įor the first season of the Pokémon Unite Championship Series, there were 11 supported Regional Zones: North America, Mexico, Central America, South America-West, South America-East, Japan, South Korea, Europe, Oceania, India, and the Asia-Pacific regions. MNL48's Team Padayon won the event after they defeated BNK48's Yummy Remote 3-1 in the Grand Finals. In the same month, the game was used as part of the AKB48 Group Invitational tournament, which in turn formed part of the Pokémon Battle Festival Asia online event, hosted by ESL Asia. The tournament mode was eventually released on 20 January 2022. In a statement on the game's official website, he also stated that a tournament mode is in development, wherein the playing field would be evened for all competitors, regardless of the grade of their items.
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In January 2022, it was officially confirmed by producer Masaaki Hoshino that the game would be part of the Pokémon World Championships taking place in August, joining the main series games (known as VGC), the TCG, Pokémon Go, and Pokkén Tournament's last Championship Series season. TiMi plans to continue development of the game after its official release, such as offering new playable Pokémon as downloadable content, the first of which became available for players on 28 July 2021.
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The mobile versions for iOS and Android have been released as of 22 September 2021. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was officially released on 21 July 2021. The YouTube video of the announcement quickly became the most disliked video on The Pokémon Company's YouTube channel.
The reveal of Pokémon Unite was controversial, with outlets discussing the game's potential to open a new competitive gaming scene to a fresh audience. In February 2021, The Pokémon Company announced that another closed beta test would be scheduled for March 2021, this time specifically for Canadian Android smartphone users. This test was limited to select players in China. TiMi, a Chinese video game developer, began a closed beta test in January 2021. As of April 2022, 16 new Pokémon have been added, bringing the total to 36 playable Pokémon.Īside from the gameplay, Pokémon Unite is unique from other MOBAs due to the fact that there is no in-game scoreboard, to prevent players from leaving the game out of frustration when they are losing in score.
As of April 2021, over 20 playable Pokémon were officially revealed or found in the beta testing versions of the game. However, the game includes a new mechanic to the series known as "Unite Moves", which are moves similar to Ultimate moves in other MOBAs, and are unique to each Pokémon and are unlocked at certain levels depending on the Pokémon. The "type" system common in other Pokémon games, a system similar to rock paper scissors that determines each Pokémon's effectiveness against others, is absent from Pokémon Unite. The Pokémon may become stronger and gain access to new "moves" by capturing wild Pokémon, helping defeat wild Pokémon that their teammate captures, and knocking out enemy player Pokémon. The Quick Battle game mode has 4 different maps, each with some changes to the rules, size of map and species of wild Pokémon.Įach player starts a match controlling a relatively weak Pokémon. There are limited time maps, and a game mode called Quick Battle, which is five minutes long with four players (sometimes 3) on each team. If there is a tie, the team that scored the tied score first wins. Surrendering can only happen if the match reaches the halfway mark, and if a majority vote among the team members is reached. A team can also win if the opposing team surrenders. Each match is limited to 10 minutes in duration, and the team with the highest total score by the end of each match wins. Pokémon Unite is a multiplayer online battle arena game, with standard matches consisting of two teams, each with 5 players.
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