On top of this, the roster is not very balanced at all. To their credit, Pikachu Libre is a much different character, but Shadow Mewtwo is nothing but a beefed up boss character. Don’t get me wrong, Chandelure is actually one of my favorite Pokemon and I know that they wanted to avoid an overly fighting-type roster, but out of 16 character slots, 2 of them are Pikachu and 2 of them are Mewtwo. Many Pokemon that seem like obvious inclusions, such as Hitmonchan or Hawlucha are nowhere to be seen, yet we have inclusions like Chandelure. When it comes to Pokken’s roster, I’m really left scratching my head.
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A controller that mirror’s the Japanese arcade machines’ will be releasing on April 8th, but honestly if you already own a Pro controller it isn’t necessary at all. You can move with either the control stick of the directional pad, but you’ll have a much easier time using the pad. The combo game in Pokken is actually very deep and very fun to experiment with. The Y button is for ranged attacks, X for regular attacks and A for what the game dubs special attacks.Įach attack is different depending on rather you are airborne and which direction, if any, you are pressing when you hit the button. the right bumper is for guarding while the left calls in a support Pokemon (Think Marvel vs CAPCOM assists) and, while the B button is used to jump, the remaining 3 face buttons are your attacks. The only thing that really bothers me is that even in duel phase, there is still a jump button as opposed to pressing up defaulting to it like any other fighter. The controls are simple enough, and if you’re a veteran of fighting games, you’ll feel at home with very little practice. The player who causes the change between either phase also gets a significant boost to their synergy gauge, this game’s version of the super meter. Your combos change between the modes as well, and most of your tie in field phase will only be spent trying to gain the upper hand by being the player to initiate the phase change. Upon landing a strong enough hit or combo (or having one landed on you), the game shifts into duel phase.ĭuel phase is just like any other fighting game you’ve ever played, from Street Fighter to Guilty Gear and in my opinion is much more enjoyable. Fights consist of two phases called “field phase” and “duel phase.” During field phase, in which all fights begin, you can move freely around the area, similar to the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series. The fighting system in Pokken is unique, but I’m split about rather or not that’s actually a good thing. The similarities end there, but it’s also not quite anything like Tekken, though many animations and attacks are direct references to it. Pokken, as I’ll call it for the remainder of the review, is in some ways similar to Smash, but only in that your directional input changes the attack. Pokken is a pun of sorts a combination of Pokemon and Tekken, as this game was developed by Namco Bandai, known for the Tekken and Soul Calibur games.
‘What does Pokken mean?’ I hear you ask, and ‘Is this anything like Super Smash Bros.?’ or ‘Why is Caleb the most handsome writer at NintendoFuse?’ are all things that might be running through your head. If you haven’t done any research on this title, or you are a Pokemon fan who is unfamiliar with fighting games, you might have a couple of questions. It first arrived in Japanese arcades last summer, and it’s finally made its way into homes worldwide via the Wii U. Regardless of how long it took them to pull the proverbial trigger, Pokken Tournament is here. If bored 14 year-olds had this idea, Nintendo’s marketing executives must have talked about it long before now as well. I’m honestly still perplexed at why it took Nintendo this long to cash in on this. What Pokemon fan has not, at some point in their life, been sitting around with their friends and said, “Why don’t they make a Pokemon fighting game?” followed by everyone in the room nodding in agreement that this would be a marvelous idea. Can I just start out by saying that Nintendo stole my idea? They stole everybody’s idea.