New Nintendo Switch Details Out for Pokkén Tournament DX

The trailer highlights what’s new for Pokkén Tournament DX, including new battle Pokémon Decidueye plus four more from the arcade with Darkrai, Empoleon, Croagunk, and Scizor for over 20 battle Pokémon to choose from.
 
Litten and Popplio from the latest generation also appear as support Pokémon. The trailer shows off new ways to battle such as the 3 vs. 3 Team Battle, online groups with friends, replays that you can use to watch and learn by studying your inputs or through replays found online.
 
There are also daily challenges for rewards and the ability to battle on-the-go with the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers.
 
Pokkén Tournament DX launches on September 22, 2017 for Nintendo Switch.

A new trailer and new highlights are out for the upcoming Nintendo Switch version of the Pokemon battle game, “Pokkén Tournament DX” including gameplay features, social features and more.

It was in June 2017 that news of the Switch game version came out and first released details on its gameplay. The system will allow for two players and is set in a 3 v.s. 3 battle mode, where players choose three pokemon to battle with. In addition to this there is also a online math option available and at the time of the announcement, Croagunk, Darkrai, Empoleon, and Scizor  were confirmed playable characters out of 19 in the fame.

Now it has been confirmed that there is 20 playable characters in the game with Decidueye as the new addition to the game. Also added as support pokemon in the game are fire type pokemon Litten and water type pokemon Popplio; both from the latest generation.

A brand new feature revealed in the trailer is the daily challenges and rewards that a player will receive along with the choice of battling on-the-go with the use of Nintendo Switch Joy-con Controllers.

The 3 v.s. 3 battle mode remains but this time a Team Battle version has been added in. For those who like to see replays then they are in luck as the game will be adding a replay mode where players can rewatch their battles and learn from any mistakes. Lastly, there is also the new option of learning with the online features which will be allowing online groups so players can converse with one another.

The “Pokken Tournament DX” is a 2015 fighting video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by The Pokémon Company. It combined the gameplay elements fighting game Tekken while using the Nintendo characters of Pokemon. First released as an arcade game, the fighting game was then released on Wii U worldwide in March 2016. During its debut, the game earned record being the highest-selling game in the region with a total of 69,675 copies sold.

Source: Siliconera