pointing out its balancing and gameplay issues. However in recent years, Tekken 4 has been widely praised for its innovation, atmosphere and attention to detail. Characters The arcade version features a total of 23 characters, consisting of 16 returning and 6 new ones. The returning characters include a couple ones who did not make the cut in the 19-year time skip between Tekken 2 and Tekken 3. The console version adds two characters, both palette swaps of existing ones. 10 characters are available by default, with the rest being unlocked by clearing Story Mode multiple times. New characters Christie Monteiro: A Capoeira student in search for her friend and teacher, Eddy Gordo. Combot : A general purpose robot created by the Violet Systems who is able to mimic other characters' fighting styles. Craig Marduk: An undefeated Vale Tudo fighter who had killed Armor King and is joining the tournament under the lure of Armor King's student King II Miharu Hirano : The best friend of Ling Xiaoyu. Steve Fox: A young boxing champion who seeks to find out about his past. Violet : The alter-ego of Lee Chaolan. Returning characters Bryan Fury Eddy Gordo Heihachi Mishima Hwoarang Jin Kazama Julia Chang Kazuya Mishima King II Kuma II Lee Chaolan Lei Wulong Ling Xiaoyu Marshall Law Nina Williams Panda Paul Phoenix Yoshimitsu Unlockable character Only playable in console version (make a cameo appearances in arcade version) Skin/palette swap Skin/palette swap when Lee Chaolan unlocked Plot Two years after the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, Heihachi Mishima and his scientists have captured samples of Ogre's blood and tissue to splice with Heihachi's genome, in order to make him immortal. The experiment fails since Heihachi lacks the Devil gene. His grandson, Jin Kazama, possesses the Devil gene but has been missing since the previous tournament. Meanwhile, Heihachi learns that the body of his son, Kazuya Mishima, who also had the Devil gene and whom Heihachi killed by throwing into a volcano twenty years ago, is stored in the labs of the G Corporation, a cutting edge biotech firm making revolutionary advances in the field of biogenetics research. Heihachi sends his Tekken Forces to raid G Corporation facility in order to retrieve Kazuya's remains. However, the mission fails when the Tekken Force is wiped out by none other than Kazuya himself, who has been revived by G Corporation a few days after his