown to us before it's too late.

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dont 4 get 2010 an naruto, DBZ, an others

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2011 is the year of fighting games. If one of them becomes GOTY, I won't be surprised.

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If Michelle makes it in this game, I will buy it.

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i want klonoa as a tekken character!

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NICE!!!!!!

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken X Street Fighter, and Street Fighter X Tekken.

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They'd be fools not to have a console release. I can wait.

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Never played the first one, hoping to play this 2nd one though *-*

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Rumor is they will put sasuke and naruto in this game as guest characters...

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Biggest surprise of E3 this year for me. I can't wait to play it. I just bought the first game this year, but sadly it won't play on my ps2 because it's a blue disc. :(

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Wow great news!! can't wait to see, but i hope the japanse dudes don't get selfish with this as they usually do with many good games.

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I love tekken and i loved takken tag but do we really need a whole separate game to add tag team battlles? Also they managed to fix the lag in Tekken 6 and it plays great now but what happens when they they add tag battles? I guess wish we get all that in one game.

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Tekken 6 was a major letdown for me. I'm pretty excited for this one though. Really hope they bring it to consoles.

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this trailers getting me excited

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i dont know about this one, since streetfighter x tekken, an vise versa r coming out, then marv vs cap 3, an super streetf 4 just came out, ahhh 2 many 2 soon!!!!!

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Heihachi's brother?

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awesome

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Dude I can't wait to get my hands on this it's Tag Time Again

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yessssssssssssssssssssssss lol at the end my favorite type of tekken game

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If this is a sequel to Tekken Tag Tournament then I like to see all the characters from Tekken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Dark Resurrection, and 6 in it. If Ed Boon and them could make MK Trilogy with characters from MK1-3 and Ultimate and MK Armageddon with everyone from MK1-Deception then there's no reason Namco Bandai couldn't do the same.

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@dagrimmreepa u aint the only one man, ill enjoy tekken 6 more so until this drops

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It will def reach 360/PS3, but it might take a while. Anyhow, I'll be patiently waiting for it.

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@mission76: Oh yes they are. And there's even an American arcade publisher called Raw Thrills and Betson you see. Even if arcade gaming in the US is dead, there are still some like Arcade Infinity in California.

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Im surprised it took this long.

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Maybe this will end up at Dave & Buster's. I don't know of many arcade places in the states I'm in.We probably won't see it in the U.S. until late 2011 or even 2012. Hopefully they release it for the consoles before then. I liked the Tekken Tag more then the regular Tekken series. So this has to be better then Tekken 5 and 6.

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Do they still even make arcade games for the States? I don't remember the last time I saw a newer looking arcade game, and its been even longer since I saw an arcade palor that wasn't attached to something like Chuckie Cheese!

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I wantz!!

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Yay! The first Tekken Tag Tournament was just fantastic in every way. I do hope it's the same.

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I still have the first Tekken Tag Tournament. this is awesome that there will be a second one but I still suck at doing all those juggle combos and stuff

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This might be my reward for skipping T6. And of course they'll port it - it'll take a while, but it'll be worth it ;)

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saw it coming! the gameplay is almost perfect, the balance is well placed, tier list is nothing!! thats how fightng should be and its about time to take it to the next level.... arcade center in asia will be packed when this sh!t comes out..... and for us north america consumers we have to wait for 2 years for this game to be ported out of consoles.. :(

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sweet been waiting for this

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If there was SFIV on PC why not Tekken? I'm no PC fanboy just saying the more the better that's all.

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what's the point of knowing that ....... and why why japanese have all the cool stuff before us that's gust not fair

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A young Heihachi, Kazuya without the nice red eye. I know the game doesn't have to do anything with the Tekken story, but I'm still curious what it's all about.

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Since Tag Tournament is non canonic they should bring back Ogre, True Ogre, Jun and Michelle, it would be fun also to Tag Devil and Devil Jin for some diabolic combos XD. P.S. Jinpachi Mishima would be welcome too, so all Mishima bloodline is present, Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazuya, Lars and Jin. And remember if your punches produces lightnings then you're a Mishima, period.

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Sadly, all the arcades in my area have closed. Tekken Tag on the PS2 is perhaps my favorite of the series actually.

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