Pokemon Battle Trozei

Pokemon Battle Trozei also known as Pokemon Link Battle! in Europe is a Nintendo 3DS Puzzle game developed by Genius Sonority and was released on March 12, 2014. The gameplay of Pokémon Battle Trozei is similar to the Japanese mobile game Puzzle & Dragons. In the game, players engage in a Pokémon battle depicted on the top screen of the handheld device. To battle the enemy Pokémon, players create groups of three or more identical Pokémon icons on the grid on the bottom screen.

The battles are fought using a rock-paper-scissors style system where each Pokémon has different elemental types assigned to it, and the outcome is based on the strengths and weaknesses that these types have on each other. This mechanic of elemental strengths and weaknesses borrows from the main Pokémon role-playing games. This is the first Pokémon puzzle game to borrow rules from the main series.

In addition to the matching mechanic, the game requires strategy when considering which Pokémon types to use in battle. This strategy element puts players who are unfamiliar with the Pokémon series at a disadvantage because they may not know the element types of each of the game’s 718 Pokémon. The game features the same Pokémon from Pokémon Trozei! but also features Pokémon from Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos, except Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion.