Tekken 3 Intro (Remastered in 1080p using AI Machine Learning)

Tekken 3 Opening FMV
Remastered in 1080p using ESRGAN [AI Machine Learning]
ESRGAN is an AI Neural Network software that is capable of upscaling and reconstructing low-resolution images, while retaining most of their elements and details intact.
I took the original video file from the Tekken 3 PS1 disk, and used ESRGAN with alsa64's denoising model [JPG (0-20%)] andthe Manga109 training model to upscale the video 4 times its original resolution.
Original resolution: 256x224
ESRGAN Upscale: 1024x896 → 1440x1080

[@TheGamingRestoration]

I'm sorry this took so long, but upscaling this video has always been a headache (so much noise and compression artifacts... and the resolution is so low, even for PS1 standards). This time I used alsa64's denoising model, which finally made the results look a bit more acceptable. As an extra, here's also the arcade opening FMV upscaled to 1080p: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2evdGuMitCbipo

[@SRC267]

Just wish you did 60fps like Marcus's channel.

[@TheGamingRestoration]

@@SRC267 Marcelus simply exported the video at 60fps, but the FMV is actually 20fps.

[@bobbynick5358]

I was wondering how did you de-noise it thought it might be waifu2x then the other programs? Speaking of games with alot of really bad noises, I think Fear Effect is kinda bad, Even the Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge game for a ps2 and xbox game are bad, as it cutscenes are pre-rendered videos that try to match the ingame graphics. Oh how about the Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 live action cutscenes? those would be good to scale up.

[@noecases5940]

Thank you for your effort

[@kannonkeanu4516]

@Camilo Ramon Definitely, have been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

[@JHMBB2]

This intro still gives me chills of awesomeness after all these years. 👌🏼

[@neogatsu9567]

Same here, but it always has been thanks to the intro's track.

[@samuelvillarreal4157]

Tekken 2 does that for

[@tommy2hotty238]

this shit always scared and hyped me up, insane visuals on a small screen

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@samuelvillarreal4157Tekken 4 too as well.

[@bunsmasterbunny]

The upgrade in cg quality from 2 to 3 was incredible.

[@jalikquarterman4318]

Yea it's night and day crazy impressive the tekken 3 into has aged incredibly well tekken 2 on the other hand looks like a relic in comparison

[@ryfyyt171]

Except for Ling Xiaoyu. I don’t know she kind of creeps me out.

[@expansefloating4096]

@@ryfyyt171 for me it’s Nina. Always thought that when she comes out of the water she looks claymation.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Go back and play Tekken 1, TK2 is a massive facelift lol

[@oogaboogie]

​@@ryfyyt171she looks like a baby for some reason

[@Frenzy]

King in the weight room is the best part

[@CruisingBy4]

working out and walking towards the stage transitions made it hype af

[@Tres_Nueve]

Easily. And Armour King standing there with his arms folded watching.

[@Science-sans-conscience]

1:16 also

[@XTheJenovaProjectX]

Nina for me. That’s also when the track has the best part.

[@blankadoidao7728]

Yeah that is the manly part

[@iago318]

Sorry, Tekken 5 intro. This one's still the coolest. I'll never forget the feeling of watching this back in '98. So hyped for this game.

[@JonJon-vg2nv]

you're pretty old.

[@iago318]

​@@JonJon-vg2nv Maybe you're just pretty young xD

[@JonJon-vg2nv]

@@iago318 i was born in 2000. i'm not that young

[@iago318]

@@JonJon-vg2nv I was born in '87 and don't look or feel particularly old. Heck, some teenagers look older than me.

[@YoYo-uh3xj]

@@JonJon-vg2nv you young

[@nox4000]

After all these years, this still gives me goosebumps

[@danny50117]

Same

[@VKjkd]

💯

[@purwantiallan5089]

Same also even in April 2024.

[@escarpitabread]

Anyone who played Tekken 3 never skips leg day because of the scene with King.

