
Pokemon Dx Tournament Series Gameplay Style
Pokk&233 n Tournament (Japanese: POKK&201 N TOURNAMENT Pokk&233 n: Pokk&233 n Tournament) is a Pok&233 mon arcade fighting game heavily based on the Tekken series gameplay style. Bandai Namco Entertainment, the owners of the Tekken intellectual property, developed the game under license from The Pok&233 mon Company, and are responsible for distributing arcade cabinets in Japan.Introducing the first Pokemon title for the Nintendo Switch Console. Take direct control of One of 21 prized Pokemon fighters to defeat other Pokemon in.Smash.gg | Empowering esports communities *h1.h1,h2.h2,h3.
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. It became available on March 23rd, Pikachu hitting Weavile with his Burst Attack in the Nintendo Switch version.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. It is the second battle Pok&233 mon to be added to Pokk&233 n Tournament DX post-launch. On top of trophies and bragging rights like with past Pokmon Players Cup competitions, these finalists will now also be fighting to increase their share of the 5,000 prize pool that's up for grabs.Blastoise is a Water type Pok&233 mon from the Kanto Region.

In December 2015, Hori announced that a dedicated arcade controller would be released alongside the game in Japan. A demo of the game was available for attendees to play at the tournament. At the 2015 Pokémon World Championships, it was announced that the game would be coming to the Wii U.
In January 2018, two DLC packs were announced for the DX version. The port includes the last four fighters added in the arcade version, along with an additional exclusive fighter and new game modes. In June 2017, an enhanced Nintendo Switch port was announced under the title Pokkén Tournament DX, which was released worldwide on September 22, 2017. In May 2016, GameStop announced that the Pikachu controller would be released in North America in August of that year in "limited quantities". In April 2016, Nintendo announced that another controller, inspired by Pikachu, would be released in Japan in June.
Reception Amusement Fantasista, a video arcade in Kurashiki, Japan, planned to remove Pokkén Tournament machines in November 2015 due to lack of profitability. In January 2021, Harada, in a response to a follower on Twitter, stated that while he would like to make a sequel to Pokkén, it was up to Nintendo and The Pokémon Company to decide. In Pack Two, Blastoise is a fighter along with Mew and Celebi as support Pokémon, which was released on March 23, 2018.
In August 2016, Bandai Namco announced that the game had shipped over one million copies worldwide. In the United States, the NPD Group reported that Pokkén Tournament outsold Street Fighter V by the end of April 2016. Western reviews of the console version were mostly positive, earning a 76 out of 100 average score from aggregate review website Metacritic. The Switch version of Pokkén Tournament sold 53,395 copies within its first week on sale in Japan, which placed it at number one on the all format sales chart. The Wii U version entered the Media Create sales charts as the highest-selling game in the region during its debut week, with 69,675 copies sold, and was credited for a marked increase in Wii U hardware sales in the same period 13,000 units sold compared to the previous week's 4,000.
^ "Charizard and Weavile Join the Fight in Pokkén Tournament". It had sold over a million copies by March 2018. The Nintendo Switch version received similar or slightly better reviews than the Wii U version, with praise towards the new characters and new modes, but criticising the new split screen mode, which had framerate issues.
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