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Tekken (1994)

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This is a playthrough of Arcade Mode using "Wild Card" in the PS1 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/non-selectable character.

===== WILD CARD ON CHARACTER SELECT SCREEN =====

As "Wild Card" is an unused 'character', it means that it doesn't normally appear on the character select screen. Therefore, additional third party methods (Action Replay, GameShark, etc.) are required to get it to appear on this screen, as shown in the video starting from 00:06

As shown in the video, "Wild Card" appears as a question mark [?] icon on the row of characters, and uses the large question mark image portrait. The question mark icon is not seen anywhere in the game in normal situations, so it can only be seen via third party methods.

===== ABOUT "WILD CARD" =====

This seems to be a slot intended to act as a random character selector (of the roster obviously), but as it isn't used in the game, it does not function and a character is actually allocated to it. In this case, this character is Kazuya Mishima with some differences. It is a bit like a "dummy" character.

===== WILD CARD INFORMATION =====

There is nothing in the game that references the character as "Wild Card". I call him this because the Arcade version has an unused character like this that is suggested to be Wild Card.

In gameplay, the character is Kazuya Mishima.

It uses the question mark image portrait on the character select screen.

It has no name on the character select screen nor the versus screen.

In gameplay, it has no name on it's lifebar.

In single-player mode, it does not have a sub-boss.

It has no voices.

In a 2-player match, it will crash the game after a Replay as it does not have a announcer-name voice programmed in. This is shown in the video starting from 13:09

On the character select screen, if you look closely at the question mark of the large portrait, you can see a reflection of Heihachi on it.

It is very different to the Arcade version of unused "Wild Card", also featured on this channel.

===== 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.

===== 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
10:27 - vs. Heihachi
11:29 - Credits
12:35 - Name Entry
12:51 - Time Rankings
13:10 - BONUS: Wild Card game crash after Replay in 2-player match

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