One of the coolest things about this game was finishing the arcade mode and unlocking new characteres. Opening the character select screen after finishing arcade mode and finding a completely new face to choose was such an amazing feeling.
@shigshug8581 we had them, they were called quarters. The arcade versions would unlock after time, so you did pay the fee. *strokes beard* from a certain point of view...
I also felt that none of the Mishimas aside from maybe Heihachi/Kazuya felt samey and it makes sense that Kaz and Hei would feel similar due to their history. So idk where the “Mishima clone” thing came from…maybe because they have the same last name? Because while they all use Karate its pretty different forms of Karate for each. I think Kaz uses a Shotokan influenced style while Jin’s is closer to Kyukashin. Jinpachi is weird as hell. And idk what Heihachi’s style is based from. Its like Baek and Hworang how they both use Taekwondo but it’s not exactly the same.
Damn right bro. I never even knew this type of style even existed at the time. When I saw Eddy the first time, I was like WTF is this??😂 It was awesome. Mind was blown for sure.
To me I never even heard of capoeira until I’m around 11 or 15 that I seen Elena doing it. I had no spark of that martial arts until it interest me how dancing and martial arts worked with each other.
I didn’t even know it was a real martial art back then. I thought he was just break dancing. It wasn’t until I watched The Protector with Tony Jaa that I learned it was a real martial art. The dude he fought looked and moved just like Eddy Gordo lol
Eddy Gordo is the reason I played Tekken 3 and make Tekken my most favorite fighting game. His fighting style is so unique not just in Tekken but in every fighting game back then.
Tekken stepped out of Virtua Fighter's shadow and not only surpassed it, but became the last 3D Fighting game standing. It is also, currently, the third best-selling fighting game franchise of all-time, behind Super Smash Bros. and Mortal Kombat. As of this writing, it has even outsold the legendary Street Fighter series which is insane and unprecedented. Not bad for a series that was dismissed as a "Virtua Fighter-clone" when it started.
@@muckdriver Yeah, it is kinda sad that THREE didn't do so hot. Neither did Street Fighter V. Glad to see SF6 doing well, but I have a vendetta against it
@@muckdriverTo be fair, when your competition are such spectacle-filled games such as SSB and MK, it's bit more understandable that SF would fall behind in the eyes of casuals (not to mention its own set of issues competitive wise)
I will forever cherish Tekken 3, it's the full 10/10 package. Amazing character and stage design, timeless OST, the best announcer in the series, memorable ending movies, lots of content, awesome sound effects etc.
I'm an RPG nut, but I still honestly think I put more time into Tekken 3 than any other game in the first 2 generations of Sony consoles. The amount of hours poured into all the modes, especially Force. It was the game that made me go from appreciating fighting games to loving them.
I just want to drop this I was introduced to tekken 3 through ps1 demo disc. It only had 2 characters Ling and eddy. I mained Ling my pops had eddy 24/7. Now mind you my pops don't really like games like that nor played any. Man when I tell you we ran that demo disc into the ground to the point it would not play. He broke down and said alright let's go get it. We rode up to Toys r us picked it up. Ps1 was working into over time cause we didn't know anything about memory cards so you know it ain't getting turned off. Man what a time I tell you. One of the greatest fighters I ever played
If I'm not mistaken, Tekken 3 was the very first Tekken game I've ever played. I don't remember much about it, except two endings. The Ogre ending where he transforme into a winged demon and causes destruction, and Kuma's ending where he tried to propose to Panda of for her to ignore him and walked away with Lin.
@@CarStreetGasGone Capping? I'm speaking the honest truth. I've never owned a PlayStation growing up and only played Tekken 3 at a friend's house. And I remember playing as every character, unlocking new characters and trying out True Ogre when I unlocked him.
In high school, there was a videogame club. There was Mortal Kombat 9, X and 11, Smash Bros Brawl, Call of Duty, Naruto Storm and a Playstation Slim with a collection of games Tekken 3 included. Whenever people played Tekken 3, students there always picked Yoshimitsu or Eddie Gordo, I always picked Jin.
Tekken 3 is what pushed me to do martial arts wayyy back then.. the movement i actually tried to pull thm out sparring and in karate tourneys,, Jin moveset its IRL awesome fun do replicate..Love this game... Love Jin.. somewhat the secuels didnt land like that for me. really hopeful for tekken 8 to bring back that glory
@@Kickinthescience Tekken 5 intro isn’t as Iconic because its a newer title and not as popular as Tekken 3. Plus take into consideration that graphical leap it made the series (games in general). Doesn’t make the tekken 5 intro any less great obviously. Its my favorite one.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 Ogre was absorbing Heihachi's Life/Fighting force to become True Ogre. Ogre essentially absorbs the fighting spirit of people and let's just say Heihachi has ALOT of that, so it was enough for Ogre to transform.
The nostalgia of the music and sound effects. It brings me back to the feel i felt back then when i first played it.. and how life was so simple back then compared to now
Jin’s theme in this game will forever be my most favorite track that identifies the character. And that freaking mocap opening man, that beat just sticks in your head.
My uncle used to live with us for a few years and he had a PS1. Upon introducing me to FF7, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil, he also had Tekken 1 and 2 and I loved those. He eventually bought Tekken 3 and I remember borrowing it from him for a long time. I was never good at the game, but absolutely loved it!
I spent countless, and I mean countless hours playing this as a kid with my brother and uncle. It's the game that's responsible for my love of fighting games. It's been a long time since I played a Tekken game though, looking forward to getting back into them with Tekken eight!
"Eddy was the reason many people learned Capoeira exists." Preach dood. I had no idea a man could fight like that with his body until tekken.....and I loved it.
