Even before the brilliant coders at Namco redeemed both Tekken Tag Tournament and the PlayStation 2 by implementing anti-aliasing for the U.S. release of the game, it still looked pretty damn good. A very slight jaggy problem aside, the Japanese version of Tekken Tag already looked fantastic and it was always a very impressive game visually. It's just that now with the anti-aliasing in full effect, the game looks a lot smoother and much more polished.
The game features some great looking 3D backgrounds with some of the best-looking ground textures that you'll ever see in a videogame. While some of the polygonal models still have a slightly blocky look to them, they're all brought to life with some amazingly detailed textures. This can be seen best in things like Nina's black leather pants and Jin's red and black leather jacket, which look so realistic that it's mind-boggling.
There are also quite a bit of awesome special effects that will surely amaze you. Everything from the great looking snow, to the excellent lighting in some of the backgrounds and to the cool fog effects in some of the stages, just look fantastic and help give character to the game's various 3D environments.
The only problems with the game graphically are that the background and the ring where the fighters compete are not connected to each other and the character animation is a bit unrealistic. These two factors definitely take away a lot of the game's visual thunder, but don't kill its appeal. And if you're wondering about how it looks in comparison to the arcade version, it's no contest -- the PS2 version of the game is many times better looking than the arcade version.