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Tekken 4 (鉄拳4 , Tekken Fō ? , lit. Iron Fist 4) is the fourth main installment in the Tekken video game franchise, and was the second game in the Tekken series (first in the main series) released for the PlayStation 2. Developed and published by Namco, it was released as an arcade game in 2001 and on the PlayStation 2 in 2002, with the tagline A New Century of Fighting. The game introduced significantly altered gameplay and mechanics compared to its predecessors; these experimental changes divided opinion amongst fans and critics. It was, however, praised for highly realistic graphics and visuals for its time, as well as its cinematic endings. Tekken 4 is notably the first canon game where the three major series protagonists, Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama, appear together.

Contents

  • 1 Story
  • 2 Gameplay
    • 2.1 Tekken Force (Mode)
    • 2.2 Moves
  • 3 Characters
    • 3.1 Returning characters
    • 3.2 New characters
    • 3.3 Cameos
    • 3.4 Unlockable characters
  • 4 Stages
  • 5 Music
  • 6 Gallery
  • 7 Videos
  • 8 Controversy
  • 9 Trivia
  • 10 See Also
  • 11 External Links
  • 12 References
  • 13 Navigation

Story

Version 1:
Two years ago, Heihachi Mishima failed to capture Ogre. Not willing to give up, Heihachi ordered his researchers to collect blood samples, skin tissue, and hoof fragments left behind by Ogre (or known as True Ogre in its true manifestation) in order to conduct genetic experiments. Heihachi's goal was to create a new life form by splicing Ogre's genome with his own. However, the research was unsuccessful.

After extensive experimentation, Heihachi's bioengineers came to the conclusion that an additional gene - the "Devil Gene" - was necessary in order to successfully splice Ogre's genetic code into another living organism. Heihachi learned that his own genome lacked the Devil Gene, but he knew someone who had it... Jin Kazama.

Jin, who vanquished Ogre in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, was shot and mortally wounded by Heihachi. As his life slipped away, Jin transformed into a Devil. Upon his transformation, he struck down Heihachi and took flight. Jin's whereabouts were unknown after the Tournament.

Heihachi searched for Jin to no avail. However, Heihachi discovered a photograph during his investigation that stirred his curiosity. The 20-year-old photograph was an image of a burnt corpse covered with laceration wounds. Heihachi paid particular attention to the corpse's back, which had what looked like deformed, protruding wing-like limbs.

Convinced that the picture was of Kazuya, his own son whom he threw into a volcano 20 years ago, Heihachi diverted all his resources into a search for the body. This search eventually led Heihachi to G Corporation, a cutting-edge biotech firm making unprecedented advances in the field of biogenetics research.

Heihachi discovered that G Corporation found the corpse and extracted and analyzed its genetic data. In fact, Heihachi learned that the company was in the midst of creating a new life form by using the data. Heihachi also determined that Kazuya's remains and research data were secured at G Corporation's Nebraska and Nepal research laboratories, respectively.

Tekken 4 Tekken Force mode with Jin Kazama.

Friday, 25 December. The Tekken Force raided G Corporation's maximum security research laboratory in Nepal. The bottom floors of the building were obliterated, and the remaining data storage facility containing file servers was airlifted by a group of heavy-duty helicopters.

At the same time, a separate unit led by Heihachi infiltrated the underground research facility in Nebraska, where Kazuya's remains were preserved. As Heihachi observed from his helicopter, he soon realized that unlike the Nepal facility, the operations in Nebraska were not going according to plan. The tactical status monitor screens showed the first wave of the Tekken Force troops being blown out from the storage room where Kazuya's remains were supposedly kept.

A silhouette of a large figure slowly emerged from the room. When Heihachi could see clearly enough, he instantly recognized the figure as Kazuya.

Kazuya was resurrected in G Corporation's research facility. After his resurrection, Kazuya offered his body as research material to determine the true nature of the Devil that resided within him. Kazuya's goal was to unify his two selves into one. Kazuya theorized that if he unified his body with the Devil, he would be able to truly harness its powers. He could then finally take revenge against Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu (Financial Empire).

