The Japanese version of Tekken Tag Tournament had several aliasing and flickering issues. Namco introduced anti-aliasing and anti-flickering procedures to improve the graphics in the North American and European versions of the game. The result is a very polished game, with flawless polygonal characters, deprived of any defect, except for the lack of facial expressions. The muscles of Jin and friends look real, hair move elegantly during the fights and all suits are extremely detailed.

The arenas of Tekken Tag Tournament provide a magnificent atmosphere for all the battles. Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore is superior to Tekken for what concerns the structure of the arenas, that are completely interactive and divided in different levels, but the level of detail in the arenas and the lighting effects of Tekken are a sight to behold if you own a Ps2. Every level has its particular lighting effects; the torches that burn on the walls and the sun going down behind the horizon at sunset are only some of these effects, that could distract you from the fight for their beauty.

The only defect in the graphics of Tekken Tag Tournament is in the bad junction between the area of the ring and the backgrounds. In some moments you will be able in fact to notice a separation between the three-dimensional environment of the arena and the scenery. It is strange that the developers, with the whole mad job done on characters, lighting and arenas, didn't solve this issue.

Speaking of the movies featured in the game, while the opening sequences are enjoyable, the final ones, rendered in real time using the graphics engine of the game, are so uninspired to be almost unbearable. However, they don't reach the stupidity of those of Dead Or Alive 2; they probably must have been conceived by a bad comedian or by a mediocre director. However, the score is high, because the graphics of this title are, in a word, excellent, especially if we consider this is a first generation Ps2 title.

Tekken Tag features a music very similar to the one of the preceding chapters of the series. The techno music is properly connected to the rhythm of the fights in the arenas. Perhaps the sound effects are not extraordinary, but they add realism to the environments and to the hits of the characters. Contrarily to Dead Or Alive 2: Hardcore, in Tekken Tag Tournament there are no moments in which you can hear the characters talking. Overall, sounds support the action, but they don't have the strength to impress the player. A good professional job, but nothing more.

Among the three fighting titles currently available for PlayStation 2, Tekken Tag Tournament is the one with the highest replay value. Fighting games with such a rich selection of characters and moves are more than rare, and you will spend whole afternoons trying to unlock all the fighters, all the suits, all the hidden modes. Finally, the new tag mode and the classic multiplayer mode make of Tekken one of the most replayable fighting games for console.