This game is just so incredibly nostalgic for me, I remember switching on my PS2 and just spending hours playing in front of my TV. The intro cinematic is one of the best ones in the Tekken franchise and the soundtrack is still the GOAT.
I did, but I did not like it from what I remembered, for me it was the worst thing about the game and that is impressive as its just another game mode that no one has probably heard of when you first start playing TEKKEN 5@@makytondr8607
I have broken a PSP with Dark Resurrection... Played hundreds of hours, and learned my main, Lili, while traveling on buses and trains, and it is still one of the best memories with the PSP to this day. Happy times, man...
My dad specifically bought me a USA version of the PSP when his buddy came back from Japan with their version of the PSP specifically to play Tekken Dark Resurrection with me. I still have both handhelds and this game somewhere in my storage, and can't imagine giving it away
Fuc Fact: Jeff Pescetto, The singer of the Tekken 5 OP theme "Sparking", is also the singer of the Ducktales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck theme songs.
This sent me down a rabbit hole- interesting that the credits sequences from those shows younmention mentions a Mark Mueller as Lyrics and Music, but they say nothing of a singer. But I did see plenty of people have videos and interviews where they say he's the singer, so it sounds like he just got screwed out of his credit?
@adamquenano8563 Tekken 3 didn't "save" anything. Tekken 2 was one of the best-selling games on the original PlayStation. Not even just fighting-games, best-selling games PERIOD. It wasn't in need of saving. Tekken 3 deserves all of its praise. But, no- it didn't pull the franchise (which was then, still very much in it's infancy) from ruin of any kind.
When I saw Jinpachi I thought he was going to be more evil than Heihachi, but I was shocked to find out that the dude wasn't evil at all.... And Heihachi locked him in a basement lmao.
Like I figure Jinpachi's gotta have messed up SOMEWHWERE to make a son like Heihachi, but yeah- in terms of what we've actually seen them do bald stomach-mouth world-ending greatgrandpa has NOTHING on his regular human son when it comes to being an evil POS.
T5 just aged so well. For a game that game out early 2004. There's so much love put in the game, the music is in my opinion is some of the best in the series. Ground Zero funk is super underrated and honestly is the perfect OST for the Mishima/kazama feud. Jinpachi is still the best final boss cause he actually was an interesting character, giving more insight into mishimas past. The main thing that I appericate about this game is the roster. There was a decent amount. They brought back legacy characters (tag tournament is more a fan service scenario) and made them fun to play with.
Something that many people doesn't know is that after the failure of Tekken 4, Harada left Namco.... He took the failure of Tekken 4 personally because it affected the salaries of his colleagues and employees. Until one of Harada's ex bosses convinced him to return to create Tekken 5 Harada put all his efforts to make the ultimate Tekken game. Edit: If you want more info about Tekken 5 development. Just look at the video made by *Segredos Dos Games* It is in portuguese but you can activate the english subtitles
I think they also collab with AM2 SEGA Virtua fighter team. They definitely ask AM2 to make them the ranking system and the built in arcade card system while Bandai Namco help them to design the EVO characters like Brad and Goh right?
@@journie3042Is that true? That's incredibly interesting if so, Namco and SEGA helping each other with there respective fighting games. Do have any sources for this, like developer interviews, or any mentions in game credits?
As a kid(11yo) I absolutely loved Devil Within mode! For maybe a year I was stuck on the first stage and didn't know it went further, so I dropped it for a time, but then I realized you could progress, and man did I love that shit.
Great Intro, great endings,modern gameplay, no rage, great stages,banger music,memorable boss,character interactions,good graphics. Man i freaking loved this game so much on the psp that i broke my analog stick twice.
The intro to T8 feels like they were trying to be T5's again, but then they just gave up 20 seconds into it and called it a day. Maybe it'll be better if they make it longer on release?
@@Serandi1987 Wow. Thought I was the only one who got heavy Def Jam: Vendetta vibes when Tekken 4 came out. Marduk made me wonder what game I was even playing. 😂
@@sunnymane Exactly. Most of these people likely never played it, or have played but only for like 12 minutes, or took the game wayyy seriously than they should have. Tag 2 is easily one of the most detailed and unique games in the series.
The only Tekken 5 thing that never carried over to other Tekkens was the quality of Arcade mode cutscenes. In many ways, we are still recovering from 6's storymode.
I also think one of the most endearing quality of this game is the close community and competition built around it. It was huge for its time. The regional rivalries, especially because it was at the height of the arcade era gave rise to notable names such as Knee, Qudans, Mainstreet Ryu and Tissuemon.
This game is what made me a Tekken fan. The intro, the gameplay, the modes, the soundtrack, and pretty much everything that this game had made me stick with the franchise and still is my favorite game in the franchise.
Tekken 5 was where I actually decided "Ok, switching from Law to Jin" I still remember coming home from school one day and seeing a piece of mail from my dad's best friend who was basically another uncle, addressed to him (my dad) and it was T5. Me and my older sister spent so much time playing it. My sis basically did a boss rage againat Jinpachi with Asuka for HOURS trying to beat him on i think Normal Mode? She came back another weekend, put it on Ultra Hard and beat him in 1 go. The expression on her face was priceless
Probably top 5 PS2 games for me. Felt like a good Smash Bros game. Just so full of fun content and an amazing roster of characters. Loved that they added classic arcade games and a fun single player mode. Then the PSP version came maybe not perfect but was incredible at the time playing on the go. So many hours put in both games. The PS2 era was something special.
Tekken 5 is peak Tekken. Everything about it was high quality game, no microtransactions and season pass bullshit. All characters unlockable through gameplay, good times.
Still had to buy an entirely new game on a different platform to get the balance patch and play as Drag or Lili tho. As someone who spent tons of hours on the PS2 version, I didn't know they existed until Tekken 6.