[@Gazzoosethe1]

Since when i was a kid this inspired me

[@jericovildoza4633]

Best thing I read all week. All facts-

[@anaussie213]

Lol yep I remember the first time I got to use a leg extension machine at the gym, I was like holy shit it's tekken 3 time.

[@adamstrejcovsky8257]

exactly my thoughts :D

[@chuskapunk]

I’ve never felt more represented than today with your comments, guys 🥹 I had the exact same experience when I first tried the leg extension machine at the gym only being able to think about that one scene of Tekken 3 🦵🏼🏋🏻‍♂️

[@vehshibuttable]

Tekken 3 was the pinnacle of the series. Remember when it first came out I took a day off from school🤣

[@Trill104]

That cut showing the light hitting Eddy Gordo was an incredible shot. Tekken was one of the first games I’ve seen that didn’t take a derogatory approach to animating a black/Afro character. Eddy is still in my top 5 of best animated black characters of all-time.

[@Carlos-fc4xz]

Wasn't he Brazilian canonically? pretty sure many Brazilians are naturally darker in skin tone.

[@Trill104]

@@Carlos-fc4xz yes he is

[@keshxiv]

​@@Carlos-fc4xz There's plenty of African Brazilians lol

[@juresaiyan]

Every single character introduction in this intro is pure badass. Just look at how King does fitness then enters the arena, how Yoshimitsu jumps from the tree into battle pose, how Nina is reanimated, how Paul fights in a punk alley, etc. Amazing.

[@xelldincht4251]

The list of Tekken fighters is so big now that they can't make this kind of intros anymore

[@ausfighter1186]

"once again fate brings together those who heed the call" iconic line

[@juresaiyan]

YES

[@Clean.Eastwood]

It should be the whole series' tagline

[@antfr1993]

Tekken 3 for me always had the best sound track. Makes me want to play every single time

[@FoggyFogzmeister]

This is surreal. I vividly remember playing this as a ten year old. 20+ years later, I'm re-watching this, and it's blowing my mind. Fuck, my childhood was perfect...

[@eugeniusbonaparte]

I Was The Same Age Man. I Can't Remember Is The Game With The Unlockable Feature: Tekken Ball??

[@steel115]

The goosebumps I get is unreal. I’ve seen this intro for 10 years straight, and it gets better every time

[@llitsnotcoolj4708]

Same

[@jackjax7921]

Man when Heihachi isnt afraid to take on Ogre. He just smiled. It gets you hype. It really felt like a fighting game.

[@Matt-pu1sn]

This was such a huge graphical step up from Tekken 2! The time before day 1 patches, loot boxes and the birth of the analogue sticks

[@JBC02]

Tekken 3 there were Playstation controllers with analogue sticks, not DualShock though

[@Matt-pu1sn]

@@JBC02 yeah I was talking about that era in general. Gaming these days is incredible but I maybe it's nostalgia kicking in but I have the fondest memories of gaming on the ps1 and ps2. It all felt so much more special...

[@kevinmaboa7821]

That Forest and Marshall combo 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jongon0848]

0:41 when the music comes in always gets me hyped. Holy fuck this intro is amazing!

[@CommanderSuberox]

I love this whole intro video it just show cases the characters personality’s so well as well as giving us a vibe and mood for the whole game. The games soundtrack as a whole is just awesome this game is still one of my all time favourite fighting games.

[@umairusman]

Goosebumps....even though it's the billionth time I'm watching this intro. Thanks for doing this in 1080p

[@catioropulguento]

1:37 it took me all these years to realise its Jin in the backseat of the limo.

[@betrapvideos]

I had no idea either...our tvs were to small in 1998...lol

[@shortboypinoy]

The jump in quality from 2 to 3 was so massive that seeing the 3 intro made you go, "Things just got real"

[@familialgameaholics7618]

This intro is LEGENDARY!! Still such a high level of quality over 20 years later.

