Pokemon Championship Announces End of Pokken Tournament Participation
As Pokemon has grown into one of the biggest video game franchises in the world, both the franchise's mainline series of RPG games and its numerous spinoffs have fostered a passionate competitive community. Pokemon GO previously announced the mobile game will be hosting its first ever Pokemon GO Championship Series in 2022, and the Pokemon Trading Card Game has become one of the most widely recognized TCGs in the world alongside games like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering. Now, The Pokemon Company has officially revealed Pokken Tournament is saying goodbye to the competitive circuit.
While the popularity of Pokken Tournament, the Pokemon franchise's first foray into fighting games, has dwindled since Pokken Tournament DX hit the Switch in 2017, the game has remained a popular niche title for many fans of Pokemon and fighting games. Pokken Tournament didn't see the same kind of widespread success as its Nintendo fighting game contemporary Super Smash Bros, but was a popular title early on in the Switch's life. With no update on the future of the fighting game spinoff in several years, seeing its last new character in 2018, Pokemon officially announced the end of Pokken Tournament in the «Play Pokemon» program.
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The official Twitter account for Pokemon's «Play Pokemon» competitive circuit made the announcement late last week, confirming that Pokken Tournament would not be returning with the program following the conclusion of the 2022 season. The Pokemon Company thanked the game's passionate fanbase for supporting both the fighting game spinoff and its competitive scene throughout the years accompanied by a GIF featuring many iconic moments from
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