Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8031 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2006-09-15
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: Sony PSP

Manufacturer's Description
Ten years after its arrival on PlayStation, Tekken, the daddy of all fighting games, TekkenTM Dark Resurrection arrives giving you the ability to do battle wherever and whenever you are. TekkenTM Dark Resurrection brings to PSP more than 30 customisable characters including new arrivals Dragunov and Lili, favourites from the arcade version and the long awaited return of Armor King. Not only will you have all the characters in the palm of your hand but also a great choice of game modes including Time Attack, Gold Rush and Dojo - and the option for multiplayer mayhem in Ad Hoc Wireless Mode.

Tekken Dojo:
Are you good enough to take the title of 'Tekken Lord'? The going is bloody as you fight your way to the top in a selection of different Dojos based on a private island owned by Mishima Zaibatsu.

Arcade Battle:
Earn your purse of fight money as you defeat ghosts matching your current level. And each test you pass sees you elevated a rank in the fighting hierarchy.

Quick Battle:
Choose from 1-on-1 battle or team battles against the CPU for quick and deadly mayhem. Alternatively form a team of up to eight players in team battle mode for a massive knock-out tournament.

Network:
Challenge friends, or enemies, to a duel via Ad Hoc Mode, exclusive to PSP.

Story Battle:
Get under the skin of your character in the new story mode and uncover your history.

Time, Survival and Gold Rush:
Beat your previous best score with a choice of three attack modes: Time Attack as you go against your opponent and the clock; Survival as your stamina is put to the test and your work to defeat as many opponents as possible and Gold Rush which allows you to earn fight money for damage dealt within the time limit.

Practice:
All new practice mode includes tutorials, freestyle training and command training covering both attack and self-defence.

Dark Resurrection continues Tekken 5's feature of character customisation. Create a profile and spend your fight money on cool gear for your fighter. You'd better get saving though as there are now twice as many items to purchase than in Tekken 5. Those who are cautious about going into battle will welcome the opportunity to check-out the opposition's profile before the fight by reviewing opponent's battle history and high scores.

Customer Reviews

Tekken on PSP (+US version review+)
This is an amazing game-without debate-graphically, it is ALMOST (not quite) as good as it's PS2 counterpart-and it has not suffered for the conversion in terms of controls.
The areas in which you fight are incredibly detailed, most of the backgrounds being found in tekken 5, including the ice cap level with the penguins (yes!) The characters are incredibly detailed, and the cut scenes are extremely good.
Now, this game is basically TEKKEN 5 ON PS2 WITH EXTRAS! I cannot emphasize this enough, every ending is the same as Tekken 5's, except for the new characters which have been added. Lily is an excellent addition to the franchise and armour king has also made a return, the russian chappie who makes an appearence is quite bluntly not very good. Now whilst the fighting is excellent, each character has a tonne of moves, combo's and throws, there is the chance to customize characters using money earned-can i just note that in the US version (the english may be different) there isn't all that much to choose from! They say there is a lot more than Tekken 5, personally i wouldn't say there is that much, although i expect you'll be able to download some of the stuff from the internet.
The inclusion of Tekken bowl, a survival mode, a hard hit mode (hit your enemy as many times (and as hard as you can) for money) and Dojo-where you fight in competitions, increasing your rank until you move on to the next dojo are welcome.
Best of all, you can verse other plays via the internet connection which means lots of competition, or you can download other players ghosts, so that you basically fight an opponent that computer has created based on another persons fighting style and rank, however magazines are saying there is some slow down, fingers crossed, this will not be the case in the UK release.
So any drawbacks? This is basically tekken 5 with extra's, so if your looking for something totally different guess again. Except for new characters, all the endings remain the same, but the mini games and dojo are great. Plus, this is tekken on the move-it does have great graphics, gameplay and life, so overall, this is still the best beat em up on the PSP

An amazing technical achievement
The first thing you notice about Dark Resurrection is just how good it looks. When we think back just a few years to the time when the Gameboy Advance was the standard handheld of choice, it's clear just how far technology has come. Dark Resurrection would look good on a plasma TV at home, so it's a brain fryingly bizarre experience to see it on a tiny little machine in the palm of your hand.

