I hear it really plays horribly, like, a full second of lag time before the attack pulls through. Harada definitely wasn't kidding around when he intended it to be accommodating younger players.

The arcade scene is still relatively big in Japan especially as far as fighting games are concerned, though I believe the tax hike a while back put a sharp dent in it overall.  The whole thing just seems like it's designed for home consoles anyway, the cabinet itself doesn't even use fighting sticks, instead opting for a clunky looking controller, maybe to get people prepared for using the gamepad when the wii u version comes out.

There are a handful of other pokemon but they're only assists, they're basically used as extra special moves you don't control them directly.

Played the game yesterday. It was okay not spectacular.

Think its been in arcades since July 2015 in Japan.