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A Tekken-Style Pokémon Fighting Game Is Coming to Wii U

A Japan-only Pokémon arcade game called Pokken Tournament is coming to the Wii U worldwide next spring, the Pokémon Company announced to a couple thousand rabid fans at the Pokémon World Championships in Boston on Friday.

Unlike most previous Pokémon games, which rely on standard RPG-style turn-based fighting or, like, taking pictures of Pokémon (OK, I kind of loved Pokémon Snap), Pokken Tournament is a straight-up fighter in the vein of Mortal Kombat or Tekken. That makes sense, considering the game is being developed by Bandai-Namco, who took elements of Tekken and put them directly into the game.

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Developers for the company said that the fighting system is just as deep as in any of those games, so if you’re into fighters, you’ve got something new to look forward to. In a trailer, the company showed off a new character, called Pikachu Libre, which is basically Pikachu with a Mexican wrestling mask on.