Tekken Customization Was Remarkable Back Then

[@cryal89]

Tekken 5 & 6 gave a lot of personality and flare to their customization system hope Tekken 8 comes back to this concept!

[@EliteLenny223-Main]

Tekken 8? If only that was a thing though.

[@yourmom-ju1zh]

We can only count on mods because of shitty costume of Tekken 7 they be giving us t shirts no cool masks nor cool accessories they're aren't even trying

[@stevesigmon6987]

@@yourmom-ju1zh right. I can't even make the color orange

[@Rainbow2dcore]

It will all depend on budget because many issues like in T7 is due to money problems. T5, T6, TTT2 Was put a lot of effort in new system graphics and customization.

[@brownwallet942]

tag 2 aint too bad

[@DreGamingNetwork]

@1:34 Wang has been the creator of squid games this whole time.

[@Hussuki]

I was thinking the same damn thing. Looking back on it, I always wondered why he had that particular outfit back then. I just wrote it off as he was competing in some senior olympics. But, now I’m rethinking everything I knew about him lol.

[@tonyknighton4019]

Why Wang!?? lol

[@glonk1535]

His name is incredibly similar to the name of a rather unpleasant figure from history of China. Wonder if that was intentional.

[@Guitar-Dog]

I just commented that

[@Kittedkittyz]

Thats some scary shit if you think about it

[@JunKazamaFan]

(1:10) Still the only pre-fight animation where the character directly interacts with their opponent.

[@Hussuki]

That intro blew, and still does, blow my mind since I’ve seen it in T5DR. Although it was a bit jarring with some people, if you could pair him up right, it made for some very interesting pre-fight intros. There are very specific characters with specific intros that also depended on whether Raven went first or after his opponent that went well with it.

[@angel_mishima]

Even If They Enter First Than His Opponent.

[@holden6104]

Back when Namco made their games with love.

[@DEANDRE_DTS]

Namco fell off

[@hueybshimada1735]

They’d rather take core characters out the roster and add filler characters and special characters that break the game .

[@namenlosNamenlos]

That was namco before they became greedy🤑 bamco.

[@dieselx999]

Idk I'm a casual and tekken 7 had decent customization but damn the models look 🔥🔥 for the older games

[@personaphantom5543]

Hey at least Tekken get's more love than Soulcalibur these days Soulcalibur 6 was the biggest oof I've ever seen.

[@ravenousmask4159]

The era when we don't have to mod our favourite references...like, I wasn't expecting Slam Dunk and Ashita no Joe in 1 game.

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

Man I love Tekken 5. The first Tekken to introduce character customizations only for Tekken 6 to perfected it. From Devil Kazuya in a suit to Super Saiyan Blue Jin. Tekken 5 is the best Tekken ever created.

[@FagnerLSantos]

It's fun to think how that game predicted the Super Saiyan Blue long ago.

[@StoonCoold]

@@FagnerLSantos don't forget Wang Jinrei being in the Squid Game long before Netflix even became a thing lol

[@FagnerLSantos]

@@StoonCoold Well remembered!

[@MarkyPlaysPH]

Customization kinda went downhill from TTT2

[@Shiratto]

@@MarkyPlaysPH The sticker system on loan from SoulCalibur made up for it and let you turn basic items into unique outfits. T7 is the real decline.

[@Rainbow2dcore]

These costumes bring a LOT of memories! Unlocking them felt so special! Good times and osts 🥺💙

[@tonymash7877]

Right. I missed how you actually had to take time playing the game to earn enough coins and buy items. Now, they hand out millions of coins like candy. At this point, they might as well get rid of the coin system and make all items available from the get go.

[@alexandersmith4731]

@@tonymash7877 And when you unlock these things, the game is actually teaching you to be good at it even if you go from awful to mediocre, like some devs are forgetting why certain gameplay genre require certain things to excite the players

[@inSotherable]

Seeing these sick customizations makes me wish I played more characters in this game. I mean, *holy shit* , the creativity was insane!

[@5uomalainen]

How so? 95 % of the stuff seen here is just both default costumes with alternative colors and added hat + gimmicky stuff like wings that are still present and expanded in further titles.

