Tekken 3's character animations are still top tier, even today. I didn't quite respect it back when it came out, but today, knowing how hard it is to balance a game's playability against its animation (Midway/NRS fighters have historically suffered from this), it truly is amazing how good Tekken 3 looks in motion over two decades later. Against contemporaries like Virtua Fighter and DOA, I felt like Namco fighters from Tekken 3 onward had much more realistic fighting animations and a more substantial sense of impact, all while remaining responsive and fun to play.
God, this has to be one of the biggest fighting game touchstones. Everyone I knew had it or spent all day at someone's house who did. Bryan, old Heihachi, Yoshimitsu's redesign, Eddie, I don't even know where to stop. This game was the fucking shit.
LaserfaceJones Same, until the sister of the friend fucked it up. It wasn't even theirs, it was their cousin's. I was forced to bring my uncle's Tekken 2 because of it, though I had some fond memories with that game, it was still a step down from Tekken 3. I got it for myself during 2001's Christmas.
So many feels reading this comment. On one hand because I remember that era and impact that Tekken 3 had, but I genuinely worry that no fighting game will ever break the same ground Tekken 3 did in terms of characters, atmosphere, soundtrack and presentation ever again. It does beg the question, are Namco just not what they used to be, or is there not much room left to move the genre forward the same way Tekken 3 did?
Bryan, Hworang, Eddy, Jin, Xiaoyu, Lei and so many other fantastic characters were introduced in this game. One of the best fighting games of all time. Tekken 3 and Tekken 5 are mind blowing.
My favorite Tekken of all time! Seeing Paul hit the burning fist had me like "oooooooh shit!!!" Paul's unblockable can also do 100% damage if you're lucky or if you charge up first
SFV is a glorified moneygrab...this shit right here is a legend,I could play this game all day without online and I wasn't getting bored and when the friends came over,that's when shit got real.Nowadays we're having 5 or so matches in sfv and we're like ye okay let's play something else.
gamwpanagia before the operation dropped in CS, i was trying on SFV, but, it took too long to find matches, so, i just gave up.... uninstalled... waiting for Tekken 7 to hit Steam, now i'm only really playing CS, Tekken will be my second go to game P.S. i remember playing this game and Winning Eleven with my dad, and cousins, every sunday afternoon... childhood memories... :,)
Oblivious Adobo Kuma is not just ANY bear. He's Heihachi's dear friend and was a high ranking officer in the Tekken Force......soooooo he's a king among bears.
Preach. In story, he was the de facto champ betwen 3-4. Hell, he's so good he considers Kazuya and frigging Kuma his rivals, and has beaten both on separate occasions.
I still have in my room a Jin Kazama AF that my dad gave me as a present like 20 years ago with this game. God, the memories. This and Tekken 5 are my favs. Let's hope Tekken 7 will be extremely good as well.
Tekken 3 is my favorite and to me, has the best soundtrack in the entire series. Its also one of my favorite soundtracks in all of gaming. I can't wait to get my PS3 again and play the shit of this. I do prefer most of the PS1 soundtrack, but some of the arcade soundtracks make me happy.
Tekken 3 started me down the road of gaming actually. My mom bought it for me and I bought every single Tekken ever after that. Gamings a beautiful thing man. Anytime I play the Tekken Series I think of her.
This game shaped my little 4-5 year old mind. I remember playing pretend tekken on the playground in kindergarten. I used to watch my dad play this game for hours
if I remember, to get the school outfits for Jin and Ling... you had to play with them in versus mode a certain amount of times? like 25 or 50... something like that.
YES!! Because of Tekken 3 I went to Taekwondo classes and practiced many martial arts since then... You see Hwoarang doing "Hwa-Rang Poomsae" to this great music you get shivers :D
I never did legit Taekwondo, but I imitated Hwoarang's kicks on a daily basis and recorded myself practicing them so that I could fix flaws; the flexibility and balance I gained from playfully imitating a video game legitimately served me pretty well in the other martial arts I ended up studying.
