Pokkén Tournament DX (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Pokkén Tournament DX

Pokkén Tournament is a fighting video game and the first Pokémon title for the Nintendo Switch console. Take direct control of one of 21 prized Pokémon fighters to defeat other Pokémon in arena fights. Call…

77 22 September 2017

What Pokkén Tournament DX is

Pokkén Tournament DX is an arcade game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Ferrum League is the place where trainers go to try to become the Champion. The goal is to get into the top eight trainers, as which point players may vie for the championship.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokkén Tournament DX is the 227th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Spooky Spotlight in 2017. Its critic score of 77 is 3 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokkén Tournament DX holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 60% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Pokkén Tournament DX launched on 22 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokkén Tournament DX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer