Tekken 2 ( 鉄拳2. Tekken Tsū ? ) is the second installment in the popular Tekken fighting game series. The game was first released in arcades in 1995, and later released for the PlayStation in 1996. It was included in the Arcade History mode of Tekken 5 . released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 . and was later released in 2007 for the PlayStation 3 . PlayStation Portable and Playstation Vita via the PlayStation Network .
The gameplay in Tekken 2 is much like its predecessor. with a few additions. It continues to use 2D backgrounds in its stages, features an infinite playing field, and uses a fighting system that utilizes four buttons: left punch, right punch, left kick, and right kick. Distinct additions included sidestepping and attack reversals for some characters, back throws, and chain-throws, while tackles were modified to inflict more damage when running from a greater distance. Unlike its predecessor, Tekken 2 allowed players to alter the games settings via the Options menu, and introduced new Team Battle. Time Attack. and Survival modes alongside the previous games Versus and Test modes.
A worldwide martial arts tournament was nearing its finale. A large purse of prize money, which was to be awarded to the fighter who could defeat Heihachi Mishima in the final round, provided an incentive for warriors from all over the globe.
Financed and sponsored by the giant financial group, the Mishima Zaibatsu. the first Tekken tournament began with eight fighters, all of whom had emerged victorious from various matches held around the world, brought together by different motives, all possessing the skill and power necessary for victory.
Many battles were fought, but only one lone warrior emerged with the right to challenge Heihachi Mishima for the of "King of Iron Fist" title. This warrior was Kazuya Mishima. Heihachi's cold-blooded son. Bearing the scar given to him by his father, he enters into vicious combat with Heihachi on the same field where he was struck down and dropped from a cliff at the age of five.
After a grueling battle which raged on for hours, Kazuya emerged victorious by utilizing the power granted to him by the supernatural entity known as Devil.
As Heihachi's broken body lay on the ground, Kazuya dropped to his knee and lifted his father into his arms. Kazuya walked slowly to the edge of the same cliff from where his father had thrown him as a child. He stared out over the landscape, and let go of his father's body. As Heihachi's body plummeted, Kazuya's smile gleamed in the sunlight.
Two years have passed. The Mishima Zaibatsu under Kazuya's leadership has become even more powerful, with its tendrils reaching to all corners of the world. Soon after his father's apparent death, Kazuya disappears into the shadows. However, rumors of his immense power, and a dark side, slowly begin to spread throughout the world.
Two years after the end of the first tournament, a message is relayed from the Mishima Zaibatsu fortress to news agencies all over the world announcing a second tournament with a prize a thousand times that of the first.
Like his son before him, Heihachi survived his fall into the ravine thanks to his superhuman resilience. He then retreated to the hills to meditate in order to rekindle and enhance his fighting ability. He enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2 to reclaim his conglomerate and dispose of Kazuya once and for all. The roles of primary protagonist and antagonist from the first game (Kazuya and Heihachi respectively) were reversed for Tekken 2, with Kazuya being the selected character's ultimate opponent (with the exceptions being Kazuya himself, who instead faces Heihachi, and Devil /Angel. who faces Jun instead). Like the first Tekken game, there is a canonical ending, which is Heihachi's ending. Heihachi flies in a helicopter with an unconscious Kazuya, heading towards a volcano. Heihachi then tosses Kazuya into the volcano, before fleeing as it erupts. This is confirmed to be canon in the PS2's intro to Tekken 4 . which shows the scene of Heihachi dropping Kazuya into the volcano.