Empoleon Announced for Pokkén Tournament

Empoleon has just been announced as a playable character for Pokkén Tournament! The Water/Steel-type will be available in the arcade version beginning on December 15th. Its existence was first hinted at in datamining leaks during summer, but it will finally make its official debut now six months later.

Still no word if the extra characters, including Darkrai and others, will ever make it to the Wii U console version. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for some official word!

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1,431 thoughts on “Empoleon Announced for Pokkén Tournament”

  1. I know that I have not gotten to it yet but looking at Minior’s stats… This thing is in the top 10 strongest Alola Pokémon (New ones at least)

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  2. Ok so everyone thugs that UB-02 Absorption corosponds to Gladion but I think it is actually Kartana. Since Lusamine dressed Lillie like Nihilego, maybe she dressed Gladion like Kartana. He would have that white and yellow and red color scheme most likely. Gladion wood change to his current outfit after leaving

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    • I never saw how Absorption resembled him.

      To me the only human characters that resemble UBs are Lillie who resembles UB-01 and Lusamine who resembles Pheromasa.

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    • The thing is though, Wicke states that the first time Kartana was seen was when Lusamine summoned it at the same time as Nihilego and Buzzwole/Pheromosa

      And tbh I feel the theory that Lusamine dressed people after UBs is kinda eh, mostly becuase the symbolism theory just makes more sense.

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  3. so I’m rewatching some of the subbed anime and apparently Jessie’s Mimikyu harbors immense hatred/jealousy towards Pikachu
    Which makes me think if this trait is personality or genetically spread across all Mimikyu

    And speaking of Team Rocket I wonder what James will catch this time around, I honestly see it being a Sandygast or maybe even a Dhelmise none of the currently have his “scary dangerous yet a decent appearance” which kinda is his tendency when capturing

    Any other ideas?

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    • James since gen 5 catches small, but powerful Pokemon (Yamask, Inkay) so I could see him catching a Stufful, Dewpider or Minior? Especially Dewpider would fit James very well imo. He’s the complete opposite of Jessie

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      • I actually thought Minior and Dewpider exactly
        We never can tell, I was befuddled when they gave Jessie the Mimikyu instead of James
        She should’ve gotten a Salandit who shared her toxic beauty

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      • I think the whole “James gets hurt by his Pokemon” running gag is very much over sadly

        Also I didn’t know that the legs that held its water bubble actually could move

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    • I had one of my “Delusional fanboy fanfic fantasy Battles” the other day and it depicted me as an Veteran trainer returning from the Alola to fight (insert main character) and I had Alolan Ground Types
      A. Dugtrio, Pallossand and Mudsdale

      But in my fight with Pallossand, my Pokeball hits the ground with a audible thud, and slowly sifts into the battlefield and right under the trainer’s Pokemon Pallossand’s tubular arms snatched….lets just say a Riolu from beneath the ground, it moaned with eerie vigor and had the ability to stretch its arms out and regenerate when blasted off, knowing powerful moves such as Giga Drain and Sand Tomb, but it’s mastery of its grainy body allowed it to sink into the ground and a terrifying awesome attack involving it opening its mouth right under the target from the sands and swallowing it with Giga Drain ( Where it’s mouth and eyes glow green and it inhales nutritent particles from the target)

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  4. So I had a totally awesome yet sweet idea, I want to draw a tributary piece of Sun and Moon artwork of a tanned Snorlax with Bermuda trunks with a ukulele playing to hundreds of Alolan Pokemon and trainers
    In honor of Isreal Kamakawiwo’ole

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  5. If you would have to make a top 5 of favorite typings, what would it be?
    1: Dark
    2: Electric
    3: Water
    4: Steel
    5: Dragon

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