[@FutureEater2222]

That moment with the devil at 1:48 ,so good when you rewatch it a couple of times,when you see him spreading his wings and how the face appears,and the dynamic stylish music fading in the background..man,T3 had so much style,much better than now

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Back when Devil was an evil spirit instead of a stupid genetic thing.

[@betrapvideos]

Jin there in shock...looking for his mother probably...

[@yoseflopez5141]

God this feels so good...

[@vincentblondeau7210]

What charisma guy Hwoarang ... Amazing style

[@victoraguilar4324]

The first Tekken game I ever played and the reason why I fell in love with this saga, this intro brings me back to my childhood, awesome memories ❤

[@betrapvideos]

Nina in the cryosleep is soooooo slept on....

[@BOABModels]

Anyone else think it's crazy how much better this looked than Tekken 2? I know CGI was in its infancy, but man, this still looks good now!

[@BOABModels]

I really do - Tekken 3 was my first game in the series and going back to 2 was like stepping back a generation!

[@Salesiable]

1:48 Let the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 3 Begins!

[@MythopoeicNavid]

Enter Tekken!

[@MythopoeicNavid]

@Tcb bct I'm a big fan of both eras.

[@zodiac909]

This game was so good, you could just look at the boxart and know it was worth all the money.

[@chungies]

This cinematic blew my fucking mind as an 8 year old.

[@mauriciochacon]

the quality from tekken 1 and 2 to this one is amazing

[@purwantiallan5089]

TEKKEN 3 Intro Movie still is a masterpiece, even 26 years since its initial release on PlayStation 1 in April 26th 1998. After TEKKEN 3's release, THE REST IS HISTORY.

[@Tres_Nueve]

It would have been interesting to see more of Jin when he was living and training with his grandfather. Living that rich grandson life, going to private school, getting chauffeured around etc.

[@TailsGaming1999]

Well

[@TailsGaming1999]

The anime happened

[@UFighterX]

this isn’t no rpg

[@djramshead]

I remember playing endless rounds with Jin and Xiaoyu to unlock their school uniforms 🥰

[@Gazzoosethe1]

This is how i remember the intro

[@reallybigmistake]

I love watching the Tekken 1,2 and 3 intro and being blown away by how fast the technology used to make these FMV movies improved in such a short time

[@ryanjean-baptistethechampi1161]

1:16!!! Nana i love this part!!

[@DirectorHMAN]

This CGI still looks amazing. This is even better directed than some of the scenes from modern tekkens.

[@-Poka-]

It's a good upgrade of the Tekken CGI over the previous 2 games, but it being better than modern CGI Tekken? Nah.

[@DirectorHMAN]

@@-Poka- not CGI. I meant direction. It feels very cinematic but real compared to modern tekken scenes that are a lil too anime, bouncy, silly.

[@TheFoxCoops]

Agreed! It makes the Tekken universe feel real, something that the recent anime-like Tekkens lack. Tekken 4 was the last of the realism.@@DirectorHMAN

[@JihadH]

1:28 is what I came for

[@AbuSamiQ]

Yoshimitsu is my best

[@rifqiaufa2599]

Like Predator in the movie

[@betrapvideos]

Before Raven there was YOSHI (and Kuni)

[@KittyKatt_Luna80s]

Nina being revived looked amazing then, and it does now. The music at that point was perfect too!

[@xelldincht4251]

this is hands down the best Tekken intro. No dialogues and yet you know what this game will be about it

[@kprogatons]

1:40 Eddy's Master to the rescue!!!

[@Volky_Volk]

OH that's who that is

[@kprogatons]

@@Volky_Volk Yeah, that was him. I just recognized him

[@mr.truth_]

Awesome, he look' s like Alan of the Hangover films series.

[@dandruff3414]

After all those years I still got chills seeing this

[@TekkenOnlineFights]

My awesome Childhood right there and how many times I crushed my friends with Hwoarang on this game when they have been visiting me! Good memories good times. Nice man

[@Comkill117]

Shoutout to the best Yoshimitsu design.

[@chungies]

The fucking OOOOOGGGGG

[@Darkstar263]

It's my favourite design Yoshimitsu design in the series.