Tekken came into it's own with Tekken 3 and still plays great to this day, unlike Tekken 2. 1998-2000 was a great era with Tekken 3 on the PS1 and TTT in the arcades.
This video hurts to watch😢 I had this game when I was very young and the competitive scene is really cool. I even learned later that my favorite character (King) was one of, if not the most, hype characters in the game. Sadly I never ever learned how to play, never beat the game, and probably never played it with anyone else. Completely missed out when It was just within reach.
This is the game that got Tekken on the map, going from very solid and fun in the first two entries into one of the biggest fighting franchises of all time. This is one of my favorite games of all time and is still fantastic to play today.
Tekken 1 and 2 were already the best selling fighting games on Playstation. It was already on the map unless you were tunnel visioned to Japan and the dying Arcade industry.
That's what's missing in current iterations of Tekken. There's no character specific stages and music. Tekken 2s Law, Paul and Kazuya's arranged themes still hold a special place in my heart after all these years.
I didn't have Tekken 3 as a kid sadly and wow did I miss out on a franchise that's just amazing. Despite that I first played Tekken at a friend's house and it was Tekken 5 and just hated it. It took me until very recently when I started to watch and learn Tekken 7 that I realized how good the series is
It's so heartening to watch you talk about Tekken's legacy. Tekken 3 was the most played arcade game here in India, for at least a decade. Followed by only Street Fighter perhaps, which was popular before Tekken 3 came out. This game really defined so many people's childhoods, including mine. We dumped so many coins into this game, and then some. Everything about this game was perfect, the music, the vibe, the character movement, the sidestepping, the ending cutscenes, this game was truly a masterpiece. 🙌
Tekken 3 was a game changer, it introduced 3 dimensional side step as well as quick roll, spring up roll attack, quicker ground attack moves, and more emphasis on counters and juggling.
I think this was my first ‘favorite game.’ I remember making my grandpa take me to Toys R Us to get it, and staring at the case for the entire 30 min car ride home. I’ve put thousands of hours into it, and still play to this day. It never gets old!
Eddy Gordo got me into capoeira when I was a child and I had Tekken 6 on PSP. It unironically change the course of my life in ways I'm forever grateful for
I will forever be Howarang man. This game came out when I was in highschool and he encouraged me to learn Tai Kwon do. And i really like how he was Jin's rival for a while afterwards
Out of the two Tekken 2 will always be my favorie just because of the vibes, the opening the music, and the fact it's the first game I've ever player. That being said, Tekken 3 is an undeniably better game and one of the best games of all time in my opinion. Revolutionary is what it was.
I genuinely love your honesty and humble perspective here. Tekken 2 was revolutionary in it’s own right. And as so many other fighting games that were big sequels, Tekken 2 was the revolutionary but Tekken 3 was the quintessential mainstream blockbuster title that really made it’s mark in the video game history. But it wouldn’t be what it was without Tekken 2. I don’t know you, but gamers like you are the most important players of these games. You were lucky enough to grow up on Tekken 2 but also love fighting games to recognize that Tekken 3 put the genre as well as the franchise on the map for the world. That being said, the fact Tekken 2 is your past and your experience makes you the OG that gave birth with others to Tekken 3. Salute and respect, brother
I agree completely. Tekken 2’s vibes, aesthetics, music and story is unmatched (except for Tekken 4) but Tekken 3 was the first game that actually felt great to play. It shed the stiffness and jank the first two games had.
Tekken 2 might play way better than 1, but Tekken 3 still plays way better than 2 also. As a person who started with 2, I get upset how much 2 is just looked over but DAMN is Tekken 3 just such top to bottom perfection. Max has a point that the cast gets less B-Tier with its extended cast too.
Tekken 2 and 3 are such an amazing progression. Where Tekken 2 laid the foundation Tekken 3 was the pinnacle of it. It's easy to understate how big a deal Tekken 2 was at the time of its release, and at the same time Tekken 3's influence and staying power now is undeniable. You can liken Tekken 2 to Street Fighter 2 and likewise liken Tekken 3 to Third Strike in that sense.
@@lightup6751 This only applies if you like the characters. I hated tekken 3 without kaz and skipped 4 -5 and 6 because i thought tekken was done beyond the tag games. Characters are not just functions.
Tekken 3 was 1st Tekken game I played 24 years ago. I also played Syphon Filter 1-3. Now I remember owning Resident Evil 2 & 3 and Dino Crisis in 2000. You have cool video.
I’m always reluctant to relive the good old days by playing an old game, because it often turns out to be not as good as you remember it. Not in the case of Tekken 3, though!! It cannot be stressed enough how smooth and crisp this game is for its age!!! Yes, Tekken 2 was cool and had good vibes, but man.. Tekken 3 just _feels so good_ to play. Everything about how the characters move and respond to your controls, how they’re animated so smoothly and naturally, how they clash with each other.. You can *feel* every hit you land, and they really count as well. (Much more hp in newer games)
This one one of the first fighting games I played. Ogre caused many controller throws and rage quits. Man this game started my love for fighting games.
Something I found really cool was the rivalry between Jin and Hwoarang. Me and my best friend picked a side and that became our main and created a friendly rivalry between us in Tekken that stands to this day. It all started here with Tekken 3.
I never owned Tekken 3 until 2019. However, I do remember playing it at my cousins house. And I thought it was so damn cool. Jin was my favorite character just because of his design, and he is still my favorite. While he does play differently compared to his Tekken 3 and Tag Tournament counterparts, he is still fun to play now. That being said, Tekken 3 just holds up so well. It is still as fun as it was back then. Maybe more fun that it was back then. I love Tekken 3, and it will stand as my favorite fighting game on the PS1. Aside from Capcom VS SNK.