Enraged that Heihachi thwarted his plans, Kazuya obliterated the heavily armed Tekken Force and vanished into the flames of the lab's wreckage. Heihachi was infuriated by Kazuya's escape and took out his anger on his hapless subordinates who reported the escape.

Doctor Abel, Heihachi's lead scientific advisor, urged the enraged Heihachi to quickly find a way to capture Kazuya. Once his anger subsided, Heihachi focused his mind and decided on a plan. An evil smile crept upon his lips.

Two years had passed since The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3. The Mishima Zaibatsu announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 and placed the massive financial empire as the top prize. The champion who manages to defeat Heihachi at the end of the tournament would inherit the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Well aware that the tournament is just a trap designed to lure him out, Kazuya nevertheless enters - it is his chance to defeat Heihachi.

After defeating so many opponents, Kazuya arrives at stage 7 to face his son, Jin Kazama, who, ever since the ending of the Third Tournament, had a grudge against the Mishimas. After training in traditional karate for the last 2 years, Jin was finally ready to destroy the Zaibatsu and put an end to the cursed Mishima bloodline. However, he was captured and taken to Hon-Maru, while others reported Kazuya as the default winner of their match. Although sensing Heihachi's interference with Jin's disappearance, he proceeded to the final stage.

When Kazuya met Heihachi, he asked what he had done to Jin, with Heihachi saying that he would tell him after the fight. After losing to Heihachi, Kazuya was taken by him to Hon-Maru.[1] Kazuya gasped on seeing his son for the first time, and Devil suddenly took over him. "So, you were with him after all, my half." Hearing those words come out of Kazuya's mouth, Heihachi asked "Who are you?" with Devil replying "I am what you refer to as 'Devil'. 20 years ago I lost a part of myself when you nearly killed me."

He then proceeded to knock Heihachi out of the room, and tried to draw Jin's devil out of him to himself. However, it ended in failure, and Kazuya once again regained control of himself. "I see," he muttered. "I did not know the method of unifying our powers." He then taunted Jin to rise, which Jin did. When Jin finally freed himself, he said to Kazuya, "You! If only you were dead. Once I kill you, it'll all be over!". A suddenly enraged Jin fought and nearly killed Kazuya. When Kazuya was defeated, Heihachi walked over to his limp body.

Tekken 4 Theatre Mode

"What a pathetic wretch, you worthless coward." He then proceeded to try and kill Jin and take his Devil Gene for himself. However, Heihachi was also defeated by Jin. As Jin morphed into his Devil form, he prepared to deliver the final blow and kill Heihachi, once and for all. However, a bright light overwhelmed Jin, and, as he saw a spiritual guidance of his mother, Jun Kazama, he let Heihachi go. "Thank my mother, Jun Kazama," he told Heihachi, and once again, he flew off into the night.

Version 2:
An Eye 4 An Eye, A Fist 4 A Fist

Two years ago, Heihachi failed to capture Toshin. He had his agent bring back Toshin's remaining blood, skin, and a hoof, in order to have them analyze Toshin's genetic code. He wanted to develop a vessel of a new creature with these genes and his own basic disposition, but the development did not progress easily. Through many experiments, Heihachi found that the "devilization" factor was necessary in order to put Toshin's gene into a living form. Heihachi knew that he didn't have the factor.

The one who had the devilization factor was Jin Kazama. Jin, who defeated Toshin in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, was once shot by Heihachi and fell, but he transformed into a devil, knocked Heihachi down, and flew away. Since then, no one knows where he has gone.

Heihachi searched for Jin in order to attain the factor, but couldn't find him. Instead, during the investigation he found an interesting thing. It was a photo which was taken twenty years ago. In the photo there was an injured and burnt dead body of a man. Its back was malformed as if wings were raised halfway. Heihachi convinced himself that the man was Kazuya, whom he threw into a volcano twenty years ago. He searched for the body by any means, and came across a rising company "G Corporation", which was making leaps forward in genetic technology.

"G" Co. analyzed the body and was trying to develop a new human body. They kept the body and the analyzed data strictly in laboratories in Nebraska and Nepal. At last, Heihachi found out these facts.

December 25, Friday, Christmas. "G"'s top secret laboratory in Nepal was occupied in an instant by Tekken Forces. Lower floors were destroyed completely, and a large pack of helicopters plundered the remainder of the facility with the hard disc in it.

