A special broadcast called the POKKÉN TOURNAMENT Large-Scale Update! LIVE aired on NicoNico on July 14th, 2016. The broadcast was to mark the 1 year anniversary for the arcade version of POKKÉN TOURNAMENT which was released on July 7th, 2015. The broadcast announced new features that would be coming to an update on Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 for the arcade version. The broadcast was hosted by Robert's Hiroshi Yamamoto, voice actress Ruriko Aoki, Osaka and
Masaaki Hoshino from Bandai Namco Studios.
It was revealed that Darkrai will be a playable character when the update goes live in addition to Garchomp, Braixen and Shadow Mewtwo. A new mode called Mission Panel was also revealed which allows players to unlock mission objectives to receive various boosts.