11/8/2022 0 Comments Pokkén tournament review![]() Once a Phase Shift is landed, the battle switches into the Duel Phase, where the players face off in a 2D playing field. Each battle begins in one of two phases, known as the Field Phase, where both players can run about in a 3D environment, firing projectiles at each other to try and land some chip damage before landing a heavy move, known as a Phase Shift. When it comes down to fighting, Pokkén is a pretty solid affair, which is good because it’d be pretty naff if the fighting bit of a fighting game wasn’t very good, wouldn’t it? (Pokkén Tournament, Nintendo)īattles have two different phases that are switched between throughout the battle. And Shadow Mewtwo, an evil version of one of Mewtwo who also serves as the protagonist for the game’s story. Each battle consists of you and your opponent choosing one of 16 available Pokémon, ranging from series veterans, such as Charizard, Pikachu and Gengar, to some new entries, such as Pikachu Libre, which is, if you couldn’t gather from the name, Pikachu dressed up like a luchador. Like I said, if you’re familiar with Tekken, or even similar 3D fighting games like Soul Calibur, you should feel right at home with the combat mechanics here. I’m still nowhere near that and I doubt I ever will be, but I felt like I could hold my own weight in a battle against the AI without too much trouble. Even though Pokkén shares a lot of likenesses with Tekken, I didn’t feel too out of my out depth when playing Pokkén for the first time, I wasn’t a master of it by any means. I’m no fighting game professional by any means I will admit I’m rather skilled at Super Smash Bros., but when it comes down to traditional fighting games I’ve never been the best at games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat or the previously mentioned Tekken. ![]() Well, if you’re familiar with the Tekken series of games, you should feel right at home with Pokkén. So, what exactly is Pokkén Tournament and the more important question: is it any good? ![]() It is a game hoping to fulfil the dreams of thousands of Pokémon fans that have always wanted to be able to replicate the action packed events of one of their favourite animated shows. ![]() Enter Pokkén Tournament, a new spin-off instalment in the Pokémon franchise brought to us by the Tekken team over at Bandai Namco. ![]()
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