Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10
- Offline: 46 (940)
- Online: 4 (60)
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 20+ Hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 through 40(Arcade Mode) 1(Fight Lab)
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Glitched/unobtainable achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
- Extra equipment needed: 800 Microsoft Points for Online Pass if bought used
Introduction:
Welcome to Tekken Tag Tournament 2! This game has 50 achievements for 1000 and is the newest Tekken game to hit the Xbox 360. It is also the sequel to the fan loved Playstation 2 original. As in the original Tekken Tag Tournament, matches involve each player selecting two fighters to fight with. You're are able to switch your fighters out at any time, allowing the inactive character to gradually recover some life they might have lost. At certain points, an inactive character's life bar may flash, giving them a temporary boost in strength if they are tagged in. If the life bar of either player's fighters runs out, that player loses the round. If time runs out, the player who has the most cumulative life remaining amongst their fighters wins the round. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 features various modes, allowing players to choose between 2 vs 2, 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 1 battles, options for four players to play in a single match, and various online modes.
Step 1: Fight Lab
The first thing you may want to do is play "Fight Lab" since it teaches you the basics of Tekken. It covers everything from attacks, defensive mechanics, and other special moves. There are five Stages in all and should easily be completable as long as you pay attention and will net you the Combot, Annihilate!, Combot, Engage!, Combot, Move Out!, Combot, On Standby!, and Combot, Return to Base! achievements. After you have done all the challenges in Fight Lab keep doing the Stage 5 Boss until you have enough points to fully upgrade Combot and you will get the Super Combot DX Complete achievement.
In the Stage 5 boss battle you also have the chance to get the Insane Juggler achievement by doing a mid-air combo that does 62 or more damage.
Step 2: Offline Modes
There are several Offline Modes that have achievements tied to them such as Arcade Battle, Time Attack, Survival, Team Battle, and Ghost Battle in the "Offline Mode". Arcade Battle may be the place you spend quite a lot of time at. You are going to have to complete it with 40 different characters to unlock some of the Ending Movies unless you are doing Ghost Battle. Time Attack should be easy with the right team and Survival may be quite tough but if you use Angel it should be easier. Ghost Battle should also prove to be easy.
In "Arcade Battle" pick a tag team and complete the final stage for Preeminent Partner then go through Arcade again in solo to get Solo Warrior. Next, go to "Time Attack" and do what you did with your tag team in Arcade but make sure you finish in under 20 minutes to get Super-Speed Fists. From here go to "Survival" and survive ten rounds to get Proof of Your Existence once you lose after the 10th win. Next, do "Team Battle" with one person on each team and win three times for Tenacious Fighter. Hopefully by now you should have defeated 30 CPU opponents for the Who You Gonna Call? achievement.
Step 3: Online Mode
Time to take Tekken Online where there are quite a few easy achievements as well as ones that are Rank based. The competition online is not very beginner friendly so you may want to practice and find the team you're most comfortable with. Regardless, go into "Online Mode", "Player Match", and do a "Quick Search" until you find a match. Beat that opponent for Tug at My Iron Heart Strings. From here go to "Ranked Match" and change your "Rank Limits" to either a yellow or green 3. Fight your way up to the rank of 1st dan and win another ranked match if it hasn't yet popped for the Be Still My Iron Heart, Tekken Black Belt and Iron Heartacheachievements. While going through your online battles make sure you get enough Luck Boxes for Fortunate Fighter to unlock. You have to do these Lucky Boxes in one sitting.
Step 4: Practice Mode & Miscellaneous Achievements
Most of the achievements for the game cover random things such as breaking background objects, doing Tag Crashes, reversals, parries, dealing damage in Practice, or even customizing a character. There are also Offline Ranks you will get as you play more. You will likely get most of these naturally as you work towards other achievements. A fun tip is that most of them can be easily unlocked in Practice Mode or 2-Player Versus. However if you only have one controller then you can still get most of these things in practice by yourself.
By now you should have the Bazillionaire achievement. If not, do the Stage 5 Boss Battle in Fight Lab until you do. Next up, go to "Tekken Tunes" and press on the first thing that comes up. Scroll down once and then press again to change the music then back out to the main menu for Dance to Your Own Beat.
