Pokkén Tournament on Wii U has certainly earned some fans, though like a lot of fighting games a dedicated audience has been digging up its flaws. That's not surprising, of course, as it's going to be prominent in the competitive scene this year through events like Evo and official Pokémon Championships.
The most notorious issue has been with Shadow Mewtwo and its infinite combo, or infinite blockstring as some describe it. When executing particular moves against a blocking opponent Shadow Mewtwo can set up a loop and keep attacking with the same combo, essentially becoming unbeatable once initiated. This is shown below.
This has been an issue since it was discovered not long after the game's release, and can even be exploited online. Thankfully it's going to be patched out soon with an update due in 'early April' (thanks Serebii); the patch will include the following:
- A fix for the Shadow Mewtwo infinite combo / blockstring
- An adjustment for Reshiram
- Various bug fixes
Hopefully the fix won't be long in coming, and will certainly be welcome. Have you encountered this Shadow Mewtwo issue when playing Pokkén Tournament?
[source serebii.net]
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@NintyMan Reshiram will probably get a nerf to damage, range, and/or charge time since I've heard quite a few complaints on youtube about how strong it is.
@NintyMan Reshiram will probably get a nerf to damage, range, and/or charge time since I've heard quite a few complaints on youtube about how strong it is.
I've heard from my local Pokken group that Reshiram was broken. I haven't experienced being against him that much so I'm not sure what needs to be fixed.
I'm assuming that the infinite will be fixed by reducing the block stun, so that you can get out of it instantly (or remove a hit box or two entirely).
I'd also like to see some more Pokémon added with the next patch Namco. Thank you.
@Harmunt I think it'll be a while before that happens, give or take a few months. Maybe in Summer or Fall there will be new Pokemon DLC. Just a guess though.
Nice to hear that the game's gonna be balanced a bit.
I played the demo, and I think this would definitely be a game I would love, but I would have to say the actual big problem is the small amount of playable pokemon there is to pick from, that is what is holding me back from picking this game up, unfortunately.
@Captain_Gonru It's straight from Serebii, and they don't do April Fools jokes. This is real.
Mah boi Reshiram is strong? Interesting...
@hYdeks i can say honestly that with the massive diversity of the cast ive really only got a good look at 2-3 pokemon so far. the number of fighters really feels fine, no lie
Can anyone please tell me when will they be selling the Pokken Tournament Amiibo cards?
Was this the update that was out today? I just dled it so I don't know if it already had a previous update or not.
It will be interesting to see if they go at Pokken like Smash and constantly tweak certain characters, or if they'll just leave it alone and only patch out stuff that's legitimately broken, like the Shadow Mewtwo thing. Guess we'll see in the coming months.
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