I remember playing this game alongside Battlefront 2 everyday after school on the ps2. I’ve given up on fighting games at this point in my life but I thoroughly enjoy watching Max breaking things down for every fighting game he plays. And I enjoy it even more when he pulls up the nostalgia titles from growing up.
This is the Tekken that set the bar for all Tekkens after this. The literal measuring stick for Tekken Games to come. Also the tekken that put more spotlight on Juggling which resulted to the bounce system in Tekken 6.
This is definitely the favorite Tekken game for me. Spent hours playing this and the arcade versions of Tekken 1,2 and 3 and loved absolutely loved the Devil Within mini game
I don’t really play fighting games anymore, but Tekken 5 was the only fighting game where my brother and I played through every single character’s story to get their endings. It was the most I had ever played a fighting game. At this point, Tekken is the only fighting game I still occasionally dabble in casually. I’m not sure if I can play it competitively anymore, but it’s always been one of the most fun games to mess around in.
Max sums it up perfectly. Tekken 4 felt so alien to me back then. I loved Tekken 3's direction so much and thought THAT was what Tekken is supposed to be. Didn't get that feeling again until I got my hands on Tekken 5.
One of the best games period. So much content and everything was awesome! So many modes, mini games, Tekken 1-3 included, so many iconic locations and tracks..
Tekken 5 is just one big fond memory to me. Grew up on Tekken 2 & 3 but not the biggest gamer at the time, and, TTT1 and Tekken 4's marketing was so much smaller, I thought the franchise had died but I remember one day walking into one of my local game stores and saw a big cardboard cutout of Jin with Tekken 5 plastered on it, you can't imagine how excited I was. I can't even imagine the amount of hours I put into 5. Everything about the story, music, customization and offline mode was just iconic.
One thing that i always like to point out when talking T5 is how it did everything right and managed to be the success it is despite all odds. It came after a failure both commercial and in public perception with T4, and did so in an era where other FGs were IN THE GUTTER after the golden era of the 90's. Neither SF nor KoF were doing well, MK was doing OK in its 3D era and only VF could be considered a success, but in the mid 2000's T5 was a powerhouse
VF was actually doing great, VF4 had sold more than any other VF game and was a commercial and critical slam dunk for SEGA. But yea SF, KOF, and MK were struggling at the time for sure.
You're right! My memory faltered a bit as i thought VF4 didn't do that well compared specifically to VF5, but both had pretty good launches. It's hard to get absolute sales data on them, but VF4 getting around a million units is much more than i remembered! A shame that it lost to T4 in fighting game of the year though. I really hope whatever sega is doing right now is a success, VF deserves so much more
Dude that intro just bought me back to 2007 when I just got tekken 5 as a kid. Would wake up early every morning to play and would watch the into EVERY SINGLE TIME. Such nostalgia
Man I still have my 1st Tekken Card for T5 DR with me. I still remember the the Ranks, the Win/Lose Stats, even the grind for gold to buy Customizations. This is the Tekken that taught me how to break Throws since I can't really do throw break in TTT. The arcades was wild back then.
Nostalgic Vibes, Memories, Childhood, Tekken 4 and 5 have a special place in my heart and soul, these both Tekken games in my eyes are like the symbol of Yin&Yang☯️ ✌️
This is the one we’ve waited for. I’ve been playing this the past couple weeks and this was by far the most complete entry In the series. I remember being a child, now I’m a man with a wife and a son who’s a sophomore and another who’s 9. No matter what….this is the entry that always acts as a portal to relive those days where you were a carefree child with not a care in the world for that small moment. Thank you Tekken 5. 🙏🏽
Max, can i say, you have to be the best video game content creator on the entire internet. Your content is informative, entertaining, and heart felt. You pour your heart and soul into these videos, and streams and we notice. We appreciate and love you Max!!
This game was my childhood, I used to play it with my older brother all the time, I got to Tekken God with Paul and King. I remember my nickname was, Jaguar-King$. Thanks to this game, I defend Tekken as the definitive fg franchise.
I didn't start with T5, but it's THE most nostalgic game for me right next to Tag. I don't even know why, I'm just super fond of it. I remember the opening, the character interactions which were sometimes weird, the music, and of course, being super hyped once it was upgraded to Dark Resurrection because it brought back Armor King and hot damn I loved it. It was basically all I played on my PSP. Literally the only fighting game on a portable console that I could actually play just for fun. Man, this game is a gem. It had the right amount of goofy and serious, and when I think of Tekken and its tone as a series, this is it. T5 just perfected it. Also, yes. Yes it did have Bowling. On the PSP. I played a ton of that too lmao. Also introduced Ghost Battle and sending and downloading ghosts before T8.
Tekken 5 was my first foray into playing fighting games competitively. I had a dorm mate who was incredibly skilled with Steve Fox, and we played so many sets together that I eventually rose to his level with my Bryan Fury. We went and played small tournaments at an arcade in Biloxi (right before Katrina), and I loved it. Whenever I find a Tekken 5 arcade machine, I just have to play it. Legendary game. Also, Moonlit Wilderness. Best fighting game BGM of all time.
Played T5 everyday back in High-School and College days. This is what got me to watch and learn combos from different sources. I remember my friend showing me videos of MadDogJin and really changed how we played Tekken. This will go down as one of the best and life changing fighting game of my life!
