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Pokken Tournament

At the Japan Amusement Expo in Chiba, Bandai Namco revealed that Pokken Tournament is coming to Japanese arcades this summer. There was a new trailer as well, though it hasn’t come online just yet. We’ll post it here when it goes live.

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Japanese publication Game Watch attended a location test for Pokken Tournament at the Namco Lazona Kawasaki arcade. Plenty of information was provided in the site’s report (a mix of old/new), and Gematsu translated a ton of details from the article. We’ve rounded all of the tidbits below.

– Button layout on the controller similar to ones employed in older systems like the Super Nintendo
– Controller features more modern ergonomic philosophies in terms of how its handles are designed
– d-pad, four face buttons, A, B, X, Y, Start button on the controller, plus L and R triggers

Controls:

D-Pad: Character movement. Hitting a direction twice will perform a short step.
Y Button: Weak attack.
X Button: Strong attack.
B Button: Jump.
A Button: Pokemon Move.
L Button: Summon Support Pokemon.
R Button: Guard.
L+R Buttons: Burst Mode. Press again during Burst Mode for a Burst Attack. (More details below.)
Y+B Buttons: Grab.
X+A Buttons: Block Attack. (More details below.)

As we reported earlier the location testing for Pokken Tournament has begun in Japan and we are continuing to see some fantastic new information coming from it.

The latest bit of information would appear to be that alternate colors and costumes are confirmed, specifically a Red Lucario and a Pikachu wearing blue shorts.

Check back regularly as we will continue to update you as more information comes through.

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It would appear as if numerous twitter users are posting pictures of a Pokken Tournament location test in Japan.

Even Junichi Masuda from Game Freak seems to be showing off some pictures as well!

The official manual for Pokken Tournament has been uploaded to the arcade game’s official website. It gives us a look at a few things – notably two new support Pokemon. Frogadier and Eevee are now confirmed for Pokken Tournament.

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