‘Pokkén Tournament’ Finally Gets a North American Release Date!

The North American release date for the Pokémon-flavored fighting game, Pokkén Tournament for Wii U, was announced this morning with a surprise: the N.A. release precedes the Japanese one! Pokémon fans in North America can expect the game on March 18 while Japan will have to wait until April 28.

There is already quite a roster building up for Pokkén Tournament and it doesn’t look the reveals are stopping anytime soon. The most recent ones being Braixen, Garchomp, and Mewtwo along with yesterday’s announcement of Chandelure, bringing the fighter count up to 16 combatants.

The North American version of Pokkén Tournament will retail for $59.99. All first production run copies will also come bundled with a Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card that, when tapped on the Wii U Gamepad, unlock the Shadow Mewtwo as a playable character.

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