Bandai Namco on how Pokken Tournament evolved into more than just a Tekken engine game
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Pokken Tournament’s connection to Tekken is known. The game does take some elements from that series, but the two are very much different.
Speaking with IGN, Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada said that the project began as “a Tekken engine [game] with some Pokemon characters.” Yet with the introduction of the Field Phase, a new rendering engine, and an “entire new battle system,” Pokken Tournament became its own unique title.
Harada’s full words:
“(Pokken Tournament started life as a Tekken engine [game] with some Pokemon characters. As we worked on it. We knew we wanted to show off the Pokemon, and that led to implementing the [free movement] Field Phase, and we just really realized quickly in that prototype phase that we needed to just kind of create this whole thing from scratch. We even built an entire new rendering engine, and kind of came up with and entire new battle system for it. But it really is just built from the ground up for this entirely new type of fighting game.”
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Pokken Tournament – brief amiibo footage
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Pokken Tournament works with all amiibo to unlock in-game items. You can get a brief look at that in the video below.
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Pokken Tournament started out as an idea for a Pokemon-themed Taiko Drum Master
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Pokken Tournament ended up as a 3D fighter that takes some inspiration from Tekken. That wasn’t the original plan, however.
When Bandai Namco was meeting with The Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara, there was interest in creating a Pokemon-themed version of the rhythm series Taiko Drum Master. Ishihara was actually the one who suggested doing something different.
“Mr. Ishihara actually said, ‘If we’re going to work with Bandai Namco, I want to do a collaboration with Tekken,'” Pokken Tournament producer Katsuhiro Harada told The Verge.
And so that’s how we eventually ended up with Pokken Tournament. The game made its way to arcades last year, and will be reaching Wii U on March 18.
Hideki Kamiya turned down an offer to have Bayonetta in Project X Zone 2, now regrets it
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Project X Zone 2 features a ton of characters from Bandai Namco, Capcom, and SEGA. Heck, there are even a few from Nintendo as well.
One character that didn’t make the final cut was Bayonetta. PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya revealed on Twitter that he received an offer to have her in, but declined it. Now he sort of regrets it.
Kamiya wrote:
There was an offer, but I said no. Now I kinda regret that I said no. RT @KoriMaru
— ???? Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) February 19, 2016
As for why Kamiya turned down the offer, he explained:
I said no to the offer of PXZ cuz I want to make the game in which Bayo & Dante appear by myself. But thinking of fans, maybe I was wrong.
— ???? Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) February 19, 2016
That message seems to have been posted after Kamiya saw images of Segata Sanshiro in Project X Zone 2.
Not bad. RT @KoriMaru Would u consider letting Namco Bandai include Bayonetta in Project X Zone 3 with interactions pic.twitter.com/UFR9oVXqGA
— ???? Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) February 19, 2016
Yveltal, Latios, Reshiram, and Cresselia revealed as Pokken Tournament’s latest support Pokemon
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Update: Here’s the full archive:
Another four support Pokemon have been outed in Pokken Tournament. The game will include Yveltal, Latios, Reshiram, and Cresselia among many others.
Each one of these support Pokemon were shown during a Nintendo Life stream a short while ago. If we come across an archive, we’ll add it in here.
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Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan screenshots and art
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Bandai Namco has sent out a heap of new Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan screenshots and art. All of today’s images can be seen below.
New Pokken Tournament trailer
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A new trailer for Pokken Tournament has gone live showing off the game’s various characters. Get a look at the video below.
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Pokken Tournament joining competitive Pokemon Championship Series
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Today, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company International announced that Pokken Tournament will join the Pokemon Championship Series beginning this spring. For those that are unaware, these tournaments are sanctioned annually by The Pokemon Company International. This year will culminate with the crowning of the Pokken Tournament World Champions in August at the 2016 Pokemon World Championships in San Francisco.
Fans can prepare and even gain entry into the 2016 Pokemon Championship Series is by attending the Pokken Tournament Early Access Competitions hosted by Nintendo at select GameStop locations across the United States on February 27. All winners from the regional tournaments will advance to the finals being held at the Nintendo NY store in New York on March 17. The final two winners of the Pokken Tournament Early Access Competitions will earn travel awards to the 2016 Pokémon US National Championships (July 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio). It’s here that they will battle to advance to the 2016 Pokemon World Championships.
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Video: Pokken Tournament devs on the roster, trying to make Pokemon realistic, more
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GameXplain recently caught up with Katsuhiro Harada and Masaaki Hoshino from Bandai Namco to talk about Pokken Tournament. The two commented on the game’s origins, the roster, challenges in making Pokemon look realistic, working with the Pokemon Company, Shadow Mewtwo’s creation, and more. You can check out the full discussion below.
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Dragon Ball: Project Fusion features an original main character
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A few new details about Dragon Ball: Project Fusion have emerged from this week’s issue of Jump. Primarily, we have news about the characters.
Dragon Ball: Project Fusion features your own main character. However, it’s unknown if you can really modify him similar to the series’ last release, Dragon Ball Xenoverse. Jump mentions that you’ll be the one doing the adventuring, and you’ll meet with legendary fighters.
We also get a first look at a brand new character called Pinijji. Jump doesn’t say who he is or what his role is.
