​Get over yourself

Just because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't detract from the fact that this is currently the cheapest option for purchasing this game. Therefore it is a good deal until something betters it. Simple.

Buyer beware on this one, pokemon fans are sure to buy it, but its been pulled from arcade distribution for poor profits and negative feedback. And if a pokemon or a fighting game struggles in Japan, usually doesn't bode well for said game.

That being said its now a headline game for Evo '16 after some apparent promotion deal.

Not to mention its designed controller doesn't function on the player one side :wink:

Heat for the price though

The controller looks awful! Definitely @gamble1984 this is by no means a core Pokemon entry.

​the reason the profits were supposedly poor on it is because the arcade version was quite easy, so one credit would last the whole game, meaning people weren't pumping coins in every two minutes like they would for, say, Time Crisis. Having said that, I'm not going to be picking this up despite being a fan of both Pokemon and Tekken

Who on Earth is upvoting this? The game is garbage, from an awful, childish franchise. The dedicated controller is one of the fugliest things I've ever seen and if people think £37 is a bargain, it says a lot about the franchises fans.

How can this be bad? Isn't it made by the Tekken team?!? Was excited for this, arcade versions of games are watered down usually as they are made to take your coin.

£36.99 is still too much but I'm hoping Amazon price matches Base just so I pay even less (have it currently at £21.82 on Amazon with all the leftover credits and whatnot).


I asked Hori's rep via email what made the Pokken controller so much better than any other out there and his answer was "it's the intended way of playing Pokken as if you were at the arcades". Meh, don't really care about that, I prefer to play with a comfortable controller and for that I'll pick the Wii U Pro Controller (or maybe Gioteck GC-2).

For anyone who's not seen it:



It looks like it'd be great for retro games considering the controller only has a D-PAD.

It's not bad at all, in fact it'll be pretty awesome. A fighting game developed by the Tekken team about Pokémons? Count me in! :smiley:

I think this looks pretty good but the £50rrp seems a joke

Yes and No, its made by the dev and directors but not necessarily the same team considering there working on Tekken 7. Also the game runs off the Tekken Tag 2 engine, rather than Unreal 4 which is what Tekken 7 runs in, which makes it even more unlikely the same dev team is developing both titles at the same time for console.

Also the game removes the 3 tier hit system, no High, Med, Low hits, no overheads or sweeps, everything no matter the hit box hits mid. So its extremely watered down in terms of fighting games.

It's better to go with Amazon for the time being and when it drops the price will be updated automatically, plus the customer can use Amazon credit if he/she has any available to make it cheaper.

Amazon a couple days ago reduced my order of Zelda Wii U from £42.99 to £39.99 and now £39.85 so while not the cheapest still nice to see the system works as it should. I also noticed the other day that they had Star Fox Zero for £32 but Base and others have it for £29 so it'd only be useful for anyone with spare Amazon credit.

what's all this "Amazon Credit" being mentioned I gained a bit of video/mp3 credit but that can't be used for games can it?

You are of course wrong. whether it's a good deal depends on if the members of the site think it offers value for money. if it's a terrible game, then £36.99 is not good value.

Yeah, that. I also refer to the Amazon vouchers as Amazon credit when chatting with an Amazon rep to refund the price difference on a product.

"Amazon credit" sounds better than "Amazon vouchers". :laughing:

Also worth noting, all first print copies come with a copy of the Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card:



I assume that once you tap the card on the GamePad's NFC reader the character will become unlocked permanently or instead, you could play the game and it'd be unlocked (more challenging) anyway.

Cheers just treated myself to £30 giftcard

What a moron.

Well, this went hot. Huh.

I wonder how many people actually pre-ordered for this price.

Pokken? Wtf?

MAKE POKEMON BRITISH AGAIN

Would have been better if this was released on PS4/Xbox One.

Nintendo need to wake up and realise Wii U is not a strong gaming console. They could have made huge amount of money releasing games on PS4/Xbox One.

Steam, Sony and Microsoft would kill to have Nintendo IP on their systems. Nintendo just need to have hardware worth buying, a robust ecosystem within the console for things like online play (voice chat etc) and they could easily make a storming come back.

The Wii had a poor attach rate but it destroyed anything in terms of sales last generation. The industry is better off having a productive Nintendo making the types of games that only they can.

£36.99 is overpriced. No way would I pay that for a standard copy of a game.

The current price of my pre-order:



Free cashback + Amazon price difference refunds and leftover vouchers. :smiley:


The NX.

[quote=Martano87]The Wii had a poor attach rate but it destroyed anything in terms of sales last generation. The industry is better off having a productive Nintendo making the types of games that only they can.

Sure it was the best selling system of last-gen but was it actually a console gamers and Nintendo gamers liked? Maybe a few but not most. The Wii was a great dust collector. :smiley:

I acknowledged that with my poor attach rate (amount of games purchased per console). But that wasn't my point, Nintendo brought families together to play video games and created one of the best games ever released in Mario Galaxy 2.

My point is that if Nintendo play to their strengths then they can become a force once again. They are capable of innovating in ways that Sony and Microsoft wouldn't dream of.

wouldnt waste the money, might be a great game, on a different cobsole lol! long live xbox

Feel free to explain.

He was joking, hence the caps. The whooosh is the sound of a joke going over your head.

I know what the "whoooosh" meant, which is why I said "feel free to explain".

Now you know (Y)

Are you calling me a **** ?

Lets keep the thread on topic shall we.

So very true. Nintendo arguably have the best roster of exclusives (which now includes Splatoon). For the very fact that they are interested in innovating and appealing to non-conventional demographics, they aren't direct rivals to Sony and Microsoft who are focused on the mass mainstream.

Yeah, and I sold it for £25 on eBay. Scalping only gets one so far.

At least I'll be getting the game for super cheap. :smiley:

Currently making 99p?? Please point me in the right direction because I will have me some of them! Oh wait...it isn't true...

Please post a screenshot of this eBay sale.

Oh, wait! ...its made up.

You wish.

Look up 262268306463.

Fare esnuff :wink: you do more scalping than I do!

I pre-ordered at £35 from Gameseek. The reviews out today seem pretty promising. Nintendolife, Kotaku, IGN and Gamespot all liked it. I think I'll keep hold of the card for now.

Also sold 3x Wolf Link amiibos for £24.99 at Amazon whilst they held their value.


Yeah, the reviews are great and say, you didn't order it through TCB for cashback? That's a shame. Cashback is always a nice addition.

I need to get on board with the whole TCB thing.