Next go to "Customize" and choose the character you have been playing with the most. Go to "Equip Item" and make your way to the "Upper Body (Other)" or "Lower Body (Other)" items. The items here will have input commands by them. Equip one of them and then back out and there will be a blue box around your character. Choose your desired angle and press and you will be asked if you want to save the picture. It is on "No" by default so move it to and press "Yes" and you will get Touch-Up Artist.
Next go into "Practice Mode" and pick a default Combot and the character who you previously customized a little while ago by pressing once they are highlighted. From there pick the slot with your customized character. Next, pick Alisa and a defualt Combot and on the stage selection screen press to be taken to the "Strategic Space" stage. Now with your default Combot put your opponent up against the wall that says "Danger" on it and press + to hit them through the wall. Press + to reset your position. Now put them behind the railing next to the "Danger" wall and press + to knock them off of the balcony. Reset your position again and move onto the grey/black floor in the yellow square. Once on this, press + to launch the opponent in the air followed by + while they are still airborne to bound them into the floor thus breaking it. Doing these will get you the Renovation Time, Geronimooo!, and Watch Your Step! achievements if you did not already have them. Now with your Combot press + and he will do a homing attack on the opponent. Do this ten times to unlock Stick It to ‘Em. Next, launch your opponent in the air and bound them again like you did with the floor but follow it up with back/down + to make a bound combo. This works best against a solid wall. Do this ten times to get The Original Bouncer.
With those out of the way launch your opponent in the air once again but immediately hit and you will tag out to your next character. Hit the opponent with the character that comes out and you've just done a "Tag Combo". Switch back to Combot and keep doing this until Master of the Tag Combo unlocks. Next do a launcher to your opponent followed by a bound and immediately hitting the tag button. This is literally the same as doing a regular Tag Combo, there is just a bound in it now. This is called a "Tag Assault" and if you keep doing it Master of the Tag Assault will soon unlock. Next up is the "Direct Tag Assault", and all you have to do for this is to press + + and you will automatically do a bound move followed by your partner coming out to continue the combo. Do this three times for Master of the Direct Tag Assault. Finally, go up to your opponent and press + and you will grab your opponent and your partner will damage them while switching places with you. This is called a "Tag Throw". Repeat ten times for the Master of the Tag Throw achievement.
From here switch out to your other character and if you have remembered the command prompt for the item you gave them do this now and Secret Weapon will unlock after hitting the opponent.
Now press start to pause the game and go to the top of the practice selection categories. It should say "Freestyle" if you haven't changed anything. Press and scroll down once to select "Defensive Training" and all "Action Settings" changes to "CPU Settings". With this we can actually control the computer and make it do moves for us that we can cancel, parry, etc. for achievements. Select "CPU Setting 1" and hit "Command List" from there. Once in the command list select command 116 from the list. This is her "Spam Bomb" move. Once the move is selected you will see three blue bars on CPU Setting 1; press right to up it to five bars. Press start to get out of the menu and then press + to have her do the move continually. Once she takes off her head press + and if done right you will put it back on and Avoid Flying Heads will unlock. Next, go back to Alisa's command list and pick command 29. With this move she will do three low kicks. You need to hold down/forward and she will kick you twice but you will always parry her third kick. Once you parry for the third time Below the Belt will unlock (Thanks to SUBJECT BK201 for the tip)
Now take control of Alisa again and tag her out with Combot. With Combot, start recording and press + to grab your Combot. Afterwards stop recording and make the other Combot grab you once you are back in control of your Combot. When the other Combot tries to grab you press + and your Combot will do a throw escape by jumping over the other one. Repeat until Escape Artist unlocks. Now take control of the other Combot again and do + then go back into control of yours. Make the rival Combat start doing it's launcher and keep holding forward to make sure it hits you. Once you are launched press and hold either to do a roll away from your opponent or to do a jumping kick to be back on your feet. Once done three times Oodles of Ukemi will unlock.
