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  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, English
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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm; 68.04 g
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 18 2016
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Nintendo of Canada
  • Place of Business ‏ : ‎ Redmond, WA 98052, US
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B017W175Y8
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ WUPRAPKE
  • 鶹 Rank: #8,036 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
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A collaboration between The Pokémon Company and BANDAI Namco Entertainment, Pokkén Tournament is a new fighting game for Wii U that lets players use their favorite Pokémon characters to battle it out in fighting arenas.


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Pokémon come to life in this fighting game!

Battle Pokémon like never before in all-new, action-packed arena fights! Perform vivid Pokémon moves in all their glory with button combinations through an intuitive fighting system to unleash devastating attacks upon your opponent to become the Pokkén Tournament champion!

Learn various fighting styles of Pokémon such as Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, and more. Any fan will be able to learn and execute signature Pokémon moves with a press of a button. Turn the tide of battle by calling upon support Pokémon to assist, and unleash devastating attacks to KO your opponent. Battles await, and it’s up to you to claim the title of Pokkén Tournament champion!

Reviews:

"Pokkén Tournament retains the spirit and charm of Pokémon, while still a fun fighter that excellently caters to all skill levels." - Gaming Trend

"The controls themselves are simple and welcoming to beginners and expert fighting game players alike." - iDigital Times

"Visually, Pokkén Tournament is outright gorgeous." - Nintendo Inquirer

'"Pokkén Tournament isn't a very complex fighting game, but it's energetic, fairly diverse, and genuinely fun." - PC Mag

"Spectacular combat, beloved characters, and fun gameplay make for a fighter that anyone can enjoy." - The Sixth Axis

"Pokkén Tournament takes pieces from many fighting favorites and successfully blends them." - IGN

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Fight as Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Blaziken, Pikachu Libre, and more.

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Stunning Pokémon battles come to life like never before.

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Execute powerful Pokémon moves with simple button combinations.

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Enjoy an intuitive fighting system for all skill levels.

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Customers like the gameplay, condition, and graphics of the product. They mention it's terrific, fun to play, and well-tuned. Customers also appreciate the unique graphic style and performance. However, some customers find the game boring.

20 customers mention "Gameplay"20 positive0 negative

Customers find the gameplay terrific, fun, and well-tuned. They say it's a great fighting game with interesting mechanics and beautiful graphics.

"Good game, but not enough fighters" Read more

"My Son and I are having lots of fun with Pokken Tournament. Great game, unique graphic style." Read more

"...Great game for kids and pokemon lovers." Read more

"The game is lots of fun! I really enjoy the mechanics although they are not easy...." Read more

9 customers mention "Condition"9 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the condition of the product. They mention it's great from start to finish and well worth the money.

"...and get a used version of the game, that was apparently in great working condition, with case, just missing the manual...." Read more

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5 customers mention "Graphics"5 positive0 negative

Customers like the graphics of the game. They mention it has a unique graphic style and the characters are polished to a mirror shine.

"Looked really goo but ultimately got boring really fast, plus they never bothered to update the graphics for the system and you can clearly see it's..." Read more

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  • Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2017
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    A lot of content!

    My 6 year old daughter is in love with this game - there's quite a bit of text, that she doesn't actually read ... she just skips through it, however she has not had any issues because the game as an innovative voice guidance system which coaches the player as they are in the match and in between the match.

    The graphics are awesome and the fight system is very easy to pick up.

    There's a lot of content in this game because you unlock more pokemon to battle with and take into tounaments/leagues as you play and earn experience/etc.

    Great game for kids and pokemon lovers.
  • Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2016
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    The game is lots of fun! I really enjoy the mechanics although they are not easy. It's definitely not pick up and play the way Super Smash Bros. is but it's still lots of fun. It's not hard to learn, the tutorials are very complete, although rather lengthy. I do find the single player matches can get repetitive but it's still enjoyable. Seeing the Pokemon in 3D the way they are in the game is absolutely amazing!
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  • Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2016
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    Awesomely fun fighting game probably the only fighting game I would try and master completely and go online to do some battles. It's somewhat like smash where it's still casually friendly but if you learn the more advance mechanics and combos you will dominate. Only downfall is the single player is pretty bad since I'm going to compare this to Naruto Storm 4 since that closely resembles this; Storm 4 had an intense single player story mode along with a ton of characters in the same format. Of course Pokken Tournament has more better surrounding and the detail is astonishing compared to the anime styled Storm 4 but it still feels lackluster. It's basically Street Fighter 5 content wise, though Nintendo die hard fans wont agree to this for obvious reasons but as I said the game isn't bad and its one of my favorite fighting game so far. It just feels like this game is mainly only MP with the mindset of EVO and other competitions like that.
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  • Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2017
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    It is pretty fun but it gets repetetive
  • Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2021
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    Decided to save a few bucks and get a used version of the game, that was apparently in great working condition, with case, just missing the manual. The disk had a few scratches, but nothing that should have caused any problems. I tried it maybe a dozen times, and everytime is made a whirring grinding noise in the wiiu, and read "invalid disk". Requested a refund. Buy this new.
  • Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2016
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    A fantastic fighting game translation of the traditional pokemon games. Spectacularly smooth and beautiful graphics, an well-tuned gameplay. A slightly small roster of playable characters, but all are polished to a mirror shine.
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  • Reviewed in Canada on July 22, 2016
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    Looked really goo but ultimately got boring really fast, plus they never bothered to update the graphics for the system and you can clearly see it's from an arcade
  • Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2018
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    Great seller and the delivery was prompt. Product was as described. Nephew looking forward to play the game.