My first Tekken game was TTT1 and then T4. But when I played T5 for the first it was so special to. That intro,the characters,the soundtracks,the modes etc. That game introduced me to the first 3 Tekken games. Like it was/still is my everything to me. My fav Tekken game ever. PS: I‘m very excited for the king of iron fist tournament 8 next Friday. It’s gonna be crazy 💯
My first tekken was tekken 2 as a kid. I would just play casually along with 3. Then i bought 4 and played that casually as well, it wasnt until tekken 5 DR that i took tekken seriously and learned a lot. Prior to t5 i thought just knowing the 10 hits combos made you good, tekken 5 molded me and to me it's still the greatest tekken of all time. The characters, the boss which is still the best final boss in tekken history despites frustrating players (his theme was also the greatest), the addition of online play and character customization, the soundtrack, the gameplay, tekken 5 is undefeated.
Tekken 5 is still my favorite Tekken to this day! Just everything about it is so damn good and it gave us one of the most notorious final bosses in fighting games with Jinpachi! It is just so damn awesome!
You're not wrong but has ther ever been ANYONE we've seen that he's done right by? I mean Kazumi and Hachi SEEMED to get along well enough in what little we saw of them, but I feel like considering all the bastards Hachi's got running around since... did ALL of that just start after her death? I claim skepticism.
A little late, but I just gotta say. This game saved me... It sounds weird. I was 13. Going through some really bad and depressing stages. It all hit me at once. I was failing school, trying to fit in somewhere, was getting into petty and pointless fights, arguing with everyone even though I was wrong. It was bad. But this game. Really saved me. I bought this game with my own money, from mowing lawns and getting allowance in March of 2005. Saved up enough money and decided to buy this game. And it helped me through those rough stages. Instead of fighting in real life, I was taking my aggression out on virtual characters. I did eventually start passing my classes, maybe that had nothing to do with Tekken 5, but in so many ways this game helped me. All-time favorite Tekken game.
Tekken 5 was the tekken to bring me back to loving the franchise, I still remember when I went to my local boomers and only spent my time at the tekken 5 arcades they had there! Before that I had played Tekken 4 on my dad’s ps2 with my sister but it would be years until that day I got to experience Tekken 5. Devil Jin was so cool to me especially, such a good game fr
Here's a question for everyone, would you want to see a Tekken Tag Tournament 3 in the near future? A game where literally every character from Tekken 1, all the way to Tekken 8 and the spinoff games appear in one massive Tekken game?
Tekken 5 was the first Tekken I played in arcades. I previously played Tekken 1 and 3 on my PSX so going to T5 was so different to me at the time. Also, I know Yoshi is usually low tier in games but he felt great in 5. Loved playing as Yoshi.
Not just the greatest Tekken game ever made, simply put one of the greatest fighting games ever made next to King of Fighters 98 and Guilty Gear X2: Accent Core Plus.
I remember always having a PS2 controller in my backpack when I went to the mall so I could plug it into the arcade cabinet (since I couldn't ever get joysticks to do what I wanted as well as pad). Good times!
Tekken 3 was my intro to Tekken growing up, but Tekken 5 was THE Tekken for me. My mother bought it for my birthday and I sunk so many hours into that game. The graphics were crazy for the time. I miss this era in gaming.
The question now is: Can 8 surpass this? Because with 7 was an obvious no since the beginning, but with 8… there are chances, it looks and feels so damn good.
tekken 8 ai its pretty bad.. the single player its not as good a tekken 5,, so i don't think it will.. also the game is so far beyond to what it used to be,, i don't like the new battle systems,, supers,, heat,, all of that ,, ,,, i rather play old school pure tekken 5
@@Jonny93warriors a valid opinion, personally I loved all the new mechanics, it feels refreshing and exciting and I can’t see a bad AI, but it’s possible, I’m not an expert player neither.
@@albertocordobesrodriguez8296 i refer to how the ai is when playing single player modes,, tekken 5 ultra hard was actually challenging, you didn't need online back them to have fun with the game,, cause the games as a package did offer you a full expencience .. tekken 8 ultra hard is a joke,, there is no challenge there,, online is basically the only option and its sad,,as a casual the Ai to me is very important .. tekken 7 started the trend of having bad ai on tekken games,, on 6 and before it was great
@@Jonny93warriorsEhh, I kinda feel like Tekken needed some supers, and like some meter stuff like heat in some way. Especially to freshen it up. That's just me though.
Tekken 5 DR on the PSP is genuinely one of the best games ever made.. Basically a full upgraded Tekken 5 game on the go made my childhood so much better.. I played Tekken 5 on PS2 many years later and it didn't hit the same, the soundtrack and missing characters felt so off
I hate the fact that the only time Namco tried to do something fresh and risky with Tekken 4, it had such a huge backlash, that after success of T5 they refused to ever change anything at all and the rest of the games feel like T5.2, T5.3 etc. Even "get ready for the next battle" screens are still the same 20 years after. But T5 was iconic for sure.
Tekken 4 has some cool impact feeling from hits, I don't know how to put it, like, every hit in combo feels separate, thats why I personally prefer T4 gameplay.
What I loved so much about the character designs in Tekken 3, were just how proportionate all the characters were! They weren’t all overly bulky and muscular like in the modern games Tekken 7 and 8.
The gameplay felt more realistic too. Call me a boomer but I liked the chippy jabby fights rather than jugglefests T8 pushes for. T8 plays more like MVC2, fun game but not what I play Tekken for. I totally get they have to innovative and mix it up, Tekken 7 had a good balance I feel but T8 really rubs me the wrong way. I wanted to try learn Paul but he looks like a creepy crackhead now with a Karen haircut. Law having nunchucks is a cool idea but the excessive amout of chains and the roids are just over the top stupid. Yes Tekken has always had over the top stuff in it but the characters felt relatively grounded save like 4 wacky characters.
