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Pokkén Tournament Game's N. American Trailer Streamed

Nintendo began streaming the North American trailer for Bandai Namco Entertainment's Pokkén Tournament fighting game on Tuesday.

Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo will release the game on the Wii U in North America, Europe, and Japan on March 18.

Nintendo UK also announced its “Countdown Clash” event for the game with a video.

Bandai Namco Entertainment will sell a bundle containing the game and a Wii U in Japan, and it will cost 36,800 yen (about US$304). The game by itself will cost 7,200 yen (US$60) at retail or 6,800 yen (US$56) via download. Those who pre-order the game will receive a Dark Mewtwo amiibo card.

The game debuted in Japanese arcades in July. The eight playable Pokémon available at launch were Charizard, Weavile, Lucario, Machamp, Gardevoir, Suicune, Gengar, and Pikachu. Blazikin, Masked Pikachu, and Sceptile were added later. Support Pokémon, which can be called to assist in battle with the "L" button, include Emolga, Lapras, Snivy, Frogadier, Eevee, Fennekin, and others.

Battles have two phases. During regular play, a Pokémon fills its gauge to activate "resonance burst," where the Pokémon is powered-up for a limited time and can perform a special attack.

The arcade game includes tutorial and single-player modes, as well as an online mode that connects players to other arcade systems across Japan.

[Via Siliconera]