Pokkén Tournament

Pokkén Tournament is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco. It is a spin-off of the Pokémon series and inspired by the Tekken series.

It was initially released as an arcade game and later ported to the Wii U. Later, an enhanced port for the Nintendo Switch was also released as Pokkén Tournament DX.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is a very clever concept, as the RPG Pokémon games have always been about Pokémon fighting each other. Now Pokémon can actually fight in a proper fighting game.
 * 2) The fighting mechanics are based on the Tekken games without being exactly the same. The fights have two modes: Field Phase and Duel Phase, with characters playing slightly differently between phases. Changes between phases happen whenever a player does a strong enough attack.
 * 3) A rather sizeable roster of playable Pokémon, with some new added in the Nintendo Switch version.
 * 4) The Pokémon's attacks and fighting styles are partly based on their RPG games movesets.
 * 5) Before each fight you can pick a pair of support Pokémon that you can summon to help during fights.
 * 6) There's a League mode for single player content.
 * 7) Very fluid animations and flashy moves during fights that don't get overbloated nor drag for too long.
 * 8) Impressive visuals by both Wii U and Switch standards, with the Pokémon's character models having plenty of detail.
 * 9) This was also the First Pokémon Arcade game released.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As with all fighting games, some characters are overpowered and underpowered, making the experience painfully frustrating.
 * 2) Mega Shadow Mewtwo X can be a frustrating boss.
 * 3) Some of the choices for playable Pokémon can be a tad questionable. Likewise some very popular Pokémon were relegated to just being support.
 * 4) * Chandelure, the most annoying character in the game, was one of the more disliked characters when it was announced as a fighter.
 * 5) * Braixen was also slightly questioned, as Delphox is the fully evolved form. This was probably because Serena had one in the X/Y anime and it never evolved.
 * 6) * Having two different Pikachu characters is a great idea on paper, but its presentation in-game feels oblivious and redundant. Fans suggested keeping Pikachu Libre as an alternate costume the way that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate did.
 * 7) The split screen mode is uncomfortable and causes some framerate drops.
 * 8) The assistant Nia NEVER shuts up one bit. Thankfully you can mute her voice so you won't have to hear her repeat the same voice clips in every single battle you take.
 * 9) Some animations are reused from Tekken and Soul Cailbur. For example Garchomp uses Bryan Fury's laugh animation.

Trivia

 * Gardevoir's Burst Attack, Fairy Tempest, has a final blow that resembles the attack from Bowser's Block Battle from Mario Party 9, but the color is white instead of color-coded.