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True Ogre, also referred to simply as Ogre, is a fictional character and villain in the Tekken series. It is the final boss of Tekken 3 and Tekken Card Challenge, and the sub-boss of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. It is the final canonical transformation of Ancient Ogre.

Biography

Personality

Unlike its first form which speaks and seems to be a being of intelligence, True Ogre is more of a howling beast. It loses its ability to speak and instead roars and just attacks and absorbs the powers of those that come to confront it. True Ogre behaves like a wild beast, as shown in its throw moves and in its special continue screen when it is the boss fight in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. In the continue screen, it appears to devour the defeated player character.

Appearance

Ogre's second form stands not much taller than its first, but is hunched over to an extent. In this incarnation, it resembles more a monster than a human, with a large frame, dark brown fur, a monstrous face, a tail, wings, horns and snakes in place of a right arm. All of the jewelry Ogre wore in its previous form disappear, save for one leg armlet. Also, in this form, the area surrounding it will dim to an eerie pitch black (in Tekken 3), or extremely dark (in the arcade version of Tekken Tag Tournament).

Outfits

Main article: True Ogre/Outfits

True Ogre has no outfits as such; instead, its colors vary between "outfits" and there are slight alterations to its appearance.

Story

Tekken 3

The God Of Fighting
The legend of Native Americans says the Ogre was the war weapon which creatures from outerspace left on earth in ancient time. It understands entire structures of all living and artificial beings, and absorbs them.

It wanders the earth in search of strong souls.[2]

Story Summary

Ogre shows up to the third Iron Fist Tournament and is defeated by Paul Phoenix. However, unknown to Paul and after he has left, Ogre morphs into its true form by absorbing Heihachi Mishima's power and the tournament continues. Ogre confronts Jin and they clash in battle. Jin emerges victorious and Ogre is defeated and killed.

Tekken 5

Devil Within

Main article: Devil Within (Mode)

The plot details events that occur during the two month period between Tekken 4 and Tekken 5. After Jin leaves Hon-Maru, where he had been kidnapped by Heihachi, he hears rumors that his mother, Jun, is still alive at G Corporation. When Jin travels to their labs, he finds no trace of his mother but, instead, discovers that G Corporation has either resurrected Ogre or cloned it. In the ruins of an ancient temple beneath the labs, Jin battles Ogre once again. Ogre flees to a deeper part of the ruins with Jin in hot pursuit.

In the deeper ruins, Jin encounters a giant contraption that uses a large white orb to attack. After Jin destroys this, it is revealed that he has unwittingly broken the seal containing Ogre.

Jin battles True Ogre once again. Once it is defeated, it reveals yet another transformation. Despite its new advantages, Jin still triumphs, and destroys Ogre again, possibly once and for all.

It is still debated whether the events in Devil Within are canon or not but it is generally assumed not.

Other Appearances

Tekken Card Challenge

True Ogre appears as an unplayable boss in the game. Its character slot was replaced by Panda as Tekken Card Challenge is based on Tekken 3.

Tekken Tag Tournament

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Tekken Tag Tournament HD - True Ogre ending

True Ogre appears as a hidden character and its sub-boss is Devil.

Ending Description: Ogre transforms into True Ogre as a Devil Beam narrowly misses it, the culprit being Devil Kazuya. A battle ensues with both fighters dodging the other's attacks. Eventually, True Ogre floors Devil by pounding the ground and incinerates the helpless Devil before flying away.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Official Japanese Website Profile A Native American legend persists that says that Ogre "is a combat weapon left by aliens in ancient times". It understands the structure of all living things and man-made objects and seems to be able to absorb them. It wanders in search of stronger souls, but the other mysteries are engulfed in darkness.[4]

Profile:
The true form of Ancient Ogre, who has absorbed the souls of the strongest fighters. He has transformed into a giant, which strikes fear into the hearts of onlookers.[5]

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - 'Ogre Ending' TRUE-HD QUALITY

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 True Ogre's Ending.

Ending Description: The ending is shown from the point-of-view of a cameraman trying to escape a burning city currently under attack by Ogre. Eventually, the cameraman encounters Ogre, coming quite close to the beast. While the cameraman escapes with his life, his camera is destroyed.

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Tekken Revolution

Ogre is the final boss in the Arcade mode of Tekken Revolution, retaining its appearance and moveset from Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

As of the Mokujin Rush update, players can now fight a special version of Ogre known as Gold Ogre, similar to Azazel from Tekken 6, except instead of having a point requirement it appears completely at random.

Gold Ogre produces a higher reward than regular Ogre, is around the same level as Mokujin, Tetsujin, and Kinjin, its AI is much harder than regular Ogre, and its moveset has been modified to make it more boss-like. Such examples being its air escape has been changed to a mid-air teleport on hit and will either ram into the player or do a flame breath attack, causing a player to take caution when using a juggle on this version. In addition, many of its moves such as the Special Art are now faster, safer, and deal more damage than regular Ogre.

Street Fighter X Tekken

Ogre appeared in its first form in the crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken as a boss character counterpart to Street Fighter character Akuma. Its second form is slightly referenced in parts of Ogre's moves and super art but shown only in flames and disappear quite quickly. A full reference of this form is in one of Ogre's DLC outfits without wings.

Tekken: Bloodline

True Ogre appears in the final episode of Tekken: Bloodline. After Jin Kazama has defeated Ancient Ogre, Ogre transforms into True Ogre. Paul Phoenix, Ling Xiaoyu, and Hwoarang help Jin to defeat True Ogre.

Gameplay

In Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, its moveset is the same as its previous form, with the addition of several new moves, including two involving its fire breath. However, it loses the ability to perform the Ancient Power reversal. To compensate for this, True Ogre's arm range has been greatly increased, to the point where a full swing of True Ogre's arm can occupy almost a third of the entire screen.

