Tekken 5 was arguably one of the best fighting games of the mid 2000’s. Its hard to believe that Tekken 5 came out on the PlayStation 2 twenty years ago especially since series is currently on its eighth main installment right now. Tekken 5 was a game that arguably brought life back into its own series considering the fact that Tekken 4 from 2001 was highly overlooked. Tekken 5 was quite possibly the best installment within the series during the 2000’s decade mainly because of the storyline. Tekken 5 was the game where the main protagonist Jin Kazama had finally become fully consumed by the Devil Gene after killing his great-grandfather Jinpachi Mishima who was the main antagonist of the game. After killing Jinpachi in battle Jin Kazama had finally become the owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu which eventually leads to him being one of the primary villains in Tekken 6. In terms of graphics Tekken 5 was noticeably better than T4 and the overall presentation looked more appealing to casuals.

It should also be noted that Tekken 5 was the game where characters like Asuka Kazama, Emile de Rochefort and Raven made their video game debuts. Also, the inclusion of game modes in T5 like Tekken Dojo felt like a step forward in terms of Bandi Namco giving players more offline gameplay content to keep them busy. Unfortunately, Tekken 5 came out during a time period where the fighting genre had declined in popularity compared to where it was during the 90’s. Also, games like Soul Calibur 3 and DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi were titles that Tekken 5 had to compete with back in 2005. Despite, its competition Tekken 5 still managed to sell more than eight million copies worldwide following its ’05 release. Tekken 5 may not have been quite as popular as T3 from 1997 but it helped in reviving the interest of lapsed fans of the series during the 2000’s decade.