Tekken 3
| Tekken 3 | |
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Arcade flyer
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Director(s) |
Masamichi Abe Yutaka Kounoe |
| Producer(s) | Hajime Nakatani |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Kimoto Katsuhiro Harada |
| Programmer(s) | Masanori Yamada |
| Artist(s) | Yoshinari Mizushima |
| Composer(s) |
Nobuyoshi Sano Keiichi Okabe Yuu Miyake |
| Series | Tekken |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 (as part of Tekken 5's Arcade History mode) |
| Release date(s) |
Arcade March 20, 1997 PlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Namco System 12 |
| Display | Raster, horizontal orientation |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 96% |
| Metacritic | 96% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |
  (Arcade) (PS1) |
| CVG | |
| Edge | 9 / 10 |
| EGM | 39 / 40 |
| Famitsu | 39 / 40 |
| Game Informer | 9.5 / 10 |
| GamePro | 5 / 5 |
| Game Revolution | A- |
| GamesMaster | 95% |
| GameSpot | 9.9 / 10 |
| IGN | 9.3 / 10 |
| OPM (US) | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| Awards | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Award |
| Game Critics Awards | Best Fighting Game |
| EGM | Fighting Game of the Year |
| Game Informer | Best Fighting Game of the Year |
Tekken 3 (Japanese: 鉄拳3?) is the third installment in the popular Tekken fighting game series. It was released in arcades in March 1997, and for the PlayStation in 1998. The original arcade version of the game was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 as part of Tekken 5's Arcade History mode.
Tekken 3 was the first game released on Namco System 12 hardware (an improvement over the original two Tekken games, which used System 11). It was also the last installment of the series released for the first PlayStation. The game features a largely new cast of characters, including the debut of several now-staple characters such as Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu, Julia Chang and Hwoarang, with a total of twenty-three characters. The home version included a new beat'em up mode called Tekken Force, as well as the bonus Tekken Ball mode.
Tekken 3 is widely considered one of the greatest games of its genre, and of all time. With more than 8.5 million copies sold worldwide, Tekken 3 is the fourth best-selling PlayStation game of all time. A non-canon sequel was released in 1999 and 2000 in arcades and on the PlayStation 2 respectively, titled Tekken Tag Tournament. It was followed by the canon sequel Tekken 4 in arcades and on the PlayStation 2 in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
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