[@Vitor20XX]

The last design that was good.

[@1torugo]

0:37 best Heihachi design

[@iamshivaa___]

King is a legend 🥶💯💫

[@marcoscognamiglio1750]

New graphic...new gameplay...new characters....the evolution of the series

[@navybr0wnie]

I like this trailer cause it makes you think there’s an actual campaign.

[@Jodelva]

This is beyond amazing. Thank you so much for making this. Best game of all time - so much nostalgia.

[@miguelsantos3700]

When I was a kid, I tought those were real people.

[@danny50117]

The most sold tekken games of all time

[@LynkxMan]

Who's the old guy at 1:41? Always wondered who that was, I just assumed it was Eddy's dad or something. Edit: I just looked it up, he's the capoeira grandmaster that taught Eddy and is Christie's grandfather. He was apparently selected to be in Tekken 4 as well but got cut. There's even an audio file of the announcer saying "Grandmaster". Would be interesting to see if there is any character data leftover for him.

[@Salesiable]

Correct. Eddy Learned the Art Of Capoeira from Christie’s Grandfather during his time in prison. And Eddy made a vow that he would pass on the Art Of Capoeira to Christie and he did. And shortly after Returning from The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 3 Eddy took Christie under his wing and taught her the Art of Capoeira just like he promised.

[@user-rj8gd9of1p]

What’s he doing in prison though ?

[@a3lorenzo]

This gives me goosebumps still, all those memories, and I'm still playing Tekken up to now.

[@ra9118]

My Childhood is Filled with Tekken 3, I m from India, I just recalled my childhood days, back then there was a gaming shop, i used to play this game, and now i m busy is my job profile but i just feels loneliness now, Oh God i wish those days can came back to my Life again

[@18grayling91]

At the moment this video has 115,389 views, im probably responsible for 115,000 of them. This intro to Tekken 3 still gets me hyped, it felt like you were apart of this “cinematic” beginning.

[@Oric007]

ONE OF THE BEST INTROS FOREVER.... NOSTALGIA

[@Jooders]

This is truly amazing!!!

[@mantabond]

Well done. It brought back fund memories of many hours in the local video games arcade.

[@robinceuleers]

I think Tekken 3 was the best Tekken game ever of the Trilogy back in the old days!! 🎮🎮

[@shikanda]

whats funny is in my memory it looked this clear to me back then lmao

[@tristanchriesmon1056]

Who else gets b chills besides me this intro is 🔥 still this dis day the last tekken on ps1

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 25th anniversary tekken 3!!! :3

[@andrewsqual]

Wow this came out really well and much better than the one that Marcelus put up where the faces go very weird in some scenes, particularly with the Laws in the restaurant.

[@thehoep]

King working out in Nike uptempos is gold

[@simongermanjr2648]

WOW this trailer for Tekken 3 was ahead of its time superb!Thanks for the Upgraded version of this trailer it's only right..🤙

[@ashleytillman2049]

This was my first Tekken game and I’ll forever love it! The whole soundtrack is awesome!! ❤

[@KARSONJAE56]

I will always remember booting up our PlayStation 1 and seeing this intro many times. Sadly our PS1 died like 2 years ago, but I kept all the games with it. I might be 20 and own an Xbox, but I will never forget my roots

[@trilexfix]

Out of everyone who else watched it twice cause of the sheer awesomeness at a video that has no words only human gestures.

[@Vitor20XX]

Best Tekken intro ever. Breakbeat Rules.

[@MrWarcia]

I Agree 🔥

[@rash1990ful]

Iconic game. Glad to see this game being adapted for Netflix as Tekken Bloodlines.

[@agentzurg3592]

The best Tekken games for me will always be Tekken 3, Tekken 5, Tekken 7 and Tekken Tag 2

[@nalisspriggs7981]

Hwoarang looked like some kind of BadA**. When he was just sitting on his Motorcycle in the middle of the Road, and starts smiling at the Camera with his left Eyebrow raised. 😏😏😏😏😏😏 P.S. 1st time Breaking the Fourth Wall.

