By popular demand, here's the music list: Intro/Outro - Ferrum Stadium / Pokkén Tournament Aegislash - Moon of Oblivion / Soul Calibur VI Blastoise - Blue Dome / Pokkén Tournament Blaziken - Phos Volcano / Pokkén Tournament Braixen - Contest Lobby / Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Chandelure - Mystery Carnival / Pokkén Tournament Charizard - Dragon's Nest / Pokkén Tournament Croagunk - Magikarp Festival / Pokkén Tournament Darkrai - What you will see (Heavenly Garden) / Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Decidueye - Moment of Impact (Jungle Outpost 2) / Tekken 7 Empoleon - IT'S NOT A TUNA! (Bountiful Sea) / Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Garchomp - The day before the glass matrix 1st (Twilight Conflict) / Tekken 7 Gardevoir - Neos City (Night) / Pokkén Tournament Gengar - Haunted House / Pokkén Tournament Lucario - Battle! Successor Korrina / Pokémon X & Y Machamp - Attack on Rhythm 1st (Arena) / Tekken 7 Mewtwo - Battle! Mewtwo / Pokémon X & Y Pikachu - Karma (Electric Fountain) / Tekken 6 Pikachu Libre - Battle! Battle Royal / Pokémon Sun & Moon Sceptile - Ferrum Dojo / Pokkén Tournament Scizor - Tellur Town (Autumn) / Pokkén Tournament Shadow Mewtwo - Dark Colosseum / Pokkén Tournament Suicune - Battle! Suicune / Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Weavile - Old Ferrum Town (Winter) / Pokkén Tournament

The One time, Pokemon went in the right direction. And nobody gave a shit...

I love that while everyone else is shooting voids, fire, and crap like that, croagunk is just eating glue in the corner

This overview is one of the best I have seen for this game. I truly wish Pokken received more time to shine

They should really take another shot at a pokemon game like this or a pokken tournament 2

Its a shame this game was more or less abandoned by lack of marketing, especially the DX version. I had a ton of fun playing the few times I got a chance to.

Personally, I really like Blastoise. Sure, he isn't exactly high, but I still like him. Cause... Cause he big.

“Suicune excels as frustrating approaching opponents.” Eusine is crying.

I really wish heracross could've been added

its kinda sad, this game had loads of potential but it died out wayyy too soon. its a really great game and I sure as hell got a rise out of laddering with sceptile pulling a series of strings. but I feel they should've added at least 7 more mons, like Mawile, Bisharp, etc. something to keep the game and the meta fresh.

I had no idea this game had such a solid amount of complexity to it

I’ve been getting into pokken only recently, because I wasn’t aware of it since Nintendo didn’t market it to Canada, so this overview has been extremely useful to me

I remember in the early days of Pokenn Tournament where Chandelures would just camp me out to no end ;-;

For anyone that wants a quick list of each character's difficulty to play, here it is: *Basic:* Blaziken Empoleon Lucario Machamp Pikachu Pikachu Libre Suicune *Intermediate:* Blastoise Chandelure Charizard Decidueye Garchomp Gardevoir Mewtwo Shadow Mewtwo Weavile *Hard:* Aegislash Braixen Croagunk Darkrai Gengar Sceptile Scizor

God I wish this game was super popular. It looks so fun.

Pokkén needs another game, there could be a possibility, Pokémon Snap came back so why not Pokkén. But I know it won’t happen now if it did because Bandai Namco is working on other games (Including Pokémon Snap) right now. Edit: Also they’re still holding tournaments, the game still gets tons of attention, there are also many Pokémon that would fit right into the game. A Pokémon I’ve wanted in the game, even though it’s extremely unlikely is Lopunny. Some might say well Lopunny is an odd Pokémon to add in, but Braixen, Suicune, Croagunk and Chandelure are in the game which are also very odd. Lopunny could use tons of fighting type attacks and her mega would fit in really well, she could use strong kicking attacks to knock her opponents down, she’d be more of a close range Pokémon.

