Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection

After Tekken 5 hit arcades and PS2s and its hype died down a bit, many players speculated as to what Namco would do as a follow up. Would the company jump ahead to a PlayStation 3 game? Would it make a tag team version? Would it do to Tekken 5 what Sega AM did for Virtua Fighter 4 and release a major upgrade with a cool-sounding name at the end like "evolution?"
As it turns out, Namco seems to have taken that last path. Word has leaked out on the next installment of the franchise, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, thanks to a small advertisement in the latest Famitsu magazine that shows the words "Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection" plastered on the cover of the issue of Arcadia being released at the end of this month.

A free upgrade of the arcade Tekken 5 was recently released, dubbed "Tekken 5 version 5.1," which included a few cosmetic changes to the character life bars and character select screen, and some changes in character moves to improve game balance. For instance, Steve's infinite was removed, and a few other strong moves were toned down.

Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection looks to include more than just a few changes like the ones above. There is a strong indication that not only will new items be added, but the stages will also be re-done. If the name hints at anything, it's very probable that there will be at least one new character in the game. (UPDATE: It now looks like there will be two new characters in the game.) Dark Resurrection? That certainly brings up images of Devil Kazuya or Ogre and True Ogre making a comeback. Be warned though -- other fans of the game are still waiting to see if the #1 underdog character in terms of popularity will make it back for this one: Kunimitsu.

Unlike Tekken 5.1, it does not seem this will be a free upgrade for owners of the existing coin-op machines. Word has it Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is slated for release at the end of the year in arcades across Japan, and if the past has been any indication, the U.S. coin-op release should happen around the same time. No console port has been announced.

Dragunov is described as a human weapon (let's hope he's not a Bryan clone) with origins tracing back to the frozen tundra. Lili is a rich girl from Monaco Park with a very unique fighting style.

errmmmmm wow this is great news dragunov scares me and lets hope we will see more new characters 🙂 hers hoping for a console relase and maybe this could be the time for tekken to branch on the other consoles 🙂

You think he's scary? My friend (she's a girl) has had nightmares about this guy along with an army of Devil Jins. I hear there's a rumor Tekken with make an appearance on XBOX or 360.

thats great and devil jin army ahhh that scares me and SBW( shapedbywords are you a dude or dudett

Dragunov looks interesting.. I'd like to play as him.. (as for the human weapon.. I'm thinking more a Jack type, than a bryan clone)

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
Dragunov looks interesting.. I'd like to play as him.. (as for the human weapon.. I'm thinking more a Jack type, than a bryan clone)

im think that he was desigend to win the warbut was cast aside due to funding so he lay in a coffin for years until one day he was awoken by something like hei and was tricked into fighting in the KOIF until after winning it he realises that he was tricked and then you must figt hei as a final final battle upon defeating him you go back to the coffing ir somthing along those lines (to much free time can anyone tell)

Either way I think the story overall is getting better.

Dark Resurrection will feature twice as many stage than the original Tekken 5 release and a truck load more items for each character.

i loved the item thing one of the best things i have witnessed in a game but i never really bother with stages adn shaped by words are you male or female just wondering

Originally posted by ShapedByWords
I was thinking more mystical or magical.

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
I'm just assuming by his Military-esque wardrobe.. I just hope he's not a grapple character.. I dont really care for those too much

That Dragunov character actually looks alot like Kazuya in the facial features...

I hope they bring back some characters like Devil Kaz and the Ogres. Kunnimitsu was alright. Maybe a Jun ressurection would be cool too

I dont think any of the people you mentioned will be returning at all. 😬

Yeah, I expected as much, alot of the characters I mentioned are dead.

However, Devil kazuya should be avalable, he still exists (Cites Kazuya's into in the PS2 T5 as proof)

In story mode hes devil kaz during the storyboards

Exactly... he should be able to transform like Jin does...

I think they are TRYING to stay away from duplicate/similar characters.