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, its moveset is greatly altered, and True Ogre has a wider pool of both stolen and original attacks. While True Ogre's arms still boast their incredible range, True Ogre's punishing is noted to be rather lackluster, most especially due to the lack of a i15 launcher.

True Ogre can also be very disruptive thanks to Owl's Hunt as well as being the only playable character that can escape a combo mid-air. As a drawback, however, True Ogre has the largest hurtbox, and there are several combos, most evidently in Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, that can only be performed on True Ogre.

Fighting Style

Listed as "unknown", Ogre's fighting style is a combination of many fighting styles, taken from those whom it has defeated. It absorbs the souls of powerful fighters, and thus seems to be able to learn their techniques. In this form, it also possesses the ability to fly and breathe fire.

Moves

True Ogre Moves

Character Relationships

  • Ancient Ogre - Its first form.
  • Monstrous Ogre - Its supposedly non-canonical final form that appears in the last level of the Devil Within mode.
  • Jin Kazama - Ogre was defeated and killed by him in Tekken 3.
  • Devil - Its rival in Tekken Tag Tournament.
  • King I - Ogre killed him.
  • Jun Kazama - Ogre attacked and, allegedly, killed her.
  • Baek Doo San - Ogre assaulted him and induced him into a coma.
  • Paul Phoenix - Paul defeated Ogre (as Ancient Ogre) only to walk away as it transformed into True Ogre.
  • Heihachi Mishima - Heihachi extracted True Ogre's blood after it was killed by Jin. Ogre absorbed some of Heihachi's power in order to morph into True Ogre.
  • Yoshimitsu - Yoshimitsu stole some of True Ogre's blood after it was killed by Jin.
  • Chang Family - Both Michelle Chang and Julia Chang know of the Native American legends surrounding Ogre, and their amulet is connected to Ogre.
  • Doctor Abel - Worked with samples of True Ogre's blood for Heihachi. Sought to integrate them into human DNA for him.

Trivia

General:

  • Ogre appears to have some relation to the Devil Gene, and causes it to activate when Devil Gene carriers are nearby.
    • In Heihachi's Tekken 4 prologue, it is stated Heihachi cannot integrate Ogre's genome into his without the Devil Gene, which Heihachi lacks.
    • In Devil Within, Ogre's presence causes Jin to lose control of his Devil Gene (possibly non-canon).
      • Jin is also branded and acquires the Devil Gene after his mother is defeated by Ogre - this could just be because he no longer has his mother's protection, but it may also show another link between the Devil Gene and Ogre.
    • In Tekken 6's scenario campaign mode, if playing Azazel's Temple as Julia Chang, who is aware of the legends of Ogre from her tribe and adoptive mother as well as the pendant held by her mother, she will comment that the ruins remind her of something, possibly hinting at the Aztec Ruins where Ogre was sealed. In addition, she also initially confuses Azazel, who carries the Devil Gene, with Ogre.
  • True Ogre's Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament profiles state that a Native American legend claims it is a bioweapon left by aliens.
    • In Devil Within, Ogre's appearance is also linked to aliens, supporting the idea that it may be of alien origin.
  • True Ogre is the tallest and heaviest playable character, standing at 290 cm (9′6″) tall and 453 kg (1000 lbs) .[citation needed]
  • In the Devil Within mode, True Ogre's viper arm was removed.
    • In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it acquires an arm consisting of multiple snakes, rather than just one.
  • True Ogre's name is never said by the announcer in Tekken 3, but he says the name "Ogre" instead. Its name is said by the announcer in Tekken Tag Tournament. however.
  • True Ogre and Gon are the only playable characters to have Air Recovery. While both Devil Kazumi and Devil Kazuya's final forms in Tekken 7's the Mishima Saga also have Air Recovery, they are not playable legitimately.

Tekken 3

  • True Ogre's grunt is reused from Kuma's grunt in Tekken 3.
  • When it is fought in Tekken 3's arcade mode, True Ogre's name in the health bar will always be labelled as "Ogre", although this is the only instance where this name change occurs.
    • In the arcade version, True Ogre's name is always labelled as "Ogre", even on the versus screen.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

  • True Ogre, purely known as "Ogre", appears as a playable character and was among the returning characters alongside Jun Kazama. True Ogre also acts as the game's penultimate boss in Arcade Mode and is fought in Naraku.
  • True Ogre's item move has it swing a stone sword towards the opponent. If the opponent is out of range, the shockwave of the sword will still stun the opponent for a short while if they are still on the ground.
  • In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it is the only character who can bound after 5 Electric Wind God Fists.[6] However, it has to be on a left axis and must be used on larger characters like Miguel.
  • If defeated by True Ogre in Arcade mode in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, a special continue screen will be seen:
    • As the countdown goes down, it shows the first-person perspective of True Ogre looming over the character, snarling and growling. The camera then shifts to a view of True Ogre's back facing the camera, sitting on the ground. What sounds like eating noises can be heard coming from it, hinting that True Ogre is devouring the character. It can be noted that the character cannot be seen because of True Ogre's sitting position.
  • In its ending, it is enormous and taller than buildings; much larger than any of its other iterations. Ancient Ogre's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ending also features huge iterations of itself, suggesting that Ogre in all versions may be able to alter its size.
    • This also fits with its Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament profiles which note that there are varying different accounts of its height.

Other:

  • In Street Fighter X Tekken a DLC outfit for Ancient Ogre is based on True Ogre.
  • In the Tekken 3 Chinese comic, True Ogre is the third form of Ogre and retains the ability to speak. Its first form is Ancient Ogre and its second form is Ancient Ogre's Player 2 outfit, which is said to be its 100% power form.

Gallery

Main article: True Ogre/Gallery

References

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