![pokken tournament story mode pokken tournament story mode](https://daily.pokecommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pokken_tournament_screen28.jpg)
![pokken tournament story mode pokken tournament story mode](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ASNhJfZX6NE/XyI3AYmXb0I/AAAAAAAARw8/CZgHNrZ1-UcS1m6pCzxIJAJyhJTLikt_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Pokken-Tournament-DX-Machamp-kills-Charizard.jpg)
The deeper mechanics of Pokken Tournament are where the game starts to get really interesting. A given players choice of support team will likely come down to their preferred play style. These support Pokemon provide additional abilities during the round, be it a one-off attack, an area effect or a temporary buff to health, defence or damage. The fourth face button acts as a jump button, R blocks and L calls in your support Pokemon. Combos and specials are pulled off with specific button and direction patterns, which are not as complex as a game such as Street Fighter 2 but certainly have enough nuance that it’ll take players a while to learn the moves of their favourite ‘mon. It has a fairly simple control system of using three face buttons for attack light, heavy and Pokemon move. Players choose their favourite pocket monster from a selection of 21, as well as a pair of support characters, one of which they choose every round. On the surface, Pokken Tournament is a standard entry into the fighting game genre.
POKKEN TOURNAMENT STORY MODE FULL
This DX (or Deluxe) edition has now hit the Switch and rectifies that with a full character roster (plus a bonus character for the Switch, Decidueye) and all adjustments intact. Outside of a few stability tweaks, the Wii-U version never got the extra characters and balances that were added to the arcade version over time. Fans who bought and enjoyed the game lamented Nintendo’s lack of support for the title.
![pokken tournament story mode pokken tournament story mode](https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/reviews/070QMtJBvxlI5Y6k2rvC13G-3.fit_scale.size_760x427.v1569477272.jpg)
A Wii-U port followed in 2016, fairly late in the console’s life. For the uninitiated, Pokken Tournament is a Pokemon based beat em up, developed by Bandai Namco and published in the arcades by the Pokemon Company in 2015. Perhaps the main reason a lot of gamers are looking upon these ports with a degree of positivity is due to the disappointing sales of the Wii-U for many, these are games that they never played due to not owning Nintendo’s last system and many are now jumping at a chance to have a go.Įnter Pokken Tournament DX.
POKKEN TOURNAMENT STORY MODE UPGRADE
However the house of Mario has already shown fantastic foresight in porting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the console all bells and whistles with a bit of a performance upgrade and, most importantly, portable. It is easy to dismiss as laziness the fact that Nintendo are spending the first year of the Switch’s life pushing a lot of Wii-U ports to the system. Reviewed on: Switch (Review code provided)