Consider this. Disco was popular 20 years before Tekken 3 came out. It’s now been 27 years since Tekken 3 was released. Playing Tekken 3 is now comparable to dressing up as Tiger Jackson and hitting up a disco club in the 90s.
I remember my brothers trying to unlock the Doctor guy in force mode. Not sure if that's how they did it or if they used a code, but I remember he had other character's moves.
Gaming on the PS1 from 1996-2000 was for me the height of video games. It was the Golden Age of gaming. The mount rushmore of PS 1 (FF7, Resident Evil 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider 1- 3, and Tekken 3) There are so many games just outside of the top 5 that are too many to mention (Parasite Eve, Tony Hawk, Crash Bandicoot, Castlevania, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal 2, Bust a Groove, Time Crisis, Madden, Grand Theft Auto, FF Tactics, Tenchu, Vagrant Story, Xenogears, etc, etc. If you were a teenager at this time and loved video games, you probably spent hundreds of hours of gaming on these games alone.
I’m from 1997 so I didn’t play this on ps1, when I was in elementary I would go with my mom every week to the laundromat and they had a Tekken 3 arcade machine, I was addicted to it, the soundtrack is god tier, I would play it all the time, even playing randoms and winning (my main was Hworang btw)
I remember my cousin was going to college and he gave me his PS1 that came with Tekken 3 and at the time I was only playing Smash 64, booted up T3 and it changed by life forever. A robot samurai in a fighting game? Badass! Have always loved Tekken over any other fighting game series, this game changed many lives in the 90’s man
Sometimes a company wakes up and makes sliced bread. This game changed the fighting game industry and they did it once more with Tekken 5, but Tekken 3…if you were there, you experienced history. Or you were just playing a really fun fighting game and had no idea it would be known to be godlike in the future. I definitely agree an HD remaster would be excellent, it could show kids today or people who never got into Tekken what the highest plateau in a fighting game looked like. Also the best design Jin ever had as well as Yoshimitsu
This is my first game I played when I came to the states I was like 4 or 5 years old in 98. Then as I would grow I kept on running into tekken 3 arcades because they were so popular and everywhere. My dad ended up getting me tekken tag tournament which ended up being my favorite then.
First Tekken I ever played. We had a PS1 at the boarding school (specifically, the recreation room of said boarding school) I went to at the time, so it was just me and my friends passing the controler to one another and play the hell out of this.
I, to this day, can remember the opening with Hwoarang. The music, the visuals, and the gameplay, it's all spectacular. It's what got me to play tekken.
Been watching u since 2011. U taught me how crouch block in UMVC3 when I didn't know tht was even a thing in fighting games. Thank u max. Another Tekken 3 banger
So many good memories playing this game back in the PS1 days :) Me and my father actively played Team Battle to see who would be "The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3" that day. 😎
So Tekken 3 like many people was my first taste of the series and it’s the only fighting game where the first character I picked up, Julia, is the one I still play to this day. This game changed my world.
I remember playing this with my cousins all the time as a kid. I always picked Xiaoyu because i really liked her blue costume and wish it came back in some way. I got my original tekken main, Jun, coming back so maybe theres a chance the out fit could happen
While I've always liked fighting games since my early gamer days, with titles such as International Karate, IK+ and Yie Ar Kung-Fu being the most memorable, Street Fighter 2 was the first to truly captivate me. Tekken 3 managed to take the position of favourite fighting game very quickly. VF 1-3 were certainly impressive for the time and I spent quite a bit of money on the arcade machines, Tekken 2 was kinda meh in comparison to those three. At that point Mortal Kombat only really had the gore factor left as an attraction. But Tekken 3 came in with (for the time) amazing 3D graphics, a wealth of cutscenes, great animations and a very varied roster of characters. Not having a console meant that it took me several years before I got to play that version.
I have the best memories of tekken 3. I remember buying the edition with the multi cd carry case and being at work and just thinking about going home to play tekken all shift long, mates coming over and having big tekken tournaments, I was a dj at the time and I remember putting some jungle vinyl on my decks while playing tekken......good old days.
They had make the 3D stages into 2D background boxed in “rooms” and significantly downscale the character models as well to get it working on console, compared to the console versions of the first two game which more or less looked the same as the arcade versions.
Also the reason why the game was so popular, at least here in germany, was the demo. It featured Eddy and Xiaoyu in Versus mode and basically every toy shop had a playstation with that demo running, and a large crowd of children waiting their turn to play it.
Tekken 3 was my first tekken game as a kid when I first thought Paul phoenix was Ken and if I have to say tekken 3 is the bringer of gaming that brought the evolving story up to make the protagonist of tekken, Jin kazama the hero of tekken.
Me and my older brother were so dedicated to this game back in the day. From versus mode to tekken ball we had blast with this one and we definitely got our money's worth. The relief I felt when I finally beat tekken force to unlock the last character we needed. Good times with this one. Also I don't know how many people knew this, but if you went to the save on the memory card it would give messages and little hints as to what you needed to do in the game to unlock character and other things.
Everything about this game was great. The characters, the music, the intro, the endings. Man, i spent hours of my life playing this game. Jin was so awesome and actually fun to play in this game. Some would say he's just Kazuya and Jun but it worked.
Sometimes PS1 Tekken is easier to look at than modern Tekken. I feel "comfort" when I look at Tekken 3. Newer games are visually overwhelming. Older Tekken games made me feel like I was exploring the coolest parts of the REAL world. All those ancient temples and monuments, and the badlands, and the iconic music, all worked together in a way that the modern package doesn't.
That's what I think is charming about 'bad graphics'. What isn't visibly detailed is usually fleshed out within your imagination. This is even more so for a child.
I really believe one reason Eddy was so popular was that only him and Xiaoyu were playable in the demo. When I got the full game, Eddy was one of the first characters I played as because of that.
