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Bears, martial artists, school girls and big, bright colourful sparks that appear on impact; it can only be a Tekken title – in this case, the currently arcade-only bound Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

The trailer linked below is a mix of CG cutscenes and gameplay, with the latter showing off the tag mechanic, character customisation and new ‘fighting team’ gameplay which allows players to join together onto a team and fight for prestige rankings online.

After watching the trailer, gameplay wise it’s so far, so Tekken 6 – but as any aficionado of the series will know; the tag team aspect adds a welcome level of extra depth to the proceedings.

Aside from this, as mentioned previously the game looks every bit like Tekken 6 and fighting game novices and the average joe will be hard put to invest time in a ‘new’ game that on the surface at least, isn’t dissimilar enough from it’s predecessor to justify it.