{"id":2689,"date":"2026-04-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/pokemon-champions-is-off-to-a-rough-start\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:00:00","slug":"pokemon-champions-is-off-to-a-rough-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/pokemon-champions-is-off-to-a-rough-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Champions is off to a rough start"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kajima, a luchador-styled character in Pok\u00e9mon Champions, stands in front of the player with an Incineroar at his side. He says, \u201cShake the Battle Arena to its foundations, you hear?\u201d\" data-caption=\"You first, dude. | Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/IMG_3487.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tYou first, dude. | Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Like many live-service games before it, <em>Pok\u00e9mon Champions<\/em>&lsquo; launch has been messy. The free-to-start battle sim, which is out now on the Switch and Switch 2 (and also coming to mobile later this year), is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pokemon_Champs\/status\/2042319804430717245\" target=\"_blank\">plagued with bugs<\/a>, some of which cause issues with basic battle mechanics &#8211; not great for a game that&rsquo;s <em>only<\/em> about battling. But bugs can be fixed, and encouragingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.pokemon-home.com\/ja\/page\/758.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some of them already have been<\/a>. <em>Champions<\/em>&lsquo; bigger problem is that, in trying to be a competitive battling platform for all kinds of players, it risks satisfying none of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Coming hot on the heels of <em>Pokopia<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/885431\/pokemon-pokopia-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a creative and cozy spinoff with no battling whatsoever<\/a>, <em>Champions<\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/910110\/pokemon-champions-bugs-balance-issues-vgc-newcomers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You first, dude. | Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company, Nintendo Like many live-service games before it, Pok\u00e9mon Champions&lsquo; 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