Tekken 3 was the very very first "real" game I ever played apart from flash games. I got it gifted to me (with a ps1) when I was 6~7 years old by my aunt's boyfriend. I am 20 years old now. Just goes to show that this game knows no generational boundaries :)
Tekken 3 was my first Tekken and one of the first videogames i personaly owned as kid, ever since then i was hooked on the franchise Tekken 3 was that cool.
Have to be honest none of my friends used a Mishima We all used the characters from the martial arts intro Hwoarang Lei Wu Long Eddy and Yoshi and Xiaoyu It was so cool to see your martial arts on screen with so many moves
What a blast from the past , tekken 3 is my fav and just brought back so many memories, also I just found your channel and currently just finished this one In your tekken series. Can’t wait to watch tekken tag and so on, love your quality and after getting and playing 8 today ! WOW how far we have come 8 is so fun. Thanks for the content legend
I was 16 or 17 when it came out. Remember there was a pool hall I would hang at that had a cabinet of 2. Had to go to the local Aladdin's Castle for 3. Was hooked afterwards.
Tekken 3 was my first tekken game i ever played. Used to play with my dad and older brother all the time and we had a blast. Was instantly drawn to yoshimitsu since 5 year old bunga brain said "Crazy space ninja with lightsaber? im in" and have mained him ever since. Tekken Ball and Force were stupid fun too. This turned me into the fighting game nerd i am today, thanks to my old man, and i have no regrets.
My brother and I reserved this at Toys R Us in Amarillo, TX. We didn't have a Gamestop/Funcoland/EB Games there at the time, not even in our mall. We probably spent more than $500 on this game at the arcade and almost took the game back because when you selected the character it didn't say their name. Other than that, it looked so good. We couldn't believe how well they were able to translate it from the arcade to the PS1. It is still my favorite Tekken.
One of the coolest things about this game was finishing the arcade mode and unlocking new characteres. Opening the character select screen after finishing arcade mode and finding a completely new face to choose was such an amazing feeling.
Tekken 3 and Wipeout 2097 the iconic PS1 experience.
I really miss unlocking characters in fighting games.
@@ODDiSEE_ I'm so with you on this!
oh man.....back in the good ol days when no micro transactions to unlock a character....
@shigshug8581 we had them, they were called quarters. The arcade versions would unlock after time, so you did pay the fee.
*strokes beard* from a certain point of view...
I loved that Jin had a mixture of Kazuya and Jun's moveset.
Gives a feel of what Jin was before he embrace the devil’s power
He really adopted the Kazama style in 4, that's when he became more than another Mishima clone.
@@chrismcmeekin9943except he wasnt a clone. He was a hybrid of both his father and mother with hints of Heihachi
I also felt that none of the Mishimas aside from maybe Heihachi/Kazuya felt samey and it makes sense that Kaz and Hei would feel similar due to their history. So idk where the “Mishima clone” thing came from…maybe because they have the same last name? Because while they all use Karate its pretty different forms of Karate for each. I think Kaz uses a Shotokan influenced style while Jin’s is closer to Kyukashin. Jinpachi is weird as hell. And idk what Heihachi’s style is based from. Its like Baek and Hworang how they both use Taekwondo but it’s not exactly the same.
I loved the fact that something about Julia Chang reminded me of Laura Croft
Good point about Eddy.
This game is arguably the biggest reason Capoeira is mainstream now
Damn right bro. I never even knew this type of style even existed at the time. When I saw Eddy the first time, I was like WTF is this??😂 It was awesome. Mind was blown for sure.
To me I never even heard of capoeira until I’m around 11 or 15 that I seen Elena doing it. I had no spark of that martial arts until it interest me how dancing and martial arts worked with each other.
I didn’t even know it was a real martial art back then. I thought he was just break dancing. It wasn’t until I watched The Protector with Tony Jaa that I learned it was a real martial art. The dude he fought looked and moved just like Eddy Gordo lol
Eddy Gordo is the reason I played Tekken 3 and make Tekken my most favorite fighting game. His fighting style is so unique not just in Tekken but in every fighting game back then.
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Tekken 3 deserves its spot as one of the most important video games...in general, of all time.
Such a beautiful game. It was unreal for it’s time.
Tekken stepped out of Virtua Fighter's shadow and not only surpassed it, but became the last 3D Fighting game standing. It is also, currently, the third best-selling fighting game franchise of all-time, behind Super Smash Bros. and Mortal Kombat. As of this writing, it has even outsold the legendary Street Fighter series which is insane and unprecedented. Not bad for a series that was dismissed as a "Virtua Fighter-clone" when it started.
Kinda sad SF dropped the ball so much but glad they're both some of the best around now.
@@muckdriver Yeah, it is kinda sad that THREE didn't do so hot. Neither did Street Fighter V. Glad to see SF6 doing well, but I have a vendetta against it
@gnomegguy69 its about to get worse thanks to the worthless spy family "collab" and DRM implementation lmao
@@muckdriverTo be fair, when your competition are such spectacle-filled games such as SSB and MK, it's bit more understandable that SF would fall behind in the eyes of casuals (not to mention its own set of issues competitive wise)
Take in the Dragon Ball franchise and that'll be number 1. Too bad most dragon ball fighting games are trash.
I will forever cherish Tekken 3, it's the full 10/10 package. Amazing character and stage design, timeless OST, the best announcer in the series, memorable ending movies, lots of content, awesome sound effects etc.
Yess, the announcer needs to be mentioned! So iconic! To many of us, just as memorable as the “EA sports” guy.
Agreed, it's such a complete and cohesive package, even for today's standard, easily one of the best video games ever made
Jin's T3 outfit is probably one of the most iconic things in gaming...
Before they put flames on vehicles tekken did it to their characters pants first.
