Online for the arcade version of Pokkén Tournament is ending in Japan. The game launched in 2015 and online for arcades …
Pokkén Tournament Competitors Flew In Two People Who Ended Up Beating Them
A Pokkén Tournament event at SwitchFest in California crowdfunded travel for two internationally elite competitors,…
Nintendo Reached A DLC Tipping Point This Week
It’s been a quietly unprecedented week for Nintendo, and one that should change players’ expectations for the company’s…
Pokkén Player Invades Broadcast, Cuts Fire Promo, Loses Every Match
During pool play at Final Round 2018 yesterday, one Pokkén Tournament player took the opportunity to take the mic and…
Weak Pokémon Evolves Thanks To Possible Pokkén Tournament Bug
Croagunk is the closest thing the Pokémon fighting game Pokkén Tournament has to the prototypical fighting game joke…
Pokken’s Funky Fighting Controller Finds New Purpose On The Switch
Since the Nintendo Switch launched earlier this year, mine has rarely seen the inside of the TV dock. Now that Pokken…
Pokken Tournament Is Way Better On A Console That Isn't Dead
There was nothing wrong with the Wii U release of Pokémon fighting game Pokken Tournament that couldn’t be solved by…
Pokkén Tournament Match Reignites Debate Over Supposedly Boring Fighting Game Strategies
Winning by any means necessary is a core staple of fighting game competition, but it’s still unsettled whether fighting…
A Lack Of Patches Is Threatening Pokkén Tournament’s Competitive Future
Despite being slated to return to the Pokémon World Championships in 2017, the competitive Pokkén Tournament scene is…
Pokken Tournament is getting a 2017 World Championship Series. The announcement was made by the game’s producer,…
It's A Good Weekend To Watch People Play Pokémon
The 2016 U.S. Pokémon National Championships are going down this weekend, bringing the best Trading Card Game, Omega…
Pokken Tournament's Shadow Mewtwo Has An Infinite Blockstun Problem
The simple two-move combination being performed is this GIF? Shadow Mewtwo can do that all day in Pokken Tournament.…
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Pokken In The UFC: The Winners!
And so a last-minute idea results in one of the best Kotaku ‘Shop Contests ever, with so many excellent entries there…
Pokken Tournament: The Kotaku Review
If you’ve ever wished your Pokemon battles could be more exciting than a pair of Pokemon taking turns making battle…
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Pokken In The UFC
Apparently I wanted to see Pokken Tournament and UFC 2 mashed together so badly that I couldn’t stop with just one image
The Week In Games: Everybody Was Just Plain Fighting
I pieced together this image as a little joke for the top of the post, but the more I look at it the more I want to…
A Ten-Minute Tour Of Pokkén Tournament Wii U
The Wii U version of Namco Bandai’s Pokémon fighting game has landed at Kotaku, along with strict time constraints on…
Pokkén Creators Wanted To Make Pokémon Look 'Really Realistic' For Their Fighting Game
Pokémon are usually cute creatures. That’s part of the appeal. But the upcoming Pokémon fighting game is not about that…
One of the Last Pokémon You'd Expect in a Fighting Game
Nobody thought this would ever happen, I’m sure. But Chandelure, a Ghost/Fire Pokémon that attacks opponents’ spirits, i…