

It's these narrow misses at victory that led to his Flanderization in subsequent games. Then he beat regular Ogre and left the scene, not knowing the creature had a second form. Canonically, he missed out on winning the Tekken 2 tournament because of a traffic jam. Bloodline even goes a step further by having him see Kazuya and Heihachi's final bout live and in-person and helping Jin by attacking True Ogre, which isn't in the lore. He was the original rival character of Kazuya, just as Hwoarang is to Jin, so him fighting the malevolent Mishima to a draw is in the lore. So, it might be surprising to some to see him treated so seriously in Bloodline. Then he’s joining Marshall in get-rich-quick schemes in Tekken 6 or getting chased by angry bears in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. He challenges aliens to fights in Tekken 5 when he isn’t begging his buddy Marshall Law for tips. That outfit could even give Jin and Xiaoyu a separate ending in Tag, where Jin carries his bag the same way as he does in Bloodline.ĭespite being one of the game’s most powerful fighters, Paul Phoenix has largely been treated as a joke character in later entries. However, for an obscure touch, he and Xiaoyu can be seen wearing the Mishima Polytech uniforms from Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament in Episode 2. Jin earns his flame pants and studded red gloves through training. Paul’s been wearing his red gi since 1994, so he stays with it in Bloodline. Likewise, Hwoarang is in his white Tae Kwon Do gear from Tekken 3. Heihachi never wore his black gi in Tekken 3, so Bloodline rectifies this by sticking the old man in it for most of the show. Still, other characters prefer to keep it old school.

Xiaoyu and Nina favor their Tekken 5 clothing, and Kazuya wears the designer pants he's had since Tekken 4 as opposed to the plain white ones he had in Tekken 2. Julia goes for her latest attire in Tekken 7 rather than her Tekken 3 Native American gear. Everyone's outfits come from the games, though Bloodline picks and chooses different outfits from across the series.