True
Agreed but his T4 outfit has a very special place in my heart, I love it to death
I'm an RPG nut, but I still honestly think I put more time into Tekken 3 than any other game in the first 2 generations of Sony consoles. The amount of hours poured into all the modes, especially Force. It was the game that made me go from appreciating fighting games to loving them.
With all due respect, TK 3 was great. But as an rpg nut, you dont have to lie to kick it.
getting 3-0d i sleep , hearing CHICKEN I WAKE
I feel like Tekken just had a lot of content
Most RPG nuts would have dumped countless hours into FF7. Hard to see Tekken 3 topping that.
I just want to drop this
I was introduced to tekken 3 through ps1 demo disc. It only had 2 characters Ling and eddy. I mained Ling my pops had eddy 24/7. Now mind you my pops don't really like games like that nor played any. Man when I tell you we ran that demo disc into the ground to the point it would not play. He broke down and said alright let's go get it. We rode up to Toys r us picked it up. Ps1 was working into over time cause we didn't know anything about memory cards so you know it ain't getting turned off. Man what a time I tell you. One of the greatest fighters I ever played
This game was so legendary that if you had a PS1 there was no way in hell that you didn't have Tekken 3.
I picked Simpsons Wrestling over Tekken 3. It’s haunted me ever since
I only had the demo wich i played over and over again...wanter the whole game so bad :(
That's the most painful decision I've ever seen @@mukhtarzamarad5730
Completely accurate
Tekken 3 is the only Tekken I've played and that's primarily because I had a friend who had a PS1 and we played Tekken 3 a bunch
@@mukhtarzamarad5730You fool go return it for Tekken 3!
Tekken 3 had the gameplay, the FMVs, the music, ball mode, the chicken! EVERYTHING!
*swallowing sound* C H I C K E N
The dinosaur!
This game was everywhere I looked in 1999. Even though I wasn't old enough to appreciate what it did, it was awesome!
If I'm not mistaken, Tekken 3 was the very first Tekken game I've ever played. I don't remember much about it, except two endings. The Ogre ending where he transforme into a winged demon and causes destruction, and Kuma's ending where he tried to propose to Panda of for her to ignore him and walked away with Lin.
No it wasn't ur 1st was tekken 2
@@CarStreetGasGone Why would you assume that?
@OmnicidalClown1992 there is no way you skipped 1 and 2 and went to 3 1st why are you capping so much?
@@CarStreetGasGone Capping? I'm speaking the honest truth. I've never owned a PlayStation growing up and only played Tekken 3 at a friend's house. And I remember playing as every character, unlocking new characters and trying out True Ogre when I unlocked him.
@@OmnicidalClown1992 oh that makes sense then
In high school, there was a videogame club. There was Mortal Kombat 9, X and 11, Smash Bros Brawl, Call of Duty, Naruto Storm and a Playstation Slim with a collection of games Tekken 3 included. Whenever people played Tekken 3, students there always picked Yoshimitsu or Eddie Gordo, I always picked Jin.
🔙🔙▪️is the reason for most people picking Yoshimitsu back then 😂
Eddy Gordo: X+O x100 until you win.
Tekken 3 is what pushed me to do martial arts wayyy back then.. the movement i actually tried to pull thm out sparring and in karate tourneys,, Jin moveset its IRL awesome fun do replicate..Love this game... Love Jin.. somewhat the secuels didnt land like that for me. really hopeful for tekken 8 to bring back that glory
The introduction of Tekken 3 is still the most iconic intro in the series.
More than Tekken 5?
@@Kickinthescience obviously
@@Kickinthescience i love 5's intro a hecking lot, but 3's vibe and atmosphere are unmatched
@@Kickinthescience Tekken 5 intro isn’t as Iconic because its a newer title and not as popular as Tekken 3. Plus take into consideration that graphical leap it made the series (games in general).
Doesn’t make the tekken 5 intro any less great obviously. Its my favorite one.
The hype for Tekken 3 before it came out was insane and it still delivered.
And what was with the cutscene of
Ogore jacking up heihachi during
The boss fight?
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 Ogre was absorbing Heihachi's Life/Fighting force to become True Ogre. Ogre essentially absorbs the fighting spirit of people and let's just say Heihachi has ALOT of that, so it was enough for Ogre to transform.
@@KnightsDisillusion thanks.
The nostalgia of the music and sound effects. It brings me back to the feel i felt back then when i first played it.. and how life was so simple back then compared to now
What a goat Game , the moves , the OST. Just pure Magic.
Jin’s theme in this game will forever be my most favorite track that identifies the character.
And that freaking mocap opening man, that beat just sticks in your head.
Best theme in Tekken period. The arcade and console OST. Jin TK3 theme is goat.
i even and consider Jin's theme is the TK3 national anthem
I don't listen often to Tekken music, but Jin's theme is the equivalent of Jotaro's theme from JoJo. It's THE track to hype you up.
Tekken 3 is actually the GOAT.... the soundtrack still stands above so many entries
My uncle used to live with us for a few years and he had a PS1. Upon introducing me to FF7, Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil, he also had Tekken 1 and 2 and I loved those. He eventually bought Tekken 3 and I remember borrowing it from him for a long time. I was never good at the game, but absolutely loved it!
I spent countless, and I mean countless hours playing this as a kid with my brother and uncle. It's the game that's responsible for my love of fighting games. It's been a long time since I played a Tekken game though, looking forward to getting back into them with Tekken eight!
Tekken 3 easily one of the best video games ever made. The graphics..the roster..THE MUSIC..everything was soo good in this game!
"Eddy was the reason many people learned Capoeira exists." Preach dood. I had no idea a man could fight like that with his body until tekken.....and I loved it.
