Tekken Hybrid

by Namco

• Features -
• Tekken Tag Tournament HD - This is a high-definition remake of the classic from the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Boasting a 20-fighter plus cast of characters; Tekken Tag Tournament offered a major revolution in the Tekken fighting style by adding a tag battle system with two characters for each team. And if that's not enough, TTT HD retains the mini-game Tekken Bowl, which brings Tekken fans action-packed bowling excitement with a punch
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue - Offering you a sampler of the arcade game, TTT 2 Prologue features four playable characters that appear in the Tekken Blood Vengeance movie. Each character will have a costume directly from the movie that will be exclusive to Tekken Hybrid, plus a costume from how the characters appear in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
• Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D - Set in the rich Tekken universe, this 3D CGI movie follows Xiaoyu Ling, seasoned martial artist and high school student, tasked by the G Corporation to infiltrate an international school in Kyoto to gather information on the mysterious student Shin Kamiya. Before she can make any progress in the investigation, an unknown assailant kidnaps Shin. Digging deeper into Shin's background in an attempt to rescue him, Xiaoyu learns about the frightening underbelly of the M

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0053OMTVQ
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 22, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,599 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #69 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Games > Action > Fighting

Product Description

Edition: Standard

From the Manufacturer

Nina Williams makes an appearance in this action packed 3D compatible movie with stunning CG graphics! View larger.

The Ultimate TEKKEN Tag fighting bundle!
TEKKEN Hybrid is a 3-in-1 package that combines both a full-length movie and interactive gaming content into the definitive TEKKEN entertainment bundle for the PlayStation®3 system!

TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance 3D: TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance 3D is a brand new, full-length 3D compatible CG feature film produced by Digital Frontier in collaboration with the TEKKEN Project Team. Mishima Zaibatsu and its rival organization G Corp. are searching for the mysterious M gene and all clues tie to a school student named Shin Kamiya.
TEKKEN Tag Tournament HD: TEKKEN Tag Tournament HD is a full high-definition version of the original TEKKEN Tag Tournament from the PlayStation®2 system. Every mode and feature is intact including the fan-favorite TEKKEN Bowl all enhanced with high-definition graphics and sound.
TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue: TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue is a new stand-alone fighting game vignette in TEKKEN’s classic “Tag Tournament” style. Prologue is an early look at the long-awaited sequel to the original arcade and PS2 favorite, long before TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 is available anywhere else!

Key Game Features

• 3-in-1 Package – Contains the full length 3D CG TEKKEN movie, a full high-definition version of the original TEKKEN Tag Tournament and an early peek at the upcoming game, TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2


• Blood Vengeance – TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue contains characters and content featured in the TEKKEN Blood Vengeance 3D movie and special exclusive content to TEKKEN Hybrid


• A History of Tag Battle – A complete TEKKEN Tag package including the full gamete of TEKKEN Tag content from the past and future


• Fully Featured – TEKKEN Hybrid takes full advantage of the PlayStation®3 features including trophy support for Tag HD and 3D compatible viewing for Blood Vengeance and Tag 2 Prologue


• Blu-Ray compatibility – TEKKEN Hybrid supports all Blu-Ray players and plays Blood Vengeance in any Blu-Ray player and both the movie and game content on the PlayStation®3

Additional Screenshots:

Play the fan favorite that started it all, now in HD! View larger.

The battle between G Corp and the Mishima Zaibatsu isn't over yet... View larger.

Play as Xiayou and Alisa in the TEKKEN Tag 2 Prologue! View larger.

Master the new gaming mechanics before the TEKKEN Tag 2 Release! View larger.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars TECH-IN HYBRID November 28, 2011

By Jimmy D. Nguyen

Edition:Standard

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I owned TTT on PS2 back in the day. I have fond memories because it was a launch title. That game is still fun to this day, and with the HD make-over it looks great. I am happy to say that everything is unlocked, since I owned it originally on the PS2, I for sure did not want to re-do all the unlocking again. TTT bowling is great, but not a huge ordeal for me if they don't include it, but is nice that they retained it. But then again to me the game is only worth say $20 since the game is 11 years old. The movie Blood Vengance looks great and there are 2 special features on the making of. I thought the movie was a bit boring. I fell asleep during the climatic ending. The fights looked cool, but could care less about the story. I wish they would've added a Tekken documentary of some sort, like the history of the series. The movie itself would be worth no more that $10 bucks and should be for HARDCORE Tekken fans. The final part of the bundle is TTT2 demo. That's all there is. 4 characters, which last maybe an hour or two playing it, not much meat and not really worth anything in my opinion. I think a good price for this would be $30 bucks. At the retail of $40 is too much for what you get. Ultimately all I really wanted was TTT in HD, If they only offered that as a PSN download it, because all the other stuff I could live without.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars For Hardcore Tekken Fans November 23, 2011

By Matthew Rickard

Edition:Standard

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Having played Tekken since the PlayStation One, I knew I would have to get this. It's been about 11 years since the release of Tekken Tag Tournament for the PS2, and you can tell the difference that the HD has on this game. It looks good for it's age! The characters have a cleaner look, but the backgrounds still look the same in my opinion. The only complaint that I have is that all of the unlockable characters are unlocked, which makes playing the arcade mode of the game seem pointless.

Tekken bowling is back! A classic mini game, still fun to this day!

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Prologue was one of my main reasons for buying this bundle. The game play is awesome and the characters look amazing too. Only four playable characters though (Devil Jin, Devil Kazuya, Xiaoyu, and Alisa), all of which had a part in the Tekken movie that was included.

