It was officially announced at an event held by Famitsu on August 26, 2014. Pokkén Tournament was first teased during a Pokémon Game Show event held in Japan in August 2013, with trademarks for the game filed the same month. Various People playing Pokkén Tournament in Sunshine City, Tokyo.

Sixteen of these Pokémon are playable in all of the arcade, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch ports, with other versions having additional characters. Pokémon Īcross all versions of the game, there are currently 23 different Pokémon that appear as playable fighters. The title also features online play, where players can compete in two types of online battle modes called friendly battles and ranked battles, including matches between players with registered friend codes and players who enter the same VS Code as each other. Players can also use Support Pokémon to give them special benefits such as buffs in attack or defense.įirst-print Wii U copies of the game were packaged with a Shadow Mewtwo Amiibo card, which immediately unlocked the character for use. As such, players can perform various techniques taken from the Pokémon series, such as special moves and Mega Evolutions (which can be built up from attacks using a 'Synergy Gauge').

The game focuses more on action, as opposed to the more technical gameplay of Tekken, allowing both hardcore and casual fans to enjoy it. Unlike most arcade fighting games, which use a traditional joystick and buttons, the arcade version is played using console-style controllers, which are designed so that players who are not used to arcade sticks can get into the game more easily. Pokkén Tournament is a fighting game in whichever two fighters battle against each other using various Pokémon, with gameplay shifting between 'Field Phase' where the Pokémon move freely around the arena similar to Power Stone and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, and 'Duel Phase' where they move relative to each other similar to the Tekken games. Pikachu hitting Weavile with his Burst Attack in the Nintendo Switch version.

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