This Game CHANGED EVERYTHING | Tekken 3

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[@pocoloco753]

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.

[@coffeebean_tamer]

Tekken 3 and Wipeout 2097 the iconic PS1 experience.

[@ODDiSEE_]

I really miss unlocking characters in fighting games.

[@coffeebean_tamer]

@@ODDiSEE_ I'm so with you on this!

[@shigshug8581]

oh man.....back in the good ol days when no micro transactions to unlock a character....

[@worsel555]

​@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...

[@emmanuelr.9066]

Good point about Eddy. This game is arguably the biggest reason Capoeira is mainstream now

[@KamiKoroshi_]

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.

[@Scythr2s]

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.

[@phengmoua2389]

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

[@kleberson777]

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.

[@qwerttzizzi]

Timestamp?

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

This game was so legendary that if you had a PS1 there was no way in hell that you didn't have Tekken 3.

[@mukhtarzamarad5730]

I picked Simpsons Wrestling over Tekken 3. It’s haunted me ever since

[@4listaja]

I only had the demo wich i played over and over again...wanter the whole game so bad :(

[@JamiroquaiEnjoyer]

That's the most painful decision I've ever seen ​@@mukhtarzamarad5730

[@jrpludacrous]

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

[@mo_musashi_284]

@@mukhtarzamarad5730You fool go return it for Tekken 3!

[@morbid1.]

Jin's T3 outfit is probably one of the most iconic things in gaming...

[@TehParismio]

Before they put flames on vehicles tekken did it to their characters pants first.

[@Zorvick]

True

[@plosonen]

Agreed but his T4 outfit has a very special place in my heart, I love it to death

[@joshjones9749]

Tekken 3 deserves its spot as one of the most important video games...in general, of all time.

[@chucklos391]

Such a beautiful game. It was unreal for it’s time.

[@QuakerSpiral]

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]

Kinda sad SF dropped the ball so much but glad they're both some of the best around now.

[@gnomegguy69]

​@@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

[@seija8588]

​@gnomegguy69 its about to get worse thanks to the worthless spy family "collab" and DRM implementation lmao

[@yeehaw1181]

​@@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)

[@JotakuJo]

Take in the Dragon Ball franchise and that'll be number 1. Too bad most dragon ball fighting games are trash.

[@BlueJeiVA]

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.

[@Sickillj]

With all due respect, TK 3 was great. But as an rpg nut, you dont have to lie to kick it.

[@xuxienxu5135]

getting 3-0d i sleep , hearing CHICKEN I WAKE

[@Hitomora]

I feel like Tekken just had a lot of content

[@TheUMIA]

Most RPG nuts would have dumped countless hours into FF7. Hard to see Tekken 3 topping that.

[@williamsdemetrius]

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

[@EinhanderPilotSantos]

Tekken 3 had the gameplay, the FMVs, the music, ball mode, the chicken! EVERYTHING!

[@mainsmain]

*swallowing sound* C H I C K E N

[@solidsnake434]

The dinosaur!

[@RandomJin_]

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.

[@makytondr8607]

Yess, the announcer needs to be mentioned! So iconic! To many of us, just as memorable as the “EA sports” guy.

[@davetorres3906]

Agreed, it's such a complete and cohesive package, even for today's standard, easily one of the best video games ever made

[@partycrasher854]

I loved that Jin had a mixture of Kazuya and Jun's moveset.

[@Scythr2s]

Gives a feel of what Jin was before he embrace the devil’s power

[@chrismcmeekin9943]

He really adopted the Kazama style in 4, that's when he became more than another Mishima clone.

[@strtfghtr88]

@@chrismcmeekin9943except he wasnt a clone. He was a hybrid of both his father and mother with hints of Heihachi

[@zedorian6547]

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.

[@aroperdope]

I loved the fact that something about Julia Chang reminded me of Laura Croft

[@Rithysak101]

The introduction of Tekken 3 is still the most iconic intro in the series.

[@Kickinthescience]

More than Tekken 5?

[@ultimateglazer22]

@@Kickinthescience obviously

[@davetorres3906]

​​@@Kickinthescience i love 5's intro a hecking lot, but 3's vibe and atmosphere are unmatched

[@lambousginiguccigod2007]

@@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.

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

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]

No it wasn't ur 1st was tekken 2

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

@@CarStreetGasGone Why would you assume that?

[@CarStreetGasGone]

@OmnicidalClown1992 there is no way you skipped 1 and 2 and went to 3 1st why are you capping so much?

[@OmnicidalClown1992]

@@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.