I'm getting to this pretty late, but you did an amazing job with this, fantastic work. As a Weavile player though I felt you only barely touched on some important stuff. For example, his extreme midair mobility tools: The icicle projectiles are able to hit at many wierd angles, but they also launch weavile in the opposite direction, meaning he can switch directions and angles midair to get over or outlast many moves or cross the oppoenent up, especially when combined with the fact he has a unique fastfall mechanic. You also sort of touched on this by saying he's "versatile", but Weavile excells at playing a hit and run annoying game. He's got the frame data and tools to apply pressure up close and play rushdown, and then the icicle moves (especially to go over the other players heads to get out of the corner and side switch) to zone and play keepaway, and the walk speed and midair mobility tools to rapidly switch between either playstyle as needed. All of this also combines to make him an AMAZING character for timer-wins: He can get in, do damage, then endlessly run away with his movement speed and using icicle crashes to get out of the corner or hang in midair to waste time (something taunt is also very good at, as a frame one counter that is invincible one triggered and you can hold and delay it during the portion for an extended period and cancel that into block) with little chance of catching him if they play smart in many matchups.

Holy shit i naturally was drawn to Croagunk, and after watching the overview just now I need to admit i am also a loyal Yoshimitsu main in Tekken and Soul Calibur.

This game needs a second chance tbh

I would have liked to see at least 8 to 10 more characters added to the roster

Fun fact - At any point Pikachu Libre gets a significant combo, you are legally required to scream "PIKACHU LIBRE"

Chandelure was actually my main when I first got this game and chandelure, who was my already my favorite Pokémon looked even better in my eyes.

I only played Pokken on the Wii U, this was an excellent video for helping me understand the newcomers.

This is such a fun fighting game in my opinion. If only this game got more love. Not much to do in single player, and online seems dead these days. I've been a Braixen main since the Wii U and I agree that she's hard to pick up at first, but I've definitely become a pro with her! However, once I started using Suicune I ended up liking that fighter more and has become my new main.

Yo, shoutouts to using Neos City (Night) theme for Gardevoir. I think they fit so well, and they're both my favorites. Also, this video was amazing, and I'll 100% send it to people starting out who are looking for a character to use.

This game was what kids used to imagine being the pokemon in an anime pokemon battle

This video is really well done, I hope this can help get even more people interested in playing Pokken and help the community grow even more :D

I just have one question: WHY THE HELL WERE INCINEROAR AND GRENINJA NEVER ADDED TO POKKEN!???!?!!?!?!? Seriously, One's a Wrestler, the other's a Ninja. Sigh.

Pretty sure us all pokemon fans have dreamed of this fighting type style be implemented in a pokemon mainline game. Oh my gosh

This game is extremely underrated in my opinion. Only found out about it a couple weeks ago and it’s been out since 2017... I picked it up yesterday and I’m ready to master this game 👊🏼

I'm a newer player, and this video was super helpful in understanding more about the game. Thank you.

I recently picked up this game, and Braixen, Weavile and Mewtwo quickly became my favorites. I really wish this game was more popular...

When you realize how much better the graphics are than sword and shield.

I just got the game since there's a free trial for switch online members (one of the few good things about it) and I really enjoyed it. I hope this video and your channel gets more momentum, KZfaq should start rewarding high effort content more often.

Super amazing video! Especially for those just trying to get into the game for the first time, I appreciate all the hard work that was put into this and I will definitely be sharing this video wherever whenever someone new wants to learn about who to pick in the game !

This video just makes me want a sequel to this game someday, and reminds me of how much I love Chandelure. Great music choices for each Pokémon too

Thank you for getting Pikachu-Libre's gender correct, some people won't notice that she's female

Wow, amazing video! This got me really interested in Pokken and might pick it up when I have the money

imagine if main series games had models of this quality

This is literally the Pokémon anime if it was a game and I absolutely freaking love it, if they really made this a big thing with like tons of Pokémon then that would be sick

Makes me happy I labbed and learned sceptile’s combo strings early on. I didn’t know this was a hard character. One of my favorites.

"Lucario is the poster boy" Pikachu: am I a joke to you?

This video is fantastically made. One of the definitive videos to watch for people getting into the game. Thank you for this gem, king.

I was curious about this game. Thank you for the overview I might pick it up later.

I've picked this up today (Cause it's free) and I'm loving it! What's a good character to start with in your opinion?

