*********************************** * Tekken 4 Taunts and Costume List* *********************************** Created By: Mitaphane (mitaphane@stevesbackyardboxing.org) Version: 1.04(01/15/2004) Version History ************************ 1.01(08/31/2003): Corrected many spelling errors, added Jin's 3+4 taunt(thanks LGN), added the translations of Hwoarang's taunts(thanks jwk7443), added a few Lei and Lee taunts, and little more about random taunts. 1.02(10/03/2003): Fixed a few of Hwoarang's and Christie's entries that were mixed up. I also added theories about these random taunts(thanks Alejandro). I also added a few more random taunts. 1.03(10/27/2003): Fixed one of Jin's taunts as well as added the translations for Jin's, Kazuya's, Heihachi's, and Xiaoyu's taunts(thanks 3island18). I also added a bit more in the part III's introduction as well as Combot's costume discription. 1.04(01/15/2004): Added some translations of Yoshimitsu's taunts. Thanks to Tenshimitsu and The Yoshimitsu's Obession Team(http://yoshimitsu.rules.it) for the information. ************************ * Contents * ************************ I: Introduction II: Character Costumes III: Character Taunts IV: Closing ******************************************************************************** I: Introduction *********************** If you're reading this you're probably a big fan of Tekken. I created this FAQ, or rather list, for those who like to be stylish as well as functional in their Tekken 4 bouts. Sure those infinite juggles, various strategies, and JF moves are part of that but that's not what I'm covering, especially since it's already been done(and much better than I could have done). Most people I play would rather not waste their time watching the character introductions, replays, or even care about the character costumes. But for those who do, the taunts and replays are the extra icing on the cake of victory(There's nothing I enjoy better than trashing an opponent with Lei and making them listen to "You are not good enough," in his silly accent or having Heihachi slam their face into ground after telling to come back when they're a better fighter.). The list corresponds to those taunts and costumes found in the PS2 version. The arcade is pretty similar for the most part with a few exceptions like the Eddy palette swap for Christie when she's chosen with a RP, and maybe a few taunts were changed when NAMCO decided it'd be good if Hwoarang actually spoke Korean and Steve sounded like he was actually British. The button listings are the standard Tekken nomenclature( 1 = LP, 2 = RP, 3 = LK, 4 = RK, _ = OR, etc.) but note that any change in the 4 buttons configuration(e.g. setting the "O" button on the PS2 to LP for example) will NOT change the costume select(e.g. if "O" was set to LP pressing it to select Heihachi will still get you his Black Gi instead of the diaper). I noticed this after getting a X-Arcade stick with PS2 adapter that stupidly rotates the 4 major buttons that corresponds to "Square","Triangle","X","O". With all that said lets begin... II: Character Costumes *********************** The general rule for the costumes(with the exception of Brian and Jin) is that selecting with the punches will get you whatever the character is wearing in the CG rendered portrait and the right attacks will usually get you the PS2 alternate character palette swaps(i.e. 4 = Miharu, 2 = Eddy, 2_4= Violet). ----------------------- Brian: 1_2: Green Jacket and Blue Jeans 3_4: Shirtless with Snakeskin Pants ----------------------- Combot: 1_2: White Combot, it's symbol(sen) on it's shoulder says war or battle. 3_4: Blue Combot, it's symbol(tou) on it's shoulder says fight, strife, or war. ----------------------- Christie: 1: Hot pants with Bikini Top 2: Eddy Gordo 3_4: Hawaian shirt and cutoff fringe shorts ----------------------- Heihachi: 1_2: Ugly-Ass Diaper and getas (Note to NAMCO: give Heihachi some justice. Give him his big pimpin' Tigerskin coat and something less stupid like this) 3_4: Black Tiger Gi ----------------------- Hwoarang: 1_2: White and Blue striped Gi 3_4: Military Uniform ----------------------- Jin: 1_2: Black and White Gi 3_4: Baggy Blue Pants and Blue and White Hoody ----------------------- Julia: 1_2: Blue Jeans with Jean Jacket 3_4: Tight Green Shorts with Dark Green Vest ----------------------- Kazuya: 1_2: Shirtless with white pants 3_4: Grey sweater with Jeans and sunglasses ----------------------- King: 1_2: Aqua shorts, gloves and