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Platform: WiiU
Developer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Publisher: The Pokémon Company
Genre: Pokémon Action Battle (Fighting Game)
No of Players: 1-2 players
Price: $59.99 USD
Off-TV Play: yes
Game Size: 4234.4MB
Release Date: March 18th worldwide
Pokkén Tournament supports, the WiiU gamepad, the WiiU Pro controller, the Wii classic controller, the Wiimote and Nunchuck and the HORI Pokkén Tournament controller
Pokkén Tournament is a one on one fighting game that stars your favorite (or not so favorite) Pokémon fighting one another.
the game has a unique mechanic with Phase Change, the game has two Phases, Field Phase in where the players fight in a 3D battlefield where it resembles the Naruto Storm series, Duel Phase in where the players fight in a 2D battlefield and it resembles more traditional fighting game like Street Fighter. Causing a Phase Change is done through set moves eg throws.
other than that it resembles a more traditional fighting game with health bars and Burst Gauge (Super meter), activating Burst is done with pressing both L and R at the same time and will cause your Pokémon to go into their super mode (and Mega evolve if the Pokémon has one) and can activate their super move with the press of L and R together again but supers can only be done once per burst so don't waste it.
in Pokkén Tournament playable Pokémon are separated into four different categories
Standard: Doesn't excel too far in a single area. Is able to perform under any situation.
Speed: Focuses on lots of movement to get around the enemy's attacks.
Power: Bulky in some way, and does above average damage.
Technique: Revolves around some sort of gimmick to give them an edge over their opponent.
still these are very basic guide on what the Pokémon can so i would say give them all a go and see which one you like the most
In addition to the playable cast of Pokémon you also have the Support Pokémon, Support Pokémon are activated with the press of the L button. Support Pokémon come in 3 different flavors, Attack, Disrupt and Enhance.
Attack Supports are your basic attack to help so some extra damage, more pressure or extend a combo
Disrupt Supports are used for interrupting your opponent
Enhance Supports come mainly in the form of buffs like attack, defense and speed buffs or more health/synergy
each support come with two different Pokémon, you chose between which you wanna use at the start or a new round, also do keep in mind each support has different strengths and charge time from fast to normal to slow so don't just go picking the strongest ones cause you might just find yourself in situation where you don't even get a chance to use your support
The Main single player mode is the Ferrum League. In the Ferrum League you battle through various leagues, defeating trainers to increase your rank and making your way up to the Top 8 and take place in the tournament in order for a chance to face the leader of the league to hopefully move up to the next league.
There are four leagues
Green League (D Rank)
Blue League (C Rank)
Red League (B Rank)
Chrome League (A Rank)
this is also where to story of Shadow Mewtwo comes into play as you and other train try to discover what is really going on with it.
you will also find standard fighting game modes, like in Single player where you can face off against the CPU in normal battles or Extra Battles, what are Extra battles? Extra battles are like normal battles but instead of just Synergy Gauge additions, you will find items that increase or decrease your Synergy Gauge, HP, Attack, Defense and Speed.
Practice lets you sharpen your Pokkén skills.
Tutorial which runs you through the basics of the game,
Free Training for Practicing your combos, set ups and what ever you feel need in improving,
Action Dojo is for teasing and teaching various strategies,
and Combo Dojo where you can find Various combos for the cast.
My Town is where you can customize aspects of you and your Pokémon
like your Profile which covers your online display name, avatar appearance, Title, Profile and Battle Code.
there is also Pokémon setting which lets you readjust your Pokémon stats
and other option like sound options and Voice acting.
Local Play lets you play locally with another player, keep in mind the first player has to the game pad and the second player is on the TV, also during this mode the frame rate in cut in half from the 60fps to 30fps.
The alternative mode for this is LAN play where the frame rate in 60fps and and all controllers can be used. Joe has a good guide for LAN set up.
Finally you have Online Play where you can engage in online battles
Friendly Matches can be played with against anyone either with people on your friend list, anyone if you have there battle code or just anyone online.
Ranked Matches are more comparative where you can earn various rank points, awarded based on your success in the match and players compete to get the highest rank.
Included in first run copies of the game in the Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card
scaning it will temporarily unlock Shadow Mewtwo as it will go away if you close the game
also scanning any other amiibo will unlock various items for a select group such as
PokéGold: Between 100PG and 40,000PG
Special Bonus Titles
and Customization Options
but you can only do this, 5 times a day
trailers
WiiU version announcement | Blaziken | Sceptile | Gengar | Pikachu Libre | Chandelure | Weavile | Charizard
Screenshots
Review Thread
last thing HUGE, HUGE, HUGE THANKS to Alistair Roo for doing all the graphics, been real fun to work with you
so lets get out there trainers and Train On
