So I've had this for a few days and I LOVE IT! It's the best Tekken ever--so fast, the characters rock my face off (even ones I didn't really like before) and I don't really know how to explain it, just about everything has been improved to supreme awesomeness! The stories are very well done, either in drama or humor, and I'm extremely glad about the music as Tekken 4's was just pathetic.
My favorite characters are Xiaoyu (as always) and Heihachi, but there is a lot to learn here and I enjoy everyone well enough, which is impressive considering how many there are! My best time so far is with Wang, like 5'05" or something, so apparently I'm good with him but he's not the best IMO. This Raven guy is... interesting. I like the teleporting moves and I dressed him up like Naruto, it's so fun.
Two small issues:
1) The new boss redefines cheap. Gotta love that palm strike that stops you in the middle of any move and keeps you stunned for 5 seconds.
2) I think you have to tap sidestep too fast, there have been several times that I would accidentally just crouch instead and get a beatdown. VF4:Evo handles the distinction between crouch and sidestep taps perfectly.
I need to make easy money in Tekken 5,, it's so rough making gold in arcade.
You get 100k for beating the story mode with a character you havent before, and you get 1mill for beating the Devil Within game the first time (+the money you pick up along the way in the game, 80-100k per level) then the second time you go through you can collect icons that you cash in for some of the 500k items.