Bosconovitch, Roger, and his velociraptor compatriot Alex, escapes from Kazuya Mishima’s clutches after he tries to kill them. He also made a pretty satisfying end boss for the first entry, especially when he’s beating down on you wearing his fundoshi.Ī genetically modified kangaroo and velociraptor that can box like golden glove champions.
Bearing down on an opponent with electrified chops and kicks that send them barreling across the arena are always satisfying. Hehachi’s fighting style is nothing to scoff at either. So basically, Heihachi thinking that Kazuya was a wuss sparked the entire Tekken series. After Kazuya resurfaced years later, Heihachi created the King of Iron Fist tournament to test him. He then adopted Lee Chaolan and trained him to be his son’s rival. He tossed his then five yard old son Kazuya down a ravine in an attempt to eliminate any “weakness” his son may have possessed. As the sole child of his parents, he overthrew his father for control of his company Mishima Zaibatsu, then imprisoned him and left his father to starve to death. The old guy with the crazy hair that beats the crap out of people, Hehachi Mishima is the main antagonist for a few of the Tekken games. But being able to construct a story of revenge and retribution of man versus beast that spans through generations, elevates Kuma from just plain crazy to one of the most interesting fighting game characters in the entire Tekken series. Kuma II eventually defeats Paul Phoenix in the forth King of The Iron Fist tournament.įeaturing a handkerchief wearing, Japanese-speaking bear as one of your characters is a little zany, to say the least. Kuma then dies while traveling with Heihachi Mishima, but not before giving birth to a cub cleverly named Kuma II. Kuma served as a bodyguard for Heihachi Mishima, also participating in the first and second King of Iron Fist tournaments where he subsequently got his bear butt kicked by Paul Phoenix.
Heihachi Mishima went on to teach him how to fight and, strangely enough, how to speak rudimentary Japanese.
Some may argue with my choice of having one of the Tekken series most outrageous characters listed as one of the coolest, but how could I resist not putting a fighting bear in the “cool” category? Found by Heihachi Mishima as an abandoned cub, Kuma was discovered to be extremely intelligent. His fun and complex fighting style paired with his jaguar mask make king one of the coolest fighters in the Tekken series. He also is able to use multistep grabs that allow for devastating amounts of damage. King’s fighting style focuses on a plethora of grabs and quick jabs he is one of the only characters that are able to grab opponents from a ducking or midair position. King’s backstory can be considered pretty typical for a fighting game character’s backstory, but what really sets him apart is his move set available to players in the Tekken games. Eventually killed by Ogre, his legacy is continued in King II, who continues on in the rest of the Tekken installments. He then became a priest and joined the King of Iron Fist tournament in an attempt to raise money to open up his own orphanage. Priests saved King after he was mortally wounded after a particularly bad street fight in his younger, orphan years. After all, it is kind of hard to miss a guy in tights wearing a jaguar head. Inspired by both famous Japanese and Mexican lucha libre wrestlers, King may be the Tekken series' most recognizable character. Let's take a look at a few of the cream of the crop and the bottom of the barrel chaff when it comes to the Tekken series. Whether it's poor design or uninspired choices at the development table, there are some pretty lame characters that you have to sort through whenever you fire up a Tekken installment. On the other hand, Tekken also has some of the flattest, most insufferable characters in the genre as well.
Featuring its own band of memorable, well designed characters that players scramble to select before their opponents can, Tekken has some of the most recognizable contenders in the history of the genre. The characters in fighting games are usually grouped into two groups, coolest and lamest, and the Tekken series is no exception. It still holds a solid reputation among fighting fans, enjoying a seat on the throne akin to Soul Caliber and Street Fighter. With wacky stories, killer graphics (for the time), and complex, fun fighting style to master, rightfully made Tekken as celebrated as it is today. If you didn't own an original PlayStation, then you could walk into any arcade and play any of the original Tekken trilogy as well, it was that popular. It was hard to own an original PlayStation and not know that you needed to own a copy of at least one of the original Tekken trilogy, if not all three.
Tekken is one of the most prominent fighting franchises ever created.