Tekken came into it's own with Tekken 3 and still plays great to this day, unlike Tekken 2.
1998-2000 was a great era with Tekken 3 on the PS1 and TTT in the arcades.
This video hurts to watch😢
I had this game when I was very young and the competitive scene is really cool. I even learned later that my favorite character (King) was one of, if not the most, hype characters in the game.
Sadly I never ever learned how to play, never beat the game, and probably never played it with anyone else.
Completely missed out when It was just within reach.
This game was totally my thing back then. Just superb. Thank you max
This is the game that got Tekken on the map, going from very solid and fun in the first two entries into one of the biggest fighting franchises of all time. This is one of my favorite games of all time and is still fantastic to play today.
Tekken 1 and 2 were already the best selling fighting games on Playstation. It was already on the map unless you were tunnel visioned to Japan and the dying Arcade industry.
This game was my LIFE, dude. That Law stage OST will always be the favorite to me, they were straight COOKING in the studio.
That's what's missing in current iterations of Tekken. There's no character specific stages and music. Tekken 2s Law, Paul and Kazuya's arranged themes still hold a special place in my heart after all these years.
So many good stage songs, man. Jin, King, Jack, Ogre, Paul, etc
Better than yo mama’s???
I see what you did there
I didn't have Tekken 3 as a kid sadly and wow did I miss out on a franchise that's just amazing. Despite that I first played Tekken at a friend's house and it was Tekken 5 and just hated it. It took me until very recently when I started to watch and learn Tekken 7 that I realized how good the series is
It's so heartening to watch you talk about Tekken's legacy. Tekken 3 was the most played arcade game here in India, for at least a decade. Followed by only Street Fighter perhaps, which was popular before Tekken 3 came out. This game really defined so many people's childhoods, including mine. We dumped so many coins into this game, and then some. Everything about this game was perfect, the music, the vibe, the character movement, the sidestepping, the ending cutscenes, this game was truly a masterpiece. 🙌
Yesss...even in ps5 and tekken 8 era we still play tekken 3 here in India...the nostalgia hits hard every time
Tekken 3 was a game changer, it introduced 3 dimensional side step as well as quick roll, spring up roll attack, quicker ground attack moves, and more emphasis on counters and juggling.
I think this was my first ‘favorite game.’ I remember making my grandpa take me to Toys R Us to get it, and staring at the case for the entire 30 min car ride home. I’ve put thousands of hours into it, and still play to this day. It never gets old!
I worked in arcades around this time and TK3 was game changing. My fav of all time is still TTT (original) but TK3 is a very close second.
I played Tekken 3 SO MUCH growing up. It was THE fighting game on PS1 lol
MK1 was my first ever fighting game, but Tekken 3 made me an aficionado for life. This game’s importance can really not be understated
Eddy Gordo got me into capoeira when I was a child and I had Tekken 6 on PSP. It unironically change the course of my life in ways I'm forever grateful for
I will forever be Howarang man.
This game came out when I was in highschool and he encouraged me to learn Tai Kwon do.
And i really like how he was Jin's rival for a while afterwards
Out of the two Tekken 2 will always be my favorie just because of the vibes, the opening the music, and the fact it's the first game I've ever player. That being said, Tekken 3 is an undeniably better game and one of the best games of all time in my opinion. Revolutionary is what it was.
I genuinely love your honesty and humble perspective here. Tekken 2 was revolutionary in it’s own right. And as so many other fighting games that were big sequels, Tekken 2 was the revolutionary but Tekken 3 was the quintessential mainstream blockbuster title that really made it’s mark in the video game history. But it wouldn’t be what it was without Tekken 2.
I don’t know you, but gamers like you are the most important players of these games.
You were lucky enough to grow up on Tekken 2 but also love fighting games to recognize that Tekken 3 put the genre as well as the franchise on the map for the world.
That being said, the fact Tekken 2 is your past and your experience makes you the OG that gave birth with others to Tekken 3. Salute and respect, brother
I agree completely. Tekken 2’s vibes, aesthetics, music and story is unmatched (except for Tekken 4) but Tekken 3 was the first game that actually felt great to play. It shed the stiffness and jank the first two games had.
Tekken 2 might play way better than 1, but Tekken 3 still plays way better than 2 also. As a person who started with 2, I get upset how much 2 is just looked over but DAMN is Tekken 3 just such top to bottom perfection. Max has a point that the cast gets less B-Tier with its extended cast too.
Tekken 2 and 3 are such an amazing progression. Where Tekken 2 laid the foundation Tekken 3 was the pinnacle of it. It's easy to understate how big a deal Tekken 2 was at the time of its release, and at the same time Tekken 3's influence and staying power now is undeniable. You can liken Tekken 2 to Street Fighter 2 and likewise liken Tekken 3 to Third Strike in that sense.
@@lightup6751 This only applies if you like the characters.
I hated tekken 3 without kaz and skipped 4 -5 and 6 because i thought tekken was done beyond the tag games.
Characters are not just functions.
Tekken 3 was 1st Tekken game I played 24 years ago. I also played Syphon Filter 1-3. Now I remember owning Resident Evil 2 & 3 and Dino Crisis in 2000. You have cool video.
I’m always reluctant to relive the good old days by playing an old game, because it often turns out to be not as good as you remember it. Not in the case of Tekken 3, though!! It cannot be stressed enough how smooth and crisp this game is for its age!!! Yes, Tekken 2 was cool and had good vibes, but man.. Tekken 3 just _feels so good_ to play. Everything about how the characters move and respond to your controls, how they’re animated so smoothly and naturally, how they clash with each other.. You can *feel* every hit you land, and they really count as well. (Much more hp in newer games)
Bring back the Tekken 3 announcer lol
I want them to bring back the *Good Morning* when you start up the game.
