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[@k3kskuchen]

"Your mom played it" hell yeah she did. We played it together back when i was in elementary school and she's just as hyped for Tekken 8 as i am. I setup the "unlocked" demo here over the holidays and we watched every trailer. Next time i visit i will set them up with a console and a copy of Tekken 8 so she can show my siblings how its done.

[@datdamnkez]

W mom

[@aroperdope]

My mom would literally spank us on the butt when we were younger. And then when she introduced us to videogames, she'd whipped our asses in the virtual as well

[@joeblow-slaboney1428]

Love this comment, my Mum and Dad played this on Ps1 with me when i was growing up and id always let her win to keep her happy. Dad i beat the shit out of however, no mercy for him

[@jinpei05]

I still remember the tag line on the back of the PS1 case... "More than a sequel. The undisputed #1 fighting game on the planet." And at the time, it really was.

[@RGF91]

Until 3

[@Eversoul12]

it was until soul calibur 2 came out.

[@piripikaa5729]

Yup one the best of its time

[@streptococo4735]

@@RGF91 3 isn't better. Can be comparable but 3 isn't superior.

[@PAINNN666]

@@RGF91 At that time. It was 95 in arcades and 96 on console.

[@Offroader210]

Tekken 2. My first fighting game. Now this is where the real good ass Tekken starts!

[@random_an0n]

no,3 was where it started,2 was garbage compared to other games of that era.

[@Rogue_Innocence]

@@random_an0nnah bruh Tekken 2 started it Tekken 3 just elevated the formula

[@jessemedina5436]

@@random_an0n how tf you gonna tell someone else where it started when he clearly said it’s his first fighting game and plenty of people absolutely loved tekken 2 typical bozo

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@random_an0nTekken 2 definitely wasn't garbage.

[@coffeebean_tamer]

I only remember it arcades being next to Darkstalkers and Virtua Fighter.... Never bothered until Tekken 3 and friends had a fighting game party on PS1😊

[@DoctorManhattann]

Tekken 2 was the biggest upgrade in the entire franchise. Characters, movement, story, graphics, team battle and the OST. No other Tekken upgraded everything so well. Also it included a first person mode secret mode which is crazy.

[@jeremyroberts8822]

Wait what?! There’s a secret first person mode? I never knew that

[@davetorres3906]

There was also a big upgrade from TK5 to TK6

[@virtuousAssassain]

T3 moreso did that. T2 is just what put the series officially on the map

[@ChrisLT]

Still one of my favorite soundtracks in the series. I remember playing the hell out of the demo at the time. When my buddy accidentally discovered throws, we basically felt invincible.

[@Shendue]

Yeah, Tekken 2 has easily the best overall OST in the series. It's incredibly consistent in that almost all of the themes are fantastic.

[@S4BRETOOTH]

Yoshimitsu's song (The Head Shaker) is the most forgotten and underrated song from the whole franchise. Is criminal that Namco has left this song to be lost in time.

[@SeanStrife]

Yeah... I still maintain that Tekken 3 might be the better overall game... but Tekken 2's OST stomps the FUCK out of everyone else.

[@aimfuldrifter]

The intro, Jun's, Paul's, Heihachi's, Nina's, Kazuya's and especially Devil's/Angel's theme are one of the best in the series.

[@ChrisLT]

@@aimfuldrifter That Devil theme is incredible.

[@jaysilva5854]

I loved this game as a kid. So much replayability and each time you beat arcade you unlock new characters. I miss unlocking fighters.

[@r3qwst71]

Same! I miss it dearly

[@majorlazor5058]

As an old man I don’t miss it. When I was a kid it was thrilling though !

[@plosonen]

When I was a kid I unlocked all the characters in T4 in a single day, good fucking memories man

[@ShaunInce123]

Here's an interesting fact. Even though Harada also didn't make this game, he's in the credits as Katsuhiro Heihachi Harada in the end credits for the console version of Tekken 2. Also, both Kazuya & Devil's themes are bangers in the console version.

[@VideoGameFan23]

Harada was also the voice actor for Marshall Law and Yoshimitsu.