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  • T. Skylar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nintendo uses smash hit, it's super effective!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    It's finally here. There's been a lot of talk about Pokken Tournament ever since it hit the arcades in Japan in summer of 2015. From trailers and available footage, the game looked like what is essentially a supercharged version of Tekken (l always thought the name of the game was a play on Tekken Tag Tournament). This time the player fights as Pokemons in an arcade style instead of the traditional turn based-approach that's been a mainstay of the video game series. Nintendo announced a console version would be released on the Wii U in 2016 and at last, it has arrived. Pokemaniacs who have been can now rejoice as they put their hands on a copy for the Wii U.

    Let me start by saying how incredibly gorgeous this game looks with it's stunning graphics. The visuals are magnificent for the Wii U. The environments are and attacks look splendid. The cartoony-style graphics work like a charm on the Wii U once more. The cut scenes and mega attacks look splendid.

    The controls are very fluid and easy to master. As is usual per fighting games, there are different combinations you can learn. Each Pokemon has it's own set of moves that makes it unique. That's why it's fun to play with different Pokemons because no two pocket-monsters have the same moveset. For instance Pikachu and Pikachu libre are much more different than you might think. Pokemons like Gengar, Machamp and Chandelure all have their quirks that make them a blast to control for different reasons.

    The gamepad works pretty good and has the added benefit of the screen but l feel Pokken Tournament is best experienced with a pro-controller or the game's arcade-style controller. I'm very partial to my pro-controller for a lot of games, but since Pokken Tournament is an arcade game, the exclusive controller is the simpler and brings the most fun. It's quite comfortable and comes with a super long cord. Please note that the controller won't work with other Wii U game (l tried).

    In Ferum league you try to earn the championship as you go around fighting in an open-world, trying level-up your squad as you do so. This story mode provides a few hours of solid entertainment as you beat trainers and reach higher ranks and unlock content.

    There are 16 total Pokemons to play with:

    Blaziken, Braixen, Chandelure, Charizard, Garchomp, Gardevoir, Gengar, Lucario, Machamp, Mewto, Pikachu, Pikachu Libre, Sceptile, Shadow Mewto, Suicune and Weavile.

    The Amiibo card included with the game unlocks Shadow Mewto.

    Then you have 30 "assist" Pokemon who can be used at any point during combat as aides to help you. Interestingly, the assist Pokemons come in groups of two. They are:

    Snivy and Lapras, Emolga and Fennekin, Frogadier and Evee, Jirachi and Whimsicott Mismagius and Ninetales, Farfetch'd and Electrode, Togekiss and Rotom, Dragonite and Victini, Croagunk and Silveon, Parichisu and Magikarp, Cubone and Diglett, Magneton and Quagsire, Espeon, Yveltial and Latios, Rashiram and Cressilia.

    I feel Nintendo missed an opportunity to make Pokken Tournament one of it's best titles in a long time. It's a great game, make no mistake, but a few additions would have elevated it and cemented it's status among gamers.

    Firstly, multiplayer only supports two players at a time which is disappointing for those of us hoping for a similar experience to Super Smash Bros. A four player all-out Poke-fest war would have been a dream. I understand that it would have been difficult, but l don't think it would have been impossible. Multiplayer mode also lowers the screen rate from 60 frames-per-second to 30 fps, a significant drop when it comes to visuals.

    Note that it also necessitates one player using the Wii U's gamepad. As it stands, multiplayer is tons of fun and will no doubt offer countless hours of one-on-one fighting. It's still hard for me to shake off the feeling that four-player multiplayer would have brought this game to a whole new level.

