Just recently a new 'dark Mewtwo' emerged as a boss character in the Pokkén Tournament arcade, which was an exciting reveal for fans of the fighting game. The Pokémon Company has now revealed the localised name for this character - it's actually Shadow Mewtwo.
The trailer below ends with a stylish reveal of the character, and though it's footage from the arcade this video is actually promoting the Wii U release that's due globally in Spring 2016.
It's great to see a formal name and reveal, though you should check out the footage below from the arcade it you want to see a bit more of Shadow Mewtwo in action.
So, are you excited about this character and the upcoming Wii U release?
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That's kind of late to the news tho.
I'm hoping that the Shadow Mewtwo is also in the inevitable Z version. It looks too awesome to just be exclusive to Pokkén Tournament imo.
I'm so excited. A Pokemon fighting game sounds like tons of fun. And it seems to mix up 2D and 3D fighting style's pretty well. I'm just hoping the moveset is fun to use. I can't imagine it being very difficult considering it's probably trying to pull normal Pokemon fans in. But I'm hoping it's pretty deep at the same time.
Can't watch the video. Does it actually confirm him as playable or he is exclusively a boss?
@Handy_Man ...Well that would suck, wouldn't it?
@Retro_on_theGo I would say playable in my opinion he is introduced in Smash Bros. fashion , this game looks freaking AMAZING though day one purchase .
Is it Spring 2016 yet?!
@Retro_on_theGo I imagine Shadow Mewtwo is just a boss. Regular Mewtwo on the other hand? That will more than likely be playable.
They didn't even have the decency of making a new trailer. Just slapped Mewtwo at the end of the announcement we've got months ago. C'mon!!
@IceClimbers I also think that will be the case.
One of the developers found the vast land of deviantart.
This looks AWESOME! ..But Shadow Mewtwo though. It looks pretty cool, I just hope it doesn't appear in other Pokemon games.
I love this version of Mewtwo can we please get him as an event Mon?
This game is one of the best reasons to still support the Wii U. Even though I have a PS4; XENOBLADE X, DEVIL'S THIRD, STAR FOX, and this will be eating up my time until MIRROR'S EDGE 2 and NO MAN'S SKY arrive this summer.
@Retro_on_theGo He's (I guess) a bonus boss by filling certain conditions (like giga bowser in melee). He could be playable....
@Handy_Man In the earlier gameplay footage of Shadow Mewtwo vs Gengar it showed it mega evolve, so it's not a third mega evolution it's just Mewtwo with crystals sticking out of it and a new colour palettet. The mega evolution was Mega Mewtwo X by the way, I guess regular Mewtwo evolves into Mega Mewtwo Y. Or perhaps you get to pick with a button combo?
But yeah either way it's not a new Mega Mewtwo.
Pikachu libre and Shadow Mewtwo...the trend of turning alternate costumes into a separate clone character continues.
@Ogbert I'm aware that Shadow Mewtwo is not a mega, I never said anything about it being a mega. I just think Shadow Mewtwo would be a cool form or iteration of Mewtwo, and think he would make for a cool legendary to have in Z since the original Mewtwo was in X and Y. Shadow Lugia, which could be unrelated, is exclusive to Pokémon XD. We'll see what happens I guess.
Hate the design. I hope it stays a Pokken exclusive.
Dear god, just when Tales of Zestiria raised a tiny bit of hope in me, NamcoBandai has to invent a completely new level of stupid. As if "Ash Greninja" wasn't enough of a tasteless reject already, now we get complete nonsense into this... serves me right for trusting them to not suck.
https://youtu.be/4LkPmrPstic?t=67
Drago- I mean Pokemon Z confirmed.
Also, does anybody know how to get a youtube video to start at a certain time when posting them on nintendolife?
inb4 Shadow Pokemon return in next main series games
@Randomname19 when was shadow mewtwo ever an alternate costume?
@DarkKirby This is Pokemon right? Looks like some Dragonball Z stuff when Mewtwo pwns Blaziken.
@Randomname19 Pikachu Libre isn't even a clone, and Mewtwo hasn't been confirmed as playable. Shadow Mewtwo is a boss.
That moment when you realise that the 2minutes+ trailer you hoped to see Shadow Mewtwo in had him for only 7 seconds, and that was not even gameplay.
@mariovslink62
The funny thing is the joke that Mewtwo looked like Frieza has existed for a very long time.
Now Mewtwo is Frieza.
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