boots (Wrestling King) 3_4: Blue shirt, white pants (Country Western King) ----------------------- Kuma/Panda: 1_2: Red shirt and tennis shoes Kuma 3_4: Pretty Green Purse Panda ----------------------- Law: 1_2: Shirtless with Orange Pants 3_4: White Traditional Chinese Dragon shirt with white pants ----------------------- Lee: 1: Fluffy Purple shirt and black pants (Raver Lee) 2: Violet (Same as 1) 3: Grey pinstripes pants with purple shirt (Businessman Lee) 4: Violet (Same as 3) ----------------------- Lei: 1_2: Loose Blue Chinese Shirt with Black Pants 3_4: Brown Leather Jacket with Blue Jeans ----------------------- Paul: 1_2: Undone Red Gi with white Undershirt (Regular Phoenix Hair) 3_4: Black Pants and worn jeans (Shaggy Phoenix Hair) ----------------------- Marduk: 1_2: Shirtless with spandex shorts (Vale Tudo Craig) 3_4: Alligator pants and Alligator Marduk vest (Gator Huntin' Craig) ----------------------- Nina: 1_2: Purple Camouflage Outfit with matching Purple Collar 3_4: Hot Pink Leather Outfit with white boots. ----------------------- Steve: 1_2: Britain Flag Pants with blue shoes and Yellow gloves 3_4: Light blue flower shirt with Red Pants and suspenders ----------------------- Xiaoyu: 1: Pink dress 2: Schoolgirl Uniform 3: White pants, jacket and sports bra 4: Miharu in Schoolgirl Uniform ----------------------- Yoshimitsu: 1_2: Insect Yoshimitsu 3_4: Demon Ninja Armor Yoshimitsu ----------------------- III: Character Taunts *********************** I'm not sure when exactly is it that inputting the button will make sure your character will do the taunt. The way I do it is I just hold down the button for the duration of the replay. Keep in mind if you hit the start button during the replay I think you may get the taunt corresponding to last button pressed or it might be random. There hasn't been any consistency with all the characters though there are some where it seems to work(e.g. Heihachi and Lee). There also seems to be some taunts that only happen with a combination of buttons. Or at least Jin has one(3+4). Maybe there are others but I haven't found any with the characters I've tried. There are certainly some taunts that seem to only happen from pressing start to skip the replay. I want to say it's random when you get these taunts but there are some characters where that doesn't seem the case. I've tried many things to get these specific taunts to show up all the time, but the best I can do is get them to show up a "majority" of the time. I can't say these methods are definite but in my experience this has been the case. Here are some theories on what the "random" taunts are produced by. They're ranked (from most to least) by how relevant I think they might be to finding a definite way to get the desired taunt: Directional Inputs: This was suggested by Alejandro to me in an email and it seems to have been the most helpful in getting random taunts to show up. It appears if you hold one of the directions while pressing start that a random taunt will show up. This seems to be in the case while playing as Heihachi for me. For example: holding B while hitting start has yielded many times Hei's one random taunt(more than the 20% that's for sure). This also seems to make sense given the fact that Lei and Law have both 4 random taunts which might correspond to the directional inputs. Finishing move: I've finished many a match with Lee using a 3+4 move (e.g. u/f+3+4 or f,f, N+3+4) then pressed start and gotten ones of his random taunts. Timing of pressing start: I've noticed sometimes pressing start immediately yields more non-random taunts than the regular ones. Pressing start when the character isn't attacking in the replay: Some how I think this relates to the previous theory about timing. Health you finish with: I noticed that on a string of perfects I would get the same random taunt when I pressed start. That's all the theories so far. I have yet to produce any results that are totally 100%. When/if I find a way to get the random taunts all the time I'll revise the FAQ. Until then it will remain a mystery. Before I get to the the taunts I had a few last points of interest. The first is regarding the translations of those non-English characters. They aren't the exact literal translations. They've been rephrased in English to more accurately express, in English, the feeling of the taunt. With that in mind, don't take my FAQ as a definitive translation source. Lastly, if the character is from a previous Tekken most likely their random taunts are ones they had in a previous Tekken game. I've listed those random ones under "?" ----------------------- Brian: 1: Brian is sitting on his opponent pummeling while laughing then he says "Die!" 2: Throws a left then right punch then he throws his hands up in the air and laughs. 