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Pokken Tournament Coming on March 18 for the Wii U

Pokken Tournament Coming on March 18 for the Wii U!

Pokemon and Tekken fans rejoice!, the newest Tekken with Pokemon characters called Pokken Tournament will be releasing on March 18 2016 for the Wii U; being developed by Namco-Bandai, this new Pokemon fighting game originally saw it’s beginnings at Japanese arcades and it was originally planned to stay in japan as an arcade, but quickly fans around the world started petitioning Nintendo to release the game for the Wii U outside of japan and months later, it was confirmed by Nintendo themselves that the game was indeed being ported to the Wii U.

Here is the trailer for the game:

Namco-Bandai promised that they would be optimizing the game to run on 60FPs and it shows, the game is certainly one of the best looking games on the Wii U.

“Pokkén Tournament Launches Exclusively for Wii U on March 18

Pokkén Tournament, the upcoming game that lets players battle as prized Pokémon in fighting arenas, will launch exclusively for Wii U on March 18 at a suggested retail price of $59.99. Pokkén Tournament brings high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of the most recognizable Pokémon characters. People that buy the first production run version of the game will also receive a special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, which can be tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller to unlock the Shadow Mewtwo playable character in the game.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Japanese launch of the Pokémon franchise, the original Pokémon games (Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version, as well as Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition) will be available as digital downloads in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS on Feb. 27 for $9.99 each. That same day, Nintendo will also launch a New Nintendo 3DS Pokémon 20th Anniversary bundle that includes the New Nintendo 3DS system, two Pokémon-themed cover plates (one featuring Charizard and one with Blastoise), an exclusive Pokémon HOME Menu theme and both Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version pre-installed on the system. The bundle will hit stores on Feb. 27 at a suggested retail price of $199.99. That’s a lot of Pokémon goodness!”

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