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Tekken 2

Tekken 2 is the second game in the Tekken series, it made various improvements over its predecessor in terms of graphics and features. All the characters from Tekken returned and eight new characters were…

90 21 June 1995

Tekken 2 is a fighting developed by Namco, released 21 June 1995 on Arcade.

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What Tekken 2 is

Tekken 2 is a fighting game developed by Namco and released in 1995. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Two years have passed since Kazuya Mishima won the first King of Iron Fist Tournament and threw his defeated father Heihachi Mishima off of a cliff. Kazuya being now the owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu chooses to hold a second tournament to mark another step on his path to domination, even as rumors that he has made a deal with the devil begin to circulate.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tekken series

Tekken 2 is the third of 84 entries we hold in the Tekken series. The next entry was Tekken 2 in 1996. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

See all 84 Tekken games in release order →

How it was received

Tekken 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Players rate it 83, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Tekken 2 launched on 21 June 1995, within three weeks of Worms, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Worms, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Game intro thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Quick answers

Tekken 2 — frequently asked questions

When did Tekken 2 come out?
Tekken 2 was released on 21 June 1995 for Arcade.

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