Resident competitive Pokken pl;ayer here, if anybody has questions about the game, is wanting to try it out during the free trial period, etc, feel free to ask.
I also wanna implore people to check out the Kira vs Antwerp set on stream from an hour or two ago, it was insane:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1565327468?t=6h27m01s . Kira's use of Pikachu's mobility tools while also applying pressure at the same time was nuts, and she had a really great Blastoise too, who is usually considered the worst or the second worst character in the game.
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Also, obligatory shillpost for why the game is good:
>Roster It covers nearly every type and a variety of body shapes and popularity levels (shillmons like lucario, pika, zard; popular mons like Gardevoir, Blaziken, Garchomp; more niche favorites like Weavile, Chandelure, Scizor, etc)>Characters are highly varied in terms of playstyles, both in the sense that two players can play the same character very differently, and that they have varied kits and mechanics (IE braixen and her support cancels/building tools, Aegislash's parry and stance changes and the extra just-frames and buffs you get the more you switch, etc)>Great balancing, basically every single character is viable in high level play, even characters in low tier still make top 8's all the time>Mechanics that encourage fundamentals and neutral play where both players are doing mindgames and are trying to get a hit in, such as attack heights functioning as a way for moves to bypass each other and act as reversals, and the 2d-3rd phase shift system causing a return to neutral after shifts and encouraging you to mix up your combo composition and move choices based on if shifting or staying in the current phase is more to your advantage>Online is still decently active, community still runs tons of events, stuff is centralized around discord.gg/pokken and the supercombo page, no need to join like 12 different servers 
