Japan Only Fighter + Online Play = Absence of Trix

Aside from the lag, which is always an issue for middle-of-nowhere Bermuda, the people are indeed hardcore. I would get beat down so bad in the 2 Bleach DS games and also Jump Ultimate Stars that I didn't ever want to play online against random people again.

I also own Tekken 5 already (twice), despite the fact I don't even really like the series, so I wasn't going to purchase this anyway. I was definitely interested to see how it would work online. I guess we'll have to wait until it is released outside Japan.

That said, I'm sure it's silky smooth in Japan. The servers are all there, and Japan is a comparatively small mass of land so the data doesn't have to travel as far, so the lag is probably nonexistant. There are quite a few online fighters on the PS2 (mostly 2D, mind you) so it has to be working.