Now I'll come out and say it right from the start.
Tekken, has never really been my thing.
I mean, I've played many of them.
I remember getting really into Tekken 3 back in the day, but in terms of being my go to
for fighting games, it never really made it to that point with me.
I guess I'll always be more of a Street Fighter guy.
But any fan of fighters has to agree that Tekken is a lot of fun.
And now you can take that fighting anywhere with your PSP and PS Vita.
One thing that makes Tekken so great is the depth of the fighting.
Instead of special powers, fatalities, and Dragon Uppercuts, Tekken is concerned with
combos.
The fighting feels realistic, well as realistic as a fighting kangaroo can be, which might
actually be more realistic than you would like to think.
But the thing about the button combination fighting system is how accessible it is to
newcomers, and by newcomers I mean button mashers.
And Tekken 6 is no different.
You start mashing but you soon learn mastering, and that is where the reward is.
But this is just can be said about the Tekken series in general and that's the point I'm
trying to make.
Tekken 6 for the PSP doesn't miss a beat.
This is Tekken, no loopholes or liberties, but the legitimate real deal.
There are all the game modes, characters, and extras of console release.
You can take your skill to the arcade battle, which is good ol' fashioned arcade combat.
But there is also a story mode, with each character getting a tale with one more being
more complicated than the next.
I really have no idea the story of these games.
It's over my head.
But you also practice, fight against ghost characters and even see how your skill match
up online against other competitors.
PS, they are really good online.
But probably one of the most impressive things about this release is just how much stuff
is in this portable version and how great it looks.
Fighting games are very much dependent on frame-rate and the overall smoothness of the
gameplay and this provides that.
It is a dream to play, and looks great all the while.
It doesn't feel like you are missing out on anything but simply a portable version of
the fantastic entry to this long running fighting series.
It's incredible how much this feels like its console big brother.
If you are a Tekken fan and always on the road, this is a dream come true.