Tekken 6 Characters Revealed

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Atari has revealed some of the characters in the upcoming Tekken 6, due out in the fourth quarter of this year. We've got details and pictures below.

Name: Christie Monteiro
Fighting style: Capoeira
Nationality: Brazilian

Christie was unable to win The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. She was struggling to discover a way to save her grandfather when Eddy, who had been by her side, suddenly vanished. She searched everywhere but was unable to find him. Ultimately, she was left with no choice but to return to Brazil alone.

Christie continued her search for Eddy upon returning to Brazil, when surprisingly her grandfather also disappeared from the hospital. The hospital said that Christie's grandfather had been sent to the Mishima Zaibatsu for treatment. Christie figured that Eddy acted against the Mishima Zaibatsu in same manner, but in that case she should have gotten some communication from him. She could not help but feel that there must be something sinister regarding Eddy's disappearance. When The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced, Christie headed for Japan to get in contact with the Mishima Zaibatsu and to find out where Eddy and her grandfather had gone.

Name: Devil Jin
Fighting style: Unknown
Nationality: None

Under the control of the devil gene, Jin Kazama's power rivals that of a demon.

Name: Dragunov
Fighting style: Commando Sambo
Nationality: Russian
Age: 26

Sergei Dragunov had received orders from the Russian military command to capture the organism known as the 'Devil.' He successfully infiltrated The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, but was unable to locate the organism.

Russia was in complete disorder due to numerous internal conflicts and civil disturbances, all believed to be caused by the covert actions of Mishima Zaibatsu operatives. In order to suppress national unrest, Dragunov was fighting across the country. He was then called back by top Russian military command and ordered to infiltrate The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 to crush the Mishima Zaibatsu. Thus, Dragunov embarked once again for Japan.

Name: Hwoarang
Fighting style: Tae Kwon Do
Nationality: Korea

Hwoarang succeeded in defeating Jin in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. However, the next instant, the defeated Jin let out an inhuman roar and Hwoarang was thrown through the air by violent winds. Sprouting black wings, Jin stood before him ....looking just like a devil. Extremely outmatched, Hwoarang was prepared for death as he lost consciousness. When he awoke, he was in a hospital bed. After hearing about what happened from Baek Doo San, who had stayed at his bedside, Hwoarang pushed away the nurse and quickly rushed to his teacher, begging for more power.

After leaving the hospital, Hwoarang trained with more vigor than ever before. Intent on defeating his former rival, he left for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6.

Name: King
Fighting style: Pro Wrestling
Nationality: Mexico

In The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, King faced Marduk in a grueling battle. A friendship formed between the two after the fight. Upon returning from the ring, Marduk was ambushed by someone dressed as Armor King. King was furious and vowed to find the culprit, but was unsuccessful.

After that, the world was engulfed in war, and King had all but given up looking for Marduk's attacker when he received an invitation from Marduk to join him in The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. If they both participated in the Tournament, perhaps the Armor King imposter would show up again. With that slight hope, King decided to join the tournament.

Name: Craig Marduk
Fighting style: Vale Tudo
Nationality: Australian

Craig Marduk fought against King once again during The King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Although he lost, he had a friendly handshake with King after the match. Returning to his room, the lights suddenly went out, and Marduk was attacked by an unknown assailant. The lights came back on after some time, and the Marduk saw the culprit. It appeared to be Armor King, who Marduk had previously beaten.

The world fell engulfed in war when, suddenly, The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 was announced. Marduk reasoned that if he entered the tournament perhaps the unknown assailant would show up again. Along with his new ally King, Marduk entered the tournament to find his attacker.

Name: Nina Williams
Fighting style: Assassination
Nationality: Irish

After defeating her sister Anna, Nina Williams was without an immediate goal to pursue. Jin Kazama, who had become the leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu, recruited her as a member of his special forces. Nina was not picky about her clients. She engaged in covert demolition operations around the world as part of the Tekken Force.

As the world was engulfed in war and the conflict between the Mishima Zaibatsu and the G Corporation heated up, the Zaibatsu announced The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Nina decided to enter the Tournament in order to those who pose a threat to Jin Kazama.

Well, what do you know? An Australian character. Wonders never cease.

Reader Comments:

Posted by G-Train 18/03/2009 7:16pm

Tekkens always been a bit too much of a button-mash-fest for me. I remember the old days of Tekken 3 on PS where ppl would always pick an overpowered character and then just spam some lame arse move....and win.

Maybe they've fixed this - but in my experience, I'll stick to DoA ty.

Posted by insanopointless 19/03/2009 12:52pm

Soul Calibur for me, much more fun I think.

Nah my first game on PS2 was Tekken Tag Tournament and in my mind it still looks more amazing than Gears 2 or anything like that. It just blew me away.

Posted by Julz 19/03/2009 3:30pm

I'm not a fan of Tekken. I played it with a friend once years and years ago (N64 I think?) and I found it to be too slow and clunky. I don't like slow and clunky. I still kicked her ass in it though.

Posted by insanopointless 19/03/2009 3:45pm

I'm not a fan of Tekken. I played it with a friend once years and years ago (N64 I think?) and I found it to be too slow and clunky. I don't like slow and clunky. I still kicked her arse in it though.

Never on 64, always been on Playstation and Arcades (till now I guess)

Posted by Julz 20/03/2009 8:45am

Freaky. I swear I was playing it on a nintendo controller. My childhood memories are screwed up. :\ She must have had a playstation at the time and I've just forgotten. Weird.

Posted by Predator 20/03/2009 8:59am

I like Soul Calibur, but I remember tekken was one of the first good fighters on the ps1 (and ps2)

Posted by Julz 20/03/2009 10:29am

I used to hit it up with Soul Blade and Bloody Roar on PS1. I never played Soul Calibur until Xbox.

Posted by moodycj 20/03/2009 11:09am

Soul Caliber is awesome but the best fighter is brawl.

Posted by G-Train 20/03/2009 2:22pm

Yeah I had a mate in first year Uni with a Game Cube, our circle of friends used to head down for dinner, then head back to his place for some Soul Calibur - was a decent game, and what I really liked was after a handful of fights you could put a decent defense, unlike most fighters where the person who's played it the most dominted everyone.

Posted by insanopointless 20/03/2009 2:47pm

Yeah I get beaten plenty after playing for a while. It evens out. Bloody Roar was good fun on the Cube too, but it was soooo cheap. There was a move you could do twice and get a ring out every time. Just shit like that. Heaps unbalanced.

Posted by RJG 20/03/2009 10:51pm

Fuck this shit. Street Fighter IV is out.

Posted by Julz 23/03/2009 2:48pm

I can't remember heaps about the fighting dynamics in the first Bloody Roar but I remember them being good in Bloody Roar 2 (I should boot this up on PS3 and play around ... ahh nostalgia). I do remember in the first game though my younger brother was playing as Fox and kept doing a fast swing punch whilst standing in the corner of the arena such that he would just keep hitting my older brother and I back. That would seem like an uneven way to win, however my brother and I managed to work out how to get around it and kick my younger brother's arse (repeatedly). I don't recall there ever being a move that could ring you out in two goes though. :\ I don't even remember ring out being that easy to achieve in the first place. Then again, my memory is pretty ghey.

I find street fighter IV more annoying for those sorts of things though coz it's 2D and 2D is lame. (Sorry RJ) I also don't like fighting games with long range attacks (e.g. fire balls) - less fun.

Posted by G-Train 23/03/2009 3:10pm

I rememeber the very first Street Fighter where one of the characters had a kick that was like half the screen - all u needed to do was spam it and u win.  That was quite a long time ago though.....