Oh, and you unlock Jin's school uniform by having a fuck ton of back to back wins with him in vs mode. Eventually, selecting him with triangle will put a yellow line under his name, meaning the school outfit is unlocked. Same goes for Xiaoyu's school uniform and Gun Jack's sleeveless look
So MANY childhood memories!! 😭😭 I had completely forgot about the Tekken Force mode. That “chicken” line definitely brought it back. This was my first Tekken game and it made me a fan of the series, as well as it being my preferred fighting game series. Nina was my top character to use while Jin was my first video game crush. I have no shame in saying that.
My Dad bought this and a PlayStation when I was a kid Very special memories! I haven’t seen him in years but I always remember our time with him before I had to go back to my moms
I live for moments like this too. I love it when it happens to Max and the gang and I MISS when it would happen on the old super best friends... I miss them so much. T_T
8:38 THAT DAMAGE DOE......Now i remember why i cheesed this with Paul as a child lol this game really brings be back to childhood best Tekken with Tekken Tag as a close 2nd for me
the single greatest fighting game ever. Never had a fighting game garnered so much attention, so much hype. Tekken3 gave fighting games a legitimacy that was not there before and had not been there since
As much of I love Tekken 3 gameplay, the atmosphere of the game didn't feel dark like Tekken 2 did. I don't know what happened really, I just remember this felt cool but not really dark. At least Tekken 4 kind of bring back the dark atmosphere.
Phreal95 The thing I feel is because 3 introduced a new generation, a new sign of hope during another disaster. I guess I can see where you are coming from.
I mean, this game isn't hard at all. Even on hard mode, I kicked this game's ass. But, you're right. This wss back during a time when games were difficult.
@@MsDavidenk0 easiest actaully, try some KoF or Guilty Gear. Makes Tekken seems like it's for 5 year old kids. Even Virtual Fighter us vastly more challenging.
Tekken 3 will remain legendary for the revolution they went in. It played well, it looked cool, way cooler than anything in the moment. But i'll have to agree Tekken 5 was pretty much the shit.
BEST TEKKEN OF ALL TIME!!! None of it's sequels can ever recapture the magic and epicness this game brought forth. And especially for it's time too. This game can age so well.
Tekken 3 was fun as hell to play! I remember after beating Arcade Mode with all the characters and the secret characters, I played though Tekken Force to unlock the tiny boxing dinosaur, Gon and the scientist Dr. Bosconovitch. I had good memories playing that game! ^_^
Fun fact, the form that Hwoarang is doing in the intro is a real Tae Kwon Do form called, oddly enough, Hwoarang.
Thanks for the info
Holy shit really?! That’s so rad!
Mind blown.
So technically he's doing himself?
@@nybethobdilord6912 no perv lol
now this is the tekken I grew up on.
Takeen 3
@@towsidegameruplavar8618 Tekken 3
I was 6 when I played this the first time, now I'm 28
I played Tekken 5 First lol
Tekken 3 is a top 10 game of all time. Dont @ me
Tekken 3's character animations are still top tier, even today. I didn't quite respect it back when it came out, but today, knowing how hard it is to balance a game's playability against its animation (Midway/NRS fighters have historically suffered from this), it truly is amazing how good Tekken 3 looks in motion over two decades later. Against contemporaries like Virtua Fighter and DOA, I felt like Namco fighters from Tekken 3 onward had much more realistic fighting animations and a more substantial sense of impact, all while remaining responsive and fun to play.
Anthony Ha very true. Doa 5s animation, hitboxes, and impact were kind of out of wack
I don't know, I feel that Virtua Fighter 5 has more fluid animations than any of the Tekken games I've seen so far
MattManDX1 That's understandable; it really comes down to personal preference. I have a number of friends who agree with you.
God, this has to be one of the biggest fighting game touchstones. Everyone I knew had it or spent all day at someone's house who did. Bryan, old Heihachi, Yoshimitsu's redesign, Eddie, I don't even know where to stop. This game was the fucking shit.
LaserfaceJones
I spent countless hours trying to get every single character. Tekken Volleyball was amazing.
LaserfaceJones Same, until the sister of the friend fucked it up.
