Nintendo Making Popular Switch Pokemon Game Free-to-Play

To coincide with the 2022 Pokemon World Championships, Nintendo has decided to make a

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popular Pokemon game on Switch free-to-play for a limited span of time.

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At this point, there are a number of Pokemon games available on Switch, all of which have sold quite well.

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And while some fans surely would have liked to see Nintendo make games like

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Pokemon Sword/Shield, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, or Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee become available free,

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the publisher is instead making a lesser-known entry in the franchise available for certain Switch owners.

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Starting tomorrow, August 18th, and lasting until August 31st, Pokken Tournament DX will be free

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to download and play on Nintendo Switch. First released back in 2016,

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Pokemon Tournament originally launched as a Pokemon fighting game on Wii U. Following the dismal success of the Nintendo console,

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though, the game was later ported to Switch as Pokken Tournament DX.

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This edition of the game contained more characters

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than normal and was generally well-received by both critics and fans.

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As expected with this offer, though, Nintendo isn't willing to make Pokken Tournament DX completely

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free to all Switch owners. Instead, this deal is only being offered to those who are subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online.

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