There’s no denying the fact Pokkén Tournament looks awesome. While fans of the long-running Pokémon series may already be able to battle their pocket monsters in multiple other games, Bandai Namco’s Tekken-inspired recreation of the classic scenario takes it to the next level.
Due out on 16th July in Japanese arcades, until now, all Western gamers could do was really watch on and hope for a local release in arcades or perhaps even an eventual console port.
Previous evidence of localisation has included trademarks filed in Europe well over a year ago and last year The Pokemon Company US division releasing a trailer of the game, acknowledging the title’s existence.
With demand now at an all-time peak here in the West, during a recent episode of NHK World's Imagine-Nation (including a Pokkén Tournament feature), The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara said Pokkén Tournament being released outside of Japan is a possibility that definitely exists.
So there you have it, acknowledgement from the president himself. Let us know in the comments if you would like to see a release of the arcade title locally, or maybe even a console port.
[source siliconera.com]
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They'd be silly NOT to release it as it'd be a huge hit.
Plus I could do with a good fighting game to occupy my time on Wii U. TTT2 I played on PS3.
yes please!!!
yes please!!!
This needs to happen. Do they realize the amiibo support they could do and the possible DLC chances?
It'll come. I'm sure of it.
@WaddleDeeWeegee I have a feeling that people would complain a lot over that.
Much as I'd love to play this, I really hope it doesn't go the same route Dead or Alive did in terms of DLC. I don't need fifty shades of Lucario, thanks.
wow
It will come eventually.
It's games like these that make me think, why the hell doesn't Nintendo just go "screw you Game Freak, we're making our own Pokemon games" and just go ahead and make the Massive home console Pokemon RPG everyone wants along with all the other Pokemon games, i.e. pkmn Snap 2, next Stadium, heck even a pkmn Crossing game would be neat.
I hope when they say "...released outside of Japan is a possibility that definitely exists", they mean for a Nintendo console release and not just arcade.
At this point, I'm hoping it's a launch title for the NX.
Pokémon is so popular in the west, it would be a crime not to release this spin-off.
What is... it turns out to be a multiplatform game?
@RadioShadow exactly, Pokemon has been one of my favorite franchises since I was a wwweeeeeee bitty child
If its not released in the west then wouldn't it be false advertisement for putting it in a western Nintendo Direct?
But do they mean for Wii U or in the Arcades? Arcades are empty in the US now so it would do better on a console either NX (if it is powerful enough, we will see if it even matches the Wii U, because somehow I am skeptical after the "power" statement), or Wii U.
Step 1: Port Pokken Tournament on Wii U and/or Nintendo NX
Step 2: Release Worldwide
Step 3: Profit!
Extra Bonus Step: Add Amiibo Support
"Being considered"? You mean it wasn't a foregone conclusion? I mean, I get that arcades are a thing of the past, here, but surely it couldn't be a stretch to approve a Wii U port.
I'd still flip out if the machines came to Frankie's or Dave & Buster's. D&B does have Mario Kart, so it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility.
Would be great to see this in western arcades. Now if only I could still find an arcade.
If Pokémon Conquest made it, this will make it too.
@rjejr
Happy Birthday #9 #9 #9 #9 (you are old enough to get the reference )
@Aromaiden True but it is a fighting game...we are used to tons of dlc at this point. Which is likely why I find all the amiibo "locked content" complaints amusing.
This could do very well if it got ported to wii u over here.
Which probably means game freak would veto it since they have some weird bias against nintendo.no stadium game for wii u,taking ages to use 3d graphics in the main games,not allowing their amiibo to be used in yoshi etc.
@OmegaStar
D'oh. Forgot to say that I play Smash regularly.
Coming for the NX. Ha!
WEEEE NEEEEEED NAAAAOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!
@sinalefa - You say you got a real solution well you know we'd all love to see the plan.
I actually went to grad school for my PhD in sociology in hopes of writing "the plan". I was such a Marxist rebel hippie. Now I'm just a stay-at-home ABD dad w/ long hair. Thanks again.
@Ryu_Niiyama So.. because every company is trying to squeeze every last penny out of us with DLC, it's now accepted and we aren't allowed to complain? Yeah.. no.
Do it GF! Also I want conquest 2!
Console port of bust!
Pokken Tournament for Wii U coming out in 2016, I'd guess!
@theYellowCub The only way it could be "multiplatform" is if it's a Wii U/NX game. Those are the only things it could come to. Well, I suppose there's also PC, but Nintendo doesn't approve of that type of thing like Sony and Microsoft do.
When Smash Bros support dies out and all the amiibo are released, then they will release this and amiibo with it.
Incoming "They will save it for NX comments". My god I hate those, I want to play this on my Wii U
This needs a Wii U or NX version, it's not going to do well over here if it's arcade exclusive.
I'm definitely not the most dedicated follower of Pokemon, but I will say that if they release this, I'm playing it, period.
@Octane Wait, what are you going on about? Not sure about every last penny being squeezed from someone on optional content, all I did was imply that a 13-20 dollar figure that unlocks multiple dlc points is better than many of the DLC schemes I've seen in the various fighting games I play. Thus the "it is locked behind amiibo" (even though that is the point of amiibo) complaints are amusing to me. However, complain away please don't let me stop you.
Pikachu, but no Raichu...
@Obito_Sigma Pikachu is a special exception. He is the franchises best known mascot so he gets the opportunity to be a fighter although he is a small and cutesy pokemon. Raichu on the other hand isn't as popular as Pikachu, so he usually gets left out anyways.
Might pick it up. Would totally main Suicune, 2nd favorite Pokemon c:
Arcades aren't very big here in the UK, so I doubt it'll get released here. If they made a Wii U version, then I'd purchase it.
Give it to me
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