Poké-Fighter 4

Poké-Fighter 4 (Japanese: ポケモン戦闘機4 Pokémon Fighter 4) is the fourth main installment in the Poké-Fighter video game franchise, and was the second in the Poké-Fighter series for the Wii. Developed and published by Nintendo, it was released as an arcade game in 2011 and on the Wii in 2012. While relatively popular in its day, it is often considered by fans to be the worst main-series Poké-Fighter game, due to the omission of many popular characters and the introduction of major balance issues and bugs that impaired competitive play. It is also considered the most experimental Poké-Fighter game, featuring several game-changing new mechanics that never returned in later iterations.
== Gameplay ==
Poké-Fighter 4 introduced significant new gameplay changes from the previous games in the series. For the first time, it allowed players to maneuver around an arena interacting with walls and other obstacles for extra damage. These "environmental hazards" in turn allowed players to juggle opponents for consecutive combos and allowed the designers to implement a "switch maneuver", which let players escape from cornering and throw the tide in their favor. Also, the game engine had been tweaked to be more focused on the environment, causing the characters to move 
more slowly and fluidly than in Poké-Fighter Tag Tournament. Finally, the game introduced a brand new graphics system, that featured increased lighting, dynamic physics, and smoother surfaces.
In high level tournament play, it became apparent that the engine changes caused the game to heavily favor quick jabs and punches, upsetting some fans due to the decline in usefulness of more complex moves and strategies. Umbreon especially, was very over-powered, and if one were to look at the tournament records, he was used by nearly every top player.
Poké-Fighter 4 includes a Beat em' up mini-game available from the outset called Poké-Fighter Force. Similar to the previous minigame found in Poké-Fighter, it presents the player with an over-the-shoulder perspective as they fight wave upon wave of Mewtwo's Poké-Fighter soldiers through four stages, eventually facing Mewtwo himself. The player can pick up health and power-ups while they fight waves of enemies. In the mini-game it is discovered that the Poké-Fighter Force soldiers possesses different ranks in the organization, evident in different amounts of stamina, strength and skill.
==Characters==
Image	Name 	Veteran/Newcomer	Found:
 	Heracross 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Kabutops 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Wigglytuff	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Blastoise 	Newcomer 	Available from Start
 	Absol 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Machoke 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Sawk 	Newcomer 	Available from Start
 	Leavanny 	Newcomer 	Available from Start
 	Arcanine 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Raichu 	Veteran 	Available from Start
 	Rhydon 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 7 times
 	Nidoqueen 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 7 times
 	Gardevoir 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 6 times
 	Sableye 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 2 times
 	Fraxure 	Newcomer 	Beat Story Mode 2 times
 	Sceptile 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 4 times
 	Umbreon 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 1 time
 	Sneasel 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 3 times
 	Zangoose 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 5 times
 	Mewtwo 	Veteran 	Beat Story Mode 8 times
 	Accelgor 	Newcomer 	Beat Story Mode 9 times
 	Ludicolo 	Veteran 	You must first complete story mode once with Leavanny.
 	Clefable 	Newcomer 	You must first complete story mode once with Wigglytuff.
==Character selection screen==
===== Starter characters only (starting roster) =====
===== All characters unlocked (full roster) =====
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