Pokémon Battrio

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Pokémon Battrio
Developer(s)	TOMY AQ Interactive
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date	JPN TBA
Genre(s)	Arcade
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	CERO: Rating Pending

Pokémon Battrio (ポケモンバトリオ, Pokemon Batorio^?) is an upcoming Triforce arcade video game that was announced on April 11, 2007 in Japan.^[1] The game requires players to move around certain pucks with Pokémon on a grid. The game is made for two player multiplayer where players will battle each other's Pokémon. Each Player can use up to three Pokémon. It is the very first Pokémon title released for arcades.

Contents 1 Differences from previous games 2 Bonuses 3 Multiplayer 4 Pokémon 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Differences from previous games

Pokémon Battrio differs in many ways from previous versions of Pokémon battling. In this arcade game, there is a focus on team-battling, not the individual Pokémon. It can be observed in released screenshots that the Players have 'health bars', not the Pokémon.

It is solely based on Battling, and has no Pokémon capturing in the game itself. All Pokémon must be bought through packs of randomly assorted pucks, which bear a resemblance to Pogs. The way players position their Pokémon on the designated grid in front of the screen determines special bonuses they get, which has never come into play in any other game before.

This game is also designed to compete with similar games for the 6-12 year old range in Japan, so it has been simplified for this age group and does not have the complexity of other games in the Pokémon series for consoles and handheld devices.

[edit] Bonuses

There are two major ways the player can receive bonuses in Pokémon Battrio. The way the player arranges his or her pucks on the grid is the first way, and can give him or her stat and other bonuses. It is an important part of Battrio's gameplay. Attack and Defense bonuses were listed as examples of this.

Another way to score a bonus is to use type combinations for the player's three Pokémon. No information on how to successfully achieve this, or what kind of bonus the player gets has been released.

[edit] Multiplayer

The game has been confirmed to have up to two players at a time. The cost per player is ¥100 (approx. US$0.87). It can be played alone also, presumably against the computer opponent. Each play lasts approximately five minutes in length.

[edit] Pokémon

The following Pokémon will be available.^[2]

Dialga Palkia Skitty Infernape Empoleon Regigigas Venusaur Meganium Blastoise Feraligatr Grotle Hoothoot Monferno Tangrowth Electivire Rhyperior Torkoal Sceptile Blaziken Swampert

Charmeleon Wartortle Pikachu Chimchar Turtwig Piplup Pidgey Rattata Cherrim Magmar Buizel Pachirisu Hippopotas Glameow Carnivine

Bibarel Rattacate Slugma Mantyke Shinx Buneary Gligar Typhlosion Beautifly Bulbasaur Charmander Eevee Jolteon Vaporeon Meowth Pichu