Tekken 1 [Arcade] - play as Wild Card (unused)
304This is a playthrough using Wild Card in the Arcade version of Tekken 1. Read on below for more information...
Wild Card is an unused "character" in the game, meaning that he is an unplayable character.
===== ABOUT WILD CARD =====
This character seems to be an extra "dummy" sort of character, who is formed using Kazuya's model with Kunimitsu's moves and mannerisms.
The interesting thing is that he has a unique voice to himself, along with some "glitched" sounds.
It is unclear on why this "character" is in the game. What we do know however is that the legit "Wild Card" is used for an empty Player 1 or Player 2 panel on the character select screen, but is not an actual character.
Using external methods you can select Wild Card and bring him up as an actual character. There are some possible reasons for this character existing - maybe there was a Random Select feature planned but never implemented; or this may be a template for another character that was never made. It could even be a data manifestation.
===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====
---- When you select/confirm him on the character select screen, it actually plays an animated "FMV" portrait animation of the spinning question mark icon, like as if you selected a regular character. This comes as a surprise because he is an unused character.
---- When you select/confirm him on the character select screen, the announcer says his name as "Wild Card" obviously.
---- When using him in a 2-Player game, if he wins a round then the game will freeze after the replay. This is most likely due to him not having an announcer voice for his name for in-game matches.
---- He only has one costume, and that is Kazuya's 2nd costume.
---- When you complete the game with him in single-player mode, after entering your name, he appears with Paul's icon on the Time ranking screen.
---- On the Character usage statistics screen, he appears with Kazuya's icon and name.
---- He does not have a Stage 8 sub-boss obviously.
===== ABOUT ARCADE TEKKEN 1 =====
This is the very first version of the game that started the entire franchise... this is the one right at the start of the full Tekken timeline (including ports, etc.). When Arcade Tekken 1 was first released, it was up against Virtua Fighter 1... with Tekken being regarded as the more popular game due to the "better" gameplay and visuals, and the fact that it ran at 60fps unlike VF1.
The game sees the debut of a large portion of the characters who are still active in the modern Tekken games of today, basically becoming staples of the franchise. All of the characters in it (besides male Kunimitsu) have made a return in the sequel Tekken 2, which from thereafter in the future games, some have constantly reoccurred, while some have had infrequent appearances.
The interesting thing (at least for me) about the arcade version of Tekken 1 is that it features unplayable unique personal bosses for each one of the characters... I'm not 100% sure but this is possibly the first 3D fighting game with this feature. The bosses (besides Heihachi) gameplay-wise are pretty much derivatives/clones of their regular character counterpart, but it's still a nice feature to have, bringing an element of "mystery" due to them being non-selectable.
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