Pokken Tournament is getting a new character in Japan

A new fighter is join the fray. No word if it will be available in other countries.
A new fighter is join the fray. No word if it will be available in other countries.

Fans of the Pokémon/ Tekken crossover game will be please to hear that Pokkén Tournament will be getting a brand new character later this year, according to Pokkén’s official twitter account.

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But, here’s the catch: It will only be available in Japan for the time being. The new fighter will be announced via a livestream on the Japanese website, NicoNico, on July 14th and will be available on the arcade version of the game on July 20th, along with a major update to the game. (It us unknown whether it will be available World Wide at some point.)

Pokkén Tournament was originally released laster year, on July 16th, in Japanese Arcades, will a home console version released worldwide earlier this year, on March 18th. We’ll keep you posted on any new details, as this story develops.

Who do you think will be the next fighter? It would make sense if it was Greninja (especially since he was voted as the most popular Pokémon in Japan.)


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