Imagine being 5 years old going to daycare on a weekend being all sad because there’s nothing to do, and no other kids are there. Then one of the sitter’s teenage son walks in with his friends and a PS2. You’re a good noodle, so you get to hang with the big kids and you’re blessed to witness Tekken 5 for the first time. From that day forward every time he brings his ps2 you and him play for hours. You then convince your dad to get the game for yourself but, you forgot you don’t own a memory card. You then go and unlock every Character 3 times before you eventually get a card. I’m 24 this year and it brings a tear to know that one faithful day impacted my love for fighting games.
Funnily enough, Tekken 5 was my very first Tekken. Saw an ad for it on the back of Xenosaga Episode 2's instruction booklet, and then found it SOMEWHERE by chance. Once i got it, i remember playing it all day every single day. It's easily my favorite of all the Tekken games.
So many memories with this game, my older sister bought this game for me and the darn disc was missing so we had to go back and get another copy at a walmart, mind you this was early 2000s walmart and this game was the main game displayed, freaking game was worth the trouble lmao
Tekken 5 was my most played game on PS2. I can not express how much joy this game brought me when I had friends over for the weekend to play tekken and eat pizza.
I have fond memories of playing 5 and 5 DR and everyone being stoked about the card system and being able to customize your character. I think i still have my card somewhere in my room
Man...that intro gets me every fucking time. Tears and chills without fail any time I ever see it. This game for me, probably like a lot of people, is where your Tekken journey began. I played Tekken 3 in arcade for a little bit when I was some 6 years old and had it on Playstation, but fighting games weren't my thing back then. Tekken 5 though, I was much older, had siblings and friends, and everyone was playing it! I do not care how good Tekken gets in the future, this game is the definitive version of Tekken, and I still love playing it!... Also, hands down, has one of the best soundtracks of all time.
This game is just so incredibly nostalgic for me, I remember switching on my PS2 and just spending hours playing in front of my TV. The intro cinematic is one of the best ones in the Tekken franchise and the soundtrack is still the GOAT.
Great 💯 best time
Same, I miss my PS2, big part of my childhood
I remember being afraid of Jinpachi so I played the final stage only when I was not alone in the room
Did you ever complete the Jin beat them up?
I did, but I did not like it from what I remembered, for me it was the worst thing about the game and that is impressive as its just another game mode that no one has probably heard of when you first start playing TEKKEN 5@@makytondr8607
I have broken a PSP with Dark Resurrection... Played hundreds of hours, and learned my main, Lili, while traveling on buses and trains, and it is still one of the best memories with the PSP to this day. Happy times, man...
Dark resurrection is incredible
Tekken dark resurrection is an improved version of tekken 5 which floored me that they were able to put it on a handheld console!
My dad specifically bought me a USA version of the PSP when his buddy came back from Japan with their version of the PSP specifically to play Tekken Dark Resurrection with me. I still have both handhelds and this game somewhere in my storage, and can't imagine giving it away
It's SO good man
@@alicethequeen3281W Dad
Fuc Fact: Jeff Pescetto, The singer of the Tekken 5 OP theme "Sparking", is also the singer of the Ducktales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck theme songs.
This sent me down a rabbit hole- interesting that the credits sequences from those shows younmention mentions a Mark Mueller as Lyrics and Music, but they say nothing of a singer. But I did see plenty of people have videos and interviews where they say he's the singer, so it sounds like he just got screwed out of his credit?
The point where I became an Asuka main, and almost 20 years that I'm waiting for her to have any relevance in the story. 😂
I'll probably main Lee in Tekken 8, but I agree, Asuka deserved better than having to bicker with a young girl from Monaco.
Same here 😂
For real. And then, "cooler better" Asuka was announced for T8? My God, just change Asuka's last name to Rochefort at this point😂😢
Never gonna happen 😂
IMG same!
Tekken 5 had one of my favourite all time stages, the Moonlit Cotton stage never ceased to amaze me and make me happy to fight in.
Cotton?😂
@@CephlonMayngrum well it’s what it looked like. It was white n fluffy…..I honestly have no idea what it was. 🤷
Moonlit wilderness iconic stage
dont forget the ground zero funk music it was too great for tekken
@@yusram8182 Dragon's Nest is also legendary and has an old school Tekken vibe.
It’s definitely between 5 and 3 for the GOAT Tekken.
Facts! I personally go with 3! It's not just the best Tekken or best fighting game, but it's one of the best video games ever made period
@@hotcoldman77 Yep it elevated the franchise, brought new characters and has loads of content. Tekken 5 legit feels like what Tekken 4 should’ve been
Tekken 8 is looking to come close to these two and I can't wait to play it.
@adamquenano8563
Tekken 3 didn't "save" anything. Tekken 2 was one of the best-selling games on the original PlayStation. Not even just fighting-games, best-selling games PERIOD. It wasn't in need of saving. Tekken 3 deserves all of its praise. But, no- it didn't pull the franchise (which was then, still very much in it's infancy) from ruin of any kind.
I will have to agree with you on that. Tekken 5 is when I main Bruce
When I saw Jinpachi I thought he was going to be more evil than Heihachi, but I was shocked to find out that the dude wasn't evil at all.... And Heihachi locked him in a basement lmao.
Like I figure Jinpachi's gotta have messed up SOMEWHWERE to make a son like Heihachi, but yeah- in terms of what we've actually seen them do bald stomach-mouth world-ending greatgrandpa has NOTHING on his regular human son when it comes to being an evil POS.
T5 just aged so well. For a game that game out early 2004. There's so much love put in the game, the music is in my opinion is some of the best in the series. Ground Zero funk is super underrated and honestly is the perfect OST for the Mishima/kazama feud. Jinpachi is still the best final boss cause he actually was an interesting character, giving more insight into mishimas past.
The main thing that I appericate about this game is the roster. There was a decent amount. They brought back legacy characters (tag tournament is more a fan service scenario) and made them fun to play with.
