The official Twitter account of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Pokkén Tournament fighting game announced on Thursday that it will add Empoleon (Emperto) as a playable character in the game’s arcade version on December 15.
The arcade game includes tutorial and single-player modes, as well as an online mode that connects players to other arcade systems across Japan.
Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo released the game on the Wii U in North America, Europe, and Japan on March 18.
The eight playable Pokémon available at launch were Charizard, Weavile, Lucario, Machamp, Gardevoir, Suicune, Gengar, and Pikachu.