It wasn't even theirs, it was their cousin's. I was forced to bring my uncle's Tekken 2 because of it, though I had some fond memories with that game, it was still a step down from Tekken 3.
I got it for myself during 2001's Christmas.
So many feels reading this comment.
On one hand because I remember that era and impact that Tekken 3 had, but I genuinely worry that no fighting game will ever break the same ground Tekken 3 did in terms of characters, atmosphere, soundtrack and presentation ever again.
It does beg the question, are Namco just not what they used to be, or is there not much room left to move the genre forward the same way Tekken 3 did?
AT Productions Devil>>>>>>>>Ogre
@@strykah92 Soul Calibur on Dreamcast is the only other fighting game that generated such hype.
Back when I was a kid, ever since the first time I heard that "Chicken" voice-bit, I would always try to imitate it before eating any kind of poultry.
😂
Holy crap, same here!
I still do this 🤣
I’m probably gonna do this now
Same!
I played this game one time for 7 hours straight.
same , my mom was so angry at me ; i told her "i slept and woke up early " lool
Just once?
Rookie numbers
@@Neo-Midgar yea, sometimes 3-4 hours
Same bro such a banger
20 years later and this game still looks smooth as hell, that's impressive.
Can't say the same thing about my balls unfortunately.
My first tournamet for this game,I had a blast!
The nostalgia is strong here. This is probably the first video game I ever played
Grant Snaddon then you played the best ever first game ever
Yep, you're lucky. My first game ever was Mortal Kombat 1 on the SNES haha. Although shortly afterwards I got a PS1 and Tekken 2, so it's all good :)
It was my 3rd, first Formula 1 for the PS1 and then Crash Bandicoot 2.
All downhill from there huh?
Grant Snaddon my friend who is a tekken fan owned all of it. And my first tekken was tekken tag tournament 1.
You had to have this game in your library if you owned a PS1.
I've never read something this fact-based.
I wish
I never bought tekken 3. My psx came with it
Ooh hell yeah, i was a wee lad when it came out but i remember loving this game.
I literally have 3 copies of tekken 3, 1 has a different cover/booklet than the others
Bryan, Hworang, Eddy, Jin, Xiaoyu, Lei and so many other fantastic characters were introduced in this game. One of the best fighting games of all time. Tekken 3 and Tekken 5 are mind blowing.
Timothy Drake Lei was introduced in Tekken 2.
@@abdam2209 no that's lei's evil twin
@@SiefausOsna HOLD UP! LEI HAD A TWIN BROTHER!?
@@alexandergodfreykleinhans8059 yes, Wei
My favorite Tekken of all time! Seeing Paul hit the burning fist had me like "oooooooh shit!!!" Paul's unblockable can also do 100% damage if you're lucky or if you charge up first
i did it in an arcade an everyone got hype
That Paul Phoenix perfect though...
tfw you get read by paulbot
When you get 2HKO'd by a Paul_CPU
What my man said your going to jail now lol
This is why Paul won tekken 3 all jokes aside😂
Hearing "chicken" in that deep voice is what makes life worth living.
this pixelated game from 1996 has way more personality than a lot games nowadays... *cough* SFV... *cough*
SFV is a glorified moneygrab...this shit right here is a legend,I could play this game all day without online and I wasn't getting bored and when the friends came over,that's when shit got real.Nowadays we're having 5 or so matches in sfv and we're like ye okay let's play something else.
Rhodie Slayer it came out in Japan arcade in November 96
This also had more game modes and characters.
gamwpanagia before the operation dropped in CS, i was trying on SFV, but, it took too long to find matches, so, i just gave up.... uninstalled... waiting for Tekken 7 to hit Steam, now i'm only really playing CS, Tekken will be my second go to game
P.S. i remember playing this game and Winning Eleven with my dad, and cousins, every sunday afternoon... childhood memories... :,)
You lie! *Nothing* beats Rashido's theme! All together now! A one and a two.... (What can I say I'm a sucker for easy lyrics.) ^ ^
8:36 is the moment you're looking for.
