Nintendo used Smash Hit. It's super effective!
: it's not quite what a select few may have imagined when they dared to concoct a Pokémon / Tekken crossover game in the recesses of their wildest dreams, but few had even considered such a ludicrous idea until it actually came to fruition. Nevertheless, it's a real thing that Nintendo and Bandai Namco have produced, and it's much more Pokémon's own breed of fighter than a fan-hack of the classic brawling staple - but does it do enough to stand up amongst so many well-established franchises? In a word, yes.
You take the role of an unsurprisingly mute Pokémon Trainer, but with a difference. As this all takes place in the Ferrum region, Pokémon battles are distinctly different because the game's mechanics demand it and the fans demand the lore to back it up. Using a device known as a Battle AR, you are able to sync your thoughts and actions with those of your chosen Pokémon so you can help guide them in real-time within the battle. It's a fairly extravagant way to explain how you're controlling an otherwise self-aware Garchomp, but it's nice that Bandai Namco went to the effort to do so.
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