Pokken Tournament won’t officially be a part of the Evo 2017 roster of fighting games

The Pokken Tournament community has managed to raise $66,906 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but that wasn’t enough for the game to be voted into the Evo 2017 roster of fighting titles. With a total of $71,690 raised, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 has emerged the victor and will be featured at this year’s Evo. Read on below for an update regarding the accomplishment of raising thousands of dollars for Make-A-Wish:

I want to share with all of you what I think is an awesome accomplishment from the Pokken community. For those who don’t know, Pokken Tournament took part of a 9 way donation race to be the final game at Evo 2017, the largest fighting game tournament by far. For the past two weeks the Pokken Community rallied as hard as we could to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Pokken was in a neck and neck race with Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, each pushing the other to donate more. Now at the very end of the race, with a photo finish, UMvC3 has emerged the victor. While we might not have won, the Pokken Community still managed to raise over $66,906 for charity. In total over $150,000 has been raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Source: Reddit