That was appauling!! :D
Paul's Tekken 3 theme was awesome!
Christopher Aizen I kinda prefer 2's, but I do like 3's.
From the ones I can remember, Nina's was my favourite with Bryan and Heihachi closely behind.
every tekken 3 theme was awesome... especially law's theme wants me to go to china and train with some monks
To get Jin's school uniform outfit, you need to play 50 times with him first, then in the character select press Start to select it.
yeah, i remember seeing that cheat and was like...what the fuck?
And I actually did it, but i don't remember I have to beat it 50 times.
I thought it was 5! Jesus christ haha
RikuVAnueva y
8:38 FALCON PAUWNCH!!!!!!
Remember, Paul is on Kazuya level good and even beat base form Ogre in lore.
Oblivious Adobo Kuma is not just ANY bear. He's Heihachi's dear friend and was a high ranking officer in the Tekken Force......soooooo he's a king among bears.
Oblivious Adobo they clearly said that Paul didn't go all out against Kuma in Tekken 4.
Paul underrated af
Preach. In story, he was the de facto champ betwen 3-4. Hell, he's so good he considers Kazuya and frigging Kuma his rivals, and has beaten both on separate occasions.
Hey every body Paul been a joke sense 1994 WTH he's funny and badass at the same time smh
When Paul was the best character (lore wise)
DarkCloudian Facts
@Meizar Farizky They didn't he just can't contend with non-human fighters... especially Karate bears.
That intro is so nostalgic
Xiaoyu LaBeouf
Jack Stedman im dying lmfaooo
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shaqr
Actual Cannibal Xiaoyu LaBeouf!
You are walking through the forest
This tekken was my shit!!
your shit is damn epic then
Alisashi99 I see what you did there
The first fighting game I've ever played... and 15 years later, I finally found another copy at MAGFest! It's even better than I remember!
Was? So it's not anymore?
Slade Joseph Wilson was bedeutet "was"?
This very game is how i got into fighting games! the graphics were so fucking legendary!
I always felt so good playing a Tekken game with a Playstation controller, I dunno why.
I still remember the movesets, the combos, the music, EVERYTHING! The best fighting game memories I have ever had in my life
Paul Phoenix owned Max
Paul brought them handssss
I still have in my room a Jin Kazama AF that my dad gave me as a present like 20 years ago with this game.
God, the memories.
This and Tekken 5 are my favs.
Let's hope Tekken 7 will be extremely good as well.
Realmidboss I had a jin action figure when I was younger but that devil jin action was a stuff of legends lol
This game was amazing. And that's a understatement.
This right here is the realest,
I still have my original PS1 and Tekken3 right in my living room.
God, Tekken's 3 soundtrack will ALWAYS be in my head.
Same here
Same man,
8:36
Tech rolled at the worst possible time.
ItsJedi Launched to Bodied
Soundtrack seriously ahead of its time and lovely ❤❤❤
has anyone tripped over how sick kings stage is? It's a huge ass fuckin ring built up higher than the mountains surrounding it haha
PLaySTation420 Not to be 'that guy' but it's a blatant rip off of Wolf's Virtua Fighter 2 stage.
I feel you either way its lit
well, the original director of Tekken and a few other workers, used to work for SEGA. The first two Tekken has similar gameplay like moonjumping
The part when Paul used hammer of the gods on Max was more than i could ever hope to see happen on this channel
Tekken is the best fighting game franchise imo
best 3D fighter for me
Phreal95 in fact the best fighting game of all time
ChrisGol14 yup
best fighter for me too.. the simple idea of 4 inputs representing arms/legs. is..
too simple, but too genius? its amazing.
***** wtf
8:39: I was screaming right along w them! Hype af!
Tekken 7 plot twist: the CHICKEN! was the real boss the whole time!!
tekken 3 had the best soundtrack
Vagabond Jon nah TTT1
Agreed. It pretty much set the bar and to this day,T3 is still the best followed by T5 in my opinion.
Back when Jin still had the Mishima style. So nostalgic
Tekken 3 is definitely the one I played the most. Of the PS1 ones
I feel like 10 to 15 years from now, Tekken 7 is gonna be pretty highly regarded.