[@PhillipP93]

You can kinda tell the difference between before Harada took over and after. Tekken 3 had a younger vibe to it.

[@ramkindalethal732]

tekken 2 has special place in my heart ngl. with the best ost probably in the whole series

[@lvx_rose]

Agreed💯💯

[@aimfuldrifter]

I agree, totally! Half of the music is based on the first Tekken, just recycled in a great way. It has an incredible atmosphere.

[@CappuccinO80]

Agreed, so much variety in T2's music... after T3 they went too industrial IMO.

[@Aragorn7884]

TTT had a good OST too

[@southside6093]

@@Aragorn7884TT1 OST gets overlooked but it’s arguably the best next to T2, T4, and T5.

[@EpsilonChurchRVB]

Everyone talks about how good Tekken 3 was, but almost everyone I know had never seen or played Tekken 2. Honestly, this is the most underrated game in the series and even after having been my very first Tekken (and fighting) game, no other OST in the series has ever topped this one, especially the console version of the game itself.

[@SethonanGaming]

IF anybody is singing praises for Tekken 3 and kind of ignoring Tekken 2 is simply because Tekken 3 arrived on the PSone instead of the PS2 and it was a no brainer to upgrade your tekken 2. Objectively Tekken 3 is the better game overall and has even MORE features added to it. Graphics, sound and CGI is objectively BETTER, control response is too.

[@wuztron]

I received Tekken 2 along with my PSX as a Christmas gift. The music, the cinematics, the roster, all of it was cool to me at the time. Life changing game.

[@aimfuldrifter]

It was revolutionary. I bought a physical PSX copy 3 years ago and plan to play it once again, after so many years.

[@TheSoufiane]

You can play Tekken 2 on Playstation digitally

[@Nerwrax15]

Tekken 2 still has my favorite intro of the series. Dope music, takes itself seriously, atmosphere is off the charts.

[@TheRealAhoy]

Lee was a pretty big deal in it, massive mystery like character

[@meganinten0078]

The intro of Tekken 2 is amazing! I prefer it that the intro of Tekken 3

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@meganinten0078 I thought Tekken 2 really ramped up the characterisation

[@majorlazor5058]

The soundtrack of T2 lives rent free in my head.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@majorlazor5058 same here

[@MikeDeeJackson]

The intro music to Tekken 2 is iconic.. i go back to listen to it and watch the cutscene every now and again!

[@InitialDL84]

Tekken 2 busted my Tekken cherry, it made me a fan of the game as a whole and I've been playing it ever since. I remember borrowing a copy from one of my friends in middle school, probably had it for almost a year and played the hell out of it; even after getting all the secret characters. Jun/Michelle (Julia)/Nina are my mains to this day. And yes, Bruce is a damn beast in that game, that leg sweep uppercut will chop off half health!

[@MikeLaRock88]

Tekken cherry. Wtf bro 😂

[@epcarter6]

Man I remember clocking countless hours in Tekken 2 on PlayStation back in the day.

[@VodooWitchDoctor]

I've been saying for years the Tekken 2 intro is the best intro of all tekkens.

[@kevinniklasson5843]

I say its best intro ever in video game, soul edge/blade its the second best

[@LarsAlexandersson87]

Hm..for me it isnt the best but it is one of the best 😁! I like Tag 2 opening the most, also 3, Tag and 5 have great openings ❤

[@lewiscoulson6017]

It’s incredible

[@lvx_rose]

Tekken 2 will always be my personal favorite.❤️‍🔥💯

[@tysonthewolfe93]

Yeah mine is too

[@Kaido_928]

Same. The stage music❤

[@LaserfaceJones]

This reminds me of a local mega arcade with a food court and two huge separate sections for kids and adults. God, we didn't know how how good we had it.

[@TheGreatMilksteak]

Now we get to queue online by ourselves in our living room, fighting faceless mute enemies with the finely curated 50% win rate. We really didn't know what we lost until it was gone

[@Mirikashh]

Take it from someone who’s 24 now, grew up with the psx, tekken 3 being my first ever game and probably still one of my favourites. I feel like I missed out on the whole arcade era, wish I couldve experienced that

[@ZenFlow98]

I didn't know how how either.

