A Trifecta Of New Challengers Revealed For ‘Pokken Tournament’!
A scan of a popular Japanese publication, CoroCoro, has revealed that there will be three new characters joining Pokken Tournament–Braixen, Mewtwo, and Garchomp. These characters will be joining the existing roster of Blaziken, Charizard, Gardevoir, Gengar, Lucario, Machamp, Pikachu, Pikachu Libre, Sceptile, Shadow Mewtwo, Suicune, and Weavile–now totaling 15 playable characters! Even more, there will be a new character expected to be revealed tomorrow, thanks to a teaser from the official Pokken Twitter account.
Pokken Tournament is currently an arcade game in Japan (with previously limited availability in North America), which centers around Pokémon in fighting game style. It is being developed in conjunction with Bandai Namco, and the fighting system (in my opinion) is very similar to Soul Calibur/Dead or Alive, using a rock-paper-scissors approach… otherwise known as the strike, grab, and block system. It is unique in the fact that it allows for quadruped fighters, such as the Pokémon Suicune.
Pokken Tournament is due to be released on April 28 in Japan, and Spring 2016 in North America/Europe.
