Pokemon Rumble Blast is a somewhat shallow experience, but the simple action and short levels make it a good pick-up-and-play portable game. [Nov 2011, p.75]
Pokémon Rumble Blast is a good game, but - let's face it - we've played it before. The 3DS gave Nintendo a wider palette to work with, but it seems like it was content to leave well enough alone.
i played this game for 100s of hours it was fun and very addicting to collect and find the strongest pokemon and i stopped playing it and i probably forgotten i even have this game because i got minecraft i have been playing that now
Hey, guys, this review is strictly from my 7 year old son, and this is his words. This game is great because you get to capture legendary Pokemon fairly easy. You also have a lot of things that you can continue to do after you have beaten the game. It's fun to try and capture some of the hardest ones on the game, like Zekrom and Reshiram. For a young kid, the fighting is the most exciting part. It doesn't have a lot of depth to the story like some of the other games, but for a young kid, it drew him into the Pokemon world.
While Pokemon Rumble Blast offers hardcore fanatics another opportunity to "catch 'em all", there's little meat on this game's bones for the casual crowd looking for the next great 3DS title. Not bad by any means, just too shallow to stand out.
The critics are correct that this game is not tremendously varied, but if you were a fan of the Wii game, this is a nice upgrade and port to the 3DS. Game play is quick, with just enough of the original Pokemon strategy to make your progress dependent on moves and skills you learn as you move through the game.
Rumble Blast has a lot of problems. Didn't have a good amount of variety and had repetitive and kinda boring gameplay but overall the game is fine but flawed.
This game... It just felt disappointing. Sure, it's a good game, but it could have been so much better! First, the positives. It is a step up from the original Rumble, with more variety in the areas, and the Battle Royales were fun. You'll be laughing your head off if you play them with friends. Speaking of which, the download play was fun as well, although, like I said, it could have been made better. But now, the negatives. The music, in my opinion, is bland. You get bored listening to the same track over and over, as was with the original. The Team Battles were okay, but I always find myself having trouble with them. And the Charge Battles were nonsense. Just pile up a lot of Pokemon and you're done. Really, Nintendo?
Overall, Pokemon Rumble Blast was only a minor step up, which is why I give it only a seven. I hope the Wii U version fixes these, else I find myself slipping from this spin off series.
Pretty bad spin-off overall. It gets repetitive extremely quickly, has not a lot of depth and the story is forgettable as much as it gets. Not worth your time if you aren't a fan of the Rumble-series and Pokemon.
Controls are fluid and gameplay can be fun, but quickly gets repetitive. It's the same thing over and over- hardly worth your time unless you see it cheap.