[@TheGutturalist]

I love Tekken 2. The graphics and aesthetic is iconic. The music is so damn good. Especially the character select theme and Michelle’s theme 💯

[@southside6093]

*My introduction to Tekken. This game changed it all for me. The OST is insane.*

[@StillTheVoid]

This game really redefined and solidified Playstation's staying power back in 1996 along with Crash Bandicoot. I remember playing the demo at Sear's and being overwhelmed the comparison gameplay between this and Virtua Fighter 2. But what really made me in love with the Tekken series back in 1996 from VF2 was it gave EACH character personality including the FMV sequences and the music was out of this world (more depth and range than Virtua Fighter 2). Damn, our childhood was the greatest! 😁😁

[@PAINNN666]

By the way Its maybe not first as fighting game as a whole but first 3d fighting for endings that includes secret characters is Battle Areana Toshinden. It's not FMVs because Takara Tomy didnt have that Namco moneys but it's better than nothing

[@michiganjack1337]

Tekken 2 was huge, I'd end up having up to 15-30 people over having the craziest of times doing Tekken 2 tourneys. It was great even though I would always try to get people to play VF2 but no one was having it, people were way to into 10-hit dial combos. 😄

[@fergcrichton8058]

Tekken 2 has the best soundtrack for sure

[@Kaido_928]

Shame max doesn't pay any attention to it..

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Tekken 2 is the game that made me a tekken fan. The one i got into and the one i am most nostalgic for. Just a stratospheric upgrade from tekken 1

[@bkthedefbeatz]

Faxxxx i was only 6 years old wen touched it....n seing law for the first time....the rest was history ....infact tekken 2 was the reason i liked having a playstation 1

[@shutterant]

This brings back very fond memories. In my youth, I used to battle my sibling relentlessly, sometimes staying up until 2am most nights over the Christmas holiday. I had so much fun with T2 on the PS1. I love that T8 has captured some of that magic. ♥

[@asglith]

Tekken 2 is legit my first vivid memory of playing a video game, on a PS1 that my dad rented, in my grandma's kitchen on a 14" TV, in black and white because the console was NTSC-J and the television was PAL-M. Truly a defining moment in my life. Also, that comment about Tekken 3 and my mom playing it... It rings true. My mom played Tekken 2, but my whole family played Tekken 3. Its impact as a cultural phenomenon cannot be overstated.

[@Robomori]

Honestly, this game has one of the best final bosses I've seen in a fighting game. That feeling of being in the void fighting Kazuya with Devil in the Mirror playing in the background sticks to me to this day.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

0:52 😂🤣 the way Max delivered that line about Kazuya and Heihachi with the role reversal was on point. Tekken 3 is the game I saw in the arcade, Tekken 4 was the game I played. However always loved the OST to the King of Iron Fist.

[@cikame]

2 is my Tekken, played the bejesus out of it, playing through arcade mode and unlocking the other 2nd half of the roster was really fun, then playing through it again to see all their endings, while simple by today's standards it was feature rich at the time. Fun fact, i ignored Tekken 3 because i thought it looked ugly :P

[@partycrasher854]

Tekken 2 was my introduction to the series. And ive been a fan ever since!

[@Blackbohnstergaming]

I remember coming home and my brother was playing Tekken 2. I was like: "What are you playing?" and he was like: "Oh today is your birthday and I thought I should get some rounds into the new Tekken game that I wanted to give you as a gift." and I just was like: "Tekken 2 is my birthday gift?!" and so we played the entire day Tekken 2 before I had to lay down the game...... cause my mom told me to do homework. Tekken 1-3 are so special to me. Tekken 1 was the first game that we had on PS1, Tekken 2 AND Tekken 3 were my birthday gift. I love this series.