Next you are going to want to change the mode selection once again, this time to "VS CPU Training" and then the difficulty to "Ultra Hard". After that go to "Advanced Settings", then "Rage" and turn it on for you and your partner. In a regular match, if you are getting beat down, your partner's health gauge will flash red and they will go into Rage mode. By pressing + they will charge out to replace you if you are on the ground. However all the red health your previous character had before the switch will instantly deplete. Since you'll be in training this won't happen. Now while the computer is on Ultra Hard keep pressing + until True Friendship unlocks (Thanks to MM2313 for the tip). After all this press start, scroll down to "Character Selection", and go to the character selection screen.
Next, pick Asuka and Yoshimitsu. The two CPU don't matter. Pick the "Fallen Garden" stage from the stage select. If you haven't changed anything before quitting out last time the CPU will still be on VS Training. With Asuka press either + + or + + and she will go into a defensive stance for a bit. When hit she will more likely than not pull off a reversal by throwing the opponent to the side. Doing this three times gets you Dish Best Served Cold (Thanks to SUBJECT BK201 for the tip). After that let the computer wail on you for a bit while making sure to roll around in the purple goo/water until Doused But Not Out is unlocked. Now switch the CPU to either "Defensive Training" or "Freestyle" and bring Yoshimitsu out.
With Yoshimitsu use either command 150 (,,,,,,, ,,) or command 153 (,,,,,,, ,,) and make sure to watch it's video from the command list so you know what it looks like. Do either three times and Flying Butt-Kicker will unlock.
Head back to character select and this time choose Marshall Law and Paul. The CPU once again does not matter. Pick the "Eternal Paradise" stage in the stage selection menu. With Law use + , , (Law will make a small punching motion with his fist and the attack will hit for mid) and Paul will come rushing out with blue sparkles on him. When he comes out use , and Law will automatically come out afterwards with his hands glowing yellow as the opponent is still airborne. Time it right and hit them with and it will show the attack from Law's back while the announcer yells "GREAT!". If successful you will get Impressive Moves. If you haven't hit a lady in the background into the pool yet with these antics do so for Bad Date to pop.
Back to character select, this time to pick Devil Jin and Kazuya. CPU and stage doesn't matter. When the match starts use , + + , and Devil Jin should grab the opponent followed by haedbutting them then Kuzuya coming up from behind and then headbutting them. Do this three times for The Best of Friends to pop.
After all this you will have Lead Coach as well.
Step 5: Offline Versus Mode and the Road to Tekken Lord
Plug in a second controller (If you don't have one you can do these online with a partner instead) and select "VS Battle" from Offline Mode. Select your characters for both controllers and once in a match win without losing any health and PERFECT Player will unlock. Start another match and have your second controller hit you (preferably with ) until you have very little health then beat the second player. You will know you have done this right when the announcer yells out "GREAT!". GREAT Gladiator will unlock from this.
From here go to "Ghost Battle" from the Offline Mode menu to start on your path to becoming Tekken Lord. When battling ghosts you will also rank up so try not to lose as losing will only make the grind longer (you can also be demoted). After each win you will pick your next opponent using , , and as is to quit out of this mode. Along the way you get Lucky Boxes that give various awards (mostly money). Also along the way are ghost battles that are gold on the bar where it shows your next opponents. Winning these matches will grant you customization items and, if it is your first time winning against that golden pair, you will also get a random ending movie that you didn't have yet. Win enough of these golden battles and Movie Buff will unlock along the way.
Keep fighting and sooner or later you will get up to Vanquisher (16th dan) rank and Enter the Vanquisher! will unlock. Keep the long grind going and you will eventually reach Tekken Lord (30th dan) rank and Behold the Tekken Lord! will unlock. During everything you've done so far you will have also gotten Fickle Friend for changing places with your partner 765 times.
Do note that if you go into Arcade Battle to get any remaining ending movies you might have left that if you use your Tekken Lord character that all the CPUs you fight against will be around the same rank as you.
Conclusion:
If you followed this Roadmap you should have unlocked All Hail, Tekken Incarnate! with hopefully not too many problems. This is an overall easy game to obtain all the achievements for. Getting to 1st Dan online is not so bad and the offline ranks can be achieved while doing Arcade runs and beating up Ghosts. The game should not give too many people problems for those who go for the full 1000. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a fine sequel and also a pretty easy game to complete. It has some time consuming bits to it but it shouldn't be too taxing if you enjoy the game.
x360a would like to thank JaxTH for this Roadmap