[@CarStreetGasGone]

@@OmnicidalClown1992 oh that makes sense then

[@statesminds]

I played Tekken 3 SO MUCH growing up. It was THE fighting game on PS1 lol

[@jeremybreau2482]

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

[@lonekirin905]

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.

[@makytondr8607]

🔙🔙▪️is the reason for most people picking Yoshimitsu back then 😂

[@phengmoua2389]

Eddy Gordo: X+O x100 until you win.

[@AlexThat200]

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.

[@KamiKoroshi_]

Best theme in Tekken period. The arcade and console OST. Jin TK3 theme is goat.

[@jettiful]

i even and consider Jin's theme is the TK3 national anthem

[@leithaziz2716]

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.

[@dontellbetts6062]

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

[@FOXZILLA5734]

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.

[@wolfman210]

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.

[@PhiDX]

Tekken 3 is actually the GOAT.... the soundtrack still stands above so many entries

[@YonkoDGoofy]

This game was my LIFE, dude. That Law stage OST will always be the favorite to me, they were straight COOKING in the studio.

[@sean_image]

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.

[@dako91196]

So many good stage songs, man. Jin, King, Jack, Ogre, Paul, etc

[@SlickRick4EVER]

Better than yo mama’s???

[@preBLANK]

I see what you did there

[@SD78]

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.

[@GeZz.]

What a goat Game , the moves , the OST. Just pure Magic.

[@kaushalanshul]

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. 🙌

[@shortsparadiseaj5505]

Yesss...even in ps5 and tekken 8 era we still play tekken 3 here in India...the nostalgia hits hard every time

[@shigshug8581]

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.

[@ForeverFree2Play]

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.

[@StallionX3]

Bring back the Tekken 3 announcer lol

[@Qballiz2kool]

I want them to bring back the *Good Morning* when you start up the game.

[@justsomeguywithkaminasshad7145]

@@Qballiz2kool It's still a thing in the arcade versions.

[@ronaldmaday]

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!

[@NoName-cz3wn]

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.

[@dako91196]

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!

[@Siinory]

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

[@treychapo1898]

This what brought my love for 3D fighters to crazy levels & Hwoarang will always be my favorite player can’t wait for 8

[@foshizzle9458]

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

[@six0forrest]

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.

[@yesbutno3450]

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.

[@Zvmxrv]

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)

[@Leader237]

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.

[@Wingman1024]

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.

[@georgeross18]

This was the first videogame I've played. Even when I had the ps2 in 2005 i still played Tekken 3.

[@A_Gent_Agent]

THIS is the Tekken that instilled my love for the series. I still remember all the rematches my brother and I ran through.

[@dominush4056]

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

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

Happy 25 years to this legendary gem!

[@eljoker7109]

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.

[@TravisMCP]

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.

[@tsama]

This game is one of my all time favorites.

[@bastiwen]

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.

[@lightup6751]

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

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

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.

[@onimaxblade8988]

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.

[@Yous0147]

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.

[@SpiralDemonic]

@@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.

[@makytondr8607]

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)

[@JoshShuman]

This game was like crack as a kid. The first fighting game that made me care about fighting games.

[@Hashbrowniepie]

Still, my favorite. Played the demo a ton. Best OST too imo.

[@asakimdowin379]

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.

[@CheyenneEntertainmentYT]

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.

[@user-gg3qq8cq5g]

One of the things I loved about it as a child was each character has different 'fireworks' sprite effects when they hit a unique move

[@ChrisWasHere92]

Bruh when Paul got the ticket had me dying laughing as a kid

[@robertren23]

I played this game on the arcade in the gas station. Cost 25 cents if I remember in 1998. Bring back the memories.

[@left_high_kick]

I generally agree with everything you said but man, the music in Tekken 2 is pretty special as well. That's where Tekken's run on having great soundtracks started, imo. It was so different, it oozed personality and when I put it on today it zaps my ass back to 1995 instantly.

[@rayw8123]

I usually do not comment on youtube. But Tekken 3 was moment you simply had to be there for. Before Smartphones, before online, you had to knock on your neighbors door and come with your controller rolled up (corded of course) sit down and burn hours of this masterpiece. If you were there and fully engaged you knew that what you were playing was magic.... I will never forget Tekken 3... I was 10, been chasing this high ever since. Hopefully Tekken 8 can capture that same magic for my son that 3 did for me all those years ago!!

[@chumorgan443]

It's hard to believe 3 came on the same platform as 1 and 2. It looked and played next gen in comparison.