[@exiaR2x78]

Tekken 2 is the one I have so much nostalgia for. The sound track is so good, the ps4 re-release was a godsend getting to play it again with people

[@VBrancoPT]

My first Tekken game. I remember playing the demo version, immedeately went on to buy the full game.

[@DanHandsome-n8b]

My brothers and I first played this via the old ps1 demo discs before the game launched. The chars playable were Jun, lei, Paul and king. I have 3 brothers and I remember all 4 of us freaking out when one of my brothers attempted kings hurricarana and my other brother using Paul reversed it into a jumping power bomb. We became tekken freaks for life after that moment

[@KzPrime]

Tekken 3 was my first as a kid. And since than its been an obsession

[@LordRoku-]

my very first tekken game ❤

[@parsian32]

There are a LOT of comments talking about this soundtrack, OST and AST, being awesome - and I agree 100%. Morning Field, Head Shaker, Ring A Bell, of course Emotionless Passion and so many more......I love it so much I still listen to it constantly.

[@CDRNonsense]

I didn’t know Max never played Tekken 2! this game alone was my first introduction to fighting games when I was little playing it on the PS1 with my brother and Dad. Lots of good memories with this game, glad you got to try this one out!

[@black9rw]

To this day Tekken 2 has my favorite intro. I still watch it from time to time. It's just so much nostalgia when I see it. I go back in a time portal, I'm around 11/12 years old, you had to wait for it in the title screen. I always hear "man, graphics aren't going to get any better than this" in cousins voice. This game has changed so much since then. Good times man, good times.

[@majorlazor5058]

Playing in first person mode was really fun for me. You had to track which direction you were facing as if you were in 3rd person mode, so it was really a brain tickler.

[@hjblacdes61]

One of the best OSTs in fighting game history

[@Megaman.ExE7]

So much about my love of fighting games is tied to Tekken 2. I remember Roger being unlockable and something about his Wind-Up Punch was godly to me. To this day I still do that wind-up animation whenever I am punching/playfighting with someone

[@aimfuldrifter]

My favourite part of the series. It has been my first Tekken game back during the '90s and that's why I have high nostalgia for it. Unlocking and seeing every character for the first time was just splendid. This one has the best intro and the best soundtrack in the whole series in my opinion. It was a massive improvement after the first one. Definitely revolutionary! I'm glad you've made a video about it.

[@derrickwilliams1210]

Kazuya boss theme in T2 is the best soundtrack ever!!!

[@IVIUT3D]

Tekken 2 was something serious. Great game in my memory, haven't touched it in a lot of years. Tekken 2, 3, and Tag were great improvements on what the previous entry had built.

[@ellispham4700]

Man This is the game that got me into Tekken. That intro video was soooo cool to me as a kid

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

Tekken 2 still my favorite of the series through Music and Atmosphere alone. I honestly miss when characters in Tekken have theme songs.

[@d00mbr07]

Man, Tekken 2, my first fighting game as a kid my first. I never skipped the intro

[@Pepperona]

that "your mom played it" at the end is so real bc my mom and dad literally played tekken 3 with me when i was younger. my dad liked that there was a character with his name lmao.

[@floshjix02]

THIS. This was my first fighting game as a kid. I didnt really know how to do much except for one yoshi move that I abused when I learned it. Super nostalgic for me

[@GaryPrice-m9z]

I remember when this came out and I really loved the story. The fact that it was a continuation of Tekken 1 and Kazuya was now the boss was so interesting at the time. PS1 was where narrative games really took off (Resident Evil, Tomb Raider) and to see a proper story applied to a fighting game was new at the time (For example Street Fighter 2 had very little narrative - it has subsequently been retconned to fit in with the other games in the series but in the 90s no one new who won SF2 or what was canon). The story ties into the first 3 games really well - especially given how old these games are and how easy it would have been to just rush out new games in the franchise without considering how each entry worked together thematically.

[@LoneWolf81684]

Tekken 2 was my introduction to the series. I remember seeing it in arcades back in the late 90's and watching people use King, Bruce, Jun etc. T2 still has arguably my favorite soundtrack. That Michelle theme is so good!

