Pokkén Tournament Has a Super Effective Launch in the UK Charts

That's good. I'm not even a big Pokemon fan, but Pokken is one of my favourite games in a long time. I'm absolutely adoring it so far.

Sure hope it does good enough for sequels.

Was holding out until my birthday to get this ... Kind of regretting it now! Not sure about Hyrule legends next week. I still have an original 3DS XL so not sure if it will run smoothly on it. Congrats to Pokkén

How did it managed to be 3rd in all format then fifth in the single format?

A good result considering my local Game didn't even get copies in. "oh we can order it for you" Morons.

You know pokken tournament is number one in America and Japan

So it's had a better start than Street Fighter V? That's impressive.

@Splatburst The Division and the UFC game PS4/One version individually probably make up the first 4 places of the single format chart.

@Splatburst That's because The Division and UFC 2 have multiple versions. So the chart probably looks like this:

1) The Division (PS4)
2) The Division (Xone)
3) UFC 2 (PS4)
4) UFC 2 (Xone)
5) Pokken Tournament

Great game, it's surprisingly deep, but still a lot of fun. I just wish the local multiplayer was split screen instead of gamepad screen and tv, because using the gamepad for fighting games isn't that great.

@OorWullie @ricklongo
Thanks! I haven't thought of that. That means The Division and UFC sold more than twice as much as Pokken in the all format.

Glad to hear it's done a good start; also Glad I picked up the Pokken Controller (still lack the game though) especially after learning of some additional compatibility (ironically away from the Wii U).

I do wonder about Hyrule Warriors Legends seeing as based only on forum posts and comments (which in itself can be a questionable source of data) many of the genre's fans are unhappy at the decision to move all the new stuff to the 3DS and leave the Wii U version high and dry. Will spite impact sales?

I look forward to next week's results with intrigue.

@Splatburst Given that they're in twice as many platforms, I'd say that was to be expected.

I love this game. It's an excellent fighting game. Again like I said on Miiverse. My only complaints are

1. The Phase shift. It's annoying as hell. Can we have the camera stay in one position.

2. The lack of fighters.I gave SF5 hell for it so Pokken Fighter doesn't get any excuses. The roster is just sad 14 fighters out of 751? Where's Lopunny, the Hitmons, Primeape, Infernape, Ampharos, Mawile, ect ect.

Fix those problems and this would be my GOTY if I'm disappointed with Uncharted 4 or TLoZ

@cookypuss which GAME

Pokken did better than I expected. I'm enjoying it so far, but it takes a lot of time to get used to the controls.

@Aahme055 Trowbridge. A familiar tale sadly. Although they do excel in selling an overpriced Amiibo

@liljmoore Don't forget about DLC, mate! Surely they will add more fighters in Pokken

I hope we eventually get a sequel for this and Pokémon Snap.

@JosieC84 I know. But like I said I gave SF5 hell for the lack of characters so Pokken Fighters get no excuses. I just felt it was pathetic that these games launched with the roster selection it had. We better not have to pay for extra fighters.

@Yorumi I understand development hell, costs and all that. But the fact of the matter is no matter how you put it should have offered more fighters for a fighting game. You know how you can get those costs back. Have the game sell great with great marketing and word of mouth.

This isn't the 90's anymore. Those games just started and needed to more games to create more fighters unlike Pokken fighters where we have the table set for plenty of fighters all raring to go.

We come to far from when games like MK, SF and even the first Smash Bros (even Tekken, but I don't remember) where they were launched with like 8-10 characters. Again if you don't have SF5, It launched with 16. Yes we got some new characters but we also were missing a ton of veteran fighters, like Guile, Sakura, Blankna, Juri ect. That shouldn't have happen.

Even with Pokken fighters If they launched with a least 20 characters I wouldn't be as mad about it.

If your talking about balance in a fighter game. Good luck with that because all fighter games will have balancing issues no matter what. But to me it's how you adjust to them. The only fighting game where I complained about balance is MvC2 and I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about.

