Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Introduction

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is the successor to 1999's Tekken Tag Tournament. The game was released in Japanese arcades on September 14, 2011 and will be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, during the holiday season in 2012. A playable demo, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue, was bundled with the CGI movie titled Tekken: Blood Vengeance and an HD version of the original Tekken Tag Tournament and released in North America on November 22, 2011 as Tekken Hybrid.

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System Tutorial Guide

Controls and Terminology

• Game's HUD Explanation
• Tekken Zaibatsu Legend
• Tekken Jargon

Basic Movement and Defense

• Walking, Crouching and Blocking
• Jumps and Hops
• Forward Dash and Running
• Sidestepping and Sidewalking
• Backdash Cancelling
• Crouch Dashes and Sways
• Backflips and Wall Jumps
• The Idea of Spacing

Basic Offense

• Strikes and Hit Ranges
• Frames #1: Explanation
• Frames #2: CH-Hunting
• Frames #3: Block Punishing
• Crush System
• Hitboxes and Range
• Parries and Reversals
• Throws #1: Front, Side, Back
• Throws #2: Crouch, Ground, Air
• Throws #3: Shifts, Chains, Tackles
• Combos #1: Launchers and Bounds (in progress)
• Combos #2: Stage Gimmicks (in progress)
• The Art of Buffering

Waking Up

• Ground Game 101 (in progress)
• Techrolls (in progress)
• Grounded Options (in progress)

Tagging Basics

• Solo or Tag? (in progress)
• Tagging Primer (in progress)
• Tag Throws (in progress)
• Combos #3: Tag-Related Combos (in progress)
• Tag Crash (in progress)

System Related Data

• Special Tag Throws and Tag Combos
• Netsu Relationship Chart
• Generic Attacks Frames
• Getting Up
• Movement Rankings
• Chicken Mark

• Generic Tag Throw List
• Tagging Data
• Chickening Basics
• Punisher Rankings
• Side Stepping Rankings

Other Helpful Links

• Level Up Your Game Archives
• Neogaf's Tekken Guide
• Avoiding the Puddle Guides
• RBNorway's Translated Frame Data

Move List Primer

First of all you should familiarize yourself with the abbreviations we use throughout the site. Over the years these have become pretty much the standard for Tekken webmasters and FAQ writers. Each of the Move List columns contain specific move information.

Command Column
Pretty self-explanatory. This is how you execute the listed move. The directions are in relation to which way your character is facing, of course.

Type Column
This applies only to the Grappling Arts. It indicates your position in relation to the opponent. Most Multi Parts Arts have to be done from the front. Grabbing with a Multi Part starter from the side or back will result in a regular back or side grab in most cases.

Name Column
This information is trivial. These are not all the official move names from Namco by the way. Tekken players started naming move long before Namco ever did, and a lot of them just stuck.

Damage Column
Tekken damage is based on points, not percentages. The Tekken Tag 2 lifebar is 180 points for both tag vs tag and solo vs solo. For tag vs solo, it will be 170 points for tag and 230 for solo. Standing hits do 135% of their base value on tag, vs tag and tag vs solo, while it's 120% on solo vs solo matches. We have opted to populate the lists with the actual damage output because it seems to make more sense to know what it actually does and not what it is based of.

Escape Column
Another Grappling Arts only column. It tells you which escape to use for a particular throw. More detailed escape information can be found in the system sections. Complex escapes such as mounts and tackles are usually labeled as 'system' since there are various escape options and windows.

Hit Range Column
Indicates at which level a listed move hits. Tekken has 4 major hit ranges; take a closer look at the glossary for more detailed information. These are based on a standard size character on even ground away from walls. This especially relates to ground hitting moves of which properties can change going uphill, near walls or on overly large characters

Properties Column
Contains a wide variety of extra move information, such as stuns, staggers and much more. Be sure not to overlook the footnote indicators.