![]() Tekken 3 was released in arcades and for the PlayStation in 19, respectively. ![]() The main series has been widely credited by critics and video game publications for raising the standards of fighting games, praising it for its gameplay mechanics and replay value. The series has been universally acclaimed and commercially successful, having shipped more than 53.5 million units, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, and the fourth best-selling fighting game franchise in history. Subsequent titles have followed this concept, and received generally positive critical responses. Tekken 2, as well as the third game Tekken 3, are considered landmark titles they received critical acclaim for their gameplay and more immersive experience. As of 2017, it has nine additional entries, eight spin-off games, and has been adapted into three feature films and other media. Japanese video game developer Namco began the series in 1994, with the release of the self-titled first entry. Tekken is noted as being one of the first fighting games at the time to use 3D animation. The series later introduced combos and special moves, with characters also able to stage break arenas. Gameplay focuses on hand-to-hand combat with an opponent, with the gameplay system including blocks, throws, escapes, and ground fighting. The main games in the series follow the events of the King of Iron Fist Tournament, hosted by the Mishima Zaibatsu, where players control a plethora of characters to win the tournament and gain control of the company the conflict between the Mishima family serves as the main focus of the series' plot, while players explore other characters' motivations in aiming to control the Zaibatsu. The franchise also includes film and print adaptations. Tekken ( Japanese: 鉄拳, "Iron Fist") is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
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![]() The oldest cannon in San Francisco, and one of the oldest in the country, is called the San Domingo, cast in Peru in 1628. The huge gun from the Missouri is the most impressive, but it is just one of dozens of historic artillery pieces and gun emplacements that recall the century and a half when cannons of all sizes ringed the Golden Gate, waiting to fire on invaders who never came. ![]() Those massive guns, each capable of firing a 2,100-pound shell 25 miles out to sea, were part of a formidable ring of coastal artillery emplacements that once ringed the Golden Gate, starting with the Spanish era. Its presence on Hill 88 does not commemorate the storied Missouri, however, but two similar 16-inch guns located at nearby Battery Townsley during World War II. This massive barrel - it weighs almost 120 tons - was on the battleship Missouri, aboard which Japanese officials formally surrendered to the Allied powers. Walkers climbing Hill 88, above Rodeo Beach at the end of the Marin Headlands, come upon a jaw-dropping sight: a 68-foot-long, 16-inch-caliber gun. Rashad Sisemore/The Chronicle 2012 Show More Show Less Trailer technician Tom Trent (left), Glen Amant and Ron Rabello help secure a gun from the battleship Missouri to a truck for its trip to Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands in 2012. Rashad Sisemore/The Chronicle 2012 Show More Show Less 2 of2 ![]() The gun from the battleship Missouri is secured onto two hydraulic carriages to help move the 68-foot-long, nearly 120-ton weapon to Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands in 2012. |
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