    The comparisons to Tekken ring true but Pokken Tournament takes further steps. It takes a great fighting game and concept and expands on it. It has quickly become one of my favourite Wii U and Pokemon game. If you own a Wii U and love Pokemon or fighting games, l highly recommend you give it a try. Other than multiplayer being only two player, the game hits the spot in every possible way. I was pleasantly blown away! 5/5 stars.
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    T. Skylar
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Nintendo uses smash hit, it's super effective!

    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
    It's finally here. There's been a lot of talk about Pokken Tournament ever since it hit the arcades in Japan in summer of 2015. From trailers and available footage, the game looked like what is essentially a supercharged version of Tekken (l always thought the name of the game was a play on Tekken Tag Tournament). This time the player fights as Pokemons in an arcade style instead of the traditional turn based-approach that's been a mainstay of the video game series. Nintendo announced a console version would be released on the Wii U in 2016 and at last, it has arrived. Pokemaniacs who have been can now rejoice as they put their hands on a copy for the Wii U.

    Let me start by saying how incredibly gorgeous this game looks with it's stunning graphics. The visuals are magnificent for the Wii U. The environments are and attacks look splendid. The cartoony-style graphics work like a charm on the Wii U once more. The cut scenes and mega attacks look splendid.

    The controls are very fluid and easy to master. As is usual per fighting games, there are different combinations you can learn. Each Pokemon has it's own set of moves that makes it unique. That's why it's fun to play with different Pokemons because no two pocket-monsters have the same moveset. For instance Pikachu and Pikachu libre are much more different than you might think. Pokemons like Gengar, Machamp and Chandelure all have their quirks that make them a blast to control for different reasons.

    The gamepad works pretty good and has the added benefit of the screen but l feel Pokken Tournament is best experienced with a pro-controller or the game's arcade-style controller. I'm very partial to my pro-controller for a lot of games, but since Pokken Tournament is an arcade game, the exclusive controller is the simpler and brings the most fun. It's quite comfortable and comes with a super long cord. Please note that the controller won't work with other Wii U game (l tried).

    In Ferum league you try to earn the championship as you go around fighting in an open-world, trying level-up your squad as you do so. This story mode provides a few hours of solid entertainment as you beat trainers and reach higher ranks and unlock content.

    There are 16 total Pokemons to play with:

    Blaziken, Braixen, Chandelure, Charizard, Garchomp, Gardevoir, Gengar, Lucario, Machamp, Mewto, Pikachu, Pikachu Libre, Sceptile, Shadow Mewto, Suicune and Weavile.

    The Amiibo card included with the game unlocks Shadow Mewto.

    Then you have 30 "assist" Pokemon who can be used at any point during combat as aides to help you. Interestingly, the assist Pokemons come in groups of two. They are:

    Snivy and Lapras, Emolga and Fennekin, Frogadier and Evee, Jirachi and Whimsicott Mismagius and Ninetales, Farfetch'd and Electrode, Togekiss and Rotom, Dragonite and Victini, Croagunk and Silveon, Parichisu and Magikarp, Cubone and Diglett, Magneton and Quagsire, Espeon, Yveltial and Latios, Rashiram and Cressilia.

    I feel Nintendo missed an opportunity to make Pokken Tournament one of it's best titles in a long time. It's a great game, make no mistake, but a few additions would have elevated it and cemented it's status among gamers.

    Firstly, multiplayer only supports two players at a time which is disappointing for those of us hoping for a similar experience to Super Smash Bros. A four player all-out Poke-fest war would have been a dream. I understand that it would have been difficult, but l don't think it would have been impossible. Multiplayer mode also lowers the screen rate from 60 frames-per-second to 30 fps, a significant drop when it comes to visuals.

    Note that it also necessitates one player using the Wii U's gamepad. As it stands, multiplayer is tons of fun and will no doubt offer countless hours of one-on-one fighting. It's still hard for me to shake off the feeling that four-player multiplayer would have brought this game to a whole new level.

