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Pokkén Tournament Headed to Wii U Worldwide Next Spring
posted on by Karen Ressler
The Pokémon Company announced on Friday that the arcade game Pokkén Tournament will be available for the Nintendo Wii U worldwide in spring 2016.
The company began streaming a trailer to accompany the announcement:
Dave and Buster's executive Kevin Bachus announced in July that the arcade game would be available for testing at some Dave and Buster's locations.
The game debuted in Japanese arcades last month. The eight playable pokémon available at launch were Charizard, Weavile, Lucario, Machamp, Gardevoir, Suicune, Gengar, and Pikachu. Blazikin was announced shortly after. Support pokémon, which can be called to assist in battle with the "L" button, include Emolga, Lapras, Snivy, Frogadier, Eevee, and Fennekin.
Battles have two phases. During regular play, a pokémon fills its gauge to activate "resonance burst," where the pokémon is powered-up for a limited time and can perform a special attack.
The game includes tutorial and single-player modes, as well as an online mode that connects players to other arcade systems across Japan.
