Sunday, April 29

The Soap Opera Continues...

Information about the story of Tekken 6 just popped up online, care of SD Tekken.
Apparently Jin Kazama won the last tournament, and thereafter takes over the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu. It seems that the dark side has taken control of the young anti-hero, and he starts using manipulative tactics to grab power all over the world with the Zaibatsu's forces. A world war begins, which saps the strength of the many nations... the Zaibatsu emerges victorious and announces its independence as a superpower. The only one that can stand up against Jin now is G-Corp, the mysterious conglomerate from Tekken 5. A huge bounty is laid on the head of Jin Kazama as the 6th King of Iron Fist Tournament is announced...

On the sub-stories, it seems that Kazuya Mishima is head of G-Corps (at least, from the shadows), and is behind the bounty on his son's head. He's no hero, of course... he's just pissed that someone else is taking over the world. Meanwhile, old man Heihachi, who got booted off the CEO seat, is spoiling for revenge.

Leo, the new fighter who may or may not be a cross-dressing girl, is the child of a famous investigator (father) and a G-Corp Executive (mother). The father went missing, and now mom got murdered. Some sleuthing into the incidents reveals the name Kazuya Mishima. And so Rock Howard- er, Leo, joins the Tekken tournament for some answers...

Zafina, the limber new hottie, is apparently some kind of holy guardian, whose duty has been to protect an ancient royal tomb. The recent carnage all over the world points to a prophecy that the world may end soon, and so Zafina leaves her post to see if Armageddon is indeed just around the corner...

Finally, Yoshimitsu finds out that his sword, which gains power from defeating villains, has a dark side- it may turn him insane. And so, he switches to a new sword which is meant to seal the dark powers of his former weapon.

Whew! Weird stuff... but that's all in line with Tekken. There are tons of other characters yet to be revealed, but all will surely have love, revenge, greed, curiosity and what have you to satisfy in this latest tournament. Can't wait to see this. Arcades will probably see it before 2007 ends... here's to the PS3 game coming in soon afterwards.

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