Meanwhile, Bandai Namco also demonstrated just how the new fighting game will play. During the live stream that confirmed all of this new game info, it was announced that Lapras, Emolga, Snivy, and Fenniken will all be assist options for players so they can be summoned into battle to help give players the upper-hand. Still, the team at Bandai Namco will be implementing as many creatures as they can in the form of support characters. Suicune, on the other hand, was a bit of a surprising announcement, and it seems to indicate that the Pokemon is still riding on the fact that it was the cover star of Pokemon Crystal.Īs was touched on earlier, it's just not possible to feature a playable iteration of every single Pokemon because there are just too many of them.

Given the prominence of Pikachu ( Pokemon's cutesy yellow mascot) there was little doubt that the creature would be playable in Pokken Tournament, while the fan-favorite Gardevoir is another addition that many won't find shocking. That said, a slew of new details have arrived that confirm three new additions to the game's lineup of playable characters, a few more tidbits of gameplay information, and evidence that this new fight title is being built with the Wii U in mind.įirst and foremost, it was announced that Pikachu, Gardevoir and Suicune would all be joining the list of controllable combatants. The new title being spearheaded by Bandai Namco and a pair of legendary producers for the Tekken and Soul Calibur series, Katsuhiro Harada and Masaaki Hoshino, has only been confirmed to arrive in Japanese arcades thus far.

It's for this reason that fans were understandably excited by the prospect of Pokken Tournament.

While Nintendo mainstays like Mario and Link are no-brainer additions to that roster, however, narrowing down which Pokemon will be playable is a much more challenging task.Įvery iteration of the crossover-fueled beat 'em up has to leave a lot of Pocket Monsters by the wayside, and understandably so, which is why a Pokemon-exclusive fighting game is something fans have wanted for quite some time – cue Pokken Tournament.

help to settle disputes by allowing fans to pit some of the most iconic characters in gaming against one another in an all out brawl.

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