Although Heihachi and Kuma are playable in all home versions of Tekken, they are both unplayable in the arcade version of the first Tekken and only appear as opponents.įive characters: Anna Williams, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan, Lei Wulong and Marshall Law would come close, having appeared in six installments (though Kazuya and Law made cameo appearances in the third game). While Kuma and King also appear in all the games, more than one entity has assumed the identity, as starting with Tekken 3 their successors would replace the originals. Only four characters have appeared as playable characters in all seven main Tekken installments to date: Heihachi Mishima, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, and Yoshimitsu. In the story mode of the game, each character generally has their own personal reasons for entering the tournament and competing for the prize. A few characters have supernatural origin, such as Devil and Ogre, while animal characters like Kuma the bear and Roger the kangaroo provide comic relief. Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fighting styles. 10 Introduced in Tekken 7 and Tekken 7: Fated Retribution.8 Introduced in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.7 Introduced in Tekken 6 and Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.6 Introduced in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.2.6 Kazuya Mishima/Devil Kazuya/Kid Kazuya.Whether you go for dress-up fun or RPG action, this is the place to immerse yourself in the anime and manga worlds. Or, if you are more into cooking than fighting, check out our anime cooking games. Of course, there are pure anime fighting games, from Dynamons to Crazy Zombie Eschatology Hero and beyond. When you're done with your anime dress-up you can really get into character in our anime RPG games. Like the anime style? Then try on the clothes and costumes in anime dress-up games like Sword Art Online Dress Up. Are you a Super Mario Brothers fan? Nintendo and Sega's top characters unite in battle in Super Smash Flash 2. (Pow!) Some of them are less TV- or movie-focused, instead featuring characters from the world of Japanese-created games. A lot of these stories have a sci-fi or supernatural theme, all the better to show off the genres' characteristic over-the-top drawn-action effects.
But there are even more anime games on offer here – which makes sense, as our games are as animated as the anime movies and TV shows these characters come from. Sure, there are manga games, like the Manga Creator School Days series, which lets you create your own manga scenes on the page. Not sure what the difference is? Well, manga is the name for the artwork found in Japanese comic books (or the books themselves), and anime (short for animation) refers to the, well, animated varieties of Japanese storytelling. Nowhere is Japan's pop-culture influence on the rest of the world more apparent than in the international popularity of anime and manga.