At the same time, another Tekken Force led by Heihachi attacked the underground laboratory in Nebraska to find Kazuya's body. Looking through a monitor, Heihachi watched as Tekken Forces stormed the room where the body seemed to be kept, convinced of the mission's success. However, he got up from his chair, gazing at the monitor - he saw the first soldier entering the room was thrown away and fell suddenly.

A large figure slowly appeared from inside the room - it was none other than Kazuya. Kazuya has been resurrected in "G"'s laboratory. He gave them his body as a research material in order to find the truth of the devil in him and to unify its identity. Then to defeat Heihachi and the Mishima Zaibatsu - he had stored his power up to realize his desire. But his desire was smashed again by Heihachi. Kazuya, in a rage, destroyed the Tekken Force and faded into fire.

Heihachi was enraged and a misfortunate messenger was knocked down by him. Abel, the senior scientific adviser recommended Heihachi an urgent capture of Kazuya. Heihachi fixed a gaze and thought for a while and decided.

Now, two years after The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3...

"The King of Iron Fist Tournament 4" was announced worldwide to decide the successor of the financial giant: the Mishima Zaibatsu. The champion of the tournament, who defeats Heihachi Mishima at the final, will be offered the position of chairman of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Kazuya is participating in the tournament to defeat Heihachi, knowing that it is a trap.[2]

Gameplay

Jin Kazama versus Hwoarang.

Tekken 4 introduced significant new gameplay changes from the previous games in the series. For the first time, it allowed players to maneuver around an arena interacting with walls and other obstacles for extra damage. These "environmental hazards" in turn allowed players to juggle opponents for consecutive combos and allowed the designers to implement a "switch maneuver", which let players escape from cornering and throw the tide in their favor. Also, the game engine had been tweaked to be more focused on the environment, causing the characters to move more slowly and fluidly than in Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken 3. Finally, the game introduced a brand new graphics system, that featured increased lighting, dynamic physics, and smoother surfaces. The music in Tekken 4 is also different from Tekken 3, toning down the energy for a calmer and a more diverse soundtrack.

Tekken 4 Game Mode Select

Tekken 4 heavily toned down combos as a result; arguably having them at the weakest in the series. The Sidestep was also nerfed to cover much less distance in comparison to previous games, but the game also introduced the mechanic of sidewalking to allow continuous movement to the sides. Notably, sidestepping and sidewalking were moved to the command of u or b. Jumping could only be done forward unlike all other installments, while it was no longer possible to move backwards while crouching; something that would actually remain in succeeding games.

In high-level tournament play, it became apparent that the engine changes caused the game to heavily favor quick jabs and punches, upsetting some fans due to the decline in usefulness of more complex moves and strategies. This also came at a time when jabs were not at a universal speed, with characters like Steve Fox having an easy advantage due to his jab being faster than most of the others. Jin Kazama especially was very overpowered, and if one were to look at the tournament records, he was used by nearly every top player. In terms of technicals, the PlayStation 2 version of Tekken 4 was also the first in the series to be playable in higher quality progressive scan display mode (including the PAL version), noticably a feature absent from its successor Tekken 5. The PAL version is also playable at 60 Hz.

Compared to the rest of the series, the stages in Tekken 4 were all set in realistic locations. Some stages had uneven terrain, adding to the realism.

Tekken Force (Mode)

Tekken 4 includes a beat em' up mini-game available from the outset called Tekken Force. Similar to the previous minigame found in Tekken 3, it presents the player with an over-the-shoulder perspective as they fight wave upon wave of Heihachi Mishima's Tekken Force soldiers through four stages, eventually facing Heihachi himself. The player can pick up health and power-ups while they fight waves of enemies. In the mini-game, it is discovered that the Tekken Force soldiers possesses different ranks in the organization, evident in different amounts of stamina, strength, and skill.

Moves

List of moves by character that can be performed in Tekken 4.