Something that many people doesn't know is that after the failure of Tekken 4, Harada left Namco....
He took the failure of Tekken 4 personally because it affected the salaries of his colleagues and employees.
Until one of Harada's ex bosses convinced him to return to create Tekken 5
Harada put all his efforts to make the ultimate Tekken game.
Edit: If you want more info about Tekken 5 development.
Just look at the video made by *Segredos Dos Games*
It is in portuguese but you can activate the english subtitles
He delivered without a doubt.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And oh boy, what a strength he had in that moment!!
I think they also collab with AM2 SEGA Virtua fighter team. They definitely ask AM2 to make them the ranking system and the built in arcade card system while Bandai Namco help them to design the EVO characters like Brad and Goh right?
@@journie3042Is that true? That's incredibly interesting if so, Namco and SEGA helping each other with there respective fighting games. Do have any sources for this, like developer interviews, or any mentions in game credits?
As a kid(11yo) I absolutely loved Devil Within mode! For maybe a year I was stuck on the first stage and didn't know it went further, so I dropped it for a time, but then I realized you could progress, and man did I love that shit.
Are u Random TM on Steam?
@@jjjj-x9g yessir!
I was literally double that age when Tekken 5 came out and I beat The Devil Within.
@@jjjj-x9g yes :)
@@jjjj-x9g yes
T5 has hands down the best opening of all time.
TTT opening is my favorite
After 5
You die a Hero
Or live long enough to see
Yourself become Villain
T3 has my favorite opening.
Definitely the most overhyped opening.
*Tekken 2 has entered the chat*
Great Intro, great endings,modern gameplay, no rage, great stages,banger music,memorable boss,character interactions,good graphics.
Man i freaking loved this game so much on the psp that i broke my analog stick twice.
5 will always be my favorite but 8 is looking fantastic so far
But that New move... Bruhh... cancer
@@brunosoares3500 It's fun af tho
I will always prefer Tekken 4 it was a little like Def Jam and Def Jam fight for NY was the greatest fighting game ever
The intro to T8 feels like they were trying to be T5's again, but then they just gave up 20 seconds into it and called it a day.
Maybe it'll be better if they make it longer on release?
@@Serandi1987 Wow. Thought I was the only one who got heavy Def Jam: Vendetta vibes when Tekken 4 came out. Marduk made me wonder what game I was even playing. 😂
That cinematic intro is amazing. Im here now and im here now tekken 7 remix are serious bangers.
Honestly the thing that keeps me playing Tekken 5 is the introduction of the ranking system
Shoutouts to the thumbnail artist and the editors man, I feel like they don’t get enough love wit these videos 🫡
Cannot wait for Max to get to Tag 2. Easily one of my favorite fighting games to ever be developed.
I feel like Max might try to drag it because the community does 😭
Tag 2 SUCKS
Tag 2 is not a highlight
@@ShadyDogg Tag 2 is actually a great game but the hive mind is strong lol
@@sunnymane Exactly. Most of these people likely never played it, or have played but only for like 12 minutes, or took the game wayyy seriously than they should have. Tag 2 is easily one of the most detailed and unique games in the series.
The only Tekken 5 thing that never carried over to other Tekkens was the quality of Arcade mode cutscenes.
In many ways, we are still recovering from 6's storymode.
True lol. Tekken 7 sucks tho worst tekken ever
@@anantambisht4895 Agreed. Both so trash they blend together in my head tho. Was it 6 or 7 with the whole "iM a rEpoRteR cOveRiNg tHe mIsHimAs" 🤢🤮
@@QBFoxMan 7
The intro still gives me chill no joke
I also think one of the most endearing quality of this game is the close community and competition built around it. It was huge for its time. The regional rivalries, especially because it was at the height of the arcade era gave rise to notable names such as Knee, Qudans, Mainstreet Ryu and Tissuemon.
When Electric Fountain came on I immediately started dancing, looked back and saw the doods also dancing. Brought a tear to my eye.
This game is what made me a Tekken fan. The intro, the gameplay, the modes, the soundtrack, and pretty much everything that this game had made me stick with the franchise and still is my favorite game in the franchise.
Intro
Music
Game
5 masterpiece
Tekken 5 was where I actually decided "Ok, switching from Law to Jin"
I still remember coming home from school one day and seeing a piece of mail from my dad's best friend who was basically another uncle, addressed to him (my dad) and it was T5. Me and my older sister spent so much time playing it. My sis basically did a boss rage againat Jinpachi with Asuka for HOURS trying to beat him on i think Normal Mode? She came back another weekend, put it on Ultra Hard and beat him in 1 go. The expression on her face was priceless
Probably top 5 PS2 games for me. Felt like a good Smash Bros game. Just so full of fun content and an amazing roster of characters. Loved that they added classic arcade games and a fun single player mode. Then the PSP version came maybe not perfect but was incredible at the time playing on the go. So many hours put in both games. The PS2 era was something special.
I remember playing the actual Arcade mechane in a bowling alley and had this on the PS2
Tekken 5 is peak Tekken. Everything about it was high quality game, no microtransactions and season pass bullshit. All characters unlockable through gameplay, good times.
Cough*Jinpachi*cough cough
You can't even give me a reason related to gameplay, just a bunch of bs lol
Still had to buy an entirely new game on a different platform to get the balance patch and play as Drag or Lili tho.
As someone who spent tons of hours on the PS2 version, I didn't know they existed until Tekken 6.
@@w21aaaaa I was about to say, there was a whole different discs worth of DLC, they just didn't call it that back then.
@@papapapa16 He is broken.
16:14 Tekken 2 also had update and fixes with version B released on Arcade, same treatment also given to Soul Edge later.