[@GyroZeppeliUwU]

"Some jojo character" - Editor shows Baoh character

[@phoboswhiplash]

My Uncle and Aunt met and fell in love while playing T2 in an arcade at their job back in the 90's. Eventually they bought a PSX just to play T3 at home, nowadays playing Tekken is a family tradition, when we get together everyone plays at least one match, even Grandma. Tekken has this silliness and excitement that gets to people who never picked up a joystick before.

[@yared8771]

When I was a kid I found out a kick combo loop with only one leg with Lee that was infinite 😂 I'd continue endlessly till the opponent's death...

[@aegisreflector1239]

Not just the best Tekken soundtrack,but on of the best and greatest OSTs sound tracks of all time.

[@ZantetsukenGilgamesh]

Ahhh the good ol days of Tekken 2 when us three siblings all fought to play it, even going as far as waking up at 7 am on a saturday to hog the TV. 😂

[@Mechagator]

Just wanna say, top tier editing for the recap of Kazuya and Mishima throwing eachother down cliffs. Made me cackle

[@TheRealAhoy]

Loved this. Underrated, felt like the placemaker for Tekken 3 almost

[@thedukealastor]

I only got into fighting games within the last year, and I love all these videos you do leading up to a new release

[@holdnitdown]

Yeah my dad's name is Heihachi too

[@RichSmithson]

Oh man fond memories with Tekken 2. Used to jam the hell out of this at my much older sisters house with my nephews.

[@boynxtdoor8476]

The character select music is so good

[@JCStellar]

Bro whoever makes Max’s thumbnails is the 🐐

[@Flying_V]

Tekken 2 was my introduction to the series and I hold it incredibly dear to my heart.

[@Mankey619]

Now I'm in the mood to play old Tekken games now. Tekken 2 did an awesome job of doing a complete reverse of the bosses here. The first Heihachi was a boss, and in the sequel Kazuya is the boss. What makes it even more awesome is that he transforms into a devil. Even the ending is a complete reverse as well. It's incredible that how much they treat their game's story a lot better than any other fighting games.

[@shadedias5563]

"Your mom played it" My FAMILY played Tekken 3. Mom got good, dad got good... sister's a filthy button masher but still...

[@Judoka661]

Tekken 2 was my first entry into the Tekken franchise

[@kgthesupreme713]

Tekken 2 was the first Tekken I played. So many memories...this game will forever hold a spot in my heart.

[@MechaG]

What he missed is that the big head mode can be activated twice, for super big head mode.

[@gbrodie49]

Tekken 2 is incredible. Most people say Tekken 3 is where it started but I put so many hours into Tekken 2

[@patricksierra1]

My very first tekken game. Oh boy what a journey it has been.

[@RGF91]

I remember 1st playing the demo on a sampler disc

[@cosmicspider2]

9:12 Barebones, my ass. T2 has the best story in the OG trilogy.

[@Saxdude26]

3:25 Spot on Max. After you did the SF Legacy heading in to SF6, and I got the itch to revisit the catalogue myself, I loved that SFV CE has arcade modes which pay homage to the older games. While USF2 and Third Strike stand on their own, the SF1 classic arcade mode in SFV superceded my need to revisit the original - I appreciate the then and now context, but SFV celebrated it beautifully I felt. Tekken definitely has the same vibe about it, especially in T2. But it makes sense why T2 and T3 are so fobdly remembered because those entries cranked up the gas after T1... also Yoshimitsu's glow ups are amazing.

[@NickW855]

Tekken 2 was the point where Tekken started to overtake VF in the 3D fighting space. Tekken 3 entirely ate VF's lunch, but 2 was already sneaking pretty large bites.

[@thatonegeeksite5251]

Tekken 2 was my first ps1 game. Played the crap out of it and it’s still one of my favourites to this day.

[@adamquenano8563]

Kenny’s Run with Nina in this game was legendary

[@TRDEWH]

Weirdly enough, other than Tekken Tag 1, Tekken 2 is the Tekken game I've easily put the most time into.

[@kidbonesonline]

The first four Tekken games are amazing.

