Facebook adds two Pokémon games for the first time

Facebook Gaming has launched two new Pokémon games on its Instant Games platform. These two games are Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle. Pokémon Tower Battle is available worldwide starting today while Pokémon Medallion Battle has been unveiled in the Asia-Pacific region only.Pokémon Tower Battle is developed by card games and toy company Bombay Play, while Pokémon Medallion Battle is developed by GCTurbo that makes games for Messenger. This July, Facebook had migrated Instant Games from Messenger to Facebook and the Facebook Gaming tab.In Pokémon Tower Battle, the challenge for players is to stack Pokémon against one another. The one who builds the tallest Pokémon tower wins. Apart from discovering, catching and levelling-up rare Pokémon, users can play against friends or other players globally in real time. As per Facebook, "it might seem like a simple physics-based puzzler at first, but the strategic choices in where and how players stack Pokémon will determine the true Tower Battle masters." Pokémon Medallion Battle, on the other hand, is a digital card battle strategy game. The game lets trainers collect, battle and evolve the Pokémon in medallion form. They can also journey with their companions and win gym badges and complete their Pokédex. Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO, The Pokémon Company, said, "Launching these games through Facebook will allow people all over the world to experience Pokémon in digital form, and we are especially thrilled to collaborate with Facebook Gaming in enabling new audiences to enjoy Pokémon games online." With Instant Games, you can play new games in Messenger in groups or alone. The games offered by Instant Games on Facebook are Ludo Club, Ludo World, Chess, Uno, Candy Match, Super Cricket etc. Some of the games offered through Facebook Gaming are 8 Ball Pool, Hill Climb Racing, Rope Cut, CPL Tournament: Cricket League, Perfect Slices, Carrom Club, Super Bowling, Word Blitz etc.