Pokémon Rumble Blast

Pokémon Rumble Blast スーパーポケモンスクランブル
File:Pokémon Rumble Blast Boxart US.png Pokémon Rumble Blast's US boxart
Basic info
Platform:	Nintendo 3DS
Category:	Action RPG
Players:	1 to 2 players
Connectivity:	StreetPass
Developer:	Ambrella
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation V side series
Ratings
CERO:	A
ESRB:	E10+
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	August 11, 2011
North America:	October 24, 2011
Australia:	December 8, 2011
Europe:	December 2, 2011
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Official website
English:	Official website
Japanese boxart File:Super Pokemon Scramble Boxart JP.png Super Pokémon Scramble Japanese boxart

Pokémon Rumble Blast (Japanese: スーパーポケモンスクランブル Super Pokémon Scramble), known as Super Pokémon Rumble in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, is a sequel to the WiiWare game Pokémon Rumble. It is the first Nintendo 3DS Pokémon game and it was released in Japan on August 11, 2011 (previously July 28, 2011), in North America on October 24, 2011, in Europe on December 2, 2011, and in Australia on December 8, 2011. Unlike its predecessor, which only featured Pokémon from Generation I and Generation IV, Pokémon Rumble Blast features all five generations of Pokémon, except Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect, who were not officially revealed at the time of its debut.

Story

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

The game starts with a showdown between Reshiram and Zekrom on the Battle Royale stage, manifesting as a spirit behind their Toy form. The player starts from Toy Town, where the player's Mii enters to set a Pikachu into motion. On the first stage, called the Beginner's Park, the player fights the Unova starter Pokémon and the elemental monkeys. The game ensures that the player recruits Oshawott, Tepig and Snivy. Victini is also available here. The first boss is Zekrom, which is an unwinnable battle. The stage collapses, and the player's Toy Pokémon fall into another location.

A cut scene will then play showing a Cobalion speaking to a crowd. He then says the Glowdrops have the power to remove Rust from materials and shows it by pouring some Glowdrops on a rusty object and the Rust disappears. He tells the Pokémon to gather as many Glowdrops as possible. The Toy Pokémon then march off and the cut scene ends.

Chapter 1: Battle Royale

The player's Toy Pokémon will land in Toy Town and meet with Lillipup who will explain several things about the town, and will tell the player to go to the meadow. Upon returning, the town discovers that the Glowdrops in the town have been stolen, and they blame Pawniard for stealing them. Upon reaching him he states that the player will never pass the coming Battle Royale and heads off. Upon getting to 1-4, Challenger's Ground, the player's Toy Pokémon must battle him in the semifinals and win the final round. He then admits that he did not steal the Glowdrops and tells the player's Toy Pokémon that it was another group of Pokémon lead by a Krookodile that is headed towards Easterly Town. The citizens of Toy Town then guide the player's Toy Pokémon to Easterly Town.

Chapter 2: Stolen Glowdrops

Before the player makes it to Easterly Town, Cobalion is again speaking to a crowd, demonstrating the effect of Glowdrops on rust. The cut scene ends again.

Upon reaching Easterly Town, the player's Toy Pokémon will encounter Krookodile taking Easterly Town's Glowdrops, attacking the Pokémon that interfered with him, and leaving. The player the gives chase through several forts. The player meets a Gurdurr along the way and states that the great Glowdrop fountain has enough Glowdrops to restore the towns' Glowdrops to normal. Upon reaching the area, the player encounters Cobalion who has come for the Glowdrops. He then challenges the player to a 3 on 1. All the player's Pokémon will faint in 2 hits. Cobalion then takes the Glowdrops while the player is unconscious.

Chapter 3: Tracking Cobalion

The player continues on to Westerly Town and encounters a Zorua who tells the player that Cobalion is on Firebreathing Mountain and the player proceeds to head there. Along the way, Rusty Pokémon attack some of Cobalion's minions and the player defeats them and continues on. At the last fort on the mountain, Zorua then tells the player that he is on Cobalion's side and proceeds to battle the player with a Zoroark. Upon defeating them, the player reaches Cobalion who then bends the player's Wonder Key and knocks the player unconscious and heads north. The player will be in bad shape, but will make it to Northerly Town.