To me it's sad what we got

This is basically a new IP. I can see a 2D fighting game for the N3DS in the future. If they're smart enough, they'll milk this game.

Nice, that's good to hear. I was originally gonna hold off til April or May to pick it up but decided to pick it up last Saturday after playing the demo the night before.

Not a fan of fighters in general but really enjoying the game (in relatively short bursts mind you) with the level of customization, animations of the 'mon & their special moves, easy to grasp yet difficult to master gameplay & of course..Braixen <3

Some extra playable 'mon (future dlc maybe) would be nice but aside from that, I'm pretty happy with the game. Just hope the controller gets restocked soon.

I like how you talk about how I don't care about developer cost and how I'm ignorant for wanting a little more character selection and the camera phrase change(which I'm getting used to more and more as I battle online. So that might not be a complaint anymore).

I already told you I know how much developers go through with creating ( As I am a student learning all this right now) characters, fighting styles and animations. But again we should have been offered more and they get those costs back by having the game sell well.

Again I done this with other fighter games I've played. I may not know know nothing about BlueBlaze, KOF, or Skullgirls so I won't talk about them. But I've done the same thing for games that I do play like MvC3, SFxTK for instance .

"Listening to complaints you get the impression the fighting and balance are the least important things in a fight game. Everyone just keeps repeating "I want quantity over quality"."

Again like I said Fighter games are always gonna have unfair balance issues It how you adjust to them is the way to beat them. But hey from your view you think and know what I want from two complaints. That's like if say MK9 or Smash Bros 5 would launch with 13 and 20 characters for no reason whatsoever. Would my complaints (or others) be viewed as ignorance in your eyes because of development costs and development hell?

Again I think the game is fantastic and should be in every bodies Wiiu collection. But I still think we should have at least gotten more fighters at launch.

@Yorumi This is honestly why I felt the price for the fighter DLC for Smash was justified (though a bundle would've been nice).

This is also why I think the next Smash Bros should just use Smash 4 as a base. No reason to completely start from scratch. If they do, there's going to be some massive roster cuts, which will get massive backlash (more so than any other fighter would).

@Yorumi Yes I'm ignorant for expecting a bit more roster selection from a fighting game. Wanting a least 4-5 more fighters is viewed as an overreaction from you. I gave my reason why we should have had a little more at launch.

Also as I do care about the devs hard work, time, cost which I stated two times that they can earn that back from great sells with marketing and word of mouth. I've seen at gamestop and Wal-mart where they could have sold more copies, but people were hesitant because the roster was small. Are they ignorant for not purchasing the game?

So again from your point since I didn't say the game was perfect from the get go I'm ignorant from two minor complains?

Also once more balancing issues will always be a issue in fighter games. Just because there will be fighters who will be overpowered. It's how you adjust to them. Again I've never complained about balance in a fighter game except for MvC2.

I'm not brushing off balancing again because ONCE MORE there will always be balancing issues in fighter games. Can you name me one major fighting game that had perfect balance from the get-go without the need for roster twerks? There will always be complaints about roster balance. Take MvC,MKX, SFV or(if you don't play those games) better yet Smash bros for instance. How many people complained about Diddy Kong, Shulk, Bayonetta, ZSS, Little Mac ect? There will always be complaints about balancing issues in fighter games. But once again I don't complain about them because I just adjust to them.

As I stated I know about Dev labor time, costs and animation as I am a student learning the process of this. As for production costs I can't name the cost as I don't how this type of animation works yet. But again you can make back costs and more from excellent sells. So how am I making things up as you say?

Look view my complaint however you see fit. Because as I've stated I still think the game is fantastic and worth the price. But apparently asking for a little more roster selection is viewed as being an ignorant fan.

I'm loving it so far!
I heard it flopped a bit in Japan, but maybe if it's a strong Western release they'll keep up the series? So many monsters I'd love to see added!

Great game, it'd have to be to hold my attention for more than 5 button mashing matches which is what has been the extent of my experience with every fighting game I've played so far besides this and Smash. Must've played 100+ matches already and am unable to put it down without playing at leas a dozen more each time.