Tekken 6 Limited Edition Wireless Fight Stick Bundle

See larger image Tekken 6 Limited Edition Wireless Fight Stick Bundle (Video Game) List Price: $149.99 USD New From: $59.99 In Stock Used from: $58.78 In Stock Release date October 27, 2009.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description
Raise your fists and get ready to fight to the brutal finish. The battle comes alive with bone-jarring realism as you pummel your opponent and do your utmost to inflict maximum damage. Your fists are fast and your grip is strong, but will it be enough to help you dominate in the ultimate King of Iron Fist Tournament?

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Synopsis The storied fighting franchise returns for another bout in Tekken 6. Select from an impressive roster of fighters, each with a signature set of deadly techniques, and unleash your most powerful and lightning-fast moves and combos to overcome your opponent. Customize your character to achieve unique advantages, and battle mano a mano as the King of Iron Fist Tournament comes to life around you in stunning high definition. Key Game Features: Select from among the largest character roster in the Tekken series, including familiar faces as well as brand-new fighters Employ each character’s unique techniques, moves and attack combinations to powerful effect Experience an array of gameplay modes, new features and new environments that heighten the fighting intensity Savor the realism of bone-jarring punches and gut-wrenching grapples as the fight comes to life around you in dazzling HD Take the fight online to engage in classic match-ups or compete for ultimate world domination The premium bundle includes the Tekken 6 game, limited edition wireless fight stick crafted by Hori and collectible Art book. Reserve your Tekken 6 Limited Edition Wireless Fight Stick Bundle while supplies last! The Story Continues: Following his victory in the previous tournament, Jin Kazama has taken charge of the Mishima Zaibatsu and now possesses tyrannical ambitions. Using his resources within the organization to become a global superpower, he severs the Mishima Zaibatsu’s national ties and openly declares war against all nations. This action plunges the world into a chaotic spiral, with war erupting around the globe and even amidst the space colonies orbiting the planet. Kazuya Mishima, is aware of this and finds Jin’s interference in his own plans for global domination to be a nuisance. Now in charge of G Corporation (which was put under his command following a violent fury against the company’s heads), Kazuya is seen as the only force who could oppose Jin and places a bounty on Jin’s head for anyone who can capture him. Jin’s response is to announce The King of Iron Fist Tournament 6 in order to battle Kazuya and crush G Corporation.

Customer Reviews

Easily accessible for beginners, much depth for veterans.
Tekken had once been a favorite of mine back in the PS1 days. I played Tekken 2 and Tekken 3 religously with a group of friends. I then skipped out on Tekken 4 and 5. With the hype of Street Fighter IV rekindling my interest in fighting games, I decided to go with the LE Version of Tekken 6 to get the fight stick to play it with.

Tekken 6:
+ Easy for the inexperienced button-mashers to play
+ A very large roster of characters with varied fighting styles.
+ New moves and rythms for veterans to discover and experiment with.
+ No time need be wasted unlocking fighters, but plenty of unlockable costumes
+ Fun story mode offer’s adventure and a break from the 1-on-1 fighting.

- Gameplay is slower than it’s contemporaries.
- Graphics are really not very impressive.
- Load times seem to be long even after installing.
- Online is ruined by lag. I mean completely ruined to the point of unplayability for half the matches you get.

LE bundle contents:
+ The fight stick is very easy to sync and set up
+ The fight stick has a good solid feel
+ No discernable input lag
+ High quality, hardcover art book is interesting to page through.
+ Fighting Stick can be used on PC games
+ Multiple wireless fighting sticks can be used at once

- No bluetooth, requires dongle
- Wireless Makes Fight Stick useless for tournaments
- Stock Hori parts can feel vague, buttons can be mushy.
- Fight Stick is not easily modified.
- Questionable Value at $150 (very much worth it at Amazon’s discounted prices in the gold box though!!)

THE GAME: 8/10

Tekken 6 gave no trouble for me to get into after abandoning the Tekken series for the last several iterations. The gameplay felt familiar and I was pulling off some old staple moves and combos with Paul and Heihachi in no time.

Tekken is unique in that it uses more directional taps and button+direction type moves rather the all the directional charges, half circle and quarter circle of SF. Tekken has a unique button layout, assigning one button to each limb. This making combos and moves easier to replicate simply by witnessing them. It also is different in that blocking is achieved by standing or crouching in a neutral direction. additionally, The game plays more like a 2D/3D hybrid rather than using full free 3D movement like Soul Calibur, primarily reserving 3D movements for quick sidesteps and evasion rolls.

Combos are still easy enough for beginners to pull off. Tekken allows liberal juggeling of airborne opponents, which further sets it apart from it’s competition. You can easily get 2-3 juggle hits on your opponent nearly every time you strike them or bounce them up in the air. However, the big 10 hit combos and the more technical moves simply won’t happen by accident and take practice to not only know how to do them, but when.

