Pokken Tournament 2

Pokken Tournament 2 is the sequel to Pokken Tournament. It was revealed on the Pokémon Presents of February 27, 2024. This sequel has more Pokémon than the original game, including ones from Sword and Shield, Legends Arceus, and Scarlet and Violet.

## Pokken Tournament 2

### Developer(s)

Bandai Namco Game Freak The Pokémon Company Nintendo

## Game Modes

Pokkén Tournament 2 has a myriad of modes and within these modes you have various features and means to play the game. These range from single player modes to multiplayer modes and even areas you can alter your character.

The modes are accessed by selecting various areas on the map of the Ferrum Region.

### Arcade

This is a new, challenging mode that pits you against multiple opponents, similar to the arcade modes seen in the Tekken Franchise. You can freely pick the amount of opponents you would like to face (5 minimum, 25 maximum), and their difficulty level before you go into the battles. For the final round, you’ll face a Legendary Pokémon on a certain stage. Consisting of:

**Darkrai - Abandonded Temple**

**Mewtwo - Fallen Destiny**

**Suicune - Divine Lake**

**Zeraora - Jungle Outpost**

**Calyrex - Glacier of Paradise**

**Latias - Gracieda Valley (Winter)**

**Landorus - Alizoro Desert**

**Cresselia - Moonlit Garden**

**Raikou - Brimstone & Thunder**

**Deoxys - Into the Stratosphere**

**Okidogi - Ominous Mist**

**(DLC) Solgaleo - Into the Stratosphere**

**(DLC) Galarian Zapdos - Dragon’s Nest**

**(DLC) Entei - Phos Volcano**

**(DLC) Koraidon - Flaming Temple**

### Single Player

This mode is simply where you can battle a CPU player. This is just a simple fight against one with nothing overall special. There is no story to it so it's just plain and simple battling.

There's also an Extra Battle mode. In this mode, rather than having Synergy Gauge additions show up in Field Phase, instead there are items that will show up. Blue boosts your Synergy Gauge, Green restores Hit Points but Red will increase Attack, Defense or Speed. There may also be negative effects from them..

It also now includes the special Battle Royale mode, where you can fight against three different opponents at once.

### Practice

This mode allows you to train against CPU players freely. You can also do unique training tutorials for each Pokémon, consisting of:

**Tutorial** - This runs you through the basics of the game

**Free Training** - Lets you practice your battles with no worries about time or health

**Action Dojo** - Lets you test out various strategies and teaches you various strategies

**Combo Dojo** - Teaches you about how to unleash various combos in the game.

### Local Play

This mode is one that lets you play locally with another player. There are two different variants here. The first mode is one where both players play sharing a screen with Player 1 close to the camera and Player 2 far from the camera. The second mode has you play in Split Screen so both player has their own visible area to play. In Split Screen mode, the game runs at a split 30 frames per second while the game runs at 60 frames per second. Every frame has one player move while the other doesn't and then alternates.

This mode shares Single Battle's options of Basic Battle, Extra Battle, Team Battle, and Battle Royale.

### My Town

This mode is one that lets you customise various aspects about you and your Pokémon.

* **Battle Record** - Gives you details of all of your Battle Statistics in Single Player and Online Play. It also gives you access to the details of your last online match as well as access to replays
* **Profile** - This lets you alter your human character's appearance
	+ Display Name - The name that is displayed when you are online
	+ Avatar Appearance - The looks of your avatar
	+ Title - The Title your character has. These are unlocked through play
	+ Comment - A comment that goes with your character at the start of battles online
* **Pokémon Settings** - This lets you customize your Pokémon in various stats such as Attack, Speed and so forth
* **Advisor Settings** - This lets you alter your Ferrum League Cheer Skill, as well as alter Nia's appearance and how often she speaks
* **Options** - Includes Controller and Sound options

### Wireless Battle

This mode is one that lets you play local wireless with another player. The matches here can be the same as Single Battle and Local Multiplayer in being Basic, Extra, Team, or Battle Royale matches with your own custom options. This requires you to be with the other player in physical proximity with each player having a Nintendo Switch.