@@Qballiz2kool It's still a thing in the arcade versions.
This what brought my love for 3D fighters to crazy levels & Hwoarang will always be my favorite player can’t wait for 8
This one one of the first fighting games I played. Ogre caused many controller throws and rage quits. Man this game started my love for fighting games.
Something I found really cool was the rivalry between Jin and Hwoarang. Me and my best friend picked a side and that became our main and created a friendly rivalry between us in Tekken that stands to this day. It all started here with Tekken 3.
I never owned Tekken 3 until 2019. However, I do remember playing it at my cousins house. And I thought it was so damn cool. Jin was my favorite character just because of his design, and he is still my favorite. While he does play differently compared to his Tekken 3 and Tag Tournament counterparts, he is still fun to play now. That being said, Tekken 3 just holds up so well. It is still as fun as it was back then. Maybe more fun that it was back then. I love Tekken 3, and it will stand as my favorite fighting game on the PS1. Aside from Capcom VS SNK.
Damn this game takes me back!! Tekken 8 is taking forever to come out
I was reeeeally young when I played this as a child, I loved watching the endings for T3, especially Gons, letting it loop over and over.
Consider this. Disco was popular 20 years before Tekken 3 came out.
It’s now been 27 years since Tekken 3 was released. Playing Tekken 3 is now comparable to dressing up as Tiger Jackson and hitting up a disco club in the 90s.
I remember my brothers trying to unlock the Doctor guy in force mode. Not sure if that's how they did it or if they used a code, but I remember he had other character's moves.
Gaming on the PS1 from 1996-2000 was for me the height of video games. It was the Golden Age of gaming. The mount rushmore of PS 1 (FF7, Resident Evil 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider 1- 3, and Tekken 3) There are so many games just outside of the top 5 that are too many to mention (Parasite Eve, Tony Hawk, Crash Bandicoot, Castlevania, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal 2, Bust a Groove, Time Crisis, Madden, Grand Theft Auto, FF Tactics, Tenchu, Vagrant Story, Xenogears, etc, etc. If you were a teenager at this time and loved video games, you probably spent hundreds of hours of gaming on these games alone.
I’m from 1997 so I didn’t play this on ps1, when I was in elementary I would go with my mom every week to the laundromat and they had a Tekken 3 arcade machine, I was addicted to it, the soundtrack is god tier, I would play it all the time, even playing randoms and winning (my main was Hworang btw)
I remember my cousin was going to college and he gave me his PS1 that came with Tekken 3 and at the time I was only playing Smash 64, booted up T3 and it changed by life forever. A robot samurai in a fighting game? Badass! Have always loved Tekken over any other fighting game series, this game changed many lives in the 90’s man
Probably the Greatest Fighting Game ever made
I'm so glad this got me into the genre
Sometimes a company wakes up and makes sliced bread. This game changed the fighting game industry and they did it once more with Tekken 5, but Tekken 3…if you were there, you experienced history. Or you were just playing a really fun fighting game and had no idea it would be known to be godlike in the future. I definitely agree an HD remaster would be excellent, it could show kids today or people who never got into Tekken what the highest plateau in a fighting game looked like. Also the best design Jin ever had as well as Yoshimitsu
This game was like crack as a kid. The first fighting game that made me care about fighting games.
Tekken 3 was my first video game and I love it. The series has a special place in my heart and it all starts here
No it wasn't ur 1st was Mario stop lying
This is my first game I played when I came to the states I was like 4 or 5 years old in 98. Then as I would grow I kept on running into tekken 3 arcades because they were so popular and everywhere. My dad ended up getting me tekken tag tournament which ended up being my favorite then.
Happy 25 years to this legendary gem!
This was my favorite Tekken, it just had an impact on my little mind. I had the Yoshimitsu toy with the TK3 skins. Loved it!
THIS is the Tekken that instilled my love for the series. I still remember all the rematches my brother and I ran through.
First Tekken I ever played. We had a PS1 at the boarding school (specifically, the recreation room of said boarding school) I went to at the time, so it was just me and my friends passing the controler to one another and play the hell out of this.
Tekken 3, a game you can boot up until this day and it still plays that well. It’s that good and how iconic a few decades later.
Bruh when Paul got the ticket had me dying laughing as a kid
I, to this day, can remember the opening with Hwoarang. The music, the visuals, and the gameplay, it's all spectacular. It's what got me to play tekken.
Been watching u since 2011. U taught me how crouch block in UMVC3 when I didn't know tht was even a thing in fighting games. Thank u max. Another Tekken 3 banger
I remembered playing Tekken 3 on my Uncle’s PS2 back then.
This game is one of my all time favorites.
So many good memories playing this game back in the PS1 days :) Me and my father actively played Team Battle to see who would be "The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3" that day. 😎
Still, my favorite. Played the demo a ton. Best OST too imo.
So Tekken 3 like many people was my first taste of the series and it’s the only fighting game where the first character I picked up, Julia, is the one I still play to this day. This game changed my world.
I remember playing this with my cousins all the time as a kid. I always picked Xiaoyu because i really liked her blue costume and wish it came back in some way. I got my original tekken main, Jun, coming back so maybe theres a chance the out fit could happen
Xiaoyu's blue costume 💙 and Jun ❤
Back when Tekken 3 came out in the arcades, it was the only game I ever put my quarters into, at least until Tekken Tag Tournament.
While I've always liked fighting games since my early gamer days, with titles such as International Karate, IK+ and Yie Ar Kung-Fu being the most memorable, Street Fighter 2 was the first to truly captivate me.