ThatBlastedSalami's overview of all the characters in Tekken 7 is so good, that I want more fighting games to do that for the cast. It's really nice to know a general look at every character for starters

Just got the game. Literally insane that I'm just finding out about it. It's a treasure. I wish it had more pokemon in it though but still a great selection 👌

This is an amazingly well made video! After seeing this and some of the championships (thankSwalot I think), I'm kinda sad this game doesn't get as much attention. I want to get in and am only average at smash, any suggestions? (also in before this goes viral)

God I hope Pokken gets a sequel, because damn it, this game is fun and I still love it to this very day.

I love how Pokémon like Braixen and Croagunk made it in even though they aren’t even fully leveled.

I just got my friends to buy the game and the first thing I sent for them to start is this, fantastic work

Side note Weavile is a MASSIVE mixup character, being able to cancel many many of his moves

Phenomenal video, especially for a channel at your size. No shade. I’m just very impressed!

Weavile is by far my favourite Pokémon to play in this game! It's combos look so sick too !

This sounds like I was watching a Nintendo Direct broadcast 😁

Small thing, but I love this so much. The Lucario section basically being Mega Lucario's theme. The first time you fight Mega Lucario in Pokemon X/Y when you rematch Korrina. Something small but really fitting, I really appreciate it.

I bought Pokken this Black Friday, and I'm very happy to find this video. I've been playing Tekken for 2 years, and it's great to see guides inspired by That Blasted Salami for other games. Right now Scizor interests me the most, but I'm always open to more characters! Thanks for your hard work!

I finished playing Pokken Tournament not too long ago. I'm nearly done with Pokken Tournament DX. I love the additions put into the switch version :)

Fantastic video, thanks so much for making this! I can tell you really know what you're talking about

Really want to see Sableye, Zangoose, Infernape, and Claydol to be added in.

This is how Sword and Shield sould look like. I stopped playing because I knew no people playing or helping me with it. But everytime I see fights I'll think over playing it again. Pokemon I enjoyed were Sceptile and Pikachu Libre

Why the HELL am I just finding out about this game now?! This looks AWESOME!

Love playing Decidueye, Blastoise, Scizor, and Shadow Mewtwo in this game.

I'm glad pokken never tried to implement type advantages:)

9:18 Man went Shadow Clone Jutsu on his brother...

What an amazing video. I'll use this video as my go-to for Pokken explanations

Pokken community: Coronation: HEY WAKE UP

Man a few months ago I was looking for a video exactly like this one as I tried to pick up the game again, thank you for providing

The fact that Greninja isn't in this game is almost criminal.

Is “difficulty” for learning or fighting against?

Considering ordering this for my little brother this Christmas

I love how blastoise is called a tank, when he is based off of a turtle, a slow moving animal, and a tank

You can't NOT admit that all of these super moves would f***ing HURT if you were on the receiving end.

Thinking about picking this joint up, scizor looks like my type of play style

the Blasted Salami would be very proud of this video.....i hope he sees it

Good to finally see a video like this for Pokkén.

As a Weavile main, I started to respect him more.

Nice video, actually makes me want to play the game, glad this was on my recommended. 😁👍👍

Everybody Stop complaing about how many character we got We got 3 unique characters (yeah 2 were dlc but still) And 5 from the arcade version who weren’t even in the wii u version

I haven’t played this game in ages. I forgot how good this game is. In the last 2 days, I have been playing this game non stop. I’m loving almost every character I play as such as Darkirai, Scizor, and others. My Old favorites like Charizard, Chandelure and the Mewtwos are still as fun as on the Wii U.

