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In the first Tekken, Paul battled Kazuya Mishima after an hours-long fight it ended in a draw afterwards he pulled out of the tournament while Kazuya continued and eventually won the entire tournament. Paul Phoenix is a hotheaded American biker and martial artist who regularly enters the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments to prove he is "the toughest fighter in the universe" while hoping to use the prize money to pay off his debts, yet he falls short of victory each time due to various circumstances.
PAUL PHOENIX TEKKEN 3 SERIES
He has received mixed critical responses for his personality and his signature hi-top fade hairstyle and has been considered a joke character following his later Tekken series appearances.Īppearances In video games Paul is a short-tempered biker and judo practitioner who repeatedly enters the series' King of Iron Fist tournaments in hopes of winning the prize money and to prove he is the world's best fighter, all while developing a rivalry with the anthropomorphized fighting bear Kuma. Making his debut in the original Tekken in 1994, he is one of four characters (the others being Yoshimitsu, Heihachi Mishima, and Nina Williams) to appear in every installment of the main series. Paul Phoenix ( Japanese: ポール・フェニックス, Hepburn: Pōru Fenikkusu) is a player character from the Tekken fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Kanehira Yamamoto ( Street Fighter X Tekken).
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Mike McFarland ( Street Fighter X Tekken).Jamieson Price ( TK6 (dialogue), TTT2, Tekken Revolution, TK7).Eric Kelso ( TK3-TK6, TK3D:PE (grunts)).Nevertheless, he is among the most popular and well loved Tekken characters. Paul also had a comic relief ending in Tekken 5. In the oldest Tekken games Kuma I was introduced as a serious smart evil bear who tried to prevent Paul, who was the strongest non-Mishima, winning the first tournaments. This is quite obviously evidenced by the fact that he is rivals with another joke character, Kuma II. In fact despite his initial setup in the first game to be a possible rival to Kazuya, as well as his serious standing in previous games, Paul has become something of a joke character (story-wise) more and more. Paul always provided comic relief moments for the series, but lately his funny side has become his only point. For Heihachi Mishima, the winner was supposed to be the one who would capture Ogre for him, but neither Paul or Jin succeeded at that as Ogre's body vanished. It was always discussed who was the true winner of the 3d tournament (even among the fandom), yet the majority of the people thought Jin Kazama the actual winner, since he destroyed Ogre after Paul left. Yet he managed to defeat the powerful non-human Ogre in a fight. He is very hostile towards the Mishima family and everyone and anything associated with it (most notably the Mishima Zaibatsu and Kazuya Mishima) and never hesitates to show this hatred in matches.Īlthough he gets close so many times (especially in Tekken 3), Paul has never won a tournament. He is a hotheaded, aggressive character, determined more than ever to win the tournament to prove he is the best fighter in the entire universe (he means this literally, according to his ending in Tekken 5).