See: Tekken Move 4 Lists

Characters

Returning characters

New characters

Cameos

  • Armor King I - in Marduk's prologue
  • Devil Kazuya - in Kazuya's ending
  • Doctor Bosconovitch - in Bryan's ending
  • Jun Kazama - in Jin's ending

Unlockable characters

Character Condition to unlock
Jin Kazama Beating Story Mode one time with a character.
Violet Beating Story Mode two times with a different character.
Violet becomes a costume swap for Lee when he is unlocked.
Nina Williams Beating Story Mode three times with a different character or play with Steve Fox the mode.
Lei Wulong Beating Story Mode four times with a different character.
Bryan Fury Beating Story Mode five times with a different character or play with Yoshimitsu the mode.
Julia Chang Beating Story Mode six times with a different character.
Kuma II / Panda Beating Story Mode seven times with a different character or play with Ling Xiaoyu the mode.
Heihachi Mishima Beating Story Mode eight times with a different character.
Lee Chaolan Beating Story Mode eight times with a different character or play with Violet the mode.
Combot Beating Story Mode nine times with a different character or play with Violet the mode.
Eddy Gordo Beating Story Mode with Christie Monteiro.
Miharu Hirano Beating Story Mode with Ling Xiaoyu.

Stages

Music

Gallery

Main article: Tekken 4/Gallery

Videos

Controversy

While relatively popular in its day, it is often considered by fans to be the worst main-series Tekken game, due to the omission of many popular characters and the introduction of major balance issues and bugs that impaired competitive play. It is also considered the most experimental Tekken game, featuring several game-changing new mechanics that never returned in later iterations.