Chapter 4: The World Axle and the Secret of the Wonder Key

When the player arrives at Northerly Town, an Elgyem notices the player's bent Wonder Key and recommends going to the Temple of Keys, which is to the east. Upon defeating the Battle Royale held inside the Temple of Keys, the player will win a Temple Key, which can replace the player's Wonder Key. A Golett will then tell the player that the player can follow Cobalion if they prove themselves at the other Battle Royales—a path will be opened.

After exiting the temple, Golett talks about the Path of Heroes. Winning the Battle Royales will cause parts of the path to appear. However, the player has to get past Cobalion's two forts to challenge the other Battle Royale arenas.

After successfully completing all four Battle Royale arenas, the Path of Heroes will be complete, allowing the player to cross to the other side, at which point they will reach the World Axle. The player arrives at the scene of Cobalion's army using Glowdrops to open the World Axle. However, Cobalion's army starts rusting away, leaving him wondering what is happening. The rusting is revealed to be caused by Dark Rust, an evil Wonder Key that makes Toy Pokémon Rusty in order to control them as part of his Rust Army.

In the aftermath of the battle, the player's team meets up with Cobalion, who explains his intentions. At that point, the group decides to enter the World Axle in order to hunt down and defeat Dark Rust.

Chapter 5: The Last Battle

The player and their team make their way to Axle Town, where a Pikachu greets them and tells them about the current state of the town and the axle. The player must then traverse the axle's areas, including both the overworld areas and areas where Cobalion and the player fight against the Dark Leigon, before finally making their way to Dark Rust's Fort.

Here, the player and two teammates fight the forces of Dark Rust. At first, Dark Rust itself is protected by an impenetrable barrier, but due to Cobalion's powerful attack, the barrier is dispelled and Dark Rust can be defeated.

In the aftermath, the World Axle begins to pump out Glowdrops again, refilling the fountains in all the towns.

Features

Toy Shop

The Toy Shop is a key location for the player, who is represented by their Mii, as it serves for the main head quarters for all wi-fi related events. Inside a player's Toy Shop is the Toy Pokémon world known as Toyland. The shelves of the store are stocked with various Toy Pokémon and a display of many of the player's strongest Pokémon is featured in the window.

Every day, the player will receive notification via the Shopscope located in any of the towns. The Shopscope will show a Mii leaving the player's Toy Shop after making a purchase and the player will receive Ⓟ, as well as the possibility of unlocking a new Pokémon when a milestone is hit. The customer is either someone the player has StreetPassed, or a Mii they have registered on their 3DS. The player can also get customers by redeeming 10 Play Coins.

When the player StreetPasses someone, their Mii will be shown exiting the shop and reciting the phrase they have programmed onto their Friend Card. Their name will then be registered on a list of local customers and the player will then be allowed to battle against the person's 25 strongest Pokémon, with their current Pokémon serving as a boss. If the player successfully defeats the boss Pokémon, they will be able to use that Pokémon as a partner temporarily the next time they travel through an area.

Pokémon unlocked via the Toy Shop

The following are the Pokémon unlocked once a certain amount of customers have shopped at the Toy Shop, and the locations where they are encountered. If the player is too slow to defeat them, they may disappear and the player will have to leave the area and come back for the Pokémon to appear again.

Pokémon		Customers	Location
	Uxie	2	Sun-Dappled Bank; Lake
	Mesprit	5	Soothing Shore; Lake
	Azelf	10	Shimmering Lake; Lake
	Phione	20	Rugged Flats; Beach
	Manaphy	20	Rugged Flats; Beach
	Jirachi	40	Firebreathing Mountain; Tower
	Celebi	60	Everspring Valley; Forest
	Mew	80	Sunny Seashore; Factory
	Shaymin	100	World Axle - B2F; Glacier
	Shaymin	120	World Axle - B1F; Forest
	Victini	150	World Axle - B2F; Tower

Legendary Boss Pokémon

There will be roughly a 5% chance that the catapult leading to the area boss will be shimmering, which means that the catapult will instead take the player to a special battle arena where the player first battled Zekrom at the beginning of the game. Here, the player will encounter a legendary Pokémon that will differ depending on the area they were previously in. Upon defeat, the legendary Pokémon will always be recruited by the player unless a confused enemy deals the final blow. Certain legendary Pokémon will only appear once certain circumstances have been met. Most of the lengendary Pokémon will not appear until after the player has beaten the main story. Tornadus and Thundurus are the only two that can be encountered pre-ending.