You explained very well buddy, keep it up 👍🏻

I honestly really hope they make a sequel to Pokenn, with a new roster and some additional features to freshen it up. Very underrated! (Oh yeah, and my main is Sceptile mainly because I really like Sceptile outside of this game lol)

Pokemon i want in pokken tournament that just makes sense: Hitmontop:while all the hitmons are great candidates for pokken, i personally think hitmontop is more unique and is gonna have great visual moves. Plus i just really like hitmontop. I thinl they would be a balanced fighter Jigglypuff/wigglytuff:either is fine, im suprised she isnt there in the first place! I think she woulf be a support character with debuffs and atleast decent mobility Meowth:cause pokken tournament needs more normal types, plus its meowth it has 2 regional forms and regional evolution. Idk how it would work in battle Alolan/galarian meowth:if their gonna add pikachu libre i wouldnt be suprised if they also added a regional meowth, actually any regional pokemon would be fine Wobuffet:cause wobuffet needs more love plus it would make for another great tanky pokemon. I think he can be like blastoise but with less ranged offense and more counter-like offense like aegislash

Just got this game today and I love it. Trying to main garchomp. If I had to pick a Pokémon to add it would be Zangoose and Delibird

I really wanna get better at this game. The sound track, visuals, and gameplay are some of my personal favorites I’ve seen in a game.

For some reason, I really like playing JRPG characters in a real time gameplay. That's why I liked Persona 5 Strikers and also why my mains in Smash are some of the Pokémon and Joker. The fact that this game manages to include 3 of my all time favorites makes me wanna play it so bad, but it's still incredibly pricey on Switch. Decidueye, Blastoise and Gengar look cool and very different to fight with. If they ever do a second game I hope they keep these three and I'll buy it in a heartbeat.

Thanks for the explanations, it was very informative!

I wish they add all the pokemon that would be awesome XD

I'm so proud of myself bought a copy of it, and also returned to play it again. Such an awesome game, and it *NEEDS* more Pokémon like Inceniroar and Greninja for example. Also video is just perfect for both beginners and veterans. Great vid. Or give us Pokkén Tournament 2 with lots of DLC, idc. PS: You earned my sub, man.

Stance: Aegislash Tank: Blastoise Pressure: Aegislash, Blaziken, Empoleon, Machamp, Mewtwo, Pikachu, Sceptile All-Rounder: Braixen, Decidueye, Lucario, Mewtwo, Pikachu Assist Cancels: Braixen Zoner: Chandelure, Darkrai, Gardevoir, Suicune Grappler: Charizard, Machamp Whiff Punisher: Charizard, Scizor Trap: Croagunk Chip Damage: Croagunk Install: Darkrai, Gengar Footsies: Decidueye, Lucario, Sceptile Momentum: Empoleon Rushdown: Blaziken, Garchomp, Pikachu Libre Counterhits: Garchomp Setup (Setplay?): Gardevoir Unorthodox: Gengar Mixups: Pikachu Libre Evasive: Scizor Versatile: Shadow Mewtwo, Suicune, Weavile Glass Cannon: Shadow Mewtwo Speed: Weavile Ease of Use List Easy: Blaziken, Empoleon, Lucario, Machamp, Pikachu, Pikachu Libre, Suicune Intermediate: Blastoise, Chandelure, Charizard, Decidueye, Garchomp, Gardevoir, Mewtwo, Shadow Mewtwo, Weavile Hard: Aegislash, Braixen, Croagunk, Darkrai, Gengar, Sceptile, Scizor TLDR: Everything categorized as listed in the video. TOO MANY ARCHETYPES. TOO MANY REDUNDANT (All Rounder and Versatile, ) OR NONSENSICAL ONES, and TOO MANY INCONSISTENCIES (Why is Shadow Mewtwo the only Glass Cannon when you specifically said Blaziken is also a glass cannon). Also too many archetypes that only have one character listed. Why is Croagunk the only trap and chip damage character? Why is Pikachu Libre the only Mixup character? Why is Scizor the only evasive character when Sceptile does alot of evasive things and Gengar can be evasive too?

That was a great overview of each character. Thank you

Well, I didn't play this game, but it seems that the characters are really balanced, all having their good and bad points. That's very nice

I'm definitely sharing this video with my Discord servers

Nice Overview. Blasted Salami would be proud.

this game is really fun to play competitively, I wish it'd get a sequel.

Very well composed video. You got a sub, my friend.

Pokken is such a great game and do hope there's a sequel or even more dlc

If this game ever gets a sequel my 6 picks for newcomers would be: Mawile, Hitmontop, Heracross, Vespiquen, Golisopod and Blacephalon.

I really appreciate that you made this video. I am no fan of Pokken, but it deserved more support from the devs and the community.

This video made me want to play Pokken