{"id":1235610,"date":"2025-02-27T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235610"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:45:27","slug":"pokemon-champions-is-all-about-the-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235610","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Champions is all about the battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Game Freak <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ik6IGiCzFzQ\">dropped a surprise trailer<\/a> at today\u2019s <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/theres-a-pokemon-presents-livestream-scheduled-for-february-27-171813096.html\">Pok\u00e9mon Presents livestream<\/a> for something called <em>Pok\u00e9mon Champions<\/em>. It\u2019s a dedicated battle sim, recalling the glory days of <em>Pok\u00e9mon Stadium<\/em> for the N64. This means that <em>Champions<\/em> distills the franchise&#8217;s formula down to just battling, with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, the game is cross-platform, with the developer saying that players on \u201cNintendo Switch and mobile\u201d will be able to duke it out. We don\u2019t know what kind of roster the game itself will provide, but it integrates with the cloud-storage service <em>Pok\u00e9mon Home<\/em>. People should be able to pull most of their favorite Pok\u00e9mon from titles like <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> and recent mainline entries like <em>Pok\u00e9mon Sword<\/em> and <em>Shield<\/em>. It also works with the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-65-million-copies-worldwide-in-seven-days-124528906.html\">spin-off <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em><\/a>. The official press release, however, does note that there will be some restrictions <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokemon.gamespress.com\/POKEMON-EXPANDS-ENTERTAINMENT-OFFERINGS-WITH-NEW-WAYS-TO-PLAY-IN-THE-P\">when it comes to availability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"f0137471b64d4c53b2e0554c7bf302fe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ik6IGiCzFzQ?si=Ew5Z8IVA_--bDtdF\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The gameplay should feel instantly familiar to anyone who has ever dabbled in the franchise, as the trailer description touts tried-and-true \u201cmechanics such as Pok\u00e9mon types, abilities and moves.\u201d The footage even shows more niche mechanics like Mega Evolution and Terastallization, indicating that players may not be tied to the base-level Pok\u00e9mon rule set.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no release window yet. All we know is that it\u2019s currently in development. Speaking of release dates, today\u2019s livestream did reveal that <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/em> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/new-pokemon-legends-z-a-trailer-reveals-an-absolutely-massive-version-of-lumiose-city-180550052.html\">will be coming out by the end of the year<\/a> for the Switch.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/pokemon-champions-is-all-about-the-battles-194527252.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Freak dropped a surprise trailer at today\u2019s Pok\u00e9mon Presents livestream for something called Pok\u00e9mon Champions. It\u2019s a dedicated battle sim, recalling the glory days of Pok\u00e9mon Stadium for the N64. This means that Champions distills the franchise&#8217;s formula down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235610\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1235610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1235610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1235610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1235610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}