[@neinja66469]

@@5uomalainen done worse throughout the rest of the franchise u mean lmaoo

[@EdHunter2023]

0:03 Even Jin achieved Super Saiyan Blue Evolution 😆

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

#tekkenxdragonballz

[@amosmaka6030]

1:41. Gotta admit, that switch from Wang to Armour King was pretty cool. Jin as the first EVER Super Saiyan Blue 😂 and Armour King's customization were sick.

[@FierceDeityAndrew]

I love that win pose for Wang. So epic.

[@hatchhyjack]

dbs sucks ass

[@HoDoBoDo]

These costumes look very wild...T5:DR must've been a crazy game with these customs lmao.

[@TheicMoggy]

I can't believe they actually referenced Kuni in T5

[@I_Am_Omega]

We Need this costumizations back

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Or at the very least we need a reliable way to download this on PC.

[@I_Am_Omega]

@@jeffcarroll1990shock a mod, to get customizations to olds tekkens

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

@@rwbyrob7266 I'm not talking about mods. I talkin about reliable PC ports of these games.

[@johngr1747]

I remember some of these accessories! This game is why I love fighter games!

[@josephsmith5582]

0:12 Marduk's intro synched in with the music very nicely.

[@Geferulf_TAS]

The transition to Unreal Engine has seriously decimated the character and charm of Tekken

[@helix5729]

The fuck- who blames a game engine for the mistakes of a developer? Ue4 is one of the best and most used game engines for a reason-

[@Geferulf_TAS]

@@helix5729 every ue4 game has the same clay feel to everything, and the transition meant losing a decade worth of assets from Namcos proprietary engine

[@boofkoosher2631]

@@Geferulf_TAS that's where u are wrong. The devs managed to import all the assets into the new character models and hit box without any issue. The reason for the clay feeling is because they're new to the engine and seemed to not explored further into it

[@boofkoosher2631]

A great example is escape from tarkov. That shit was made in unity!

[@theperians]

@@Geferulf_TAS ur just blinded by nostalgia

[@indigo_sirgaming]

0:57 Whaaaat?? I didn't know they had Bruno Mars as an Eddy costume!

[@CLDUDV]

That's actually a reference to Tiger Jackson, a character that shares a similar capo moveset to his in Tekken 3 & Tag 2

[@indigo_sirgaming]

@@CLDUDV I...I know. I hope this reply was a joke lol My comment wasn't supposed to taken seriously lmfao

[@suijin3129]

@@indigo_sirgaming well it was tekken a bit seriously

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

YEAH TIGER J

[@MaskedGuyCh]

1:10 man I loved that Raven costume. Tekken 5DR and Tekken 6 has impressive customization, especially the latter.

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

1:12 peekaboo

[@scorpioigor]

Back when Tekken cared about giving their characters unique designs and customizations that were actually coherent with their personalities and backgrounds.

[@hatchhyjack]

i wished they combined that with the options tekken tag 2 had, like the versatile colors, decals and customization slots

[@princesaiyan3301]

0:04 jin was super saiyan blue before super saiyan blue was a thing lmao

[@max4thewin556]

😂😂

[@hilaireb795]

I fear that they would just hide an excellent customization system behind microtransactions .

[@Guitar-Dog]

But T7 doesn't really have any customization DLC so I think if they do make is spend $10 then you will get loads of customs

[@alo7712]

​@@Guitar-Dog it has exclusive customization items locked behind the season pass,they're not amazing but i suppose it counts

[@MartezAnims]

They did ... 😢

[@universalshadow]

1:35 inb4 “OmG iS ThAT fRoM SqUID GamE!!?”

[@brandonperez8977]

Squid game didn't exist in 2005

[@universalshadow]

@@brandonperez8977 you have a sub 60 IQ fr

[@preposteroussvideos]

@@brandonperez8977 noooo are you sure?