[@arx3516]

if i remember correctly when the arcade version came out many believed the PS1 hardware wouldn't be able to run it.

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

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.

[@IgoByaGo]

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.

[@qwerttzizzi]

Finally! Was waiting for T3! My entry into the series. And one of the best fighting games ever!

[@realbr1koo]

My favorite Tekken game to this day. I have so many fond memories playing this with friends, and we were extremely amazed by the possibilities this game had after Tekken 2. We celebrated every move that avoided the enemies attack just to launch a counter-attack, we clowned around with Yoshi, Bosko, Xiao and Gun countless times. I remember i couldnt wait to get to my friend and play with him this masterpiece every day.

[@cashordeals3672]

Easily One of the most 🔥 video game's of all time

[@OnlyBadSalmon]

This game developed my love for fighting games as a kid. Played this as a child I mean probably 5-6 years old. I got really into shooters as a teen but when MK9 dropped I thought back to this game and how much I used to love it and that game reinvigorated my love again

[@ericgallegos4292]

Great game! I’m playing all the Tekkens on original hardware before 8 comes out. Great idea! Thanks max

[@AscendArcade]

Nothing but memories, so many good memories whenever Tekken 3 is brought up in discussion. I was introduced to video games earlier on with the NES when my father got it for his birthday from his brother but we didn't have it long. We got the PlayStation with a few games one Christmas which was unexpected. Games were Crash Bandicoot, The Game of Life and Tekken 3. The love for video games was established and the rest was history. Tekken 3 will always have a small place close to my heart because it was something that my father and I could play and bond over when I was younger. We even has a blast trying to take it to my great grandmothers house and figuring out the hook up to her old box tv later that Christmas. There, my sister, father, cousin and myself would take turns fighting each other while learning all the moves to become even better or help one another fight through to unlock each character ending. Oh boy the good ol' times.

[@abominationdesolation8322]

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.

[@leithaziz2716]

You might enjoy Virtua Fighter if that appeals to you then.

[@yesbutno3450]

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.

[@dat1faclesdude]

i think you are also getting old

[@abominationdesolation8322]

@@dat1faclesdude Let's be real dude, Tekken has lost all sense of what good music, and therefore atmosphere, is.

[@drjones694]

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

[@CristianPerez-ho2ej]

I never heard of Tekken as a kid, one day after school my gma told she bought be some games from the pawn shop. I played them after my HW & one of them was Tekken 3. It blew my mind as a kid, ever since then I fell in love with fighting games & Tekken. I’ll forever be grateful for her & till this day she’s surprised my brother & I still play Tekken . Tekken 8 will be day one purchase for us since my brother & I have a tradition of training with our mains & going at it for hours afterwards

[@XTheJenovaProjectX]

Incredible memories with this game

[@its_krad2652]

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.

[@ChrisCarlos64]

Tekken 3 created a core memory (Inside Out reference if you don't understand) because of how much an impression it left on me. I remember the day my mom's cousin's ex-husband brought over his PS1, and had a few games. My cousins and I looking for a multiplayer game to play together, and found Tekken 3. We played that thing all day, forgetting anything else. The game just looks so cool, the music was awesome, and Eddy was definitely the favorite of EVERYONE lol. We forgot about the other games completely and just couldn't stop playing this.

[@coryfusting9294]

"My only problem with this is the music sounds like WCW/nWo Revenge" That just makes it all the more better. Jokey comment aside Tekken 3 was my proper introduction to the series and still holds up really well for its age

[@TheBlademan-]

This was the first fighting game I ever played. Speaks volumes that I was terrible at the game but still had a blast for years.

[@hideouswh5718]

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 :)

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

The debut of jin,eddie gordo,xioyu, Panda,tiger,forest Law,brian fury, Gon. Anybody I'm missing let me know.

[@hideouswh5718]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 ogre, true ogre, dr bosconovitch, hwoarang, gun jack

[@lilnuke33]

Ahh the memories of my first Tekken game. It made me shed a few tears. Also SC6 Arcade boss rage when?

[@KamiKoroshi_]

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.

[@ChrisValentine12384]

one of the best games I played on my ps1 and one of my favourite christmas gifts :) the music still hits me every time. Always knew from day one it was gonna be special.

[@po-pi-po]

Armor king retro drip has no business being this fresh

[@Ohmargod]

This is the videos that I love to watch on KZbin. Knowledge, passion, good ass editing and a massive respect and love for the subject. That's why I started watching your videos dude!

