Pokkén Tournament Arcade Game Announced


Remember last year when a mysterious 3 second clip appeared at the end of a video shown at the Pokemon Game Show last August? The Pokemon Company released information about it today.

The new game is called “Pokkén Tournament” and is an arcade game being developed by Namco Bandai’s Tekken Team. “Whether you are a causal player, a regular player or a hardcore player, anyone who likes Pokemon can have fun,” said Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada. He also said that Pokkén Tournament is actually “closer to an action game.” He added that Namco used its “know how” to develop the game.

From what we’ve seen so far, it looks like the game might only feature Fighting type Pokemon. Last year’s clip showed off Blaziken and Lucario and now this time, the below video shows off Lucario and Machamp. You may also see that Mega Lucario makes a quick cameo. Does this mean Machamp might be getting a Mega Evolution to withstand a beating from Mega Lucario and Mega Blaziken?

I guess we’ll see when the game gets closer to its release date next Summer in Japan.

Pokken Tournament Footage