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Tekken (1994)

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This is a playthrough of Arcade Mode using Kunimitsu in the PS1 version of Tekken 1. Read on below for more information...

Kunimitsu is the sub-boss for Michelle in the game. He is an unlockable playable character in the normal version of it.

===== ABOUT THE "BOSS EDITION" =====

To put it simply, this is the normal game as usual but with the major difference being that the bosses' icons appear on the character select screens instead of the regular characters. The 2P Play Mode character select screen also has this change whereby it replaces the regular character's texts.

The interesting thing is that the final boss Heihachi replaces the slot of Kazuya... logically you would think that only the sub-bosses would appear here right? Heihachi being present here results in Kunimitsu not appearing on this screen.

Note that the sub-bosses' icon slot appearances here do not replace/match their regular starting character counterparts (for example Anna would replace Nina's slot), meaning that it's not a structured appearance. Instead, they are of the same order as when they are all unlocked in the normal version of the game.

The bosses' icons on this screen are not just aesthetical... they actually function and do give you the chosen boss when you select them here. Think of it as the bosses being the 'main characters' this time.

I find it rather interesting because normally the bosses' icons are never shown on the character select screen (you normally move the cursor off the side of the screen to select the bosses after they're unlocked).

===== "BOSS EDITION" ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====

If you select a boss this way and use him/her to beat Arcade Mode, it does not unlock their regular counterpart.

As mentioned earlier, Kunimitsu is the only boss that does not appear on the character screen due to Heihachi appearing.

===== KUNIMITSU ON CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN =====

As Kunimitsu doesn't appear on the character select screen in the "Boss Edition", additional third party methods (Action Replay, GameShark, etc.) are required to get him to appear on this screen as shown in the video starting from at 00:07

===== UNLOCK INFORMATION =====

HOW TO UNLOCK KUNIMITSU IN THE NORMAL VERSION OF THE GAME:

Beat Arcade Mode with Michelle. Kunimitsu will then be available on the character select screen by scrolling off the side of the row.

===== ABOUT KUNIMITSU =====

As an "alternative design" to Yoshimitsu (in the lore: she was once part of his Manji clan), she offers a unique contrast to the space ninja. In Tekken 1, Kunimitsu is often mistaken as a male character due to the fact that she uses Yoshimitsu's voice, and also her physical build being far more closer to a male's one. It is known that she and Nina Williams was meant to be the same character according to early concept artwork.

===== KUNIMITSU GAMEPLAY =====

Kunimitsu is mostly a derivative of Yoshimitsu for the most part... she does not have the sword strike or sword thrust moves that Yoshimitsu has (which makes sense considering her weapons). The weapons in both of her hands is purely aesthetics and does not seem to have any unique gameplay features.

===== KUNIMITSU TRIVIA =====

On the character select screen, she is the only sub-boss in the game to have the exact same image portrait as one of the regular characters (Yoshimitsu).

She was changed to be Yoshimitsu's personal boss in Tekken 2.

In her official Japanese and English profiles, she is referred to as male.

Unlike Yoshimitsu, she has different weapons in her other costume.

===== ABOUT PS1 TEKKEN 1 =====

This version of the game is virtually arcade perfect, even bettering the Arcade version in a lot of ways, such as:

1) The sub-bosses and Heihachi being made to be unlockable playable characters. They are unplayable in the Arcade version.

2) Extra/new and unique moves for the bosses.

3) A new alternative costume for each of the bosses.

4) FMV endings for the regular characters.

5) Offering an excellent Arranged soundtrack.

The minor downside however is that the character portraits on the select screen are static when you select/confirm them, unlike in the Arcade where they had animation. This is probably done to cut loading times.

===== CHAPTERS =====

00:00 - Title/Menu & Boss character select screen
00:28 - Regular fights
09:56 - vs. Michelle (personal sub-boss)
11:11 - vs. Heihachi
12:35 - Credits
13:40 - Name Entry
13:57 - Time Rankings
14:15 - BONUS: Kunimitsu other costume

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