[@brandonperez8977]

@@TheColossusAgro the video were watching is Tekken 5 and Tekken Dark Resurrection. The game came out in 2004 in the arcade and the PS2 version came out in 2005. in 2006 Namco updated Tekken 5 to Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. the update was only on Arcade, PSP, and PS3

[@brandonperez8977]

@@preposteroussvideos read the comment that's below yours

[@makemebadgg]

That makes you realise how stone faced most Tekken 7 characters are, and how they lack facial expressions. Hwoarang's win pose is one great example 1:59

[@ludensarahan]

True

[@JunKazamaFan]

(0:21) I miss that Kazuya win animation a lot these days. Also, Anna Valentine is smokin' hot.

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

Devil hair ok but he is the devil already

[@MaoriGamerDood]

Ah... memories. My all time Favorite Customs in T5 was Devil Kazuya and Super Saiyan Jin with Angle wings.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

The peak of the series in terms of creative energy and passion was the 2000s. Not every "next gen" fg sequel look truly evolved, but the PS2 TKs felt greatly evolved compared to the ps1 TKs. Even with TTT2's wonderful delivery, but that still doesn't compare to the work done in the 2000s. It's not very impressive but more like: well, that's expected for a late PS3 title.

[@angryassyrian5627]

Lmao, I remember Jin having that blue hair a while back. He had super Saiyan blue before it became a thing lol.

[@jamessummers5936]

2:09 Heihachi and Bryan have some of the most brutal winning outros lol.

[@dragonpride95]

If T8 had customization mode similar to TTT2 customization or even something remotely close to SC, it’d be awesome!!!

[@dragonpride95]

@Ares 0160 I mean that's true, but what I meant what that TTT2 had some pretty wide customization. Long hair, ponytails, decal customization, etc. And there was even a color wheel customization, compared to having a select few colors

[@FrozenRemix1]

TTT2’s customization was underwhelming and horrid, to say the least 🤢

[@bryanbluez6705]

@@dragonpride95 i get what you mean the decal thing was very nice 👍🏻 hopefully they will add it

[@MrBoomxl]

@@2011Transformersdotm Imo Tekken 6 and TTT2 are equally good customization wise, but for different reasons. TTT2 gave us 10 customization slots, decals and a colour palette where we could pick every possible colour. A combination of T6 and TTT2 customization would be best.

[@dragonpride95]

@@MrBoomxl 110% 👍👍

[@Daftanemone]

King dressed as an actual king is a theme I’m surprised they haven’t brought back

[@brandonperez8977]

2:44 I haven't seen this win pose. Is this only seen in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection online only? I've only played Tekken 5 (PS2) and Tekken Dark Resurrection (PSP). My dad haven't gotten a PS3 until Tekken 6 was about to be released for consoles in a few months.

[@Oso_Thiccck]

I’m backwards. I thought this was a Tekken 7 win pose only But yeah this is in Tekken 7

[@JunKazamaFan]

The Incomplete Somersault is one of the only two win animations Paul has in Tekken 7.

[@brandonperez8977]

@@Oso_Thiccck well I did remember Tekken when I was very young. My dad was big fan of the fighting categories. I used to be scared of Devil Jin and my dad likes to prank me about him. He almost had all of them except Tekken 1 and Tekken 2. and we did got Tekken 6 but sadly he rented it at Blockbuster.

[@Hussuki]

No I’m with you on this one. I’ve never seen that win pose and I played both T5 and DR very religiously back then. I thought that was a new win pose for T7. This is some Mandela nonsense going on here. And with this, that makes the T7 one an HD version lol

[@fabulousneet1180]

There are certain win poses that will only appear if you hold certain buttons during replay like Jin’s “Mishima bloodline ends here”. I believe it’s one of them

[@RafaelPereira-dc9ir]

1:35 So that’s why Wang wasn’t in Tekken 7 due to be in Squid Games

[@InsanityPrevails]

Yo wtf long hair Devil Jin looks sick as hell!

[@opman6242]

tekken 5 still visually pleasing to this day

[@RyderKickProductions-RKP]

Male Kunimitsu on Yoshi looks dope

[@fasoooli2751]

a trick to farm lots of money is with Paul's down square, hold triangle then his unblockable b1+2 it always works when the first move gets blocked

[@feelings3342]

Easy pesy

[@gianmarcodeluca6912]

1:45 Rocky Joe?