I loved how Devil Jin looked in Tekken 5 a lot from the belt to the loony facial features.
Tekken 5 definitely the peak of "I dont know what i'm doing but this game is sick" phase of a lot of tekken players, that opening? *chef kiss*
I remember playing this game alongside Battlefront 2 everyday after school on the ps2. I’ve given up on fighting games at this point in my life but I thoroughly enjoy watching Max breaking things down for every fighting game he plays. And I enjoy it even more when he pulls up the nostalgia titles from growing up.
I still remember being a kid and my brother and I hearing "Heihachi Mishima is dead". One of the craziest childhood moments
This is the Tekken that set the bar for all Tekkens after this. The literal measuring stick for Tekken Games to come. Also the tekken that put more spotlight on Juggling which resulted to the bounce system in Tekken 6.
U could juggle in t3
6 Like forgot everything 😂
@@CephlonMayngrumtechnically you can juggle in every tekken game. But it became a focus point in Tekken 5.
It didn't "introduce" it though, did it.@@ryanjohnson781
LOWUT?
Juggling was a mainstay in Tekken 3 and especially Tekken Tag.
This is definitely the favorite Tekken game for me. Spent hours playing this and the arcade versions of Tekken 1,2 and 3 and loved absolutely loved the Devil Within mini game
I don’t really play fighting games anymore, but Tekken 5 was the only fighting game where my brother and I played through every single character’s story to get their endings. It was the most I had ever played a fighting game. At this point, Tekken is the only fighting game I still occasionally dabble in casually. I’m not sure if I can play it competitively anymore, but it’s always been one of the most fun games to mess around in.
Perfect time to jump into Tekken 8!
Max sums it up perfectly. Tekken 4 felt so alien to me back then. I loved Tekken 3's direction so much and thought THAT was what Tekken is supposed to be. Didn't get that feeling again until I got my hands on Tekken 5.
One of the best games period. So much content and everything was awesome! So many modes, mini games, Tekken 1-3 included, so many iconic locations and tracks..
5:47 I love that slo-mo "Baaamm" on the replay 😂
Tekken 5 is just one big fond memory to me. Grew up on Tekken 2 & 3 but not the biggest gamer at the time, and, TTT1 and Tekken 4's marketing was so much smaller, I thought the franchise had died but I remember one day walking into one of my local game stores and saw a big cardboard cutout of Jin with Tekken 5 plastered on it, you can't imagine how excited I was. I can't even imagine the amount of hours I put into 5. Everything about the story, music, customization and offline mode was just iconic.
I kept replaying the intro over and over again with such banger main theme.
One thing that i always like to point out when talking T5 is how it did everything right and managed to be the success it is despite all odds. It came after a failure both commercial and in public perception with T4, and did so in an era where other FGs were IN THE GUTTER after the golden era of the 90's. Neither SF nor KoF were doing well, MK was doing OK in its 3D era and only VF could be considered a success, but in the mid 2000's T5 was a powerhouse
VF was actually doing great, VF4 had sold more than any other VF game and was a commercial and critical slam dunk for SEGA. But yea SF, KOF, and MK were struggling at the time for sure.
You're right! My memory faltered a bit as i thought VF4 didn't do that well compared specifically to VF5, but both had pretty good launches. It's hard to get absolute sales data on them, but VF4 getting around a million units is much more than i remembered! A shame that it lost to T4 in fighting game of the year though. I really hope whatever sega is doing right now is a success, VF deserves so much more
The very definition of "return to form."
This game redeemed the series after the huge misstep of 4.
I love 4 but I agree with you lol
So true
And made things worse as a result.
@@cosmicspider2lmao stop cappin and trollin
@@dxtremecaliber Not trolling
Dude that intro just bought me back to 2007 when I just got tekken 5 as a kid. Would wake up early every morning to play and would watch the into EVERY SINGLE TIME. Such nostalgia
Tekken 5 and soul calibur 3 were my childhood man
Man I still have my 1st Tekken Card for T5 DR with me. I still remember the the Ranks, the Win/Lose Stats, even the grind for gold to buy Customizations. This is the Tekken that taught me how to break Throws since I can't really do throw break in TTT. The arcades was wild back then.
Nostalgic Vibes, Memories, Childhood, Tekken 4 and 5 have a special place in my heart and soul, these both Tekken games in my eyes are like the symbol of Yin&Yang☯️ ✌️
This is the one we’ve waited for. I’ve been playing this the past couple weeks and this was by far the most complete entry In the series. I remember being a child, now I’m a man with a wife and a son who’s a sophomore and another who’s 9.
No matter what….this is the entry that always acts as a portal to relive those days where you were a carefree child with not a care in the world for that small moment.
Thank you Tekken 5. 🙏🏽
Wait, what do you mean Tekken 5 came out twenty years ago???
God, I’m freaking old…
Max, can i say, you have to be the best video game content creator on the entire internet. Your content is informative, entertaining, and heart felt. You pour your heart and soul into these videos, and streams and we notice.
We appreciate and love you Max!!
This game was my childhood, I used to play it with my older brother all the time, I got to Tekken God with Paul and King. I remember my nickname was, Jaguar-King$.
Thanks to this game, I defend Tekken as the definitive fg franchise.
Glad to see you have great taste 🤝🏻 Tekken 5 was mind blowing in terms of gameplay and soundtrack. The intro was btw INSANE
I didn't start with T5, but it's THE most nostalgic game for me right next to Tag. I don't even know why, I'm just super fond of it. I remember the opening, the character interactions which were sometimes weird, the music, and of course, being super hyped once it was upgraded to Dark Resurrection because it brought back Armor King and hot damn I loved it. It was basically all I played on my PSP. Literally the only fighting game on a portable console that I could actually play just for fun. Man, this game is a gem. It had the right amount of goofy and serious, and when I think of Tekken and its tone as a series, this is it. T5 just perfected it. Also, yes. Yes it did have Bowling. On the PSP. I played a ton of that too lmao. Also introduced Ghost Battle and sending and downloading ghosts before T8.