3: Does two spin kicks then throws his knee up in the air and yells "ya!" 4: Throws left and right hooks while saying "heh, heh." ?: Laughing maniacally while motioning "to come over here" with his arms. ----------------------- Combot: Whoever he's imitating obviously. ----------------------- Christie: 1: Spins around, making many poses with her hands until she puts her hands on her hips. 2: Spins around with her legs a lot,does a back flip, then she poses and let out a yell 3: She spins around, does a headstand, and lets out a "ya!" 4: Bends over and asks, "Hey did you hurt yourself?" ?: Bends over and says, "Goodnight" ----------------------- Eddy: 1: Spins his arms around, claps them, and spins them some more. 2: Same as Christie's 3 with out the speaking. 3: Does his Fruit Picker (d/b+3+4 unblockable) then poses. 4: Spins around, does some back flips, then poses. ?: ??? ----------------------- Heihachi: 1: Grabs his lying opponent's heading, yells "Come back when you're better!" (in Japanese), and then shoves their head down and walks off. 2: Takes one step followed by the next where he locks his arms and yells "shuriya!" 3: Stomps down pulling both arms back releasing electricity as he yells "shuriya!" 4: Stomps forward while doing a d+1 hammer fist and yells "hmmph!" ?: Punches the ground, then does a stomp back and poses as he yells "hmmph!" ----------------------- Hwoarang: 1: Does a LFL 4 Step kick then practices some other kicks and finishes with an axe kick. 2: Spins around throwing a couple of jump kicks. 3: Yells "Go suck on your mother's teet some more." (In Korean) 4: Sits down on his opponent as he says,"How cumbersome." (In Korean) ?: Practices throwing a bunch of punches before letting out a "ya!" ?: Throws a few punches which makes smack sound then turns around a poses (the pose looks like Paul's Demolition Man attack). ?: Does his f+2 with both hands, follow with a d/b+4, a spin kick, followed by a pose. ?: Does 4 spin kicks. ----------------------- Jin: 1: A couple of punches followed by kick then a pose as he yells "ya!" 2: Jin does his Mental Alertness(1+3+4) pose. 3: Looks over his shoulder and says "Good [Fight]..." 4: Throws one left punch then focuses his hand like a dagger while letting out a yell. 3+4: Holds his left fist up and looks at it while he says, "I will win against the Mishima blood." ----------------------- Julia: 1: Does a front flip then says "OK!" 2: Jumps up then kneels and says "Thank you spirits." 3: Jumps into the air, grabs both hand, then looks toward the sky. 4: Does a backflip then poises her chest forward. ?: ??? ----------------------- Kazuya: 1: Holds his opponent up with left arm and in a sarcastic tone says, "Don't be sad..." (in Japanese) 2: Stands with his arms crossed and says "Be Gone!" (in Japanese). 3: Does a lot of spinning and kicking. 4: One spin kick followed by another then a stomp and a pose. ?: Right punch, Right punch, then a left. ?: Brings his left hand down then moves it from (his) right to left. ?: Stands with his arms crossed standing over his opponent, like 2, but says "Die right here!"(in Japanese) ----------------------- King: 1: Points toward camera then makes a "dropping" motion with hands. 2: Dances around. 3: Jumps forward and poses. 4: Gives a thumbs Down. ?: Looks up toward the sky. ----------------------- Kuma/Panda: 1: Crouches toward the ground while making a "come here" motion 2: Walks around on his hind legs while he has his arms are stretched out in front of him. 3: Crouches down then stands up while waving his hands in the air. 4: Does kind of a push away motion with his hands in the air then spins then around. ?: Does Heihachi's 2 crossed arm taunt. ----------------------- Law: 1: Poses, does a Double Dragon kick (SS+3+4), then poses again. 2: Throws two kicks then holds leg partially up and poses. 3: Stands around throwing hook punches. 4: Spins around hands, poses, and spins them some more. ?: Throws a left and right punch then extends his leg out into the air. ?: Throws two spin kicks then a left and right punch. ?: Extends his hands in front of him with his thumb, index, and pinky finger extended. ?: Brings his hands together then extends them outward while giving out his signature "waa!" ----------------------- Lee: 1: Throws a spin kick then goes into Hitman stance. 