The daily challenge isn’t a bad addition to Pokken Tournament’s Deluxe version, but it isn’t a very compelling feature either. Winning these challenges will yield an underwhelming reward of skill points. The daily challenges pretty much assigns you to play as a certain character against a certain AI controlled character in a certain circumstance. The daily challenge and three-on-three battles are two new notable additions to Pokken Tournament DX. Something that seems simple but is very significant when it comes to these quick-paced action fighters. The controls have been very fine tuned to where you can go from playing in handheld, to pro controller, to single joycon without losing your competitive edge. One of my concerns going in was that the controls wouldn’t be nearly as sharp when playing with a single joycon, but it works like a charm. In tabletop, you can pop off the joycon and challenge friends and foes to local matches. Throw Pokken Tournament DX up on the big screen and have a ball with your favorite arcade Pokemon fighters. TV mode is where the beauty of this game really gets the spotlight. In handheld mode, it works as a fun single player fighter you can experience in short bursts throughout the day. Pokken Tournament is one of those games that takes full advantage of all three of the Switch’s playstyles.

Pokken Tournament DX gets the opportunity really spread its wings and soar on the Nintendo Switch. It had an extremely obscure audience and was released at a very awkward time in the consoles life span. Pokken Tournament’s success was bogged down by the the tribulations of the Wii U. Though some of our original qualms still stand, Pokken Tournament DX is a solid step-up from its Wii U predecessor. Pokken Tournament has received the Deluxe treatment and has finally landed on the Nintendo Switch. Here at Shacknews we scored it a 6 and stated that it failed to live up to its potential as an arcade Pokemon fighter. It’s been over a year and a half since Pokken Tournament initially launched on the Wii U, and it was definitely one of the more decent games coming late in the consoles lifespan.

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