As of March 2007, Tekken 5 has sold around 4.3 million copies (note that the game was first released in February 2005). The game's critical praise was matched with commercial success. The graphics in Tekken 5 are sometimes referred to as the best on the Playstation 2 platform. Among these positive responses are the reviews from GameSpot and IGN, which gave Tekken 5 a 9.2/10 and 9.3/10 respectively. Tekken 5 was met with mainly positive critical response. It was released on the PlayStation 2 on Febru(United States), Ma(Japan), and J(European Union). Tekken 5 was released in Arcades in North America in December 2004. The game features 32 playable characters, the fourth largest amount of playable characters in a Tekken game, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection has 35 characters. The game is credited for taking the series back to its roots.
