ANOTHER Japan only Poklemon Game!? 💿 Pokemon Ultimatch Review
SAY “BYE BYE BEYBLADES!” “BAKU-GONE!” “Get out of here!” THIS IS POKEMON ULTIMATCH! THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN TOY….GAME…. STUFF! IT’S THE COOLEST TOY I’VE GOTTEN IN YEARS THAT I CAN SHOW ON YOUTUBE! And YOU CAN GET YOURS TODAY BY… Flying all the way to Japan and picking them up yourself. But plane tickets are EXPENSIVE! So instead I used today’s sponsor: ZenMarket! Japan is like, really cool y’know? They got cool stuff. Look at this Trubbish! It’s an actual bag! That you can put your trash in! WHY don’t they sell this here!? SO! Enter ZenMarket. A Japanese
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the stadium! If you hit the opponent’s hit point it will be beautiful to the pole!” Well I think that gets the point across! No? Uh, here we go: “What is Pokemon Ultimatch? Fire discs to battle, catch, and train moves! The ultimate shooting hobby where you can become a trainer and experience the world of Pokemon!” So this isn’t just a game, no! It’s a shooting hobby! And then there’s like a bunch of rules and different games and stuff. Both single and two player! “Get it with carp!” At its most basic the gameplay is pretty simple: you
and an opponent place your Pokemon on one of these three spots – preferably the middle, you’re just starting out! – and you fire away at each other! Rrraaaaw! Action! And as soon as you shoot the other’s “hit point”, their ball will close, signaling your victory! “Yeah!” Rinse and repeat. Now you only get so many shots obviously. 10. If you run out you’re left wide open, because one of the key strategies of this game is also defending yourself by shooting the opponents discs. So, do you play the game a little more cautiously? Or do you go
all-out offensive, rapidly firing with Lucario? You see, as of recording this, the game has five expansions; four are pretty basic, just adding new Pokemon: Lucario, Greninja, Koraidon and Miraidon, and one is a big expansion that adds Black Rayquaza as well as a WHOLE NEW battle arena! Which cleverly is just its packaging – the box it came in – flipped inside out! So I am *really* glad the box wasn’t damaged in shipping. In fact it was pretty immaculate. Good job, ZenMarket! All of these extra Pokemon add something new to the game, and I don’t just mean
the little Pokemon standees for flavor. Rather, I mean they each fire their disks differently. You’ll notice Rayquaza has ball grips here – I am NOT gonna call ‘em love handles! – which means you have to push the trigger harder and more firmly before the launcher will let go of the disk, making the disk shoot out with a lot more force! It’s very fitting of a powerful legendary Pokemon. In fact the only other two with this grip ability are the other two legendaries: Koraidon and Miraidon. And being able to fire harder means that potentially you can
shoot your opponents disc away AND keep plowing forward into them! “Hey, wanna see how hard I can pee!?” To test this, we used the super scientific method of shooting disks at these wobbly pokemon toys. This Espeon is being hit by a regular shot… pretty fun! But now this Torchic is being SMACKED by a power shot! Okay but really though. Quite impressive. “Are you okay?” …yeah But, of course doing this means you can’t fire quite as quickly, so. Give and take. Strategy. You gonna defend yourself? You gonna attack harder? Who knows! But anyways, I like how
Rayquaza keeps things even a bit more different though, as rather than JUST firing with more power, it also applies spin to the disc, in either direction too, so like a frisbee, it potentially is more stable for longer by supplying angular momentum. Now it may seem unfair to give them an advantage like that, but the other Pokemon have their advantages, too. Unless they’re Pikachu and Charizard, that is, who are definitely, um, the Marios of this game… and the franchise as a whole really. About as basic as possible. no frills, just straight and to the point, and
everyone knows them. They don’t do any tricks. They’re just little disc shooters. But Greninja over here, though… Greninja is definitely the coolest in my opinion, but also perhaps the most difficult to wield. Greninja will actually shoot 2 disks at the same time, like two water shurikens. But it gets tricky because they fire out in a V formation, rather than directly where you’re aiming, so… Which is definitely both a pro and a con depending on which game mode you’re playing… So maybe I wouldn’t use Greninja for a simple VS match. But then again… having to angle
yourself to shoot straight at the opponent does mean you have a bit of a defensive advantage, no? But Lucario! Lucario’s all about that smooth Aura… or rather, smoothly textured plastic. Making rapid fire of the discs FEEL a lot better. It’s hard to show on camera, so I guess, just trust me when I say it feels a lot nicer and easier to shoot faster with Lucario? It’s like it’s not fighting against me. Always going with the flow. Always a smooth ride, with that dog. *sigh* Google Translate, everybody. So what are the other game modes? It claims
there are ten, but really, most of these are just different setups for single player or turn based games. They involve these little cardboard standees that you gotta knock over. And each of the expansions comes with more of them too. Oddly some are pre-perforated so you can just push them out, but they look really bad compared to the ones that are just a part of the box flaps on the 1 Pokemon expansions. And, sure, it’s more work to cut them out with scissors, but the end result is SO much nicer looking. I like seeing the different