Tekken 6 offers a “story campaign” mode, in the vein of the the Tekken force modes first seen in Tekken 3. While this mode does add more content to the game and help to flesh out the story, it doesn’t play all that well. I found the Tekken Force mode of Tekken 3 much more enjoyable. Tekken 3 offered co-op right from the start, but not so in this campaign story mode. The hybrid 3d controls are ambitious, but flawed. Taking on multiple attackers is confusing as the targeting system is not very good. You must press R1 to switch targets repeatedly until your character faces the correct one. This can take sever cycles and leave you open to attack. The Campaign Story is a nice side-element to the game, but don’t get the idea that it is the focus of Tekken 6 no matter how much Namco hyped it. The real game still lies in the Arcade and Vs. modes.

The online mode is not all that I would have hoped for in regard to performance. I have noticed games to be very laggy, only getting one good game out of maybe 10 at this point. It is frustrating, as I am a decent tekken player, but I lose to people using stale moves because my timing is blown from the latency maing it difficult to use counter and parrying. Essentially, this ruins the complexity of the game online and dumbs it down to just timing simple button-press combos. When I do get a good connection, it’s great, but at this point I plan to do most of my vs. matching locally.

The online also allows you to save replays, which I am surprised it took this long for a fighting game to add. occassionally you will fight a laggy opponent, but when you both have good connections the game feels good. Perhaps not quite as good as SF IV’s online feels, but on par with Soul Calibur’s if not better.

Another area where Tekken 6 is a bit lackluster is in the visuals. The graphics look almost last gen. Some of the broken paralex stages just look bizzare. Comparing this game to Soul Calibur IV, which came out last year from the same publisher, it falls short. Character models almost seem to look polygonal, which I thought was gone from this gen of consoles. It is certainly not awful, but after seeing Killzone 2, Uncharted 2, SC IV and Modern Warfare 2, this game just seems very unpolished.Fortunately, great graphics aren’t needed for fun gamepaly. Tekken 6 shines in it’s accessability and smooth controls. It’s any every-man’s fighting game.

Tekken online has more features than Soul Calibur IV, but does not hold up to the performance of SF IV, SC IV or Blaze Blue. I won’t be giving up SF IV for this, but Soul calbur IV will be gathering dust for a bit. Overall I would give Tekken an 8/10 due to the robust content, with a tilt of 7/10. It’s a step up, but not the big improvement some may have hoped for. However, if you’re like me and had been out of Tekken for years, this is much greater than Tekken 3 or 4, but only a minor improvement over Tekken 5.

LIMITED EDITION: 7/10

So, I’ll get this gripe off my chest first. It is utterly ridiculous to use bluetooth if no accessories can use it. Sony needs to start allowing licensed products to use Bluetooth. That would have made this the perfect wireless stick. Since it uses a dongle, the stick will not work with PS2 games currently if you have a BC PS3. I was hoping to be able to play R-Type Final and Contra: SS with this, but it is just not possible currently.

That being as it may, The dongle is only a slight annoyance. Hori at least made synchronizing it as simple as pushing the X button. The arcade stick uses 2 AAs which may seem bad at first, but it does allow a longer battery life than if it were to use Lithium Ion like the Dual Shock 3. I have not noticed a hint of controller lag either.

Make no mistake though, this is closer to the Fighting Stick 3 than an HRAP3. The buttons have a decent feel, but can be a bit mushy at times. Replacing with high quality parts would be no simple task. The internal parts are not readily accessable since hori used a tri-wing screw type. Buttons are soldered to the PCB and the stick is not easily replaced due to the battery location and very slim profile case. Modding it can be done, but it will not be easy.This stick emphasizes convenience over durability and performance, and really it does quite well with that. To most gamers this will be far better than the control pad. Personally I am happy with it, even with it’s shortcomings.

The Art book really looks nice and is a Hardcover. It has some info on the characters and how they were conceived. A nice compliment to the game for Tekken fans.

The added price of the LE bundle is worth it if you are looking to get an arcade stick and don’t plan on entering tournaments or, if like me, you simply wanted the convenience of wireless stick. Otherwise, choose the Hori HRAP3 SA or Madcatz TE sticks if you don’t mind the wire. As with all arcade sticks, transitioning from a control pad will be akward at first, but it will allow you much higher potential for fighting games. I have noticed having a fighting stick makes those who you would normally be turned off by the complexity of the DS3 jump right into playing on the more purpose-built, simpler arcade stick. Having 2 fight sticks is a blast for parties or family get togethers.