Tekken 3 is my favorite and to me, has the best soundtrack in the entire series.
Its also one of my favorite soundtracks in all of gaming.
I can't wait to get my PS3 again and play the shit of this.
I do prefer most of the PS1 soundtrack, but some of the arcade soundtracks make me happy.
Tekken 3 started me down the road of gaming actually. My mom bought it for me and I bought every single Tekken ever after that.
Gamings a beautiful thing man. Anytime I play the Tekken Series I think of her.
Watching in 2020? Played this game for hours n hours, heated battles with friends. All day all night on saturdays ....crazy
This game shaped my little 4-5 year old mind. I remember playing pretend tekken on the playground in kindergarten. I used to watch my dad play this game for hours
if I remember, to get the school outfits for Jin and Ling... you had to play with them in versus mode a certain amount of times? like 25 or 50... something like that.
Jin's stage music (used in Tekken Force in this video) has to be one of the finest pieces of video game music ever.
I played this game for the first time in my life last weekend
It's amazing how well it's held up, even without any nostalgia 💜
This was my first fighting game, and it's still one of my favorites.
Tekken 3.Ah!The memories.Forest Law will forever be a memorable character in my book.
If they ever create a video game hall of fame, this shit better be in it or we RIOT!!!!!
marco39120 there is actually one, and this isnt there yet
OMG the memories of this game, paul's ulti is insane here.
I grew up playing Tekken, so I know that this is the greatest game of all time on PlayStation.
The best game out the entire Tekken series
I really don't get why everyone is stuck on this series. Would you like to help me understand?
Caregiver The hype for Tekken 7 for the ps4 and Xbox one on june 2
Tekken 2 outdid Tekken 3 tho
DeltaTheAwsome PSYFrame Tekken 2 have the betterr soundtrack than Tekken 3 in my opinion
Peedi Piper Yeah most people agree tekken 3 is the best.
YES!!
Because of Tekken 3 I went to Taekwondo classes and practiced many martial arts since then...
You see Hwoarang doing "Hwa-Rang Poomsae" to this great music you get shivers :D
I never did legit Taekwondo, but I imitated Hwoarang's kicks on a daily basis and recorded myself practicing them so that I could fix flaws; the flexibility and balance I gained from playfully imitating a video game legitimately served me pretty well in the other martial arts I ended up studying.
If you want leg day every day - taekwondo is the way to go :D I trained ITF
Neurotyczny Kot I need to do that soon.
This is one of the games that comes to mind when I hear the term "arcade-perfect port", back when that was the apex of home gaming.
Oh, and you unlock Jin's school uniform by having a fuck ton of back to back wins with him in vs mode. Eventually, selecting him with triangle will put a yellow line under his name, meaning the school outfit is unlocked. Same goes for Xiaoyu's school uniform and Gun Jack's sleeveless look
Jin will always be my favorite.
Hero, villain, neutral, I'll still love his fighting style.
Will miss that spinning kick though.
Seeing Pauls charged up Phoenix Smasher for the first time in the Arcade changed my life.
The times where you bought a whole game the first time without having to buy DLC
So MANY childhood memories!! 😭😭 I had completely forgot about the Tekken Force mode. That “chicken” line definitely brought it back.
This was my first Tekken game and it made me a fan of the series, as well as it being my preferred fighting game series. Nina was my top character to use while Jin was my first video game crush. I have no shame in saying that.
man I used to get in with my cousins and we'd play this for hours and hours back in the day
This was my fighting game. I remember being scared of King and Yoshimitsu as a kid lol.
My Dad bought this and a PlayStation when I was a kid
Very special memories!
I haven’t seen him in years but I always remember our time with him before I had to go back to my moms
This is why i love T3 and tekken in general. the combos seem so clean when their well executed.
Agreed. I always say Tekken 3 and 4 are the best ones
This is first Tekken game that really feels like Tekken that we know and love. Harada made Tekken great and I respect him for that.
