{"id":809,"date":"2012-09-19T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=809"},"modified":"2012-09-19T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T20:35:08","slug":"tekken-tag-tournament-2-powers-up-wii-u-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2012\/09\/tekken-tag-tournament-2-powers-up-wii-u-at-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Powers Up Wii U at Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is already out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the game will also be released on the upcoming Nintendo Wii U console. According to a video preview of the game released by Namco Bandai Games today the game is set to be released as a launch title.<\/p>\n<p>There are special elements set to be exclusive to the Wii U version, most notably Nintendo themed costumes for the fighters and a mode where mushroom power ups roam around the battle field. Mushrooms include the super mushroom causing the fighter to grow and also another that causes the fighter to shrink.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tekken_tag_2_wii_u_01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tekken_tag_2_wii_u_01.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"tekken_tag_2_wii_u_01\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tekken_tag_2_wii_u_01.png 606w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tekken_tag_2_wii_u_01-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a>Costumes included in the game are Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Link, Zelda, Bowser and costumes from Star Fox.<\/p>\n<p>I must say that it would have been great to see the actual Nintendo characters in the game, such as was done with the Gamecube version of Soul Caliber III. It&#8217;s a little disconcerting seeing a male fighter in the game dressed up as Princess Peach.<\/p>\n<p>To each his own, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be available at launch on November 18th for the Nintendo Wii U.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FiEX51e7Fck\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is already out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the game will also be released on the upcoming Nintendo Wii U console. According to a video preview of the game released by Namco Bandai Games today the game is set to be released as a launch title. There are special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75],"tags":[174,176],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-namco-bandai-games","tag-tekken-tag-tournament-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tekken_tag_2_wii_u.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-d3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5902,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2014\/08\/nintendo-unveils-pokemon-arcade-fighting-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":809,"position":0},"title":"Nintendo Unveils Pok\u00e9mon Arcade Fighting Game","date":"August 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo and the Pok\u00e9mon company released a teaser video today of a new collaboration between the companies and Bandai Namco Games. 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