When you open the mode, you can search for a match or set up your own match for others to join.

### Online

This mode is one that lets you play online with another player. There are multiple different ways of play in this mode, Friendly Matches & Ranked Matches. Friendly Matches can be played against anyone, with people on Friend Lists or people who have the Battle Code for your Friendly Match. Ranked Matches are where you can earn various rank points, awarded based on your success in the match and players compete to get the highest rank.

New to Pokken Tournament 2 are Ranked Battle Royales, a different ranking system specifically for Battle Royales. Here, you’ll face off against three different players at once.

There is now also the ability to save and view replays. You can even watch replays of other player's games which are automatically uploaded online. You can set specifics to filter including used Pokémon and rank.

### Daily Challenge

This mode is a mode that changes its content every day. Each day you can go on and it'll provide a challenge. This challenge could be a Team Battle, or it could be to win a certain amount of battles. It gives you specific Pokémon and Support Pokémon to use in the challenge. Winning it will earn you Skill Points for the Pokémon you used. However, you can only receive these rewards once per day.

## Gameplay

### Battle Phases

The game is split in two battle phases players swap between during battles; the Field Phase and the Duel Phase. Players swap phases whenever a particularily big combo happens, after a strong attack, or after a grab attack. These two modes make the game different from other fighting games.

Field Phase is a 3D phase, meaning you can roam around the arena. The phase focuses mainly on using ranged attacks and dashing attacks to approach foes and use a strong attack to knock them into Duel Phase.

Duel Phase is 2D, unlike the Field Phase, and plays like the traditional fighting game. Most of the real fighting takes place here; the goal is to deal as much damage as possible, unlike Field Phase which focuses more on getting to this phase. Ranged attacks are rather rare here.

### Attack Triangle

Pokkén Tournament 2 has an "attack triangle"; Normal Attacks, Grab Attacks and Counter Attacks. These three attack types will beat another attack type if both attacks are used at once, but will be inneffective on another attack type. Normal attacks beat grab attacks, which beat counter attacks, which beat normal attacks, and so on.

Normal Attacks are the most used attacks and can lead into the largest combo. They also tend to do the most damage.

Grab Attacks will always change the current phase. They're also always combo, but you can't change much about the grab attack, so it will often do the same amount of damage once used.

### Synergy Burst

Players have a Synergy Bar at the corners of the screen. This bar fills up over time and when it is full, players can activate a "Synergy Burst". This burst changes the appearance of the Pokémon who uses it; often, it's just a small change, but if the Pokémon has a mega-evolution in the main series games, it will take the appearance of said mega-evolution instead. But that's not all that what happens; the Pokémon can deal a lot more damage then usual, and can perform one "Burst Attack" which deals extremely high damage if it hits; it activates a cutscene of sorts showing the burst attack in detail as well.

### Stances

Pokémon can change "stances" during the Duel Phase. All Pokémon have a High Stance and a Low Stance. These stances can lead into various attacks, and some even have special effects such as blocking certain attacks. Some Pokémon also have more stances, such as Charizard and Landorus having a Flying Stance.

### Advisors

#### Cheer Skills

All six Cheer Skills return from *Pokkén Tournament*.

 **Whimsical** | The effect is completely random. The Synergy Gauge can see a boost, or one or both of the Support Pokémon can see their Support Gauges filled at the beginning of the round. This is a gamble however, as there is a chance that nothing will happen.

## Story

The game is set six years after the events of *Pokkén Tournament*. The former champion of the Ferrum League and their friend/guide Nia assisted in restarting the Ferrum League after Shadow Mewtwo's attack on the region. After setting up the Ferrum Elite, they left the region, moving on to find an even greater challenge. The plot primarily revolves around the introduction of Fighter Pokémon that have yet to be approved by the Ferrum League for official Ferrum Battles.