I love Laws animations in this game it was so legit for 1996
The better Law too...Forest Law> Marshall Law.
god this feels so refreshing to watch especially after playing tekken 7 with its over the top special effects
"Greatest of all time!"
You're god damn right it is.
Memories...I remember getting so good, that I could do any of king's multi throws in my sleep.
8:38 IS why I exist. Moments just like that playing a classic game. *10/10*
I live for moments like this too.
I love it when it happens to Max and the gang and I MISS when it would happen on the old super best friends... I miss them so much. T_T
Jin face smashing his granddaddy through a brick wall was so badass
Tekken force mode was so damn fun
"Paul has the fastest unblockable"... I can already hear Ogre laughing.
The first video game/ fighting game I remember playing on my dad's PlayStation.
8:38 THAT DAMAGE DOE......Now i remember why i cheesed this with Paul as a child lol this game really brings be back to childhood best Tekken with Tekken Tag as a close 2nd for me
the single greatest fighting game ever. Never had a fighting game garnered so much attention, so much hype. Tekken3 gave fighting games a legitimacy that was not there before and had not been there since
4:05 Eddy sounded like he was having his soul drained out of him there.
Max's reaction when Heihachi beats him. Priceless.
my first Tekken experience! those were the days.
Legendary falls short for this masterpiece...
As much of I love Tekken 3 gameplay, the atmosphere of the game didn't feel dark like Tekken 2 did. I don't know what happened really, I just remember this felt cool but not really dark. At least Tekken 4 kind of bring back the dark atmosphere.
Phreal95 The thing I feel is because 3 introduced a new generation, a new sign of hope during another disaster.
I guess I can see where you are coming from.
actually the atmosphere of tekken 2 wasn't dark at all to me the first one was tekken 4 and the last one
Phreal95 the joke came when you said tekken 4 was dark
That ending of Jin was dope. Straight through the wall, stomp heihachi, fly off. Heihachi kills all his kids, lol.
Back when games used to be hard lol. And still is!, as you can see lol
I mean, this game isn't hard at all. Even on hard mode, I kicked this game's ass. But, you're right. This wss back during a time when games were difficult.
You know nothing about tekken lmao is one of hardest fighting games even today lol
what a silly thing to say about a game with easy mode
@@MsDavidenk0 easiest actaully, try some KoF or Guilty Gear. Makes Tekken seems like it's for 5 year old kids. Even Virtual Fighter us vastly more challenging.
@@Inojin67 go play competetive looooool
Man the soundtrack in this game, legit. Best at the time!
First one i've played too, Oh i can't believe Paul's legendary punch got registered in this gameplay hahaha, i loved to hate that back in the days
When I was a kid they had tekken 3 at the Pizza Hut in my town and I’ve been a big fan ever since.
Smoothest controls of any fighting game to me.
Tekken 3 will remain legendary for the revolution they went in. It played well, it looked cool, way cooler than anything in the moment. But i'll have to agree Tekken 5 was pretty much the shit.
The masterpiece of fighting games! It's incredible how well made this game is especially for the time, but even today! I love this game!
The best tekken !!!
BEST TEKKEN OF ALL TIME!!! None of it's sequels can ever recapture the magic and epicness this game brought forth. And especially for it's time too. This game can age so well.
Chikken 3: truly a timeless classic.
omg the music, everythings bringing back memories, this and tekken 2 are so dope even my dad used to play with me back in the day
Jin spin move is actually a real life move
EvXiTZzViper 408 Almost all of the characters' moves are real life, even if they are fancy ones, unlike the serious damage they do in the game.
Tekken 3 was fun as hell to play! I remember after beating Arcade Mode with all the characters and the secret characters, I played though Tekken Force to unlock the tiny boxing dinosaur, Gon and the scientist Dr. Bosconovitch. I had good memories playing that game! ^_^
8:36 dude that falcon punch, the round just lasted 3 seconds ..-.
Used to play against my father so much in this Tekken. So fun!
I tried so hard, and got so farrrr... ...in the end, I HAD TO FIGHT PIMP HEIHACHI!!!
the soundtrack is LEGENDARY