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Last Update: 15:11 GMT

Edit @ 05:06: Pokémon Center News | Edit @ 05:11: Pokkén News | Edit @ 05:24: Movie News | Edit @ 15:07: Pokkén Release Date

In The Games Department Pokkén Tournament - New Details Some modes have been announced for the Wii U version of Pokkén Tournament. First is the standard Single Battle, which has three different difficulty levels. Next is the previously announced local battle where one player plays on the GamePad and another with a standard controller. During this mode, the game will run at 30fps rather than the standard 60fps.

Finally is the online mode. There are two parts of the online component in the game: 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.

It also states that you can use a LAN Cable to link two Wii Us, where the game will run at 60fps

Edit @ 05:17: Two new sets of Support Pokémon have also been revealed. The first set includes Pachirisu and Magikarp while the second set includes Sylveon and Croagunk. It is currently unknown what they can do. In addition to this, 12 new Wii U screenshots have been added to our pre-release screenshot page. Click the image to go to the page

Edit @ 15:07: It has been confirmed that the Wii U version of Pokkén Tournament is to be released in North America on March 18th 2016. With the release, as revealed in the Nintendo Direct, it will come with a special Shadow Mewtwo card in the first run of retail packages.

Edit @ 15:11: It is also confirmed for Europe on March 18th 2016

Edit @ 15:20: New screenshots featuring Mewtwo, Shadow Mewtwo and Chandelure have been added Support Pokémon Support Pokémon

In The Games Department Pokkén Tournament - New Pokémon Confirmation Following the announcement last week of a new character with the ラ character in its Japanese name, it has been confirmed that Chandelure is to be the next playable Pokémon in Pokkén Tournament. The trailer of Chandelure is said to debut at a special fighting competition on January 31st 2016 so be sure to check back for that

In The Games Department Pokémon It has been revealed that a new Pokémon Center is to open in Japan. On March 16th 2016, a Pokémon Center will open in Kyoto. This is the tenth Pokémon Center store to be in Japan and its logo features Pikachu as well as the Legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh