Another Fighter Character for Pokkén Tournament Will Be Revealed Next Week

Because of a certain hint, I'm really hoping we get Flygon. Especially since we didn't get Dragonite playable.

@NoirUsernameHere I wouldn't mind Flygon. He doesn't get nearly enough love.

However, given that Blaziken and Sceptile are already included in the game, I'm guessing that it'll be Swampert.

Jynx

Reuniclus?

Maybe if I give up hoping for Heracross, it'll get announced.

@Shepdawg1 I hope not. If so then they might as well rename the game to Mario Bike Wii...oh wait, I mean Hokken Tournament. I got confused a second there, but I know what I'm complaining about now.

Also it's Granbull, cuz why not.

@arrjayjee: It's not Haxorus. Look on Bulbapedia for Pokemon with the ラ character in their name. Haxorus isn't one of them but you might find...the one...it could even be you...but only if your name contains a ラ.

I want either Heracross, Tyranitar, Aggron, Slowbro or Swampert to be playable in Pokkén, please.

raticate
raichu
vileplume
chansey
lapras
lanturn
raikou
swampert
ralts
electrike
manectric
Luvdisc
latios
Latias
rampardos
reuniclus
Lampent
Landorus

are our choices.

its probably Swampert to complete the gen 3 starter set

wait no, I assumed it had to "start" with Ra

waaaaay more options available.

Gotta be Hitmonlee or Chan. I have no idea if either of those has Ra, but they need to show up at some point!

Our Kanto options are
Metapod
Rattata
Raticate
Raichu
Nidoran
Vileplume
Paras
Parasect
Kadabra
Tentacool
Tentacruel
Slowbro
Krabby
Kingler
Cubone
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Chansey
Tangela
Kangaskhan
Seadra
Scyther
Junk
Gyrados
Lapras
Aerodactyl

Our Johto options is quite small
Lanturn
Gligar
Granbull
Heracross
Sneasel
Raikou
Tyranitar

I want Lopunny.

Hoenn options
Swampert
Mightyena
Ralts
Aron
Lairon
Aggron
Electrike
Manectric
Plusle
Trapinch
Vibrava
Flygon
Lileep
Snorunt
Spheal
Sealeo
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Luvdisc
Latias
Latios
Groudon
Jirachi

Tyranitar is one of my favourites so it would be cool to see it in. I'm still a little unsure about getting this, but Tyranitar might push me to get it.

Sinnoh
Luxray
Rampardos
Shellos
Drifblim
Honchkrow
Chatot
Drapion
Gliscor
Heatran
Giratina
Darkrai

I'd like Moltres to be in it, though I can't think of a good move set for it and I don't know if its name contains that character. Dusknoir could be a good fit for this game.

Unova
Stoutland
Zebstrika
Timburr
Scolipede
Basculin
Maractus
Sigilyph
Carracosta
Minccino
Cinccino
Solosis
Duosion
Reuniclus
Vaniiluxe
Galvantula
Tynamo
Lampent
Chandelure
Heatmor
Hydreigon
Larvesta
Terrakion
Reshiram
Landorus

The Kalos options
Frogadier
Spewpa
Flabébé
Floette
Florges
Malamar
Dragalge
Tyrunt
Tyrantrum
Goomy

Actually it wouldn't be that surprising if the next Pokémon will be Swampert, as Swampert's Japanese name is Ragera-ji or something like that .

(No guarantee though).

My guess is it's gonna be Flygon, Darkrai, Swampert, Tyranitar, Heracross, or Chandelure. Chandelure's wishful thinking though.

Swampert. Gotta be Swampert.

Swampert......or Raguraji!!!!

I would love if Dragonite made it in. Swampert's okay too though.

@TeeJay Dragonite is in as an assist.

@IceClimbers What? For real? I mean it's better than nothing, but...I'm surprised that this is the first time I'm hearing this.

Apparently 50 staff members tried to guess the character. Only one of them got it right. 31 of them got it wrong and were salty about it.

Im all for Swampert. Its my favourite gen 3 starter

Psyduck, calling it now!

Hawlucha makes too much sense. I don't know why they haven't made it in yet.

How many Pokémon have been announced for the roster in total? I would hope that there would be a healthy amount of playable characters in this.

Only twelve so far, so this announcement brings us up to thirteen :-/

@Joenen it doesn't have to start with "ra", just have it anywhere in the name.

Magikarp.

And don't pretend you don't think it would be awesome... ;P

GLISCOR! please

@MitchVogel Actually, both of them have ra in them. Hirmonchan is Ebiwaraa, and Hitmonlee is Sawamuraa, if I remember correctly.

My two cents:
Swampert would make sense as the other Hoenn starters are in the game already.
Also, Raikou could work as an alternative to Suicune.
As @Krisi said, Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee both have the 'ra' in their Japanese names, and as they are natural fighters it only seems fitting for them to be in.

The Japanese names for Jynx and Hyreigon both have katakana RA in them, but it won't be them, because Game Freak/Bandai are boring and they tend to choose the safest, most overexposed Pokémon for the game (sick of bloody Pikachu hogging the limelight). The most aggravating thing about this game is that many of the Pokémon characters in Smash are making a repeat appearance here... -.-

Weavile, Gardevoir and Suicune are welcome and unlikely additions to be the cast, but the rest elicit nothing but a yawn. I hope Gengar can at least fight as his Mega form.

Pretty sure it's Mario, guys.

It's probably Swampert who is called Laglarge in Japan, spelled Raguraaji (ラグラージ) in katakana. That combined with the fact that Blaziken and Sceptile is already in the game, I would be surprised if it isn't Swampert.