[@KusogakiRenfir]

Back when I was a kid, there was this laundromat around the area that had a Tekken 3 arcade cabinet that you could play. I used to play it all the time when I waited for my mom to do the laundry. I probably watched that motion capture intro play over a hundred times, and the music became ingrained into my memory 😂

[@Venomwraith]

Tekken 3 was probably my favorite game on the ps1. I spent hours just unlocking everyth8ng. I loved it

[@RGF91]

Kids today will never know the struggle

[@jayfrancis536]

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.

[@jamalcharles9533]

I loved how you added sound to the Tekken 3 intro!

[@rchoung34]

Good memories of this one and whichever Fatal Fury/KOF released on ps1 around the time. Really eye opening as a kid that fighting games were cool outside of what I owned.

[@thedacarter____1028]

Tekken 3 was the first ever fighting game I played and I fell in love with game ever since then

[@johnnovelravancho8944]

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.

[@HonkeyHustleDDC]

Tekken 2 was my introduction to the series. My dad’s coworker brought over his PlayStation with it. And the rest is history. My father then got a PlayStation for our household and mistakenly bought Tekken 1. Love them both. I cannot tell you how many times as a kid I’d unlock all the characters. Then delete my file from my memory card so I could do it again. Especially in Tekken 3. I’ve beaten Tekken force mode and unlocked Dr B more times than I can count 😅

[@KingAtomsk]

Tekken 3 is special for me in that it was responsible for my best arcade memory. I was at my local arcade with friends about 8 years ago, and they had a Tekken 3 cab. My friends know I love fighting games and arcade Tekken 3 is probably favorite of them all, so they left me to myself for a bit while I played single player. A while into the ladder, a guy walks up and asks if I want to go a few rounds with him, and of course, I do. Let me tell you, this man destroyed me. After a few rounds, he tells me how he's been playing Tekken his whole life and even played in some tournaments when he was overseas in Japan. Dude was super cool and even kept putting in more quarters for me when I lost so we could just keep playing. I never got his name, but I'll never forget that experience.

[@anunhealthydistrust14]

I appreciate you adding the sound effects for the intro video.

[@israelpereira2088]

Amazing game, TEKKEN 3 was my childhood,i love everything about this masterpiece.

[@DarkHellDog]

I was 7 when I got a slim PS1 and this masterpiece. I'm now 31 and still a Tekken-fan, this game is my childhood. ❤

[@LuciferHunter-kt7pm]

Raising my hand here. I did not own or play Tekken 3 or any 3D fighting games back in the day. I also didn’t play turn based RPGs. I really messed up my childhood and early adult life by not playing these. I remedied the turn based RPG thing in my early thirties but I haven’t tried Tekken until very recently with the Tekken 8 demo. Grabbing it on launch day.

[@guitarzero1836]

for me growing up in the uk, you had two choices for fighting games, SF or MK, then tekken 2 came out and blew mine and my sister's mind. We'd run matches of Jack v Jack, King vs Jun all the time then Tekken 3 came out and it was so fun it got my DAD into it. he played hworang, I ran law my sister always picked nina or xaiyou. I remember vividly me and my dad sitting on my bed playing matches then running tekken force together. The casual fans flocked to this game and it always has a special place in my heart for those chilled sets my family would run after school or work.

[@hdelmas1]

I can’t say enough when I say Tekken 3 was more than a cornerstone of my childhood, and it defined the saga of imagining anyone as either of the characters in the roster. I was in love with it in the arcades in the elementary school era, I loved it on the console, and I still do to this day… And the soundtrack? whooooo!!!! You… can… Never get enough of it!!!!

[@xalted23]

I was so lucky that this was my first ever fighting game. My memories of playing this game on ps1 and the cabinet at the Waterpark arcade will forever be burned into my brain.

[@COBOL]

I've the same experience. Never liked Tekken until 3. Seeing and playing 3 at the arcade was a epiphany. Then I've bought day one imported from Japan and played so much! Alone, with friends, at the arcade, at local small tournaments... What a masterpiece!

[@Soranokuni]

My first tekken... And the first game i ever played on PS1. The memories and what this thing started follows us until now. Great job namco and everyone involved, that was one of gaming's milestones.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

The sidestep was such a big thing for me...always felt future games the sidestep was much less

[@Xemnion]

Tekken 3 was both my first Tekken game way back on PS1 AND my first real fighting game! I have so much nostalgia for this game and I remember loving it so much.

[@ShaunInce123]

Like a lot of people, this was the first Tekken that we all played, myself included. This is peak Tekken.

[@joshsleezetube]

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.

[@DemonKnight94]

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.