Pokemon they come with, though. Like by default you get the Paldean Starters which makes perfect sense, but then also Garchomp, Metagross, and Gengar. Like what? Are those first two even in Paldea? Greninja’s taking out some pseudo-legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon, some actual Legendaries… including regular Rayquaza, which is a bit odd because, like, Black Rayquaza is here? Well I guess Black Rayquaza comes with another stinking Pikachu and Charizard, so there’s that. AND of course… Lucario comes with another furry to launch his disk-load at. Also Rayquaza comes with Golduck… like… out of ALL of the Pokemon, Golduck?? …
it’s not even gold! So! Setting up these game modes is pretty basic, it’s the reason the stadium is littered with these spots. You can place the standees in a line, horizontally or vertically – two different game modes, wow! or you can place them on these six points here, or even these six over here for some bowling style action. And then you try to take them all out in as few shots as possible. Take turns with your friends, see who can do it better! Or maybe set them up as, like, targets, and take individual turns shooting
one or two of ‘em at a time, to see who can take out the most! You can also use the other Pokeballs as targets, set at an angle, with some standees in the way protecting it! The goal is to capture the Pokemon in as few shots as you can! And lastly, there is another vs mode, one with additional standees, and as long as YOU still have a standee still standing on your side, getting hit in your hitpoint doesn’t count. So take those out first! Plus, you know, with kids being kids, they’re just gonna make up
their own rules and game modes too. That’s really the magic of toys like this. Like, right off the bat, here’s an idea right now! Like, two v two! That’s not, like, an official game mode, but you could do it, you’ve got two hands, don’t you!? You’d have a hard time doing Rayquaza’s Power Shot. But, uh, that’s a worthy sacrifice! YOu can just alternate, hmm? Pew! Pew! Oh yeah! Does the Rayquaza arena offer anything different? Higher walls, definitely! The Starter Set has the rules and everything written on the back of the box, whereas Rayquaza’s came with
this… fitting I suppose because again the box BECAME the arena once inverted. For game modes though, not really, most are the same, but with different positions of the standees. But I like this one, it gets around the whole “Here’s an arena with only one playable figure” kinda… thing, uh. Instead, you use the disc to, like, capture a Pokemon, right, but instead of firing a disc, you use your fingers and you flick the discs at it! I guess it’s kinda like using your hands to throw a Pokeball, eh? Honestly I do kinda like that, because it
adds more unpredictability. It’s a lot more difficult to be accurate with a flick! It’s kinda like the unpredictability of how straight faced or sober yours ends up looking. You see, straight out of the box, the Pokemon are rather plain with just the greater details painted on. All the tiny details, from the bitsy little eyeballs to Rayquaza’s individual stripes or everyones between-the-fingers coloration… Oh gosh, Koraidon’s feathers! They are stickers. E-gad, actually, both of the ‘raidons were a nightmare! My wife and I did a decent job of them I think, only one casualty! But we are well-coordinated
gamer-adults… And I just KNOW 7-year-old-me would struggle to make them look anything but cross-faded. As for setting up the arenas themselves, they do come folded, and being cardboard, yeah they are a bit flimsy and bumpy and soft. Not ideal for a disc shooting game straight out of the box. But after a few days flattened under some heavy books… yeah, we got the main arena set up pretty nicely! So all in all, Pokemon Ultimatch is a pretty fun little romp! I do feel like there could be a tad more variety in how the Pokemon fire their
disks, cuz like… Koraidon and Miraidon are the same, and Pikachu and Charizard are the same, and Lucario isn’t *that* much different from Pikachu and Charizard.. but, I dunno, aside from maybe two discs stacked on top of each other, or 1 but it’s tilted at an angle… I don’t really have any ideas. But maybe you do! Let me know in the comments what disk-firing abilities you can think of! Just remember, there’s a big plastic barrier, to prevent it from being high! But I lack ideas as to why it’s not sold over here, I think American kids
would love this… I mean I certainly do! “You’re 30!” No… I am 29! And 10 months… But, uh, my inner child is still alive, clearly! I graduated before the bulletproof backpack era. Maybe that’s why it’s not sold over here, to not associate Pokemon with real flying projectiles our kids are… kinda… traumatized by… no, no that might be reaching. I’m sure it’s just the same with all this other stuff. It’s just a tad too niche to be ‘safe’ to deal with bringing over here. And besides, the few people who really, *really* want this stuff will import
it! A big, BIG thanks again to ZenMarket for sponsoring us and making this possible! Use the promo code LOCKSTIN to get 740 yen off your first international shipping fee! Thanks for watching and never stop using your Gnoggin! Like whoever decided to make Lucario’s dreads be THIS FAR in the way of putting the disks in! A safety feature! You can’t shoot it, if it’s not flat on a surface. Which is… pretty… neato…. Can’t even spoof it!
