Pokémon Rumble
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Basic info
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| Platform: | {{{platform}}} |
| Category: | Action RPG |
| Players: | 1-4 players simultaneous |
| Connectivity: | None |
| Developer: | Ambrella |
| Publisher: | Nintendo |
| Part of: | {{{gen_series}}} |
Ratings
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| CERO: | N/A |
| ESRB: | Everyone 10+ |
| ACB: | N/A |
| OFLC: | N/A |
| PEGI: | N/A |
| GRAC: | N/A |
| GSRR: | N/A |
Release dates
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| Japan: | June 16, 2009 |
| North America: | November 16, 2009 |
| Australia: | TBA |
| Europe: | November 20, 2009 |
| South Korea: | TBA |
| Hong Kong: | N/A |
| Taiwan: | N/A |
Websites
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| Japanese: | Official Japanese site |
| English: | Official English site |
Pokémon Rumble (Japanese: 乱戦！ポケモンスクランブル Melee! Pokémon Scramble) is a WiiWare game released in Japan on June 16, 2009. It was released on November 16 for North America. It can be purchased for 1,500 Wii Points, and currently a free demo is available as well. A prototype for North America was shown at the Wizard World's Big Apple Comic Con.
Blurb
"Introducing a new kind of Pokémon challenge, available exclusively to the WiiWare service! Pokémon Rumble is an action game in which you control Toy Pokémon (referred to as "Pokémon") and take on wave after wave of other Pokémon in a variety of stages.
Befriend some of the defeated Pokémon along the way, adding them to your collection and granting you the ability to use them in battle. Switch between collected Pokémon at any time, taking advantage of the fact that the amount of damage you deal depends on the type of move used and the type of Pokémon hit. Be the last one standing to gain the right to compete in the Battle Royale and test your skills against many Pokémon at once.
Or team up with three people for some multiplayer action, working together to take down tough Bosses and earning points that can be used towards recruiting or training Pokémon. You can even save your favorite Pokémon to your Wii Remote controller for exchanges with friends.
Combining beautiful cel-shaded graphics and exciting game play features with the world of Pokémon, this is one Rumble you won't want to miss!"
Story
Pokémon Rumble takes place in a world with living toy Pokémon. A toy Ratatta controlled by the player sneaks into the Battle Royale hoping to prove its strength, but is defeated. The player then collects more toys from each level and defeats boss Pokémon to pass each Battle Royale and prove their strength!
Adventure Mode
In Adventure Mode, there are several Normal Rank stages on each level where Pokémon can be befriended. All Pokémon in the Normal Rank stages are from Generation I. In the first level, Rank C, the first stage revealed is Silent Forest. Once completed, Windy Prairie, Rocky Cave, Fiery Furnace, Bright Beach, and Eternal Tower are accessible. In every subsequent level, all stages are available immediately. The Battle Royale building will not open until a Pokémon of a certain power level is befriended. After the Battle Royale is won, the player will increase in rank, and the next higher level will be accessible. If the player faints three times in one stage, they are sent back to the terminal and instructed to reattempt stages to befriend more powerful Pokémon. In Multiplayer mode, if the two players faint three times combined, they are both sent back to the terminal.
Once the player has beaten Mewtwo in the Rank S Battle Royale, Advanced Mode is revealed. Advanced Mode contains Generation IV Pokémon. After completing the Advanced Mode, EX Mode is unlocked, consisting of the strongest Pokémon from both previous modes as well as some new ones.
Recruited Pokémon
Recruited Pokémon are Pokémon available to switch into battle. They appear listed in a menu item. Pokémon with pink names have special traits, those with blue names are Template:Shiny2, and those with white names are typical. If a Pokémon has a special trait and is shiny, it's name will still appear blue in the list.
Pokémon can be recruited through battling in one of the six stages in the terminal, through purchase at the Recruit Point, or through entering a password at the Recruit Point.
Features
- The game is played with the Wii Remote on its side, a Classic Controller, or a GameCube controller (Multiplayer only).
- Pokémon are like wind-up toys and they appear as they did in My Pokémon Ranch.
- There is a Battle Royale mode where players control their Pokémon in a massive pit where lots of other Pokémon appear. The last one that remains standing will be the winner. Players control both the Pokémon's movement and what move they use.
- It also has a story mode where there are levels which end with a battle where in a giant Pokémon is a boss. The boss may be a legendary Pokémon. Other Pokémon are obtained through defeating them in this mode.
- Players can also take screenshots of their Pokémon in the battles.
- There is a two-player co-op mode, as well as a stadium mode where up to four players can battle. Other players of this game can also bring their Pokémon from their game on the Wii Remote, similar to Miis.
- Similar to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, the player may enter in passwords which can be used Pokémon that either are not regularly obtainable in the game or have special traits. Such codes are released through official media.
- Pokémon can know up to 2 moves at a time.
- Shiny Pokémon are also included in the game.
- Only Pokémon from Generation I and Generation IV are obtainable in the game.
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.
Stat traits
- Brawny: "It has higher HP."
- Feisty: "Its moves sweep foes to a further distance."
- Gutsy: "It has a very high critical-hit rate."
- Hardy: "It has higher Defense."
- Healthy: "It restores HP slowly."
- Lucky: "Foe drops more ($P)".
- Mighty: "It does not get swept away much."
- Perky: "It recovers quickly from a Status Change."
- Punchy: "It has higher attack."
- Rally: "Other players' Pokémon get stronger during Multiplayer mode."
- Scrappy: "It has a higher critical-hit rate."
- Snappy: "It can use its moves quickly."