I must say that the music and SFX of T5 is the most memorable of all Tekken games imo, the soundtrack is just so good and nostalgic!
when I heard Tekken 5 intro back then, I cooooooooooom.
And whenever I hear Tekken 5 intro, I still COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Tekken 5 was my first foray into playing fighting games competitively. I had a dorm mate who was incredibly skilled with Steve Fox, and we played so many sets together that I eventually rose to his level with my Bryan Fury. We went and played small tournaments at an arcade in Biloxi (right before Katrina), and I loved it. Whenever I find a Tekken 5 arcade machine, I just have to play it. Legendary game.
Also, Moonlit Wilderness. Best fighting game BGM of all time.
Tekken 4 and 5 for me, they complement each other really well.
Played T5 everyday back in High-School and College days. This is what got me to watch and learn combos from different sources. I remember my friend showing me videos of MadDogJin and really changed how we played Tekken. This will go down as one of the best and life changing fighting game of my life!
GOATed intro! I never wanted to skip! 🔥🔥🔥
15:05 LOL EVEN HARPER IS SURPRISED
My first Tekken game was TTT1 and then T4. But when I played T5 for the first it was so special to. That intro,the characters,the soundtracks,the modes etc. That game introduced me to the first 3 Tekken games. Like it was/still is my everything to me. My fav Tekken game ever.
PS: I‘m very excited for the king of iron fist tournament 8 next Friday. It’s gonna be crazy 💯
Adding the full intro brought so much nostalgia....Thank you, instant subscribe
My first tekken was tekken 2 as a kid. I would just play casually along with 3. Then i bought 4 and played that casually as well, it wasnt until tekken 5 DR that i took tekken seriously and learned a lot. Prior to t5 i thought just knowing the 10 hits combos made you good, tekken 5 molded me and to me it's still the greatest tekken of all time. The characters, the boss which is still the best final boss in tekken history despites frustrating players (his theme was also the greatest), the addition of online play and character customization, the soundtrack, the gameplay, tekken 5 is undefeated.
I'm patiently waiting for Max's Tekken Tag 2 video. As a casual player, Tag2 was a magical experience for me, and got me back into fighting games.
The only goated RUclipsr who admits tekken 5 clears every tekken game
2:19 That Poolside music just hits those mid-'00s summertime vibes so well.
Jinpachi still haunts me dreams till now
Loving the new legacy style video, well made edits and very informative commentary.
Tekken 5 is still my favorite Tekken to this day! Just everything about it is so damn good and it gave us one of the most notorious final bosses in fighting games with Jinpachi! It is just so damn awesome!
Funniest part of Tekken 5 for me was that stage where if you land on a frog, you see their soul rise up with angel wings 😭🤣
Rip gramps heihachi did his dad so dirty 💀
You're not wrong but has ther ever been ANYONE we've seen that he's done right by? I mean Kazumi and Hachi SEEMED to get along well enough in what little we saw of them, but I feel like considering all the bastards Hachi's got running around since... did ALL of that just start after her death? I claim skepticism.
A little late, but I just gotta say. This game saved me... It sounds weird. I was 13. Going through some really bad and depressing stages. It all hit me at once. I was failing school, trying to fit in somewhere, was getting into petty and pointless fights, arguing with everyone even though I was wrong. It was bad. But this game. Really saved me. I bought this game with my own money, from mowing lawns and getting allowance in March of 2005. Saved up enough money and decided to buy this game. And it helped me through those rough stages. Instead of fighting in real life, I was taking my aggression out on virtual characters. I did eventually start passing my classes, maybe that had nothing to do with Tekken 5, but in so many ways this game helped me. All-time favorite Tekken game.
Soooo many good memories with this game, the best in the franchise by a mile.
Tekken 5 was the tekken to bring me back to loving the franchise, I still remember when I went to my local boomers and only spent my time at the tekken 5 arcades they had there! Before that I had played Tekken 4 on my dad’s ps2 with my sister but it would be years until that day I got to experience Tekken 5. Devil Jin was so cool to me especially, such a good game fr
Here's a question for everyone, would you want to see a Tekken Tag Tournament 3 in the near future? A game where literally every character from Tekken 1, all the way to Tekken 8 and the spinoff games appear in one massive Tekken game?
Oh absolutely. It'll probably be a few years off with how long each character takes to create, but it could still happen.
They'd have to get a new guy for Heihachi first
@@mid90sshinigami Oh yea. His Seiyuu passed away, I forgot about that.
Tekken 5 was the first Tekken I played in arcades. I previously played Tekken 1 and 3 on my PSX so going to T5 was so different to me at the time.
Also, I know Yoshi is usually low tier in games but he felt great in 5. Loved playing as Yoshi.
Not just the greatest Tekken game ever made, simply put one of the greatest fighting games ever made next to King of Fighters 98 and Guilty Gear X2: Accent Core Plus.
98. 2002 ❤
You could say the same about Tekken 3 and Soulcalibur 1 & 2 common Namco W.
@@gundamw349095, 98, 2k2, and XI. XI still my favorite
I remember always having a PS2 controller in my backpack when I went to the mall so I could plug it into the arcade cabinet (since I couldn't ever get joysticks to do what I wanted as well as pad).
Good times!
This is where I found my main and actually started learning the game. Great music, great visuals, great Bryan laugh... I freakin love T5 man.