    The comparisons to Tekken ring true but Pokken Tournament takes further steps. It takes a great fighting game and concept and expands on it. It has quickly become one of my favourite Wii U and Pokemon game. If you own a Wii U and love Pokemon or fighting games, l highly recommend you give it a try. Other than multiplayer being only two player, the game hits the spot in every possible way. I was pleasantly blown away! 5/5 stars.
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  • FENIX DE BRONCE
    5.0 out of 5 stars ¡泦Գٱ!
    Reviewed in Mexico on October 15, 2016
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    Los gráficos son de lo mejor que he visto en Wii U, es muy adictivo. Si no se tiene un control es cansado jugarlo con el WiiPad.
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  • Aldo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gran juego
    Reviewed in Mexico on March 24, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    Lo recibi bien y todo y el juego no esta nada mal, la tarjeta de amiibo funciona como cualquier amiibo, se puede registrar en la consola y todo y vale la pena. Aqui en foto esta el juego en mis manos.
  • Vincent
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beginner friendly fighting game
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    Executions are very easy in this game (don't have to worry about doing quarter circle shoryuken motions the right time) making for a more fun psychological timing battle like a game of rock-paper-scissors, hand slap game or thumb wars as you try to parry, block and attack your opponent at the right time.

    There are two fighting phases in the game. A 3D phase (field phase) where you focus on your position and shooting projectile attacks from afar while dodging enemy attacks trying to get up close dealing massive damage and a 2D phase (duel phase) where you go through your traditional fighting game troupe of grabs, attacks (low , mid, high), blocks and parries. Each phase has different attacks variants so it switch up strategy a lot.

    The field phase has you locked onto your opponent at all times so you don't have to worry about any camera issues. Once you get in close or do certain attacks you will switch to a duel phase. Duel phase can switch back to field phase once a lot of damage is dealt. Switching shift can be advantagous also as you switching from one from the other can recover all your chip damage or remove all opponents chip damage depending on who initiates it, making the game more frantic, keeping battles more intense as you're on your feet the entire time

    There are 16 pokemon to choose from each varying in special moves and stats (speed, defense, attack, etc) and no one pokemon is a clone of another. Button executions are similar so you don't have to learn new moves for each character rather know how each character initiate the moves provided to them. There are also support pokemon which you can call in during battle to do stat boosts, de-buff enemy or attack the enemy. Thoughout battle to fill up a bar, when filled you can activate a pokemon's mega evolution (or a power-up state if the pokemon does not have one) where you get power up stats and access to a finishing move.

    There's training mode which gives a very good tutorial of the game. I recommend going through this mode first as it will give you tips you otherwise don't know if you were just to jump right in and try to learn it yourself. I may be slow at first, but it's worth it go through in my opinion.

    Verus mode or I would like to call couch gameplay have you and a friend battle each other; one using the game pad while the other a pro controller. This may cause problems if one prefers a controller over the other. You cannot both play on the TV screen as the field phase mode required a fixed camera angle on your character as mentioned before. There is a LAN link option if you are serious into the game.
    There's avatar customization also which is a nice touch. You have to gain in-game money to purchase new accessories for that character which can be earned by continuous play of the game.

    Ferrum battle leauge is the game's story mode where you battle varies pokemon trainer tournament style like how a pokemon league works in the anime. As you try to work your way up the tournament ladder trying to be the best there ever was; there's also a side plot about Shadow Mewtwo to switch things up a bit.

    Online modes include Ranked and friendly (casual mode). Ranked keeps record of your win/lose ratio and friendly mode is your typical jump in and play against anyone or a friend if you have a code. Ranked battles aside from keeping track of your win/loss ratio you always rank up and will battle players of your own rank which is a nice challenge, but if you stop playing after a while and get rusty or if someone else plays your account your win to lose ratio may falter. Online battle is pretty smooth, there are some stutters here and there at times, but most of the time it's stable. If you are not able to connect to another player online within 10secs or so, the game let's you play against a CPU until a player is found which is a nice as you don't have to constantly wait at the search screen.

    This game is the closest you'll get to a real pokemon battle you see in the anime, and is easily accessible to everyone as you focus on more on timing and twitch gameplay rather than complex executions.
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    Vincent
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Beginner friendly fighting game

    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016
    Executions are very easy in this game (don't have to worry about doing quarter circle shoryuken motions the right time) making for a more fun psychological timing battle like a game of rock-paper-scissors, hand slap game or thumb wars as you try to parry, block and attack your opponent at the right time.

    There are two fighting phases in the game. A 3D phase (field phase) where you focus on your position and shooting projectile attacks from afar while dodging enemy attacks trying to get up close dealing massive damage and a 2D phase (duel phase) where you go through your traditional fighting game troupe of grabs, attacks (low , mid, high), blocks and parries. Each phase has different attacks variants so it switch up strategy a lot.

