I would never have picked Suicune, Gardevoir, or Braixen, either. Or, at least, it proposes an answer to people looking to battle Pokémon in a way that isn’t turn based and one that is more about flourishes and combos than leveling and elemental balancing.īut that’s part of what makes Pokkén fun. Chandelure and many of the Pokémon wouldn’t fit in a regular fighting game. It’s a game where Pokémon battle each other in outrageous ways that break almost every rule of the Pokémon universe, and that’s a good thing. But its inclusion captures what is probably one of the more important elements of Pokkén: It’s wild and crazy fun that doesn’t make sense, nor does it need to. How could it even fight opponents or grab and throw them? It’s not even humanoid, like Machamp! Put it next to Ryu from Street Fighter or anybody from Tekken and its immediately out of place.

It’s a unique twist on the Pokémon formula that works … for the most part.Ĭhandelure is one of my favorite Pokémon, but it’s an odd choice for a fighting game. It’s a giant ghost chandelier and doesn’t even have legs. Capcom, shedding the turn-based roots of the Pokémon series. But Pokkén Tournament, a collaboration between the Pokémon Company and developer Bandai Namco (Tekken), combines the two franchises into a fighting game in the style of Tekken, Street Fighter, or Marvel Vs. Originally released in Japanese arcades in 2015, Pokkén struggled to find a following, making it seem slim that it would ever see a Wii U home console release, let alone one in the States. Pokkén Tournament is an oddity, and the Pokémon and Tekken series are odd bedfellows. If the idea of Pikachu dressed up in a luchador costume and fighting against other Pokémon on the deck of a ship where a giant Magikarp festival is taking place is your idea of a good time, Pokkén Tournament is going to fulfill your wildest fever dreams. Pokkén Tournament is the Pokémon game that finally realizes battles in an atmospheric way that matches, if not surpasses, how trainers have imagined battles for years. Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022.

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