Pokémon		Location	Notes		Pokémon		Location	Notes
	Mewtwo	Factories	Complete Battle Royale EX-6			Giratina	Hauntyards
	Lugia	Beaches				Cresselia	Treetops
	Ho-Oh	Autumnwood				Darkrai	Hauntyards
	Latias	Meadows				Arceus	Towers	Complete Team Battle EX-6
	Latios	Meadows				Cobalion	Caves	Defeat Terrakion and Virizion
	Kyogre	Beaches				Terrakion	Canyons
	Groudon	Lavas				Virizion	Forests
	Rayquaza	Towers				Tornadus	Volcanic Slope; Autumnwood	Must be encountered 3 times before challenged to a battle
	Deoxys (All Formes)	Factories				Thundurus	Firebreathing Mountain; Autumnwood	Must be encountered 3 times before challenged to a battle
	Dialga	Caves				Reshiram	Caves
	Palkia	Lakes				Zekrom	Caves
	Heatran	Lavas				Landorus	Autumnwood	Defeat Tornadus and Thundurus*
	Regigigas	Deserts				Kyurem	Glaciers
	Giratina	Hauntyards

Special Traits

Main article: Special Traits

Special Traits are abilities that an individual Pokémon can possess. When a Pokémon with a Special Trait faints and is ready to be befriended, it will sparkle with a different color than usual and have a green gear shape beneath them. A Rusty Pokémon or a Pokémon with a + or ++ trait will have a pink gear beneath them.

Passwords

As in the previous game, rare Pokémon can be unlocked using region-specific passwords.

Japanese

Pokémon		Move(s)		Special Trait	Password
	Pikachu	Volt Tackle		Electric Boost	6715-6555
	Articuno	Ice Beam			7322-0927
	Zapdos	Discharge			3060-1785
	Moltres	Flamethrower			6301-6557
	Lugia	Aeroblast			6301-6557
	Groudon	Earthquake			7415-3319
	Garchomp	Dragon Claw		Superstar	6067-1831
	Gliscor	X-Scissor		Effective	7442-3671
	Gallade	Fury Cutter	Night Slash	Chop-Chop	9616-8485
	Dialga	Iron Tail			9752-8353
	Victini	V-create			7267-3443
	Snivy	Leaf Tornado		Grass Boost	8590-9413
	Serperior	Leaf Blade		Grass Boost+	3791-0580
	Tepig	Flame Charge		Fire Boost	2061-8332
	Emboar	Heat Crash		Fire Boost+	8902-7356
	Oshawott	Razor Shell		PokéTC	1432-2751
	Samurott	Aqua Tail		Water Boost+	9418-1517
	Unfezant	Air Slash		Speedy	3654-9185
	Audino	Secret Power		Rally	1975-5256
	Zoroark	Foul Play		PokéTC	0120-8652
	Eelektross	Crunch		Daring	1562-5492
	Stunfisk	Mud Shot		Tangling	4000-2108
	Tornadus	Hurricane			5155-4087
	Thundurus	Thunder			2751-4887

North American

Pokémon		Move(s)		Special Trait	Password
	Pikachu	Volt Tackle		Electric Boost	7746-3878
	Articuno*	Ice Beam			2364-4610
	Zapdos*	Discharge			1675-4459
	Moltres*	Flamethrower			8714-7361
	Lugia*	Aeroblast			0442-4822
	Groudon*	Earthquake			0681-1611
	Garchomp*	Dragon Claw		Superstar	1959-4010
	Gliscor	X-Scissor		Effective	9625-7845
	Gallade	Fury Cutter	Night Slash	Chop-Chop	3535-6928
	Dialga*	Iron Tail			3402-6485
	Victini	V-create			6699-8898
	Snivy	Leaf Tornado		Grass Boost	0835-7338
	Serperior*	Leaf Blade		Grass Boost+	7111-4427
	Tepig	Flame Charge		Fire Boost	2061-8332
	Emboar*	Heat Crash		Fire Boost+	5662-7748
	Oshawott	Razor Shell		PokéTC	7403-2240
	Samurott*	Aqua Tail		Water Boost+	2452-2129
	Unfezant*	Air Slash		Speedy	4713-9936
	Audino*	Secret Power		Rally	0176-1458
	Zoroark	Foul Play		PokéTC	2153-6742
	Eelektross*	Crunch		Daring	2159-4650
	Stunfisk*	Mud Shot		Tangling	6482-3610
	Tornadus	Hurricane			0250-7321
	Thundurus	Thunder			8819-8699
* - Post-game only