[@xamit1u]

Tekken 2 was a perfect game for its era. It was my first Tekken game. I played for hours with my lil brother and my dad. The music, the game play, everything pushed us to love this game more and more.

[@antonironstag5085]

One of my favourite games from my childhood. Unlocking all the characters at 10 years old remains one of my greatest gaming achievements 😅

[@benakinnusi2518]

Crazy how I just recently have been diving into the Tekken series and max posts this as i sit down to find my KZbin video to watch while I eat dinner MY KING MAXIMILLIAN 🙏🏾

[@Michael-y9o5g]

I discovered Tekken 3 during my brief time in prison, of all places, because it was included as a game on those mini psx's back in 2020/2021; our prison let them in because of the lack of internet connectivity. Can't wait for you to talk about that one.

[@hdelmas1]

After seeing and playing Tekken 2, I realized back in the day that this is more than just a Rave War game. It was huge in character roster count, soundtrack count, and after so many Arcade mode runs, so much endings😅. It was a decent fighting game to hold a place in my heart…

[@richardsinclair7661]

Tekken 2 is what Tekken 1 should've been, in my opinion. It was such a massive improvement. Graphics, gameplay, music, everything. I think it's aged very well in comparison to the first game. It looks pretty darn good for a game from 1995. It's certainly a much stricter game than the first one, but I also feel like it's loads more responsive as well. Tekken 1 felt like I was wrestling with my controller more than I was playing the game. It was incredibly frustrating. Tekken 2 isn't perfect, but my only "real" gripes are that the difficulty is still insane (though slightly easier than T1), the CPU is incredibly cheap, and wakeup still feels terrible. That aside, it's a very fun (if not frustrating) game.

[@Mephianse81]

If you lived thru the progression of Tekken games. Tekken 2 was a banger for the time.

[@melvinshine9841]

While Tekken 3 was the first Tekken I ever played, Tekken 2 was the PS1 Tekken that I really got attached to. I was total dogshit at it, but I was trash at every videogame that wasn't Pokémon for most of my life. Tekken 2 still has some of some of my favorite music in the franchise, especially Michelle's theme, it's so good.

[@JayMcd91]

Tekken 2 was my first introduction to fighting games. Big nostalgia

[@kentendo2672]

How have I only just seen this!? Tekken 2 back in the day! One of the games of my childhood! I still go back and play it every now and then, just for the nostalgia

[@faisz1416]

Landing Kazuya's ws+2 on CH felt sooo good.

[@blazefrancis3052]

Who remember the demo disk? That got me into playing tekken 2 for the first time till I actually got the game.

[@malbrojay4740]

The same one with the demo of the original Crash Bandicoot?

[@danielelia2256]

Devil Kazuya was no joke as the end boss.

[@nateszigeti3653]

while subsequent tekken games greatly improved on pretty much everything, that intro cutscene for Tekken 2 can't be topped

[@Joeofthedragon]

Tekken 2 was the game that made Tekken the number 1 fighting franchise in that era..

[@axo4383]

For me Tekken 2 is the most nostalgic game there is :D I remember in the 90's when my dad got this game and i was liek 5 year old all he's friend and me would be at the living room just looking at the intro and the cool graphics. :D

[@JakeLong-f6t]

Tekken 2 had the best intro the music for its time it was perfect

[@ChrisValentine12384]

tekken 3 will always be the GOAT of the ps1 games for me but T2 introduced me to the series so I'm very thankful for that.

[@deionisgnarly111]

I miss the playthru of the games but still like your opinion of the game which is what you would do in the playthru

[@SynClaiRWest]

TEKKEN 2 is the first game that really got me into the series. It is also the first game in which I used Bruce, Lee, and Kazuya.

[@lukehart7225]

“Everyone played it, yo mum played it.” 😂 11:17

[@Gleamozen]

i wouldnt mind a remake of Tekken 1,2,3 on a same Disc if possible, right now im excited for Tekken 8, and those FMV in 4K . just cleaneed and polished , Gon the little dino was fun to play on 3. Chibi Fighting!!