### Ferrum League

Following the events of the previous game, the Ferrum League underwent a major restructuring in its battle structure. There are now three Ferrum Leagues, the original ("Ferrum League") and the new "Ferrum Elite", and “Ferrum Tempest”.

The Ferrum League is open to Battle Trainers from all across the Ferrum Region. It is broken up into four leagues: Green League, Blue League, Red League, and Chroma League. Green League has a pool of 100 Trainers, and making it into the top 10 grants access to the Red Tournament. Blue League has a pool of 80, Red League has 40, and Chroma has 25. To be granted access to the Blue, Red, and Chroma Tournaments, the player must rank up to at least Rank 8. After defeating any of the Green, Blue, Red, Chroma, Yellow, Iron, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Platinum, and Prism Leagues. the player is able to rematch the leagues at any time, as well as the league's champions.

The Ferrum Elite is open to the Battle Trainers that have ranked to at least Rank 10 in the Chroma League. Ferrum Elite consists of four leagues in itself, though these are slightly different in that they consist each of only a single match, though these matches are longer, as Trainers must win six rounds instead of just two, and may have several gimmicks attached to it.

The Ferrum Tempest is special, and is only open to the Battle Trainers that have ranked to at least Rank 25 in the Gold League. Ferrum Tempest consists of two leagues in itself, though these are more or less a combination of League and Elite battles in that they consist each of five matches, though these matches are much longer than Ferrum Elite battles, consisting of ten rounds, and there is always a load of gimmicks involved in each battle. Opponents can even switch the Pokémon they are using while transitioning between rounds.

The Ferrum Elite takes the place of the Elite Four that other regions have, and adapts the idea to the Battle AR setup. As such, there is no designated "Champion" as with other regions' Elite Four groups, instead the title of "Champion" is given to anyone that can defeat the four Ferrum Elites, as well as the Elite of the Prism League, Anne.

## Playable Pokémon

There will be a total of 50 Fighter Pokémon in the base of *Pokkén Tournament 2*, more than doubling the roster of its predecessor. Pokémon that are capable of Mega Evolution will Mega Evolve upon activating Synergy Burst. Similarly, other Pokémon that have multiple forms may change under similar circumstances, such as Keldeo transforming into Resolute Form. Landorus does not transform into Therian Form.

### Returning

* Darkrai
* Blaziken
* Pikachu
* Lucario
* Gardevoir
* Scizor
* Aegislash
* Sceptile
* Gengar
* Decidueye
* Machamp
* Braixen
* Empoleon
* Blastoise
* Mewtwo
* Chandelure
* Suicune
* Weavile
* Charizard
* Garchomp

### New

* Toxicroak
* Zeraora
* Meowscarada
* Calyrex
* Sylveon
* Electivire
* Latias
* Wyrdeer
* Grimmsnarl
* Landorus
* Cinderace
* Cresselia
* Keldeo
* Raikou
* Deoxys
* Tinkaton
* Pheromosa
* Excadrill
* Okidogi
* Tsareena
* Metang
* Ursaluna
* Baxcalibur
* Kommo-o
* Hisuian Samurott
* Alolan Marowak
* Obstagoon
* Feraligatr
* Gallade
* Araquanid

### DLC Pass 1 (Battling Bracket)

* Solgaleo
* Serperior
* Dodrio
* Kleavor
* Cramorant
* Annihilape

### DLC Pass 2 (Champions’s Companions)

* Galarian Zapdos
* Alolan Ninetales
* Entei
* Bisharp
* Diancie
* Iron Valiant
* Koraidon

## Support Pokémon

All Support Pokemon from the original Pokken Tournament make a comeback in the sequel. There is also several new duos of support Pokemon as well.

## Stages

In addition to every stage from the original *Pokkén Tournament*, there are new stages and five new variants that appear in the game. Returning stages have the descriptions as they did in the original title. If the stage name is in bold, then that means it is new.