PAL

Pokémon		Move(s)		Special Trait	Password
	Pikachu	Volt Tackle		Electric Boost	7580-5216
	Articuno*	Ice Beam			2704-0204
	Zapdos*	Discharge			1566-6140
	Moltres*	Flamethrower			6284-2344
	Lugia*	Aeroblast			3467-3843
	Groudon*	Earthquake			7132-9643
	Garchomp*	Dragon Claw		Superstar	1027-9741
	Gliscor	X-Scissor		Effective	7182-4825
	Gallade	Fury Cutter	Night Slash	Chop-Chop	4291-0125
	Dialga*	Iron Tail			3681-9208
	Victini	V-create			9082-7838
	Snivy	Leaf Tornado		Grass Boost	4941-6440
	Serperior*	Leaf Blade		Grass Boost+	8047-7639
	Tepig	Flame Charge		Fire Boost	5487-0833
	Emboar*	Heat Crash		Fire Boost+	6306-9222
	Oshawott	Razor Shell		PokéTC	8084-8937
	Samurott*	Aqua Tail		Water Boost+	3791-9675
	Unfezant*	Air Slash		Speedy	0632-6305
	Audino*	Secret Power		Rally	7462-8687
	Zoroark	Foul Play		PokéTC	6150-1893
	Eelektross*	Crunch		Daring	6491-6130
	Stunfisk*	Mud Shot		Tangling	4074-7455
	Tornadus	Hurricane			9816-6460
	Thundurus	Thunder			1189-0516
* - Post-game only

Releasing

Each town in Pokémon Rumble Blast has a station where the player may release any number of their Pokémon at a time, and in return they will gain Ⓟ. The Ⓟ dropped by a Toy Pokémon without a Special Trait is equal to 3/10 of its power. For a Toy Pokémon with a purple special trait, it is equal to half the power. These formulas are only accurate when dealing with a single Pokémon. Releasing 7 Darumaka will also not merit a Zen Mode Darmanitan.

When seven of the same Pokémon are released, the player will receive that Pokémon's next stage of evolution along with Ⓟ. For example, if the player were to release seven Oshawott, they would receive a Dewott. Rusty Pokémon do not count towards the seven Pokémon, and must be cleansed before they are released to obtain an evolution.

Upon finishing an area with over 2500 Pokémon befriended, no more areas may be entered until enough Pokémon are released to reduce the number below 2500.

External Links

• Official Pokémon Rumble Blast Toy Collection Guide PDF

References

Pokémon Rumble Blast locations

Beginner's Park Towns Toy Town • Easterly Town • Westerly Town • Northerly Town • Axle Town Fields Trailhead Field • Seabreeze Trail • Echo Valley • Challenger's Ground Sun-Dappled Bank • Misty Edgewater • Soothing Shore • Shimmering Lake Rugged Flats • Volcanic Slope • Firebreathing Mountain Frozen Tundra • Everspring Valley • Sunny Seashore • Fallaway Edge World Axle - Underground Entry • World Axle - B1F • World Axle - B2F • World Axle - Shaft • World Axle - Deepest Level • World Axle - Upper Levels

Side series games

Stadium series

Stadium (Japanese) • Stadium • Stadium 2

Storage software

Box RS • My Pokémon Ranch • Bank (Poké Transporter) • HOME

Orre games

Colosseum • XD: Gale of Darkness

Other games

Battle Revolution • Pokéwalker • Dream World • Dream Radar

Pokémon games

Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Individual spin-offs • Betas • Demos

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