[@alldogsgotoheaven222]

Pe fo

[@altonj95]

Asuka design is major difference appearance now adays lol

[@prodigal_rebel_2062]

2:03 Damn Nina dressed as Catwoman!

[@bigkal7]

Tekken 5 DR still one of my fav in the series

[@ni8anttana]

Tekken 5's customization was inspired by Virtua Fighter 4:EVO/FT. On the other hand, Tekken 6's customization was inspired by Virtua Fighter 5 TT2 & T7 made their own unique system instead of basing it off of VF and it shows in difference

[@sunnymane]

Yeesh 🥲 And now 8 has a terrible customization system

[@The_End_Of_Mike]

I remembered my first tekken is tekken 5 in console and tekken 6 in arcades. Tekken 6 was popular in our country and it felt insane some people can complete a costume set in tekken 6 and 6 BR.

[@golt1125]

this one reminds me CS Source Guerilla 1:56

[@kennyking9347]

1:38 Best costume

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

Squid game costume

[@TheRealfiqqo]

squid game

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

2:53 jack: to infinity and beyond!

[@Hussuki]

The Devil Jin customs that sealed my love for him. I really miss the very long hair.

[@GenesisAUT]

I loved the customization in Tekken 5. I even equipped the characters that I do not play just for other people to be surprised when they come home playing.

[@MarkyPlaysPH]

it just occured to me that steve's hairstye customization 1:44 was a reference to Ashita no Joe

[@deafmelonex6983]

That’s sick actually

[@ThatGuy-Jai]

I miss Raven Sooo much

[@JunKazamaFan]

Master Raven is nowhere near as cool.

[@OG509]

I miss Bruce

[@ThatGuy-Jai]

@@JunKazamaFan FACTS my nigga!!!!!!

[@ThatGuy-Jai]

@@IoiniEverson yes

[@watcherman222]

0:39 I crown thee King... King.

[@JoeMama-me2yj]

Anna as ivy makes me wonder if her family's last name was always Williams....perhaps that's where they get it from

[@ElwindMage]

1:35 *SQUID GAM* ‼️‼️

[@Peetah.]

The best part of the customisation for me is all the dumb hairstyles you can give kazuya

[@SONY95ish]

Tk 5 had a lot going on, but Tk 6 had the best customisation. After Tk 6, things aren't the same.

[@_Smile_Today]

If you look at it customization for specific characters was done better in 5 6 had more volume of items. I perfer stuff that matched the characters or in jokes

[@joaoorban7728]

1:49 Was this pose reused in Leroy?

[@trcsonic]

Wang as the old man from Squid Game really got me. This is way before Squid Game so it's even more badass.

[@SkylarEmelio91]

Anna having a hairstyle similar to Ivy’s from Soul Calibur makes me wonder why Soul Calibur costumes hardly ever appeared in Tekken

[@DorkBound]

1:43 is that an ashita no joe reference?

[@akilreid9476]

Back when these games had soul

[@elijhajefferson3338]

Tekken predicted super saiyan blue

[@hanzzacharycruz2797]

And squid game

[@ulrich9191]

There were hella expensive back then

[@GhostTwappa]

Tekken 5 and dr just are the coolest tekken games

[@muhammadfauzy5981]

That king customization was just another whole reference of that one grand strategy game. Crusader king

[@ilikeeverything3699]

Did anyone notice that craig marduk’s intro kinda syncs with the character select music

[@ddxg3275]

If Tekken 7 just had the freedom, flare and personality of Tekken 5 and 6, it would have been the best game for customizations alone

[@SogenOkami]

Tekken 5 and 6 customization system was pretty basic but made up for it with a ton of awesome items to use. TTT2 system was best in the series but needed more character specific items to flesh it out. Only thing really saving T7 customization is mods.

[@laserguidedbomb1028]

Mods are not customizations. Which is why you are wrong, nothing is saving T7. Nothing.

