It’s clear that the first versions of Tekken were inspired by VF, complete with similar character designs and floating jump physics. Virtua Fighter started the 3D sub-genre with its first release, and Tekken was Namco’s response. The key difference myself and I think many other gamers noticed was the fluid quality of animation part 3 has compared to many other fighting games, especially 3D ones. Tekken 3 made use of technology at the time of the game’s release that was fairly revolutionary. After having gone back and played Tekken 1 and 2, I can definitely say that the third entry in the series is where the franchise hit its stride, and is responsible for the type of gameplay we now enjoy in every version since its release. I think for many gamers that was the case as well, as it sold 8.5 million copies worldwide and was the 5th best-selling Playstation game of all time. Tekken 3 (PS1, Arcade) was my personal introduction to the series back in 1998 on the original PlayStation.