Who better than to pit against Bruce Lee in a video game, but another Kung Fu prodigy, Jackie Chan? Though Forest was also and exact duplicate of both Bruce Lee and Marshall Law, many believe that he stood as Namco’s nod to Brandon Lee, Bruce’s late son and fellow Kung Fu practitioner.

Though Marshall was featured in almost every installment to the Tekken series, he was absent in Tekken 3 and replaced by his son, Forest Law.

Marshall Law even mirrors Lee’s mannerisms and iconic guttural battle cries. Law’s fighting style (Bruce Lee’s own innovation: Jeet Kune Do) has gone through various reincarnations throughout the Tekken series, and almost cuts and pastes moves performed by Lee in his various movies, such as a rushing backhand and the back flipping kick. Since the original Tekken in 1994, Marshall Law has been a near emulation of both Bruce Lee’s appearance and fighting style.Įach of his outfits either takes inspiration from one worn by Lee at some point, or are exact replicas of ones worn by him in his movies.įor example: in the original Tekken, Law is equipped with a yellow tracksuit, almost identical to the one worn by Lee in The Game of Death. In case you hadn't already noticed, the Tekken character Marshall Law was heavily inspired by, and is a near clone of the late Kung Fu mastermind, Bruce Lee. Namco - Tekken’s creators - evidently like to pay their tribute to many of their favorite people and characters from real life, such as:

In Tekken, many names and faces serve as tributes to famous martial arts veterans, as well as a few miscellaneous characters from assorted media some of which you may already be aware of, and some that may have passed under your radar. It goes without saying, that any type of character in any type of medium takes a certain amount of inspiration and/or influence from the real world - and fighting game characters are no exception. Not just faces familiar to the fighting game universe, like Jin Kazama and the Mishimas, but a few of Tekken's other patrons may have caught your eye due to their similarities to many real life characters and martial artists.

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