History VideoGame / PokkenTournament

Despite [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]] and the genre of the game, Pokkén fights differently from Tekken, using an arena-based fighting that shifts perspective depending on your distance to the enemy, and is more in-line with the DragonBallBudokai games. Although it sounds like this is a game made for fully-evolved Fighting-types, other types and non-evolved Pokemon are also included. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

*** He also has the Spinning Demon and Electric Wind God Fist moves of the Mishima. The fandom jokes that this Pikachu in particular is trained by the family. Even more so when Pikachu's win pose mirrors Kazuya's arms crossed-then-shrug win pose.

* {{Expy}}: Pikachu in this game seems to take a lot of influence from [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} the Mishimas]]. He can even do Heihachi's famous Electric Wind God Fist loop and his win pose where electricity sparks when he stomps the ground and poses.

*** He also has the Spinning Demon and Electric Wind God Fist moves of the Mishima. The fandom jokes that this Pikachu in particular is trained by the family. Even more so when Pikachu's win pose mirrors Heihachi's electric stomp win pose.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Of all the Legendary Pokemon, who would have thought the the first one shown would be the quadruped Suicune? It's role as the mascot of Crystal Version might've helped a bit.

* SuperMode: All mons can get into a sort-of "Awoken" state after building up a certain meter, and it's only when they can use their respective FinishingMove. Mons that can Mega Evolve will do so, as shown by Lucario and Gardevoir.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Of all the legendary Pokemon, who would have thought the the first one shown would be the quadruped Suicune?

* {{Expy}}: Pikachu in this game seems to take a lot of influence from [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} the Mishimas]]. He can even do Heihachi's famous Electric Wind God Fist loop.

*** He also has the Spinning Demon and Electric Wind God Fist moves of the Mishima. The fandom jokes that this Pikachu in particular is trained by the family.

As [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]], it's basically an installment in the ''Tekken'' series that features Pokémon as the characters. Although it sounds like this is a game made for fully-evolved Fighting-types, other types and non-evolved Pokemon are also included. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

** Pikachu borrows the winposes of Heihachi and Kazuya. Fitting, given all three are electricity wielding mainstays in their respective series.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Of all the legendary Pokemon, who would have thought the the first one show would be the quadruped Suicune?

* SuperMode: Mega Lucario appears as some kind of super move.

* SuperMode: Mega Lucario appears, though there's no word about if it's a separate character or some kind of super move yet.

** Lucario seems to be able to use Force Palm exactly the way it does so in VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.

As [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]], it's basically an instalment in the ''Tekken'' series that features Pokémon as the characters. Although it sounds like this is a game made for fully-evolved Fighting-types, other types and non-evolved Pokemon are also included. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

* DivingKick: Lucario performs one on Machamp. Presumably the move is Hi Jump Kick.

As [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]], it's basically an instalment in the ''Tekken'' series that features Pokémon as the characters. Currently the only revealed playable characters are [[KiAttacks Lucario]], [[PlayingWithFire Blaziken]] and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Machamp]], but there are undoubtedly more to come. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Machamp appears to have a lariat-style move where it outstreches its arms and spins around.

* LicensedGame: From the brief teaser, the game seems to draw more stylistic influence from the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} tv show]] than the source games. Most notably, Lucario's Bone Rush is portrayed identically to how it's used in the anime, while the games tend to associate it with actual bones. This makes Pokken the rare example of [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Game Of The Anime Of The Game]].

* SuperMode: Lucario has the ability to Mega Evolve somehow.

* MythologyGag: The stage shown in the first trailer is based on Pallet Town, appropriately enough, being the starting point for the series.

* MythologyGag: The stage shown in the first trailer is based on Pallet Town, but unusually for games, is based on the [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} anime's]] rendition, which was far more rural than the games.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: One of Machamp's attacks. With four arms. Yikes.
* SimpleStaff: A couple of Lucario's combos end with it using a staff [[HardLight made out of Aura.]]

As [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]], it's basically an instalment in the ''Tekken'' series that features Pokémon as the characters. Currently the only revealed playable characters are [[KiAttacks Lucario]] and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Machamp]], but there are undoubtedly more to come. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

''Pokken Tournament'' is a FightingGame SpinOff of the popular ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series. It is being developed by the team at BandaiNamco that produced the popular ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series.

As [[{{Portmanteau}} the name suggests]], it's basically an instalment in the ''Tekken'' series that features Pokemon as the characters. Currently the only revealed playable characters are [[KiAttacks Lucario]] and [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Machamp]], but there are undoubtedly more to come. The game will release in arcades in 2015.

!! Tropes that apply to ''Pokken Tournament''