New information regarding the Pokemon Fighting game, "Pokken Tournament," has been reportedly revealed as arcade test locations for the United States as well new combatants have been detailed by Bandai Namco.
VG 24/7 stated that just like what they did with "Tekken 7," Bandai Namco, in partnership with Nintendo, plans to release "Pokken Tournament" in the United States in every Dave & Buster's stores within the country.
According to Geek Snack, senior vice president of Dave & Buster's, Kevin Buchus, confirmed on Reddit that the popular arcade chain will host the "Pokken Tournament" arcade location tests in every branch. Bandai Namco and Nintendo will also be in the arcade location tests to support the "Pokken Tournament" promotions in the United States.
It should be noted that "Pokken Tournament" has been released in arcades around Japan and that the Japanese version of the game will have a new fighter.
Bandai Namco has revealed the gameplay trailer for the popular fire bird Pokemon Blaziken.
Blaziken fights using fiery attacks mixed with martial arts. Blaziken is also a character that fights with speed and agilty as it uses those traits to land its devastating fiery martial arts moves which makes it hard for its opponents to keep up with Blaziken during fights.
Geeksnack also confirms that Blaziken will be available as a playable character starting by August 2015. Meanwhile, new pokemon aside from Blaziken have been rumored to be part of list "Pokken Tournament" characters to be added later.
According to Destructoid, Growlithe, Bagon and Larvitar are added as support characters for "Pokken Tournament." It should be noted that KpopStarz reported that Whimsicott and Jirachi are also added in the game. Whimsicott can use "substitute" to give players a shield while Jirachi can use "Wish" to increase the player's Burst Gauge during the fight.
Meanwhile, Venture Capital Post stated that "Tekken" creator Katsuhiro Harada says that "Pokken Tournament" is not a "Tekken" for Pokemon fans but notes that the game should just be classified as a pure action game for Pokemon fans.
China Topix reported that Bandai Namco may develop a Wii U version of "Pokken Tournament" and that development for the Wii-U version may start this year. It also stated that Dragonite, Magmortar, Hawlucha, Vigoroth and Heracross may be added to the game later on.
The official list of playable characters in "Pokken Tournament" includes Pikachu, Charizard, Lucarion, Suicune, Machamp, Gengar, Gardevoir and Blaziken, while the support characters are Lapras, Eevee, Snivy, Frogadier, Fennekin and Emolga.