You’ll battle through the various leagues, starting with the Green, followed by Blue, Red, Chroma and concluding with Iron. In the Ferrum League, your journey as a trainer begins. You can change your settings, customize your avatar, and select your Pokemon partner. While playing, you’ll probably spend the most time jumping between My Town and Ferrum League. Pokken Tournament may not have the story that Injustice does, but the fighting dynamic is much more entertaining. As far as the fighting is concerned, I’d rather play Pokken Tournament DX than Injustice 2 - a fighting game, ironically enough, that features a surprisingly compelling story mode - which is saying a lot. Luckily for Nintendo, that one note is pretty spectacular. I did enjoy how many different modes there were, but it’s just too bad their wasn’t more diversity among the battles and challenges. I found the story to be completely irrelevant, although to be fair, when playing a fighting game, I’m not really expecting a strong narrative. 3 is still one of the best new features DX brings to the table. While I hope Nintendo hears my cry and tweaks this one aspect, 3 vs. My only point of criticism of this mode is that you’re unable to switch out your Pokemon during battle, something that’s always made playing Marvel vs CAPCOM such a blast.
It reminded me of playing Pokemon Stadium back in the day, only way better, as you actually get to control your Pokemon this time around. 3 mode, which allows you to pick three Pokemon to enter battle with. In my opinion, this was a smart decision on Bandai NAMCO’s part, as I’d rather get to leveling up Pokemon I see myself using for battles, rather than wasting time raising scrubs. His combos and specials are incredibly powerful and they chain together effortlessly not to mention, for a big guy, he’s actually pretty quick on his feet! But, if you’re not one for a flying dragon that breathes fire, there are 20 other Pokemon to choose from and much like we saw in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - another expanded Switch port released earlier this year - all characters are playable from the get-go. That said, no one compares to Charizard, who is by far my favorite. He’s fast, strong and hard to hit – the perfect combo. Having said that, I will admit that Scizor is probably the best ‘new’ addition to the game. He may be slower than most, but his attacks are strong and his special is pretty awesome. Of the new Pokemon, for whatever reason, I gravitated to Empoieon. That’s a decent amount of new content but is it enough to consider a double dip if you’ve already played Pokken Tournament on the Wii U?
This time around, Nintendo tacked on a “DX” at the end of the title, added 5 new characters (Croagunk, Darkrai, Decidueye, Empoleon and Scizor), a 3-vs-3 mode, a daily challenge mode, ranked online battles, and split-screen co-op play. Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Wii U, ArcadeĪt their core, Pokemon games are fun because of the challenge of actually raising Pokemon and the thrill of seeing how they stack up in battle. It’s for these reasons that I find myself so impressed with Pokken Tournament DX, the new and improved version of the Wii U game released back in 2016. Developer: Bandai NAMCO Entertainment, Inc.