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Pokémon Masters Smartphone Game Launches on August 29
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official Twitter account for DeNA's Pokémon Masters smartphone game revealed on Friday that the game will launch on August 29 for iOS and Android devices.
The Twitter account will post daily countdown illustrations starting on Saturday at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT) until the game's release.
The game lets players "battle alongside your favorite Pokémon Trainers from the main series RPGs." Important Trainers from past Pokémon games appear in the smartphone game in Sync Pairs with a single Pokémon. Players form groups of three Sync Pairs to participate in three-versus-three battles to try to win a tournament on the artificial island of Pasio. The game's real-time battles have players use a move gauge to attack as quickly as possible and fill the gauge. Trainers themselves can also use moves to heal Pokémon or raise their stats.
The original idea for the game came from GAME FREAK's Ken Sugimori, who suggested a game featuring all the past and present Pokémon trainers in the series. Game company DeNA announced earlier this month that it plans to launch a new smartphone game in the new fiscal year based on the Pokémon franchise.
Sources: Pokémon Masters game's Twitter account, 4Gamer via Siliconera
