The next Tekken game is not what you might expect. Namco Bandai is taking a page from Pokemon, transforming its most popular fighting franchise into a collectible card game.

Tekken Card Tournament will launch as a free-to-play iOS game in Q1, with in-app purchases letting you acquire new cards for use in online card battles. Fights will be rendered in 3D, with animations playing out the moves you play from your deck. A quick hands-off demo of the game reminded us of Rock, Paper, Scissors--with players having to choose to charge up, attack, or defend.

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The Street Fighter X Tekken "version 2013" update, originally slated for December, is now scheduled for January 29. The extra wait may be hard to bear for fans of impeccable fighter balance, but Capcom has detailed some changes so frame-counters can start formulating their strategies.

Watch: Changes detailed in video form »