[@123451234alex]

Thats why TEKKEN 5 DR is still the best game

[@PivotBeginner100]

I have high hopes they will return to the charmful customizations in Tekken 8. Also nobody mentioning the nice MGS edit at the end? Damn...

[@mac8782]

Somehow this gives me nostalgia despite never having played it.

[@Guitar-Dog]

1:37 squidgame reference

[@dorianjames3202]

0:22 Kazuya kinda looks like Shade Man

[@Coouge]

When they were making less, they're producing more. Now that they're making more, they're producing less.

[@aaron-justinanderson]

Nah Nah for real though Tekken 5 was stupidly ahead of its time just in general Tekken 5 felt like the ultimate Tekken up onto that point , I mean for fucks sake the game had Tekken 1,2 and 3 included , something you'll never get again.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I made Kunimitsu with Yoshimitsu. Good times...

[@TheSkalker]

2:56 GENIUS!!!!

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

Iron gear fist solid

[@undeadwolf-1178]

This game badly needs a remaster for ps5

[@Asaylum117]

Man, I need to buy a new copy of Tekken 5 for PS2. Tekken 5 was one of my favourite Tekken games to play & it's customisation was just full of creativity. Unfortunately my old copy of the game was scratched up beyond repair because it was borrowed by one of my friends other friend & he purposely scratched the disc so I couldn't play it anymore. Still mad about that though, since that copy was a present from my father. 😑

[@shahtayyib]

Tekken 5, considering the time it released was the best Tekken. A pioneer in the FG industry

[@Ramonlaw86]

Yep,even the CG was impressive for that time.

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

Only when I bought T7 on a whim did I realize how much time I spent playing fighting games. From T3/4/5, to playing DBZ games on my PS2, to even way longer ago playing Yu Yu Hakusho and DBZ on the mega drive. Oh the memories

[@CVM5LVT]

here's the plan, if tekken 8 doesn't have borderline insane customization options, we riot

[@guts4385]

Steve's hair .....that reference to ashita no Joe it's amazing 👌

[@SylarGKIW]

It wasn't just remarkable, but stylish and flashing, and creative as well)))))

[@ArcienPlaysGames]

I don't remember 90% of these and I played DR a LOT. You could've absolutely fooled me into thinking these were mods

[@KDShaolinMenace]

1:35 OMG SQUID GAME WANG?!

[@Brandeeeeeeeeee]

0:12 why is marduks sentence just fitting so perfectly with the background music?

[@kevinkarl3154]

Lol I can’t even believe Wang got that Squid-game like costume

[@INSANEWitG18S]

i used to just use jin with the supersaiyan hair coolest shit on psp good days

[@DavidMyrmidon]

Maaan.. T5 Anna was sooo awesome. A lot of her seductiveness felt off in T7, or maybe it was just nostalgia distorting the perception.. but it definitely feels like it.

[@utkucansahin8504]

1:34 Hell nah uncle Wang joined squid game too? 😭

[@The_Light225]

Looks like Wang jinrei is on the squid game

[@abetwabe]

That Steve looked pretty cool.

[@wanderingdruid8973]

Yooooooo I needed this shot of nostalgia!!!

[@xlachannel6756]

You see this why I loved T5DR and T6 customizations because every character was unique,different and faithful to their personality with the customization which I hope we do get that in T8. Please Harada bring back the uniqueness to customization for T8.

[@muhammadadia5937]

I completely forgot how badass that Raven into was

[@TheSymbioteRagnoro]

Damn. never played T5:DR. I was too busy yelling yelling at people in Call of Duty lobbies.

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

1:37 Squid Game before it was famous

[@riverthames4408]

0:57 - ahh yes, Bruno Mars with his hit single, "Heihachi on the Floor"

[@mayaspare5772]

0:30 Was that Ivy from Soul Calibur?

[@chococandy1]

Yeah that’s her hairstyle

[@pastorr6989]

1:35 squid game wang killed me LOL

[@3CH0z]

I swear they better bring this back in Tekken 8 I think it's so cool to have so many different pieces and variations of things it's like you can create a new fighter while using the same moves