A Pokkén Tournament event at SwitchFest in California crowdfunded travel for two internationally elite competitors, Tsubasa "CrossIgarashi" Igarashi of Japan and José Manuel "XAbsoluted" Sanjuán Carreño of Spain. Curiously, it wasn't just fans and spectators supporting these players, but also their direct competition.

Croagunk was the closest thing the Pokemon fighting game Pokken Tournament has to the prototypical fighting game joke character, but the character's stock rose dramatically over the weekend when a player discovered something new about its Gunk Shot.

While Pokken may be a portmanteau word of "Pokémon" and "Tekken", the actual game Pokkén Tournament is anything but a mixture of the two.

What, did you think that everyone's favourite Pokémon would be left out of Pokken Tournament? As if!

Geez. I know that Namco is trying to make Pokké accessible to lots of players, but a control pad? For a fighting game you play in arcades? Really?

Much footage of Pokkén dropped last night, all of it featuring intense battles between monsters that Pokémon fans know and love. While we shared a trailer earlier today, it only scratches the surface of all the cool new things hidden inside of Pokken.

The world got its latest look at Pokkén last night and, damn, it sure looks brutal. It's no joke when pocket monsters rumble, yo.

The upcoming Pokémon/Tekken
arcade fighting game, Pokkén Tournament
caught a lot of us by surprise. But apparently we weren't the only ones.

Pokkén! It's Pokémon meetsTekken, so, hey, that's a clever title. Maybe. And you might be interested in the game, but whatever you do, don't google "Pokken". Seriously, don't.