Trivia

  • This Tekken game is notable for having these distinctions:
    • It is the first game to feature proper spoken dialogue for all characters, and it is also the only game where subtitles before and after a fight when a character speaks are not displayed, even when speaking in languages other than the in-game language. Korean voice over, which was only in English versions of this game as in-game voice over language, would later re-introduced permanently in all versions Tekken 5 onward on both in-game and cutscenes alike.
    • The only game in the series where characters can freely move before an actual fight can start. Also the only game lacking backward and vertical jumps, though forward jumps still remain.
    • The "Position Change" feature that allows movement before and during fights, and stages that have parts of the ground that are either lowered or elevated instead of flat (this does not apply to all stages).
    • The only game that does not feature a Jack robot participating (though several Jack-4 robots exist outside of the tournament). Their absence remains unexplained. It is also the only game not to have Anna Williams in it.
    • The first time where if the player or their opponent is KO'd and falls facing down, they'll raise their torso holding their gut and going back to facing down.
    • The first and only time so far in which Christie's hair is untied.
    • The only game in which Paul Phoenix has a costume not including his signature hairstyle.
    • The first game to have an ability to save replays (replays cannot be saved infinitely in this game though).
    • The only game so far where the final boss battle doesn't take place in an infinite stage, rather a walled stage (although the final boss battle in Tekken 7 takes place in a stage that is both walled and infinite).
    • The last game where every stage is set in a believable, realistic location. The location itself is generally theorized as Tokyo, Japan, as there is one stage that takes place in Tokyo's Shinjuku district.
    • The last game where the floor of all the stages don't make any cracks if a character falls to the ground. In later games, the floor of most stages would make cracks when a character falls.
    • The first and only game to not have yellow or turquoise-colored life meters in any of its iterations. The vanilla versions of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 used turquoise life meters before switching to blue in Unlimited.
    • The first of two games in the series where Jin Kazama is not seen wearing his trademark studded gauntlets. Instead, he is seen wearing a set of arm guards with a cyclone design. This carries over into Tekken 5 where he retains both his costumes from the previous game in some capacity.
    • This is the first time that Eddy Gordo, Jin Kazama, Lei Wulong, and Nina Williams are unlockable characters in the series and the last game where Bryan Fury, Julia Chang and Lee Chaolan are unlockable characters (if Tekken Revolution is not counted).
    • It is the first game in the series where the console version's intro is extended from the arcade version. In Tekken 4's case, it shows the Tekken Force's raid on the G Corporations Nebraska facility, but with a few short videos on the new characters interspersed between (Steve Fox, Craig Marduk, and Christie Monteiro).
    • It is the first game where middle-range attacks in Practice Mode are labeled as "Middle" instead of "Mid".
    • Unlike in Tekken 3, the character's win pose after each round is no longer in effect, only after the match. Now the character rising from knockout is in effect and the words "You win", "You lose", etc, are in the center of the screen instead of the bottom.
    • The word "Perfect" now has the exclamation point omitted, the word "Fight!" is now shown at the start of the match, and when a fighter wins a round with at least 5% of health left, the word "Great" is now shown.
    • The word "replay" is now on the bottom and flashes on the loser's side. If it is a double KO, that word flashes on the left side.
    • On the vs. screen, the phrase "Get ready for the next battle!" is now shown.
    • The first Tekken game where the BGM of a stage stops playing when a win animation is shown, rather than during a win animation.
    • The last Tekken game where the countdown of the "Continue" screen is on the right of the word "Continue?".
    • The only Tekken game on the PlayStation 2 that supports progressive scan (480p) display output.
    • The first game to have characters with a win animation that shows the downed opponent (Bryan Fury, Heihachi Mishima, Hwoarang and Kazuya Mishima are the only characters that have this kind of win animation).
    • The only game where ambience noises from a stage are still heard and the characters disappearing when the game is paused.
  • In the Namco sampler disc along with Soul Calibur II, it contains a save file for all the characters, modes, and videos are unlocked in this game. There is also a demo featuring two playable characters, Christie Monteiro and Paul Phoenix, and four matches.
    • Said demo was also available on a demo disc that came along PlayStation 2 systems which featured demos and trailers of multiple current and upcoming PS2 games of the time.
  • "Theatre mode" is available after beating the game once.
  • In Heihachi's Tekken 2 ending, Kazuya is wearing his purple tuxedo. However, in the Tekken 4 opening, Kazuya is wearing his white karate pants.
  • The arcade version has a number of unused voice clips from the announcer.[3]
    • Among these, there are name call-out for characters from the previous games that were not in Tekken 4, specifically Anna Williams, Jun Kazama, Forest Law, Ganryu, Gun Jack, Armor King, Michelle Chang, Baek Doo San, Jack-2, Bruce Irvin, Kunimitsu, Tetsujin, Mokujin, Wang Jinrei, Prototype Jack, Devil, Angel, Ogre, True Ogre, Roger, Alex, Tiger, Doctor Bosconovitch and Unknown. All of these are placeholder leftovers for those who last appeared in the first Tekken Tag Tournament.
    • Other voice clips include what are likely early names for Steve (Dean Earwicker, Leonard Gardner, Ryan Lewis, Sugar McGregor), Christie (Amy Nascimento, Fiona Gilberto) and Violet (Benjamin).
    • There is a clip for Kinjin, who at the time was not a proper character, but an unused name for Tetsujin's gold palette swap in Tekken Tag Tournament. There is also a voice clip for Enjin, which suggests that a new Mokujin variant (likely a mechanical one, as "Enjin" is Japanese for engine) was to be introduced.
    • The announcer says Jinpachi Mishima's name, a character that wouldn't be introduced until the next game, Tekken 5, as the final boss.
    • Koguma (小熊, lit. "A cub" or "Small Bear/Kuma") and Kopanda (小パンダ, lit. "Small Panda") are mentioned, but the use for those names is not known. A theory is that they would have been used in the Tekken Force mode like in Tekken 6 for Scenario Campaign in various stages. If it would have happened, it would likely have them in Tekken Force Stage 2 (Temple Ruins) (Kuma's Stage/Panda's Stage).
    • Lastly, Dr. Abel, the Tekken Force and Grandmaster are mentioned.
  • Kuma and Panda's character select portrait pose resembles their potraits from Tekken Tag Tournament, with some differences between both games' portraits.

See Also

  • Tekken 4 Features

External Links

  • Official Arcade website
  • Official PlayStation 2 website

References

  1. ^ According to Kazuya's Tekken 5 profile, he lost the battle to Heihachi, meaning the canonical ending for Tekken 4 is the first part of Heihachi's ending, then part of Kazuya's ending, then Jin's ending. See King of Iron Fist Tournament winners and Kazuya's TK5 profile: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/tekken5/profile.php?id=kazuya
  2. ^ Corrected transcription from a Namco released Tekken 4 t-shirt. This version likely follows a Japanese manual version more closely, given the nature of some of its translation errors. Images of originally released t-shirt
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYvM8JeeO_o

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