Pokemon Unite is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre game.
The Pokemon Company has been consistent with putting out games that takes fans by storm. Pokemon Go, game with augmented reality mechanics and real life Pokewalker feature was the last success of the company in mobile gaming.
The mobile version of game released on September 22, 2021. On July 21, 2021 Nintendo Switch version of the game was released.
Pokemon Unite has a gentle learning curve and the player does not need to be familiar with concept of MOBA.
Easy to get tutorials are present for new players to learn. Practice Arenas are present where you can practice with any Pokemon without having its Unite License.
Unite License is a card that lets you acquire a Pokemon. You can get Unite License by using coins that you get as rewards when you play the game.
Game has 5 vs 5 online format and players choose their Pokemon prior to the start of game. There are three types of matches in the game: Ranked, Standard and Quick.
Currently, there is one common map for standard and ranked matches. Quick matches have 3-4 maps for the players.
Standard and Ranked matches have the duration of 10 minutes while as Quick matches have duration of only 5 minutes.
Players have to collect points by fighting wild and enemy Pokemons and eventually score points in goal zones. Goal zones can be guarded by enemy Pokemons and the player need to strategize its approach while scoring goals.
Currently, there are 28 Pokemons to choose from and the number is getting bigger with every update. Tsareena and Dragonite are recent addition to the game.
Soon after the launch Pokemon Unite got more than 50 million downloads. The Pokemon Company is the publisher of the game and Tencent Games has developed it. It is one of the most trending games in India. Pokemon Unite won Google Play’s Best Game of 2021 Award.
