This small headset device allows trainers to give orders to their creatures faster. Here, instead of a Pokedex, trainers receive a Battle AR. However, Pokken's Ferrum region hosts its battles a bit differently.

Like most Pokemon stories, Pokken Tournament starts with you customizing your up and coming trainer in a brand new region. However, the game's lack of skill in expanding beyond its gameplay betrays Pokken's origins as an arcade original, and makes it feel like a Relicanth compared to its peers. Pokken Tournament is similar, but taking Tekken's action packed fighting system and adding Pocket Monsters is a much more interesting prospect than adapting a different flavor of RPG. The game shines based on that gameplay, and it's truly exciting to see a different side to Pokemon battles after twenty years. Most of them (like Pokemon Conquest and Mystery Dungeon) are existing gameplay systems with Pokemon's cast of monsters spliced in.

Spin-offs of Nintendo's long running Pokemon franchise tend to be a bit safe.

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