[@Gazzoosethe1]

He was smiling at jin in the white car

[@danshiba1498]

Wasnt breaking the 4th wall He drifted his bike in front of jins car to stop it and challenge him to a fight I'm pretty sure he lost that fight too

[@jeremysears4263]

@@danshiba1498 Damn. I never got that

[@WTFHAX93]

@@danshiba1498 They actually fought to a draw, which fuelled Hwoarang's rivalry towards Jin even further.

[@richcollins4208]

As a kid in the 90s how could you not do action moves in the crib when this came on, I thought I was fucking Tom Cruise

[@seriousdrum89]

Every time I saw the sequence when Nina opens her eyes the hype exploded, I love this intro, probably one of the best together with soul blade intro

[@82leegary]

23 yrs ago I received this for my 16th birthday

[@BK-201]

1:38 ❤

[@jinkazama1992]

I greatly appreciate you upholding the legacy of Tekken 😎😍

[@kargiolis7558]

Is that Jin in 1:36 inside the car?!

[@mr.truth_]

Yess

[@oqueqhavelhinho9996]

I love Nina part

[@Kilesfactor]

Bruh, I didn't even know that was legit just Devil at the end. I never understood that until now. Cheese and rice.

[@Salamandy2.0]

CAN'T WAIT FOR TEKKEN BLOODLINE!!

[@ivan666lobos]

HELL YEAH! One of the best intro in the story of videogames! No quedó perfecto pero de todos modos es un trabajo admirable! Te felicito! Y la calidad de sonido quedó casi impecable! :'D

[@SurvivalSpheres]

1:37 what's shown there? Is it Jin in the back of the car? There's some kanji on the left.

[@PolYGame]

The gap between Tekken 2 intro and Tekken 3 intro is incredible. Look at Nina's hair that struggled in Tekken 2 how it looks now in Tekken 3 inside water!

[@moisesgomez9558]

Back in time, when I thought Law and Paul were important characters

[@Salesiable]

Would loved to see Tekken 3 Remastered for PlayStation 5

[@ibnkhaldoun4319]

i can still hear the PHSEEWWW! PSHHHH! BLEPP! menu sound effects as i choose what to play

[@ZoneyDuel]

0:54 Bass Armstrong: come here baby I'm not gonna hurt you .

[@betrapvideos]

Bob and Lili jk jk

[@jorgefontaine3907]

My Childhood..., AGAIN!!!

[@kasonboz508]

The Golden age of gaming

[@mudraloan9574]

When Lee runs apart helicopter Bomb 🙏🙏🙏😘😘😘

[@malcolmjelani3588]

this was the tekken that said, "we're our own thing, not a virtua fighter knock off!!"

[@ElricSowrd]

I wish there's a re-release of the Arcade Version on PS4, PSVITA or hell Nintendo Switch. I don't understand why there hasn't been a Tekken Collection... Or other fighting franchises besides Street Fighter.

[@ElricSowrd]

@Tcb bct Right. 👍

[@Salesiable]

I can see Namco remastered every Tekken Games on next Generation Consoles like PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, XBOX Series Consoles and Nintendo Switch respectively in the future

[@betrapvideos]

If they remaster this with Tekken 8 speed but keep the old school tekken simplicity. You will see a grown man cry...

[@Shercko]

Holy fuck that was amazing

[@TehAbdullah]

Now this looks alot better I can see the difference

[@AlleywayJack]

Excellent game. I remember seeing this in the arcade and being among the kids queuing up to play it. I wish they hadn't retconned the Devil character which attacks Jin here.

[@jokerluscious]

They haven’t retconned a thing :) It’s part of Devil from Kazuya that branded Jin so it can finally possess his body. Look up the wikia, it explains everything.

[@Trailerparkbubbles]

Such a kick-ass intro! Can you remaster introduction to Soul Blade using your magic?