Tekken 3 was my intro to Tekken growing up, but Tekken 5 was THE Tekken for me. My mother bought it for my birthday and I sunk so many hours into that game. The graphics were crazy for the time. I miss this era in gaming.
The question now is: Can 8 surpass this? Because with 7 was an obvious no since the beginning, but with 8… there are chances, it looks and feels so damn good.
tekken 8 ai its pretty bad.. the single player its not as good a tekken 5,, so i don't think it will.. also the game is so far beyond to what it used to be,, i don't like the new battle systems,, supers,, heat,, all of that ,, ,,, i rather play old school pure tekken 5
@@Jonny93warriors a valid opinion, personally I loved all the new mechanics, it feels refreshing and exciting and I can’t see a bad AI, but it’s possible, I’m not an expert player neither.
@@albertocordobesrodriguez8296 i refer to how the ai is when playing single player modes,, tekken 5 ultra hard was actually challenging, you didn't need online back them to have fun with the game,, cause the games as a package did offer you a full expencience .. tekken 8 ultra hard is a joke,, there is no challenge there,, online is basically the only option and its sad,,as a casual the Ai to me is very important .. tekken 7 started the trend of having bad ai on tekken games,, on 6 and before it was great
@@Jonny93warriors I lose a lot against AI, so I can’t understand you there
@@Jonny93warriorsEhh, I kinda feel like Tekken needed some supers, and like some meter stuff like heat in some way.
Especially to freshen it up.
That's just me though.
13:50 the most gamer thing to do in this situation.
PS1 Era - Tekken 3
PS2 Era - Tekken 5
PS3 Era - Tekken Tag 2
PS4 Era - Tekken 7
PS5 Era - - Tekken 8
Tekken 5 DR on the PSP is genuinely one of the best games ever made.. Basically a full upgraded Tekken 5 game on the go made my childhood so much better.. I played Tekken 5 on PS2 many years later and it didn't hit the same, the soundtrack and missing characters felt so off
I hate the fact that the only time Namco tried to do something fresh and risky with Tekken 4, it had such a huge backlash, that after success of T5 they refused to ever change anything at all and the rest of the games feel like T5.2, T5.3 etc. Even "get ready for the next battle" screens are still the same 20 years after.
But T5 was iconic for sure.
Tekken 4 has some cool impact feeling from hits, I don't know how to put it, like, every hit in combo feels separate, thats why I personally prefer T4 gameplay.
When max liquified he went back into the capri Sun pouch.
Amazing game
What I loved so much about the character designs in Tekken 3, were just how proportionate all the characters were!
They weren’t all overly bulky and muscular like in the modern games Tekken 7 and 8.
The gameplay felt more realistic too. Call me a boomer but I liked the chippy jabby fights rather than jugglefests T8 pushes for. T8 plays more like MVC2, fun game but not what I play Tekken for. I totally get they have to innovative and mix it up, Tekken 7 had a good balance I feel but T8 really rubs me the wrong way. I wanted to try learn Paul but he looks like a creepy crackhead now with a Karen haircut. Law having nunchucks is a cool idea but the excessive amout of chains and the roids are just over the top stupid. Yes Tekken has always had over the top stuff in it but the characters felt relatively grounded save like 4 wacky characters.
I was obsessed with tekken 4 for years still kinda am so the way its regarded to amongst the greater community is always so jarring
I still go out of my way, this many years later, and will just listen to Sparking on repeat like 10 times in a row.
the intro to Tekken 5 was one of the biggest "holy shit" moments I experienced in gaming graphics.
Imagine being 5 years old going to daycare on a weekend being all sad because there’s nothing to do, and no other kids are there. Then one of the sitter’s teenage son walks in with his friends and a PS2. You’re a good noodle, so you get to hang with the big kids and you’re blessed to witness Tekken 5 for the first time. From that day forward every time he brings his ps2 you and him play for hours. You then convince your dad to get the game for yourself but, you forgot you don’t own a memory card. You then go and unlock every Character 3 times before you eventually get a card. I’m 24 this year and it brings a tear to know that one faithful day impacted my love for fighting games.
I love tekken 4 the most. The dark vibe fit tekken really well, IMO.
Music was fire too
Funnily enough, Tekken 5 was my very first Tekken. Saw an ad for it on the back of Xenosaga Episode 2's instruction booklet, and then found it SOMEWHERE by chance. Once i got it, i remember playing it all day every single day. It's easily my favorite of all the Tekken games.
So many memories with this game, my older sister bought this game for me and the darn disc was missing so we had to go back and get another copy at a walmart, mind you this was early 2000s walmart and this game was the main game displayed, freaking game was worth the trouble lmao
Tekken 5 was to Tekken 3, what GT4 was to GT3. And these games are what MADE the PS2.
Tekken 5 was my most played game on PS2. I can not express how much joy this game brought me when I had friends over for the weekend to play tekken and eat pizza.
BRO, every time i hear karma electric fountain its impossible to not get excited. that outro makes me want to see tekken 6 legacy right now.
I have fond memories of playing 5 and 5 DR and everyone being stoked about the card system and being able to customize your character. I think i still have my card somewhere in my room
The outro with elactric fountain IS PERFECT! Lmao my personal favorite tekken track
Man...that intro gets me every fucking time. Tears and chills without fail any time I ever see it. This game for me, probably like a lot of people, is where your Tekken journey began.
I played Tekken 3 in arcade for a little bit when I was some 6 years old and had it on Playstation, but fighting games weren't my thing back then. Tekken 5 though, I was much older, had siblings and friends, and everyone was playing it! I do not care how good Tekken gets in the future, this game is the definitive version of Tekken, and I still love playing it!...
Also, hands down, has one of the best soundtracks of all time.
This is the first tekken game I sat down and tried to learn the game. Tekken 5 has a special place in my heart. Love this game