| Tekken 3 | |
|---|---|
 Arcade flyer depicting protagonist Jin Kazama (center), Eddy Gordo (right), Hwoarang (bottom), Ling Xiaoyu (left), and Ogre in the background | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco[a] |
| Director(s) | Masamichi Abe Yutaka Kounoe Katsuhiro Harada |
| Producer(s) | Hajime Nakatani |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Kimoto Katsuhiro Harada |
| Programmer(s) | Masanori Yamada |
| Artist(s) | Yoshinari Mizushima |
| Composer(s) | Nobuyoshi Sano Keiichi Okabe |
| Series | Tekken |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | Arcade PlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Namco System 12 |
Tekken 3 (鉄拳3) is a 1997 fighting video game, the third title in Namco's Tekken series, and the first game built on the Namco System 12 arcade hardware. Plotwise, the game takes place twenty years after Tekken 2 (1995) and features a largely new cast of characters, including the debut of several now-staple characters such as Jin Kazama, Ling Xiaoyu and Bryan Fury, and adds sidestepping ability to every character in-game. Tekken 3 was ported to the PlayStation in 1998 with additional content, including a beat 'em up mode called Tekken Force.
The game was a major hit for both arcades and consoles, selling 35,000 arcade units and 8.36 million PlayStation copies worldwide, making Tekken 3 the fifth best-selling PlayStation game. Since its release, Tekken 3 has been cited as one of the greatest games of all time. It was followed by Tekken Tag Tournament (1999) and its direct sequel is Tekken 4 (2001). Later, Tekken 3's arcade version was included within Tekken 5 on PlayStation 2, while the console port was re-released as part of Sony's PlayStation Classic.
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