"it was hinted that the new fighter's Japanese name has the letter ラ (ra) in it."
Yeah, uh... "ra" isn't a letter.

Get Tyranitar in and the chances of me buying this game will increase significantly.

@GeminiSaint It's a letter in Japanese, which contains a whole syllable. It's not that hard.

Oh my goodness... Lampent's name has TWO of that character! I'm not planning on buying the game as of right now, but I definitely would just to play as Lampent. None of the playable Pokemon so far interest me, but I love Lampent. If it's not Lampent, I hope it's Vileplume or Reuniclus.

@LinkSword
What I mean is that they're not called "letters". They're Japanese characters.

I want dyoxys, but it will probably be swamped

I predict Namco, being so damn proud of their heritage, (as they should be) will invent an all-new Pokemon based on a character in the Tekken franchise!

Sticking with the "Ra" restriction, that could mean either Bryan Fury, Hwoarang, Lee Chaolan, or (and they'd probably go with this one) Lars Alexandersson.

Either way it'll be awesome in that you'll be able to go to Toys R Us and grab it for your copy of XY, or ORAS.

Its got to be swampert but then again 50 staff member at baindai namco made a guess and only 1 got it right so who knowsgot but I'm staying with swampert

@GeminiSaint we call them Kana, to be more specific. I know what you meant. As a Japanese speaker I dont mind people saying the word letter too much. Its a step above saying its part of the "Japanese alphabet".

Goodra?

Swampert or riot, my OCD will go insane if we're missing a single starter from a region when the other two are already in.

Red's Eevee from Pokémon Special

I'm somehow sure it will be a Dragon-type since there seems to be a lack of Dragon-types in Pokkén at the moment.

hoping for bisharp or golurk

It should be Wobbuffet. We need a counter only character 😄

Come on Gallade, you can do this!

I'm going to vote "a fire emblem character"

Rule #1 of Fighting Games: Bruce Lee is always a character

So my guess is Hitmonlee

From the list of Pokemon it could be, I'm hoping for either Hydreigon or Tyranitar.

But I really hope the developers don't chicken out and put in more Gen 1 Pokemon.

Not saying there shouldn't be more Gen 1 Pokemon ever, but I'd like them to even out the numbers with Pokemon from other Gens first.

While it's almost assuredly Swampert, I think it would be hilarious if it was Vanilluxe. That would make quite a few people salty.

I would hate for this game to release without some sort of Eeveelution

Swampert. They should definitely add in one character a month for the rest of the year.

Do a lot of people really like Swampart (I've rarely ever seen Swampert as a contender for most people's favorite Pokemon), or just think Swampert is likely. If Swampert is playable all 3 Generation 3 starters will be playable before any other Gen.

@Shepdawg1 Swampert is the most likely candidate, of course. I'd love me a surprise, though. I kinda started to lose a little interest in Pokken after hearing about the controller situation with local multiplayer (let's be real, the Gamepad is not a competitive friendly controller, and I'm not saying I won't buy it, but I won't be in a hurry to buy the game either), but an interesting character would definitely reel me in.

Also, I know it probably won't happen, but if we get another reveal after this, I want Pichu. We didn't get him back in Smash, so another Sceptile situation would be appreciated. : P

@sillygostly To be fair Pikachu was, is, and most likely will always be the most popular Pokemon in the series and it's kind of a shoe in for anything remotely related to the series (though I do think having Pikachu twice is a bit annoying, even if Libre has a different moveset than her normal counterpart). And the only real oddball choice is Weavile since all the other Pokemon are extremely popular like Suicune and Charizard, or like Machamp just fit the fighting game material pretty well. Heck I'd argue that the roster save Machamp and Weavile are all in the top 50-100 most popular Pokemon.

Though on a personal note, while I'm not a big fan of their Pokemon, I hope that we get at least 1 rep from each of gen 5 and 6 so that each gen gets a rep, even if my favorite gens (1 and 3) are getting the lion's share of the roster.

@MitchVogel
As someone who stopped playing at Gold (not sure what 'gen' that is...), the inclusion of both ('monlee if I had to choose 1; screw 'montop, that phony!!) is kind of a deal breaker. The fact that the staff mostly guessed incorrectly tells me I'm probably going to have to wait for the next announcement (at least) for the most appropriate and manifest Pokemon additions to the game.

@ASonic3582

Pikachu is probably the most popular Pokemon with the general public, since Pikachu is the Pokemon series mascot, but it's quite rare to find an actual Pokemon fan who's favorite Pokemon is Pikachu.

And by "Pokemon fan" I don't mean people who only played the Gen 1 games and watched some of the Gen 1 anime.

Is is march yet?!

@sillygostly Of course Gengar mega evolves, it was in his trailer. Yeah the roster is kinda underwhelming right now.

Gimme dat Luxray.

I really want Pangoro, but I think they're gonna reveal Swampert (what I'm also cool with).

@IceClimbers : I voted for Magikarp to be in Smash. The poor sucker doesn't get enough love. I would love for there to be at LEAST one "troll" Pokémon.

My guess is dewott because there is no gen 5 playable characters. I could also be samurott but dewott seems to be more probable

Wolf! Banjo! Wait, wrong game...

Kangaskhan please! <3 Aggron would be pretty cool too, but out of the choices (going off the lists BurningSonic posted, assuming they are accurate and the only choices that fit the clue) I really want kangaskhan

Gliscor is the one I think can be.
Swampert too have good chances.

I would love Chandelure to get into the roster purely because it's my favourite Pokemon and I know it will never happen.
Realistically, I would like Hawlucha as most other fighting types don't interest me too much. It'll likely be Swampert though to round out the Hoenn starters which I find underwhelming as the only Hoenn starter I like (final evo) is Sceptile