The prize is typically control of the company, which allows the winner to host the following tournament. After beating the game with each character, an ending is unlocked and usually one of the endings from each game becomes the continuation of the story into the following installment. The story has largely revolved around the Mishima clan curse, which began narratively with throwing his son from a cliff when he was five years old. Kazuya was nearly killed from the fall, but through the influence of the ' he survived and swore revenge to his father by the time of the King of Iron Fist Tournament. And are considered breakthrough titles and among the, the latter also being the second to date. The series is the best selling fighting game franchise in history.
• ^ Arcade versions re-released and included in the home version of Tekken 5 • Re-released on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network as part of the PSone Classics line on June 3, 2011. • Re-released on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita via the PlayStation Network as part of the PSone Classics line on December 4, 2006 and May 3, 2007, respectively. • Re-released for the Zeebo via 3G in Brazil and Mexico on October 8 and November 4, 2009, respectively. • Remastered in HD as part of the package for PlayStation 3 on November 22, 2011. • Re-released on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network on December 12, 2006 and updated with an online component and renamed Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online on August 1, 2007. • Scaled down version was released for the PlayStation Portable on November 24, 2009.
1994–1998: PlayStation trilogy [ ] Tekken [ ]. Main article: The first game in the series, Tekken, was released in 1994, first as an and as a port for the in 1995. The game features eight playable characters, each with their own sub-boss, stage and theme. The PlayStation version features remixes of the characters' themes, and also made the sub-bosses playable for a total of eighteen characters, including a costume swap for Kazuya (Devil Kazuya). In addition, a cutscene is unlocked when the player finishes arcade mode with each of the original eight characters. The canon ending of the game consists of exacting revenge on his father, beating him in the tournament and tossing him off the same cliff that he was thrown off by Heihachi.