Pokemon Champions

TryAGame!

Guillaume Dreher

7 / 10.0

Pokémon Champions is more than mixed. Of course, as a fan of the Pokémon universe, it’s nice to be able to get into Pokémon fights competitively, as was the case with Pokémon TCG Pocket on mobile. The studio has made the title accessible through its tutorial and a Motisma that indicates the strengths and weaknesses to each ability you launch. Similarly, we will not spit on the immersion in Arena mode and the 1001 strategies that it is able to implement according to the Pokémon that will make up your team. But a free game, you have to finance it and the Pokémon Company (and Nintendo) has used the strong way by offering premium content in chaos, by conditioning the composition of your team to obtain tickets on a daily basis. In short, a game that wants to enter the competitive scene in the greatest way, leaving aside a part of the audience of which I will be a part.

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Game8

Alfonso Majarucon

82 / 100

Pokemon Champions feels like a title that suddenly had to launch due to chasing a specific quarterly report. While otherwise nearly perfect as a platform, lacking a multitude of very important items on release makes the game feel fundamentally incomplete. The paywalled quality-of-life additions are also a major deterrent, especially for those who expected a way to engage with VGC without owning the mainline games. It's still a wonderful attempt at making competitive Pokemon more accessible, though, and is definitely something that'll only improve in time.

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