If the life bar of either of a player's fighters runs out, that player loses the round. At certain points, an inactive character's life bar may flash, giving them a temporary boost in strength if they are tagged in. Players are able to switch their fighters out at any time, allowing the inactivating character to gradually recover some life they might have lost. The new game engine of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 allows up to four characters to appear on the screen at the same timeĪs in the original Tekken Tag Tournament, matches involve each player selecting two fighters to fight with. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has been positively received by critics, earning averaged review scores in the range of 82-83% at both GameRankings and Metacritic for the PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 versions, as well as several fighting-game-of-the-year awards. Players can choose either a team of two characters on each side or a solo character.

Like the original Tekken Tag Tournament (1999), the game includes almost every character from past Tekken games, giving it the largest playable roster in a Tekken game to date.

It is the eighth installment in the Tekken fighting game series. It was ported to the Wii U as one of the system's launch titles in November 2012, subtitled Wii U Edition. A console version based on the update was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September 2012, prior to the update. It received an update, subtitled Unlimited, on December 15, 2012. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a sequel to the Tekken fighting game series, released on June 9, 2012.

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