Darkrai to be playable in Pokkén Tournament: To be added to arcade version July 20

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Darkrai to be playable in Pokkén Tournament: To be added to arcade version July 20

Darkrai has been announced as a new playable character for Pokkén Tournament.

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[King Robert]

Can someone make it the 1980s again, when arcades were super-popular in the US?

 

[Robo-Floatzel]

So another legendary in the game. I kinda wish they added Mienshao as a playable Pokemon, but at this point it's not going to happen.

Can someone make it the 1980s again, when arcades were super-popular in the US?

Blame the internet and things like Playstation Network, Xbox Live and Steam for basically killing off arcades here in the US. Because more people have access to the internet, they can more easily play games online, plus you don't constantly have to enter coins in a machine, you can just buy a disc of the game and you can play it forever without having to spend any more money afterwards.

It's also likely because of cultural barriers since Japan is an overall smaller country with more people per square mile and people are willing to go around town more easily because everything's closer to where people live, as opposed to the US where unless you live in a large city like New York or Los Angeles, you don't really have any access to most places because most of the US is rural areas and small, undeveloped towns where people have to drive longer distances to go places.

 

[ocelotlrama jaguar]

^^^ Arcades have been dying off in the US way before online gaming services became a thing. I remember there were a few arcades that I loved to visit in the mid-90s that closed down due to lack of customers. My area was devoid of arcades other than what was offered at movie theaters and the local pizzerias by the time 1998 came around.

On topic, that's cool, I guess. I haven't really been loving Pokken as much because I'm not a fighting game fan. I guess if you really wanted to break him, you could add Dark Void on him and wreak massive havoc. Wonder how long it'll take to bring him over to international consoles.

 

[Guzma]

He was foreshadowed in the latest Wii U patch according to this article. Apparently

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Empoleon and Scizor are going to be in the patch as well.

You have no idea how happy that last one makes me.

 

[King Robert]

Even so, the only time I ever played Pokkén Tournament was a demo at Target. Sorry, but when it comes to fighting games I prefer simple controls and a lot of wackiness, aka Super Smash Bros.

 

[PaulTheProtist]

He was foreshadowed in the latest Wii U patch according to this article. Apparently

Spoiler

Empoleon and Scizor are going to be in the patch as well.

You have no idea how happy that last one makes me.

Considering the same thing happened in Smash with Roy and Ryu, I wonder if Nintendo does this intentionally to tease fans.