Tekken's fight mechanics - each limb assigned to the four face buttons on the PSP, with special moves usually performed via button combos and directional pokes on the D pad or control stick - are eminently suited to the PSP's layout.
Alisa is just sheer fun to play given her frankly bizarre move list, which includes using her own head as an explosive and a whole series of attacks based on her chainsaw appendages.Ī fembot with chainsaws for hands may seem overpowered in a fighting game, but Tekken 6 manages the tough task of presenting a well-balanced brawler despite the abundance of characters. Of the new recruits, Zafina is the most unique, thanks to her distinctive-looking moves that incorporate stance-based attacks, such as the off-putting tarantula, which sees her get down on all fours to creep low along the ground.
These include: Bob, a rotund American fighter who is deceptively speedy for his size Leo, an androgynous German martial arts specialist Miguel, a Spanish brawler who relies more on power than speed Zafina, a member of a mysterious secret order who sports some creepy and unusual stances Alisa, a seemingly naive young girl who's actually a jetpack-and-chainsaw-wielding android and Lars, who has some relation to the sprawling Mishima bloodline (hence his move-set similarity to Jin and Kazuya). It's not all veterans, of course, with six new characters making their debut in Tekken 6. Despite this, most of the returning characters feel completely familiar, so you'll never feel like you have to relearn your favorite fighter from scratch. Most characters get a new attack or two, some stances have been modified, and the damage dealt by some of the more powerful combos in the past have been slightly toned down. Experienced Tekken players will see that the tweaks and changes made to the move sets of returning characters are, for the most part, minor. The game has a robust lineup that features 41 fighters, including old stalwarts such as Kazuya, Lei, Paul, Nina and Jin, as well as recent additions from Dark Resurrection, such as Lili and the emo-Nazi look-a-like Dragunov. In fact, it feels and plays exactly like the console and arcade iterations of Tekken 6. While it strips out the console version's lengthy beat-'em-up campaign and doesn't have the same depth of character customisation, this is an otherwise pitch-perfect conversion.