{"id":3721,"date":"2022-07-17T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/17\/feature-is-pokemon-unite-ready-for-its-moment-at-the-pokemon-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T14:17:02","slug":"feature-is-pokemon-unite-ready-for-its-moment-at-the-pokemon-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/17\/feature-is-pokemon-unite-ready-for-its-moment-at-the-pokemon-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Is Pok\u00e9mon Unite Ready For Its Moment At The Pok\u00e9mon World Championships?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Pok\u00e9mon MOBA showcases its competitive chops in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before last year, a Pok\u00e9mon spin-off in the style of <strong>League Of Legends<\/strong> felt like an obscure offshoot, even for a franchise that\u2019s pitched Pikachu as a coffee-swilling detective. In many ways, a Pok\u00e9mon MOBA makes considerable sense \u2013 as a world filled with hundreds of unique monsters and built on battling \u2013 but it\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve seen the franchise adapted into a team-based multiplayer game that\u2019s largely propped up by its popularity as an esport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_unite\">Pok\u00e9mon Unite<\/a> is pitched as an accessible entry point into an intimidating genre, and by most metrics, it\u2019s successful. There are annoyances with the free-to-play model, like the overwhelming amount of in-game currencies and a general lack of polish, but its shorter 10-minute matches, emphasis on scoring points, and reliable, speedy matchmaking, make the experience far more approachable and instantly gratifying in comparison to League of Legends or <strong>Dota<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/is-pokemon-unite-ready-for-its-moment-at-the-pokemon-world-championships\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Feature: Is Pok\u00e9mon Unite Ready For Its Moment At The Pok\u00e9mon World Championships?<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pok\u00e9mon MOBA showcases its competitive chops in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before last year, a Pok\u00e9mon spin-off in the style of <strong>League Of Legends<\/strong> felt like an obscure offshoot, even for a franchise that\u2019s pitched Pikachu as a coffee-swilling detective. In many ways, a Pok\u00e9mon MOBA makes considerable sense \u2013 as a world filled with hundreds of unique monsters and built on battling \u2013 but it\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve seen the franchise adapted into a team-based multiplayer game that\u2019s largely propped up by its popularity as an esport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_unite\">Pok\u00e9mon Unite<\/a> is pitched as an accessible entry point into an intimidating genre, and by most metrics, it\u2019s successful. There are annoyances with the free-to-play model, like the overwhelming amount of in-game currencies and a general lack of polish, but its shorter 10-minute matches, emphasis on scoring points, and reliable, speedy matchmaking, make the experience far more approachable and instantly gratifying in comparison to League of Legends or <strong>Dota<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/is-pokemon-unite-ready-for-its-moment-at-the-pokemon-world-championships\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}