And finally, we have the Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D & 2D CG movie. I believe this movie was made for the hardcore fans of the series ONLY! I loved it every minute of it. The CG looks amazing, and the crazy action is unbeatable.

Overall, I give this bundle a 5 stars, just for the HD and re-release of a classic game, a look and demo at one of the newest installments, and an action packed movie all in one Blu-Ray disc!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Casual Fan / 3D Review December 6, 2011

By MiRSD TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I'll start off by saying I'm not a hardcore Tekken fan. It's one of my favorite fighting games and I do own Tekken 2 (PSone), Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PSN/PSP) and Tekken 6, but I'm not a hardcore fan - I don't know the complete movelist, play it for hours in the arcade or unlock every single item/play hundreds of hours at home. If that's you, the game may appeal to you more than it did to me.

Tekken Hybrid comes as a "bundle" - it includes an HD version of Tekken Tag Tournament, a 3D/HD version of Tekken: Blood Vengeance and a demo of Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

First thing you'll notice, this doesn't load like a normal game-disc. This is a "Hybrid" disc, mixing a standard Blu-Ray (meaning you can put this disc into your non-PS3 blu-ray player and watch the movie) and a game disc (with the game/demo). On a PS3, all 3 options are available (to watch the movie, move the XMB to "Video" and select "Tekken Blood Vengeance" - To play the games, move the XMB to GAME, select TEKKEN HYBRID and from the sub-menu, select TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT HD or TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 PROLOGUE.

I will say I was disappointed that the 2 game options BOTH require you to install the content before being able to play. Total size is 2,443 MB (almost 2.5GB), and they DO require you to have the disc in to play.

Starting off with Tekken Tag Tournament:
The game looks surprisingly good! The CG sequences look decent (keep in mind they're 12 years old!) and the game itself looks good. The character models show age, but they really cleaned the game up nicely. If you were a fan of it, you'll really appreciate this upgrade. It also takes full advantage of widescreen on an HDTV. Note that all bonus content has been unlocked from the start (unlike the original game). Note that Tekken Tag is NOT presented in 3D.

The movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance runs 92 minutes and features both a 2D and 3D version (3D version requires a 3DTV). Audio is in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch (Japanese or English). Subtitles include: Japanese, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Korean and Chinese. The box only mentions English/French/Spanish, so I thought it was worth noting the others are included. There is no region coding listed on the box.

Extras include:
Special Discussion w/ Katsuhiro Harada and Dai Sato, This Is Tekken: Behind the Scenes. Teaser Trailer (Japanese/English) and Trailer (Japanese/English). Runtime of the features is 38 minutes, and are in Japanese w/ optional subtitles (all from the movie (listed above) seem to apply to the features). Special features are also in HD.

The movie was the selling point for me - I'm a sucker for 3D Movies, I liked tekken (casual fan), and despite not caring too much for the other content (demo/game), they were a nice bonus for me.

Unfortunately, I found the movie to be a bit boring through most of it - I won't go too into it, but the movie description makes it sound a lot more exciting than it really is.

The visuals of the movie are great - they really put a lot of time/effort into making it look good, and it really shines in HD (other than this set, the only option to get the movie is on DVD: Tekken: Blood Vengeance ). The visuals in 3D, however, take it to another level! The majority of 3D comes in the form of "depth" (so you can see into the background) not so much "Pop out" (most of the noticeable popout comes in the form of smoke, glass, wood chips, rain and other elements. There are a couple popout moments (like the chainsaw) that look great, but these are somewhat far apart).
The 3D does vary a bit from shot to shot - some look incredible, seeing many layers of depth for their arm (closest to camera), their hair, their face, their other arm, the background.. at other times it seems more like a 2D image (background) with a single 3D layer in front of it (character). Sometimes you'll even see a background that looks like a 2D image with a character part of it, and only the other character is in 3D on a different layer). It looks a bit odd, especially when so much of it looks GREAT - fortunately those scenes are far apart. Colors and clarity are outstanding, so even on a 2D display you're in for a treat. There are also times when it feels like something SHOULD be popping out, but it doesn't really reach past the TV screen.
3D isn't necessary to enjoy it, but it does increase the experience. I think the trailer (showing purely action sequences) is what let me down - the first hour of the movie has very little action in it.

Finally, we've got Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Prologue.
I wasn't too sure what to expect with this - was it like Gran Turismo Prologue where it has quite a bit of content? Unfortunately, no. This is much more of a demo than anything else.
Included are only a demo of ARCADE mode (4 characters selectable - Alisa, Xiaoyu, Devil Jin and Kazuya). The graphic and gameplay improvement here is definitely visible over the first game (but that's totally expected). The demo is fun and gets me excited for the full release, but this is really just a demo.
This demo is presented in both 2D and 3D (select-able via options). The characters in the demo play a part in the included movie, which was a nice "tie-in" between the two.

Overall, this seems a bit like a forced bundle - I only wanted the movie (in HD/3D), I know some bought this game JUST FOR the demo, and I'm sure there are some who would have loved Tekken Tag HD for 10-bucks as a PSN download. It seems that rather than going the "split" way (10-dollar PSN Tekken Teg HD, 30-dollar Tekken movie 3D Blu-Ray, Free PSN game demo download) they decided to bundle it all and sell it as a single item.

While it is fun, it's hard to justify an "Almost full prices game" price for a 12-year-old HD upgrade, a "not too great" 3D/Blu-Ray movie and a game demo. At 30-bucks, I'd say go for it. At 40-60 bucks (Standard edition / Limited edition), it's a bit harder to recommend.

Overall, I don't see myself watching the movie more than 1-2 times, I'll play the Tekken HD game with friends and the demo once in a while. Hardcore fans may feel different about this.