Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection is the seventh installment in the popular
Tekken video game franchise. The Japanese version of Tekken: Dark Resurrection for the PSP is currently available and was released on
July 25,
2006 in the US and is scheduled for release on September 8, 2006 in Europe.
Over 35 stages are available, including all-new stages and a remade forest stage from
Tekken 3. All of the existing stages from
Tekken 5 have been set in different times of day, with differing setpieces (Heihachi's Honmaru compound, for instance, is no-longer burning, and the secret garden is now strewn with jack-o-lanterns). The prior versions of these stages are still available, but must be unlocked. There are many more customization items for the characters, and for the first time,
Mokujin and Eddy can be customized as well. All extra costumes from the PS2 edition of the game are present, and some have been made customizable (Xiaoyu and Asuka's school uniforms). The three animal characters have had their custom color regions expanded/reworked, including color options for Roger's and Panda's fur. The bear characters have more expressive facial animation (mouth movement).
Eddy Gordo is a standard character, separate from Christie, with his own character select space and items.
Armor King is a standard character with moves of his own. All characters have new moves.
Jinpachi Mishima has an altered appearance, with a skin texture like veins of fire or flowing magma, and a glowing white horn protrudes from his forehead. The selection screen and VS loading screen sport new CG renders of all the characters, most featuring new default color schemes. Also, pre-release Dark Resurrection is undergoing another revision before it is released to the PSP in 2006.
There are two brand new characters in T5: DR,
Sergei Dragunov and
(Tekken), as well as the returning character
Armor King. According to
Tekken Zaibatsu, "Dragunov is described as a human weapon... with origins tracing back to the frozen tundra" and "
Lili is a rich girl from Monaco." Dragunov fights with Sambo and Lili uses her skills in dance to fight in her own "tricky" style. In addition to these, the now-released arcade game has two yet-to-be-unlocked spaces on the character select screen. Names like
Kunimitsu,
Dr. Boskonovitch, Devil (
Devil Kazuya) and Ogre have been tossed around, or perhaps some version of
Jinpachi Mishima. Those names are pure speculation, but the precedent for secret characters is that these would be existing characters from the franchise, not new ones.
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