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Pokemon Direct Information
London—June 6, in the year of our Lord 2017—During
today’s Pokémon Direct presentation, Tsunekazu Ishihara,
president and CEO of The Pokémon Company, and Junichi Masuda,
Director of GAME FREAK, announced upcoming Pokémon titles for
Nintendo consoles.
Pokémon is making its way to Nintendo Switch later this year
with Pokkén Tournament DX. Including all the content from both
the Wii U and arcade versions of Pokkén Tournament, Pokkén
Tournament DX introduces an array of exciting new features to
create the ultimate Pokkén experience. Features of Pokkén
Tournament DX include:
Play Pokkén anytime, anywhere on Nintendo Switch – Play Pokkén
Tournament DX in TV mode, handheld mode, or share a Joy-Con
controller with another Trainer to battle one-on-one in tabletop
mode anywhere!
A brand-new fighter — Decidueye enters the battle, alongside all
previous Pokémon from the Wii U and arcade versions.
New Support Pokémon – Litten and Popplio make their debut to
lend their support in battle.
Team Battle mode – Pick three Pokémon and battle it out to be
the first to defeat all your opponent’s Pokémon to win in the
new Team Battle mode.
Group Match mode – Find similar skilled players in battle rooms
for intense and fun battles online.
Daily Challenges – Complete a variety of different daily
challenges.
Watch battle replays – Hone your skills by watching other
players’ replays and share your best matches online with the new
replay feature.
Jump straight into battle - All characters and Support Pokémon
will be available right from the start of the game.
Pokkén Tournament DX will launch on Nintendo Switch September
22, 2017.
During Pokémon Direct, viewers also saw the first footage from
the newest titles in the Pokémon series, Pokémon Ultra Sun and
Pokémon Ultra Moon. Two new Pokémon forms were shown resembling
that of the Legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala. Pokémon Ultra
Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon have been powered up with new
additions to the story and features from Pokémon Sun and Pokémon
Moon. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon are scheduled to
release worldwide on 17 November 2017—more information about the
games will be revealed later this year.
Also announced, the second titles in the Pokémon series, Pokémon
Gold and Pokémon Silver, will be making their way to the
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver
were released in Japan on 21 November 1999, as the second set of
titles in the Pokémon series. These games, which debuted as Game
Boy Color-titles in Japan, are being emulated into Virtual
Console versions such that their screens appear just as they did
on the Game Boy Color. Both titles will be compatible with the
wireless communication features of the Nintendo 3DS and Trainers
can look forward to Link Trades and Link Battles between Virtual
Console versions of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver. In
addition, these titles will be compatible with the Time Capsule
function, which allows players to Link Trade Pokémon between the
Virtual Console versions of Pokémon Gold or Pokémon Silver and
the Virtual Console versions of Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, or
Pokémon Yellow in Pokémon Centers within the games. Both titles
will be compatible with Pokémon Bank and will launch this fall.