Pokémon Battle Trozei
A puzzle game matching Pokémon icons in strategic battles.
Pokémon Battle Trozei is a 2014 puzzle game developed by Genius Sonority and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the sequel to Pokémon Trozei! (2005) and includes all 718 Pokémon known at the time of its release.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Genius Sonority
- Publisher
- The Pokémon Company (JP); Nintendo (WW)
- Director
- Manabu Yamana
- Producer
- Shusaku Egami
- Takato Utsunomiya
- Hitoshi Yamagami
- Artist
- Yoshinori Obishaku
- Composer
- Tsukasa Tawada
- Series
- Pokémon
- Genre
- Puzzle
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Gameplay
The gameplay resembles the Japanese mobile game Puzzle & Dragons. Players battle enemy Pokémon on the top screen by matching groups of three or more identical Pokémon icons on the bottom screen. Battles use a rock-paper-scissors system based on elemental types, borrowing from the main Pokémon role-playing games. This is the first Pokémon puzzle game to adopt those rules. Strategy is required when choosing which Pokémon types to use, putting players unfamiliar with the series at a disadvantage. The game features Pokémon from Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos, excluding Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion. Cooperative multiplayer supports up to four players.
Development
The game was revealed on 13 February 2014 in a Nintendo Direct. A Nintendo 3DS XL with a decorative Pokémon Battle Trozei theme was released in Japan, but only given to winners of competitions held by the Pokémon Daisuki Club. Customers in Japan could purchase kuji cards for a chance to win Trozei-themed items such as a cushion, mug, or pencil case. The Japanese Pokémon Center sold merchandise including stickers, jigsaw puzzles, and notebooks.
Reception
The game received average reviews, scoring 70 out of 100 on Metacritic. IGN's Scott Thompson praised the strategic combat system from the Pokémon RPG series and the local cooperative multiplayer, but noted the user interface lacked details for players unfamiliar with every Pokémon type. Kinja.com criticized the lack of online multiplayer and the music, while praising the gameplay mechanics and art style.
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