2: spin around and then he poses with his hands. 3: Stretches his left leg up to his head. 4: Backflip then moves his arms outward. ?: Does a backflip then jumps in the air and yells "ya!" as he poses. ?: Take a step forward and yells "ya!" while going into hitman stance. ----------------------- Lei: 1: Says, "You are not good enough." then he turns away. 2: Gives out a "Mmmm..Haaaa!" as he dances around in Drunken stance and gurgles. 3: Goes through his animal stances finishing up with Panther stance. 4: Goes through his animal stances finishing up with Crane stance. ?: Stands back into another stance that similar to the Phoenix. ?: Dance around in Druken stance before spinning around and posing. ?: Goes through his animal stances, turns his back, and finishes in the Tiger stance. ----------------------- Paul: 1: Brushes his hands off then throws his fist into the air saying "Gotcha!" 2: Smashes his fists together and says "Nothing like a good workout!" 3: Points in a lecturing way as he says "No pain, No gain!" 4: Does a hammer punch then while motioning his arms toward his groin he gives out a yell (That sounds a lot like "Whos" and as a side note I think it would be much cooler if he said "Who's ya daddy?") ?: Shakes his fist into the air before saying "ya!" ?: Crouches toward the ground while making a "come here" motion ----------------------- Marduk: 1: Grabs the "camera" and says "The Name's Marduk, don't you forget it!" 2: Throws his arms around then stands back laughing. 3: Stretches his shoulders while walking and says "Don't Waste my Time." 4: Throws punches while he grunts a couple of times. ?: ??? ----------------------- Nina: 1: Stands with her arms locked and waves her hand over her face as she looks away. 2: Before walking away says, "It was nothing...goodbye." 3: Walks up and says, "Finished already? Please..." 4: Says, "What a nuisance" as she waves her hands in front of her face then walks away. ?: Walks forward then brushes her hand left to right. ?: Stands still for a second, spins around, then moves her hand down in chopping motion. ?: Stands in while moving up and down then brushes her hand from right to left. ----------------------- Steve: 1: Looks at his left hand and raises it in the air as he says "ha!" 2: Throws some jabs, ducks, then throws some more. 3: Throws a few hooks, ducks, then some more. 4: Throws some jabs and says, "Not even a workout." ?: Looks at the "camera" and says, "What a joke." ----------------------- Xiaoyu/Miharu: 1: Spins around and slaps her butt while laughing. 2: Yawns, stretches her arms and says "I'm tired"(in Japanese). 3: Does a front cartwheel then poses. 4: Goes through two stances before letting a yell. ?: ??? ----------------------- Yoshimitsu: 1: Runs his hand along the blade of his sword as he says "Form (matter) is itself emptiness, farewell."(He's quoting the Buddhist Heart sutra) 2: Stands around and says "self-praise" while swinging his sword. 3: Swinging his sword around his head until it sparks off the top of his head. All while talking. 4: Does a forward flip while talking until he sparks his sword across his head. ?: Hops around on foot while laughing(Or as I call it, the talk-to-the-hand pose), and says something to the effect of "Even a fool can win...sometimes" ?: Does a backflip, goes into Indian stance, sparks his sword across his head, and says something (NOTE: From what I've been told, some of Yoshimitsu words are incomprehensible. It's possible that he might be speaking ancient Japanese.) ----------------------- IV: Closing *********************** I've played T4 at least hundreds and hundreds of hours since it hit the PS2 so I think I've seen most of 'em all. If anyone has some more taunts found, or discovered what determines what taunt will get played when start is pressed during the replay I would gladly appreciate this info. Also, if you have any other questions, comments, etc. feel free to email mitaphane@stevesbackyardboxing.org. Props to NAMCO for making such a great fighting series, and the whole Tekken community in general. Disclaimer: This FAQ is copyright of Shawn Conn. All characters, likenesses, etc, is copyright of NAMCO. Feel free to distribute it so long as my name stays tacked onto credits. If you use this information in a much more comprehensive Tekken 4 FAQ please give credit where it's due.