- Speedy: "It can move around fast."
- Steady: "It is not affected by any Status Changes."
- Techie: "Moves with fewer *s become stronger"
Guard traits
- Bug Guard: "Bug-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Dark Guard: "Dark-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Dragon Guard: "Dragon-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Electric Guard: "Electric-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Fighting Guard: "Fighting-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Fire Guard: "Fire-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Flying Guard: "Flying-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Ghost Guard: "Ghost-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Grass Guard: "Grass-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Ground Guard: "Ground-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Ice Guard: "Ice-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Normal Guard: "Normal-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Poison Guard: "Poison-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Psychic Guard: "Psychic-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Rock Guard: "Rock-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Steel Guard: "Steel-type moves do not damage it very much."
- Water Guard: "Water-type moves do not damage it very much."
Passwords and Special Tickets
If they have a small blue symbol by their power level, the Pokémon unlocked by passwords will increase in power after a Battle Royale is successfully completed.
Japanese
North American
| Pokémon | Move(s) | Password | Pokémon | Move(s) | Password | |||||
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Venusaur | SolarBeam | 1589-3955 | 
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Charmander | Ember | 7927-6161 | |||
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Charizard | Flamethrower | 7968-4528 | 
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Squirtle | Bubble | 6824-2045 | |||
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Blastoise | Aqua Tail | 9580-1423 | 
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Shiny Rattata |
Reversal | Double-Edge | 9849-3731 | ||
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Eevee | Quick Attack | 0511-0403 | 
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Mew | Cut | 9561-8808 | |||
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Turtwig | Razor Leaf | Absorb | 8672-1076 | 
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Chimchar | Ember | Fury Swipes | 8109-8384 | |
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Piplup | Bubble | Pound | 9900-2455 | 
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Shiny Bidoof |
Superpower | Hyper Fang | 5575-2435 | |
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Cherrim Sunshine Form |
SolarBeam | 7540-5667 | 
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Giratina Origin Forme |
Shadow Force | 8322-3706 | |||
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Shaymin Sky Forme |
Seed Flare | 5468-6284 | |||||||
European
| Pokémon | Move(s) | Password | Pokémon | Move(s) | Password | |||||
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Bulbasaur | Vine Whip | 6921-0136 |
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Charmander | Ember | 5982-9039 | |||
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Squirtle | Bubble | 1250-2002 |
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Shiny Rattata |
Reversal | Double-Edge | 0215-3612 | ||
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Eevee | Quick Attack | 5631-9548 |
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Mew | Cut | 5221-1368 | |||
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Shiny Bidoof |
Superpower | Hyper Fang | 2424-3624 |
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Giratina Origin Forme |
Shadow Force | 3280-5739 | ||
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Shaymin Sky Forme |
Seed Flare | 6838-5121 | |||||||
Release Tickets
If the player releases a certain group of Pokémon, he/she can grab a Pokémon Ticket.
Releasing five of the same Pokémon will give you a ticket for the next highest stage of evolution. Releasing five of the highest stage of an evolution line will give you a ticket for the basic Pokémon. Pokémon who do not have an evolution that appears in the game will not give you any tickets.
There are only a limited amount of combos and the player is only able to carry one ticket at a time. Tickets can be redeemed at the red roofed building at the very bottom of the Terminal.
These Release Tickets work for the US version of Pokémon Rumble:
- Five Mothim = Burmy Trash/Sandy/Plant Cloak Ticket.
- Pidgeot, Fearow, Jynx, Lapras = Articuno Ticket.
- Dragonite, Bastiodon, Garchomp, Lucario, Magnezone = Dialga Ticket.
- Gyarados, Empoleon, Garchomp, Blastoise, Dragonite = Palkia Ticket.
- Heat Rotom, Wash Rotom, Cut Rotom, Frost Rotom, Spin Rotom = Darkrai Ticket.
- Five East Sea Shellos = West Sea Gastrodon Ticket.
- Dragonite, Gengar, Spiritomb, Garchomp, Dusknoir = Giratina Ticket.
- Dialga, Palkia, Giratina = Mewtwo Ticket.
- Three Phione = Manaphy Ticket.
- Magmar, Pidgeot, Fearow, Charizard = Moltres Ticket.
- Vaporeon, Lapras = Phione Ticket.
- Five East Sea Gastrodon = West Sea Shellos Ticket.
- Rotom, Jolteon = Spin Rotom Ticket.
- Rotom, Vaporeon = Wash Rotom Ticket.
- Glaceon, Rotom = Frost Rotom Ticket.
- Flareon, Rotom = Heat Rotom Ticket.
- Leafeon, Rotom = Cut Rotom Ticket.
- Charizard, Arcanine, Arbok, Kangaskhan, Bastiodon = Shaymin Land Form Ticket.
- Five Grass Cloak Burmy = Wormadam Trash/Sandy/Grass Cloak Ticket.
- Electabuzz, Raichu, Pidgeot, Fearow = Zapdos Ticket.
- Five West Sea Shellos = East Sea Gastrodon
- Five West Sea Gastrodon = East Sea Shellos
Reception
Pokémon Rumble received a "Passable" score of 6.0 out of 10 from IGN, saying that those who like to collect Pokémon have "got your work cut out for you" and it's a fun brawler, but say the games graphics were "ugly, even for wind-up toys" and game play became tedious quickly.[1]
See also
External Links
References
| Pokémon Rumble locations |
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| Silent Forest | Windy Prairie | Rocky Cave | Fiery Furnace | Bright Beach | Eternal Tower | Battle Royale |
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