Characters

Pikachu

The Mouse Pokémon and Franchise Mascot, Pikachu is a Standard character that mostly fights with his arsenal of electric attacks. An Electric Pokémon from the first generation.

Lucario

The Aura Pokémon, Lucario is a Standard character that fights using a mix of aura attacks and martial arts. A Fighting/Steel Pokémon from the fourth generation.

Suicune

The Aurora Pokémon, Suicune is a Standard character that uses an arsenal of ranged water and ice attacks. A Water Pokémon from the second generation.

Machamp

The Superpower Pokémon, Machamp is a Power character that excels in close combat with its four muscular arms. A Fighting Pokémon from the first generation.

Gardevior

The Embrace Pokémon, Gardevoir is a Technical character that fights using powerful psychic attacks. A Psychic/Fairy Pokémon from the third generation.

Gengar

The Shadow Pokémon, Gengar is a Technical character that fights using trickery and shadows. A Ghost/Poison Pokémon from the first generation.

Charizard

The Flame Pokémon, it joins fellow Fire-type starter Pokémon Blaziken in the fray. Besides Fire-type attacks, it also uses its body to physically attack the opponent. Is a Power character. A Fire/Flying Pokémon from the first generation.

Weavile

The Sharp Claw Pokémon. A Speed character that uses Ice attacks and his claws to fight. A Dark/Ice Pokémon from the fourth generation

Blaziken

The Blaze Pokémon, Blaziken is a Standard character that fights with powerful kicks, punches, and fire attacks. He joins fellow Fire starters Charizard and Braxien. A Fire/Fighting Pokémon from the third generation.

Pikachu Libre

A female Pikachu in a Luchador costume. She's a Speed character that utilizes electrical attacks and wrestling moves.

Sceptile

The Forest Pokémon, Sceptile is a Speed character that fights with agility that compliments its leaf-cutting blows. A Grass Pokémon from the third generation.

Garchomp

The Mach Pokémon. A Power character that uses close-range attacks. A Dragon/Ground Pokémon from the fourth generation.

Braixen

The Fox Pokémon. A Standard character that specializes in quick projectiles. A Fire Pokémon from the sixth generation.

Chandelure

The Luring Pokémon. It's a Power character that excels in long-ranged combat using its ghostly flames. A Ghost/Fire Pokémon from the fifth generation.

Darkrai

The Pitch-Black Pokémon. It's a Technical character utilizing its dark powers to set traps. A Dark Pokémon from the fourth generation.

Scizor

The Pincer Pokémon. It's a Power character that relies on rapid attacks for damage. A Bug/Steel Pokémon from the second generation.

Croagunk

The Toxic Mouth Pokémon. A Speed character with a plethora of unusual strikes and projectiles at its disposal. It is the first Pokémon originating as a Support to become playable (and it is still possible to have a Croagunk Support while playing as it). A Poison/Fighting Pokémon from the fourth generation.

Empoleon

The Emperor Pokémon. A Standard character with an arsenal of mid-ranged attacks. A Water/Steel Pokémon from the fourth generation.

Game Mode

Pratice Mode

In Techne City, players can participate in a tutorial on how to play the game and play practice battles using any rules. Players can also access the Action Dojo and the Combo Dojo.

Single Battle

Tellur Town is the home of single battles. Once the CPU's Pokémon and level are set, battle begins.

Online Battle

Neos City is the portal to battle on the Internet. Players may also check out the global rankings here.

Ferrum League

Players battle here to become the Ferrum League Champion. There are four different levels of league play that players can participate in; each league consists of league matches to find the top 8 in the league. Those eight face off in an elimination bracket to determine the league champion. This is a single-player mode.

• League Match - Initially the only mode available, this is where players begin their journey to the top of the league by battling other league participants in a set of five matches. When five matches are completed, players are assigned a new rank based on their performance and returned to the Ferrum League menu.

• Tournament - When players make it into the top eight, they are allowed to enter the bracketed tournament where the winner becomes Ferrum League Champion. (Locked until a player is in the Top 8.)

• Promotion Test - Once a player is Champion of a division in the Ferrum League, it's possible to participate in a battle against the League Master. Winning this battle gains access to the next league. (Locked until the player becomes Champion of its respective League.)

