Q 01/05

What does the Japanese word 'Tekken' mean in English?

A) Steel Dragon

B) Thunder Kick

C) King's Blade

D) Iron Fist

Answer · why

D) Iron Fist

Iron Fist. The game's American product manager felt the word meant nothing to English speakers and suggested Rave War, but the Japanese name was kept ...

Q 02/05

Tekken's kung-fu detective Lei Wulong is a tribute to which martial-arts film star?

A) Jackie Chan

B) Bruce Lee

C) Jet Li

D) Donnie Yen

Answer · why

A) Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan. Lei is a Hong Kong detective who slips between animal kung-fu stances and drunken boxing, and the game's own US product manager called hi...

Q 03/05

Which classic shooter could players play while the first Tekken loaded on console?

A) Space Invaders

B) Asteroids

C) Defender

D) Galaga

Answer · why

D) Galaga

Galaga. The shooter ran while the disc loaded, and beating it unlocked a hidden costume in the fighting game itself.

Q 04/05

Until Tekken 8, the central tournament of the games was always hosted by which company?

A) G Corporation

B) Mishima Zaibatsu

C) Violet Systems

D) Yggdrasil

Answer · why

B) Mishima Zaibatsu

Mishima Zaibatsu. Control of the conglomerate is usually the prize itself, but in Tekken 8 the rival G Corporation stages the tournament instead.

Q 05/05

Heihachi's pet and bodyguard Kuma, a Tekken fighter since the first game, is which kind of animal?

A) A kangaroo

B) A bear

C) A panda

D) A dinosaur

Answer · why

B) A bear

A bear. Heihachi found the first Kuma as an abandoned cub and trained him to fight; his successor is hopelessly in love with a panda who has no intere...