Fantastic for the price
I purchased this during the Todays deal Price.
What a DEAL!!!
I am very impressed with this set.
The box is huge and contains a Tekken six Hard cover Art Book! Seriously impressive!
The control pad is larger than I thought. It also comes with a receiver to plug in your Ps3 to make it wireless, NICE!
The control pad takes 2 double A batteries not included….
The box this comes in is also impressive. and well packed! I can’t however say much good for Amazons packing.

Amazon packaging is never adequate. There is always just one small strip of sealed air fill in the box and only on one side. I think Amazon needs to seriously protect larger more expensive, heavy items with bubble wrap. The Box the merchandise came in was damaged from UPS’s tossing. I’m sure if this item would have had even paper packaging to support the sides top and bottom this could have been avoided. I will not order expensive items from Amazon if the shipping department will not do the job they need to do. This seems to occur on all packages. Very disappointing.

Tekken 6 Limited Edition Wireless Fight Stick Bundle
In my opinion Tekken is the best game series that ever came out to the PlayStation 3 game system. But that is just my opinion.I think Namco took a huge leap of faith when they started to make Tekken 6. The reason why I say that is because I remember in some of the last Tekken games the graphics were not that good, the sound quality sucked and the game play was good for the past but now when we look back it sucked. But now Tekken 6 is finally out the best one out of them all. But there is something in this that just confuses me and pisses me off at the same time. Why did Namco make Tekken 6 the first official Tekken game on the current Gen console available to the X Box 360? That really made me mad to find that out, it seems like Microsoft is getting mad that Sony is getting all the good games so now there trying to get them to. that is my opinion but let me not get out of hand. OK on to the review.

The bundles are great. I Pre-Ordered the Tekken 6 Limited Edition with the fight stick and got 1 day shipping because I love the Tekken games so much and let me say this one thing it is the best $147.97 I spent in my life. I just loved it. The fight stick is incredible, light and is easy to use. The packaging just looks outstanding and unbelievable, and finally the extra content book is just out of this world. i was blown back from being surprised at what came in the limited edition, not to include the free voucher code, and the calendar. This was a very good price for a game bundle like this.

The graphics are just amazing. I am not saying this to just be saying this. I really mean the graphics are amazing when I say “the graphics are amazing.” This has to be one of the top 20 games that came out for the PlayStation 3 with the best graphics. The graphics look so real and they make you feel like your in the game actually fighting. YES!!!!!! That is how good they are, and I am not lying. This is a really big jump from the Tekken games on the PlayStation 1. Good job Namco.
The sound quality for this game is outstanding. i love the music selection they put in the game. I don’t know if you guys feel this to but, when i play it and I here that theme song it makes me feel like I am in the game. I don’t know I may be crazy. But this game features over 20 songs that you can hear when you are fighting someone and when you are in the Tekken Force Mode. I’ll explain that later. Another thing I like about the sound is that it lets you play songs that are already on your PlayStation3. That is just wonderful.

The game play is the best part of the game obviously.The game play in this game features 6 game modes that you can pick from. I will briefly explain all the 6 modes now. In Arcade you get to pick a character and play as him/she and you get to get a chance to see there story unfold. In Practice mode well… all you do is practice with the character of your choice nd you get to experience more. In Ghost Battle you pick a character and get to pick which opponents you want to fight according to there rank (all opponents in Ghost Battle are fake). In Survival mode you pick your character and you fight the computer until you die (hopefully you pick your favorite character @(=^_^=)@). In Online mode you well… fight online against other people in the world. This is a good chance to see how good you really are. Finally Last but not least the best part of the game Tekken Force mode. In this mode you can either do it online ( co-op) or offline single player. This is basically the part of Tekken 6 where you get to walk around and fight enemies with a friend or by yourself. its all your option. Also in this mode is kind of like the main story mode so your not just killing people your doing a actual story in Tekken 6. other than that the game play is very fast and exciting, and it just pumps me up all the time.
The controls of this game vary. I say that because unlike most games where the controls are the same in this game the controls are different for every character. But the basic moves like punch right, punch left, kick right, and kick left are just Triangle, X, Circle, and Square. But when you want to learn combos and juggles you have to look at the move list. Other than that the controls are good.

Finally last but not least and my favorite part of my games. Yes!!!! You guessed right the trophies. The trophies in this game aren’t that hard to get. Even though I don’t have all of them yet I just looked them over and they look mighty fine easy to get. I am just confused if this game has a platinum trophy or not because the first trophy is just ??? so I don’t know if this game has a platinum trophy. But I don’t think its that hard to get 100% in the trophies in this game it actually look easy. Just don’t give up.

To conclude I recommend this game to EVERYONE with a PlayStation 3 and EVERYONE looking to play a good, fun, lasting, enjoyable game. I couldn’t give it a perfect score because they released it on the X Box 360 and this is a official Sony game that’ just my opinion. Sorry guys =(

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