The number of hits required to activate Netsu Power in a player’s partner depends on who they are teamed up with. The off-screen character of a player’s tag team would grow enraged as their on-screen counterpart takes multiple hits. Tekken Tag Tournament introduced a new feature that is commonly known as Netsu Power, or rage. Special character tag teams have access to unique maneuvers and tagging animations based on prior story lines. When a character has a depleted life bar, a portion of it may be recovered while the other character is on-screen. Characters could be swapped at a standing position, grounded position, while throwing an opponent, and while an opponent is in mid-air. Tagging out your character often leaves the incoming character exposed for damage. A skilled player can interrupt an opponent’s tag by striking the opponent before the swap is completed. Tagging, or changing, is accomplished by pushing the Tag, or Change, button at an appropriate time. It allowed players to swap characters at nearly any point in the round. The tag system, also known as change, was the most drastic feature to be added in Tekken Tag Tournament. Certain characters featured tag maneuvers that are unique to that team some based on previous story lines. All characters from previous editions were also given new moves for Tekken Tag Tournament. This allowed for deeper gameplay strategies during fights.
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The new tag system allowed players to change at almost any point during the round. Both games feature similar characteristics in their basic strikes, special moves, throws, side stepping, and air juggles.
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The two games ran on the same engine and it is often considered to be an upgraded version of Tekken 3. The gameplay of Tekken Tag Tournament is very close to its predecessor, Tekken 3. The round is considered to be won if either of the characters’ life bars are depleted. Each player selects two characters before the round begins.
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It is the first game of the series that features tag battles. Tekken Tag Tournament features a similar play style to the previous Tekken installments. The PlayStation 2 version was also remade with graphics improvements in the bundle collection Tekken Hybrid under the title of Tekken Tag Tournament HD. The PlayStation 2 version featured updated graphics but played nearly identical to the arcade version. Tekken Tag Tournament was later ported to the PlayStation 2. It was marketed as a ‘Dream Match’ that featured all characters in all of the previous Tekken installments. It is the fourth game in the Tekken series however, the game does not follow the Tekken story line.
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The game was created, developed, and published by Namco. Tekken Tag Tournament (鉄拳タッグトーナメント) is a tag-team fighting game initially released as an arcade game in July of 1999.