Tekken 3 managed to take the position of favourite fighting game very quickly. VF 1-3 were certainly impressive for the time and I spent quite a bit of money on the arcade machines, Tekken 2 was kinda meh in comparison to those three. At that point Mortal Kombat only really had the gore factor left as an attraction. But Tekken 3 came in with (for the time) amazing 3D graphics, a wealth of cutscenes, great animations and a very varied roster of characters. Not having a console meant that it took me several years before I got to play that version.
I have the best memories of tekken 3. I remember buying the edition with the multi cd carry case and being at work and just thinking about going home to play tekken all shift long, mates coming over and having big tekken tournaments, I was a dj at the time and I remember putting some jungle vinyl on my decks while playing tekken......good old days.
It's hard to believe 3 came on the same platform as 1 and 2.
It looked and played next gen in comparison.
if i remember correctly when the arcade version came out many believed the PS1 hardware wouldn't be able to run it.
They had make the 3D stages into 2D background boxed in “rooms” and significantly downscale the character models as well to get it working on console, compared to the console versions of the first two game which more or less looked the same as the arcade versions.
This was the first videogame I've played. Even when I had the ps2 in 2005 i still played Tekken 3.
Also the reason why the game was so popular, at least here in germany, was the demo. It featured Eddy and Xiaoyu in Versus mode and basically every toy shop had a playstation with that demo running, and a large crowd of children waiting their turn to play it.
This is the GOAT. This is the system seller. I remember talking about this in fourth grade, and people asked "Is there a Tekken 2?"
Tekken 3 was my first tekken game as a kid when I first thought Paul phoenix was Ken and if I have to say tekken 3 is the bringer of gaming that brought the evolving story up to make the protagonist of tekken, Jin kazama the hero of tekken.
Me and my older brother were so dedicated to this game back in the day. From versus mode to tekken ball we had blast with this one and we definitely got our money's worth. The relief I felt when I finally beat tekken force to unlock the last character we needed. Good times with this one. Also I don't know how many people knew this, but if you went to the save on the memory card it would give messages and little hints as to what you needed to do in the game to unlock character and other things.
Everything about this game was great. The characters, the music, the intro, the endings. Man, i spent hours of my life playing this game. Jin was so awesome and actually fun to play in this game. Some would say he's just Kazuya and Jun but it worked.
Sometimes PS1 Tekken is easier to look at than modern Tekken. I feel "comfort" when I look at Tekken 3. Newer games are visually overwhelming. Older Tekken games made me feel like I was exploring the coolest parts of the REAL world. All those ancient temples and monuments, and the badlands, and the iconic music, all worked together in a way that the modern package doesn't.
You might enjoy Virtua Fighter if that appeals to you then.
That's what I think is charming about 'bad graphics'. What isn't visibly detailed is usually fleshed out within your imagination. This is even more so for a child.
i think you are also getting old
@@dat1faclesdude Let's be real dude, Tekken has lost all sense of what good music, and therefore atmosphere, is.
I played this game on the arcade in the gas station. Cost 25 cents if I remember in 1998. Bring back the memories.
Tekken 3 gameplay aged like fine wine, It is the best Fighting games of all time.
Virtua fighter 4
@@starbreaker269bro got the dumbest take
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I really believe one reason Eddy was so popular was that only him and Xiaoyu were playable in the demo. When I got the full game, Eddy was one of the first characters I played as because of that.
Finally! Was waiting for T3! My entry into the series. And one of the best fighting games ever!
Tag 1 definitely counts as OG Tekken. You can view it as either the epilogue, or more appropriately, Super Tekken 3 Ultra Turbo: Tag Edition.
Tekken 3 was the very very first "real" game I ever played apart from flash games. I got it gifted to me (with a ps1) when I was 6~7 years old by my aunt's boyfriend. I am 20 years old now. Just goes to show that this game knows no generational boundaries :)
The debut of jin,eddie gordo,xioyu,
Panda,tiger,forest Law,brian fury,
Gon.
Anybody I'm missing let me know.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 ogre, true ogre, dr bosconovitch, hwoarang, gun jack
Tekken 3 was my first Tekken and one of the first videogames i personaly owned as kid, ever since then i was hooked on the franchise Tekken 3 was that cool.
This was my first fighting game and im glad it was. I dont really play a lot of fighting games nowadays but this one has a special place in my heart.
Have to be honest none of my friends used a Mishima
We all used the characters from the martial arts intro
Hwoarang Lei Wu Long Eddy and Yoshi and Xiaoyu
It was so cool to see your martial arts on screen with so many moves
Best fighting game ever made
What a blast from the past , tekken 3 is my fav and just brought back so many memories, also I just found your channel and currently just finished this one In your tekken series. Can’t wait to watch tekken tag and so on, love your quality and after getting and playing 8 today ! WOW how far we have come 8 is so fun. Thanks for the content legend
Great game! I’m playing all the Tekkens on original hardware before 8 comes out. Great idea! Thanks max
I was 16 or 17 when it came out. Remember there was a pool hall I would hang at that had a cabinet of 2. Had to go to the local Aladdin's Castle for 3. Was hooked afterwards.
Easily One of the most 🔥 video game's of all time
Tekken 3 was my first tekken game i ever played. Used to play with my dad and older brother all the time and we had a blast. Was instantly drawn to yoshimitsu since 5 year old bunga brain said "Crazy space ninja with lightsaber? im in" and have mained him ever since. Tekken Ball and Force were stupid fun too. This turned me into the fighting game nerd i am today, thanks to my old man, and i have no regrets.
Incredible memories with this game
My brother and I reserved this at Toys R Us in Amarillo, TX. We didn't have a Gamestop/Funcoland/EB Games there at the time, not even in our mall. We probably spent more than $500 on this game at the arcade and almost took the game back because when you selected the character it didn't say their name. Other than that, it looked so good. We couldn't believe how well they were able to translate it from the arcade to the PS1. It is still my favorite Tekken.