{"id":8945,"date":"2016-01-15T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T18:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=8945"},"modified":"2016-01-15T20:11:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T01:11:14","slug":"pokken-tournament-launches-for-wii-u-on-march-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/01\/pokken-tournament-launches-for-wii-u-on-march-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokk\u00e9n Tournament launches for Wii U on March 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is almost over. Nintendo announced today that <em>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament<\/em>, the upcoming game that lets players battle as prized Pok\u00e9mon in fighting arenas, will launch exclusively for Wii U on March 18 at a suggested retail price of $59.99. <\/p>\n<p><em>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament<\/em> brings high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of the most recognizable Pok\u00e9mon characters. <\/p>\n<p>People that buy the first production run version of the game will also receive a special Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, which can be tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller to unlock the Shadow Mewtwo playable character in the game.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->For more information about Pokk\u00e9n Tournament, visit http:\/\/www.pokkentournament.com.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/137377731920\" data-did=\"53498727d8404aafcb73a078a0dc428f85b27a90\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/137377731920\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/137377731920\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is almost over. Nintendo announced today that Pokk\u00e9n Tournament, the upcoming game that lets players battle as prized Pok\u00e9mon in fighting arenas, will launch exclusively for Wii U on March 18 at a suggested retail price of $59.99. Pokk\u00e9n Tournament brings high-definition game play and over-the-top action to never-before-seen battles between some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75],"tags":[1386,1395,125,1027],"class_list":["post-8945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-wii-u","tag-pokemon","tag-pokken-tournament"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokken_tournament.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2kh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9545,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/03\/pokken-tournament-launches-this-friday\/","url_meta":{"origin":8945,"position":0},"title":"Pokk\u00e9n Tournament Launches this Friday","date":"March 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The release of Pokk\u00e9n Tournament is nearly here, with the game hitting store shelves in North America this Friday. 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