
The game made the most of the latest technical advances applied to 3D video games that left way behind the classic fighting games like Street Fighter, Fatal Fury or Mortal Kombat and started rival with SEGA's Virtua Fighter launched in 1993. Each character has a Nintendo-themed costume.Back in 1994, Namco launched the fighting video game Tekken for arcade machines and, a year later, for home entertainment systems in its version for PlayStation. The game has 60 different characters to play as.

The ball can be charged with consecutive hits. The goal is deplete the opponent's health, but damage is mainly dealt by either spiking the ball into the opponent or getting the ball to land on their side. The other mode is a volleyball mode called Tekken Ball. The Star also appears at random intervals to give invincibility Super Mushroom increases the fighter's size and power while Poison Mushrooms shrink the fighter's size and power. The Mushroom Battle mode is the standard fighting mode except it has Mario power-ups that the players can pick and be affected. On top of the standard fighting, the Wii U version has two exclusive modes. The main modes the player can do are Arcade, Versus, Team Battle, Time Attack, Survival and a training mode called Fight Lab.

The colors can be customized using the Wii U GamePad. The game has customization options with items and specialized KOs. There are new tag mechanics like Tag Throw as well as the Bound mechanics coming from Tekken 6. Fighters switched in can continue a combo and can perform combined moves. 1) Matches with the option for the players to each control a player. The player can choose to play as Tag Team (2 vs.

If time runs out, the player who has the most cumulative life remaining between their fighters wins the round.

If either fighter runs out of health, the player loses the round. The player can switch between each fighter at any time with the fighter off screen recovering health. The gimmick of this side series is that each player can chooses two characters to fight with. The combat generally focuses on combos and juggling the opponent. The fights take place in various 3D arenas with some obstacles. The game is a 3D fighter like the other Tekken games.