Gameplay-wise this conversion is perfect. The main problem with fighting games on handhelds is that they are not the same game as you play at home - they are rebuilt, simplified versions that are completely unsatisfying to anyone used to the full home incarnation. Tekken: Dark Resurrection is not like that, it has all the moves from the arcade (and soon to arrive Playstation 3 version) and, although the detail of the models has been slightly lowered to render them more clearly on the PSP's smaller screen, all the juggles, combos and throws work exactly as they do on the original Dark Resurrection.

But time out. Just quickly, in case people don't know what this game is. This is an upgraded version of Tekken 5, a game which has been very popular on the Playstation 2. The differences are that certain powerful characters have been toned down (Nina, Bryan, Steve and Heihachi mostly), every character has at least two new moves, and there are three new characters: Armor King (last seen in Tekken Tag), the Russian commando Drakunov (all new) and German teenager Lili (also completely new to the series).

What I enjoy about Dark Resurrection in single player is the Tekken Dojo mode where you choose a character and move around different "Dojos" in Japan, fighting progressively harder opponents and earning money to buy new costumes for characters, as well as raising your in-game "rank" with that character. This, along with the new modes "command attack" and "command training", is a great way to learn how to play the game, as, unlike earlier Tekken games, the computer plays a range of different opponents and plays intelligently, instead of being susceptible to the same cheap tricks that make a game get too easy and hence boring.

These new modes that better "teach" you to play Tekken are also excellent practise for multiplayer, which works wirelessly between PSPs in the same vicinity. Although the game occasionally lags in this multiplayer mode, it's not enough to spoil it or be unfair. Multiplayer will probably be a rare occurrence for most people, but it's brilliant when you can set it up with two evenly matched players.

Personally I think this is the best game on the PSP. It's got a huge amount to unlock, a ton for the player to learn, and it complements the home versions perfectly as you can practise on the move for home sessions either with PSPs wirelessly or playing Tekken 5/Dark Resurrection on a Playstation 2 or 3 in the living room.

I think I only have three genuine criticisms of the game: 1.) Tekken isn't a strategically complex as Virtua Fighter or certain 2D fighting titles and as such can get a bit repetitive and uninteresting. 2.) The lag in multiplayer is slightly irritating. 3.) There's no online multiplayer, which would have really been the icing on the cake if Namco had managed to include it.

Overall, it's a superb conversion though and I think fairly uncontroversially the best handheld fighting game conversion ever produced. It's a must buy title, unless you really don't like fighting games or have a particular dislike for the Tekken series. I would even say that it is worth fighting game fans buying a PSP for.

The best Tekken yet - including the PS2 versions
I was kinda sceptical about buying this as I already have the PS2 Tekken 5.
It actually turns out to be better than it for these reasons:

*The A.I. is a lot more balanced - no longer do you mercilessly get juggled and bashed against the side of the screen. It seems more fair now.
*Jinpachi (the end boss) is now toned down a bit and has less annoying moves - its much less frustrating this way.
*The tweaked fight money system now gives you a lot more money than it did in T5. This makes it much easier to accumulate points to buy accessories, and you can now buy character endings instead of having to complete the game with them. All of the costumes are unlocked from the start - you dont have to buy them.
*Lots more game modes like gold rush (you get money per hit), command attack (similar to DOA's training mode), tekken dojo (similar to a tournament), and my all time fave tekken mini game - tekken bowl! Each game mode allows you to earn a fair bit of fight money to spend on stuff.
*Lots of stats, as well as a win ratio per character. You can upload your stats to the internet and win things if you rank high.
*The new characters are excellent - especially lili.

They have done a stunning job with this - nothing is left out at all. All the costumes, all the movies and endings (including the ones from T5), MORE accessories, all the moves, all the backgrounds - its an absolute technical masterpiece, where the fights are silky smooth with no jerkiness or slowdown at all.

My ONLY minor gripe with this is that i like to play tekken with my fingers on the attack buttons rather than my thumb, and its quite uncomfortable playing for long periods like this, but thats just my personal preference.

I highly reccomend this - its the best handheld port ive ever played, and perfect for on-the-go gaming.