• Free Battle - Players may battle in matches against league participants. Battles are against a random member of the respective League.

• Mission Panels - In Pokkén Tournament DX, there is a new mission panel board for its respective League. Rewards such as galleries and avatar items can be obtained by unlocking the requirements.

Gameplay

Taking place in Ferrum, the game combines the gameplay of the Tekken series with the playable Pokémon characters known as Battle Pokémon.

Battles

Pokkén Tournament is a fighting game that takes elements from both traditional 2D and 3D fighters. Battles have two different phases which will often change during battle. Battles begin in Field Phase, where players can move about freely in a circular 3D environment in a 3D battlefield. If either player lands a certain type of move, a Phase Change occurs, putting the battle into Duel Phase, placing players into a 2D battlefield. Controls also change in this form of play.

Every Battle Pokémon in this game sports different HP values, which have similar function to the core series games. Battle Pokémon have three kinds of attacks collectively known as the Attack Triangle: Normal Attacks , Grab Attacks, and Counter Attacks, with each of them relating to each other like rock-paper-scissors. Battle Pokémon also have unique properties in Duel Phase known as Stance, which gives Pokémon access to different control of their attacks or variety of effects when changing their posture slightly.

Each Battle Pokémon also have a gauge that fills up as the battle progresses called the Synergy Gauge , which allows them to activate Synergy Burst  when it is full. When Synergy Burst is active, the Pokémon's attributes are greatly powered up. Synergy Burst raises their attack and defense temporarily and regenerates their HP slightly. A Battle Pokémon that has a Mega Evolution form will also Mega Evolve. While Synergy Burst is active, Pokémon can use their own Burst Attack. Burst Attack is a powerful attack that can only be used once during Synergy Burst.

Players also have to bring a Support Pokémon set and choose a Cheer Skill before the battle begins. A Support Pokémon set contains two Pokémon that either support allies or disrupt opponents, and one of these two may be brought into battle each round. Support Pokémon that inflict damage are unable to knock out a Pokémon, leaving it with 1 HP. Support Pokémon can be only summoned when the Support Gauge is full as the battle progresses. Cheer Skills are additional aides that activate between rounds and can be only activated once. Cheer Skills focus only on Synergy Gauge and Support Gauge.

Players may be able to raise their Battle Pokémon's Skill Level or SLv., as well as Skill Points , which include Attack, Defense, Synergy, and Strategy. The Attack and Defense skills work similarly to the core series games, but they affect Pokémon's stats slightly. Synergy boosts Pokémon's Attack and Defense during Synergy Burst and makes the duration of Synergy Burst longer. Strategy boosts the damage inflicted by Support Pokémon and shortens the charge time of Support Pokémon. Both positive and negative statuses can affect these stats in the battle under the specific effect, but they last a short period of time and can have up to two applied to a Battle Pokémon at once.

There are three types of battle rules:

• Basic Battle (Japanese: ベーシックバトル) - A classic fighting-style battle in three rounds. The player that knocks out opponent's Pokémon in two rounds first is the winner.
• Extra Battle (Japanese: エクストラバトル) - A three-round battle (just like Basic Battle) that includes collectible orbs that spawn on the stage that could either boost or hinder Pokémon's stats and abilities. The player that knocks out opponent's Pokémon in two rounds first is the winner.
• Team Battle (Japanese: チームバトル) - A battle exclusively in Pokkén Tournament DX, where each player chooses three different Pokémon and fights to see which team will be the last one standing. Similar to the core series games, the player sends out one of their remaining Pokémon when their Pokémon is defeated in a round. At the end of the round, the HP and Synergy Gauge of the winning Pokémon carries over. The winner is the player's team that knocks out all three opponent's Pokémon first.

Introduction

Wii U version

Pokkén Tournament is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game combines gameplay elements from Bandai Namco's Tekken series and other fighting games, such as 3D and 2D movement, with characters from the Pokémon franchise. It was released for Japanese arcades in July 2015, and worldwide for the Wii U in March 2016. An enhanced port for the Nintendo Switch, Pokkén Tournament DX, was released in September 2017.  

Nintendo Switch Enhanced Port Version