Because of the near instant access of the cartridge medium, the Tag aspect of Tekken Tag Tournament may make it into the Game Boy Advance version as well.and the Game Boy Advance version may allow for three characters per team. Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher. Tekken's four button punch/kick configuration has been mapped to the A, B, L and R buttons of the Game Boy Advance. Expect some hidden characters to make the list as well. The current roster of fighters include Jin Kazama, Paul Phoenix, Forest Law, Hwoarang, Gun Jack, King, Ling Xiaoyu, Nina Williams, and Yoshimitsu. The Tekken GBA engine will contain rendered conversions of several of Tekken's original polygonal characters. The Game Boy Advance version, according to reports, will be a 2D port of the arcade and PlayStation Tekken 3, but thanks to the GBA's pseudo-3D capabilities, the game camera will be able to zoom in and out of the action, as well as offer a rotating ring similar to Midway's GBA port of Ready 2 Rumble Round 2. Sandbox Studios is not working on this game. That said, Tekken for Game Boy Advance is still happening, and several Japanese sources have been reporting what the game will actually be when it makes its reported public debut at Nintendo's Space World expo in two weeks. Ten months is well more than enough time for another development studio to restart the production of a game on the Game Boy Advance. For whatever reason, Namco cancelled Sandbox Studio's product in October 2000, nearly ten months ago. I started with Tekken 3 like most people probably would have.
Ultimately, Sandbox Studios ( Frisbee Golf, Emperor's New Groove, ESPN Hockey Tonight) was contracted to bring Tekken to the Nintendo handheld. Basically, I grew up with Tekken, more than even any Nintendo or Capcom or any other series. A little more than a year ago, Namco was shopping around the Tekken GBA rights to several Game Boy Advance developers. Just to clear up a bit of confusion: Tekken for Game Boy Advance is not in danger of being cancelled, despite the overblown reports elsewhere on the web.