    The field phase has you locked onto your opponent at all times so you don't have to worry about any camera issues. Once you get in close or do certain attacks you will switch to a duel phase. Duel phase can switch back to field phase once a lot of damage is dealt. Switching shift can be advantagous also as you switching from one from the other can recover all your chip damage or remove all opponents chip damage depending on who initiates it, making the game more frantic, keeping battles more intense as you're on your feet the entire time

    There are 16 pokemon to choose from each varying in special moves and stats (speed, defense, attack, etc) and no one pokemon is a clone of another. Button executions are similar so you don't have to learn new moves for each character rather know how each character initiate the moves provided to them. There are also support pokemon which you can call in during battle to do stat boosts, de-buff enemy or attack the enemy. Thoughout battle to fill up a bar, when filled you can activate a pokemon's mega evolution (or a power-up state if the pokemon does not have one) where you get power up stats and access to a finishing move.

    There's training mode which gives a very good tutorial of the game. I recommend going through this mode first as it will give you tips you otherwise don't know if you were just to jump right in and try to learn it yourself. I may be slow at first, but it's worth it go through in my opinion.

    Verus mode or I would like to call couch gameplay have you and a friend battle each other; one using the game pad while the other a pro controller. This may cause problems if one prefers a controller over the other. You cannot both play on the TV screen as the field phase mode required a fixed camera angle on your character as mentioned before. There is a LAN link option if you are serious into the game.
    There's avatar customization also which is a nice touch. You have to gain in-game money to purchase new accessories for that character which can be earned by continuous play of the game.

    Ferrum battle leauge is the game's story mode where you battle varies pokemon trainer tournament style like how a pokemon league works in the anime. As you try to work your way up the tournament ladder trying to be the best there ever was; there's also a side plot about Shadow Mewtwo to switch things up a bit.

    Online modes include Ranked and friendly (casual mode). Ranked keeps record of your win/lose ratio and friendly mode is your typical jump in and play against anyone or a friend if you have a code. Ranked battles aside from keeping track of your win/loss ratio you always rank up and will battle players of your own rank which is a nice challenge, but if you stop playing after a while and get rusty or if someone else plays your account your win to lose ratio may falter. Online battle is pretty smooth, there are some stutters here and there at times, but most of the time it's stable. If you are not able to connect to another player online within 10secs or so, the game let's you play against a CPU until a player is found which is a nice as you don't have to constantly wait at the search screen.

    This game is the closest you'll get to a real pokemon battle you see in the anime, and is easily accessible to everyone as you focus on more on timing and twitch gameplay rather than complex executions.
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  • Cpt-blitz
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Wii U's Best Games
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2016
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    Nintendo, Namco, Bandai... what's not to like!

    Pokken Tournament for the Wii U is truely the first of its kind. They were able to combine pokemon and tekken along with a brilliant combination of Duel Phase (standard fighting games) and Field Phase (3D move around, projectile based) fighting.

    The Roster has 16 characters in it. Some classics like Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, and a few more interesting/intuitive fighters like Suicune and Chandelure. While this group of fighters isn't large in number, it makes up for it with the variety that has obviously been sought after. Each fighter feels totally different and plays to its own style. While they are grouped into 4 types: Standard, Speed, Power, and Techniquel, I find each fighter to play and handle completely different. (Even Mewtwo and Shadow Mewtwo, and Pikachu and Pikachu Libre play so much differently)

    The game is composed of best of 3 matches were you will be constantly shifting from Duel Phase to Field Phase. This gives the game a nice flow to it and allows for strategy as you can determine when the shifting happens by throwing your opponent or hitting them with a powerful attack. The "Attack Triangle" consists of Normal attacks, Counter attacks, and Throws. Normals beat Throws, Counters beat Normals, and Throws beat Counters. I found this triangle to be pretty consistant and easy to determine what was going on even if you don't know ever move your opponent is doing. There are some exceptions to this with Piercing attacks that can break counters which I found to be frustrating at times... but all fighting games require a knowledge of each character to become competitive and Pokken Tournament is no different. Luckily you can look up every move and combo just by hitting start and going to the move list.

    There's tons of aesthetic items to win for your avatar as you battle through single player battles, story-like-mode tournaments, and online battles. I found the story of Shadow Mewtwo to be pretty interesting and better than most fighting games out there. Online mode is tough and competetive so make sure you're practiced up and ready for people doing whatever it takes to win (Even if that means spammy y attacks all game haha)

    Pokken Tournament has a little for everyone. My wife and I both play it, she more the storymode, me more online competetive and we both have a lot of fun. It's easy enough to pick up and will take long enough to master. They've done something great here with this game, and I can't wait to see if it gets enough success to bring in some DLC and even a sequel. We shall see

    What are you waiting for? Grab a copy today! Perhaps I'll see you online ;)