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Sake

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Sake
Yoshimitsu (T3).jpg
Origin Japan
Voiced By Yoshimitsu's Tekken 3 voice
Fighting Style Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts
Age Unknown
Blood Type Unknown
Height 177 cm
Weight 63 kg
Occupation Unknown
Hobby Unknown
Likes Unknown
Dislikes Unknown

Introduction[edit]

Sake (pronounced Sha-kay) is an irregular character that made his only appearance in the Arcade version of Tekken 3. Sake uses Yoshimitsu's Tekken 3 model, and Jin Kazama's moveset. For some time it was believed by fans that Sake was a prototypical version of Steve Fox. Sake was also going to be a middle boss before Ogre, and Kuma was originally planned to fight holding a large fish, which may have been Sake. Katsuhiro Harada revealed the following in a forum post on August 1st 2010:

"Regarding 'SAKE', this was included when we planned to implement a new animal character. But there were a few problems...

It was really a salmon so, no matter if you press punch or kick, the character just flops around making a flapping noise... At the time, one play was 100 yen (a little over a dollar) so that is the quality bar to keep in mind for customer satisfaction. So we thought players would get quite angry if they had to pay that much to play such a character, and we gave up on that character. That kind of character might be OK in a console version, but not for the arcade"[1].


Story[edit]

Tekken 3[edit]

Gallery - Outfit

Tekken 3 Sake (on left).

Sake was rather populating the game as the game had already got 20 characters at that time. Namco's production team probably didn't had much time to re-do the whole code for character selection, so they buried the two raw characters in an as-is condition.

Media[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Sake uses Yoshimitsu's Tekken 3 body, and Jin Kazama's moves.
  • Can be unlocked and playable using a cheat (on the Arcade version only).
  • Sake was believed to be a Tekken 3 version of Steve Fox or female version of Yoshimitsu before its true nature was known.
  • Sake is not featured in any opening or endings of any Tekken character or game.
  • It's name, spelling and pronunciation is the same as the Japanese alcoholic beverage.
  • The concept behind Sake as a character flopping around on the ground may have been used for Dr Bosconovitch.
  • Sake reappeared as a voting option for Tekken Revolution's Original Character poll in it's Salmon incarnation. In the end, he got 5th place.

Notes[edit]


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