Pokemon Rumble Wii
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Release Date: Nov 16, 2009
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Metascore
59 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

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  • Summary: [WiiWare] Available exclusively for 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. You can befriend some of the defeated Pokémon along the way, which lets lets you add them to your collection and grants 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. You can also team up with three people for some multiplayer action (additional Wii Remote controllers required), working together to take down tough Bosses and earning points that can be used toward 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, this is one rumble you won't want to miss. [Nintendo]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    81
    One of the better Pokemon spin-offs out there, this is also one of the longer-lasting WiiWare games around.
  2. Cheat Code Central
    70
    The core gameplay is basic, yet all of Pokémon Rumble's component parts come together to make for a really great mixture of fun. The presentation is polished, but it's all just smoke and mirrors to try and hide the fact that you're not getting much for the whopping 1500 Wii Points being asked for this game.
  3. Wii Brasil
    65
    Fans of Gauntlet-like games may think that the price of 1500 Nintendo Points is worth the game, but others will probably feel like they have been deceived.
  4. Edge Magazine
    40
    What it didn't factor into the design is that kleptomaniacs rarely bother collecting items without emotional gravitas, and this oversight becomes immediately obvious when you compare Rumble to its source material. [Jan 2010, p.98]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. TheCriticXO
    10
    My favorite game out of the PKMN franchise! All of the Pokemon, fierce or cute, are morphed into petite, adorable Pokemon wind up toys! After that, you battle different Pokemon at different stages, recruiting some as you go along. This was so fun to play! I really, really hope that the sequel would be as good!… Expand
  2. MatthewD
    8
    Overall, a great game. It's somewhat repetative, but that doesn't matter as much in the beat-'em-up genre. It has great replay value for a WiiWare game.… Expand
  3. JamieLand
    7
    Ok let me start out with the bad things. You can not evolve pokemon, you can not even level them. You only get two moves per character. The graphics(come on man I know it is only 15 bucks but you could have done better than that) The extreme lack of levels(again this is just lazyness). And last but not least the fact that it does not scale toughness correctly with number of people playing(with one person it is not to hard but with 4 you never die). All that considered it is not a bad game for 15 bucks(specially being a wii game). It is incredibly intuitive, a D-pad and 2 buttons. The different moves I am very pleased with especially taking into account the number of moves you have and the fact that they are very true to the game. Side note disable is actually pretty useful when half the people you fight only have one attack lol. Also they do have quite a few Pokemon to collect and it takes a lot of runs to just see them all so you can put some time in this game. Overall I found I could sit down with a couple friends and just have some fun being able to go thru the game and button mash the crap out of people. You can even have some strategy, for example I was playing with one of my friends and he would use disable and I would thundershock and hopefully paralyze them so they could not even run away (good times) Anyway over all this game is worth it and I would highly recommend trying the FREEEEE demo before you buy it, You will really get a feel for what the game is like. P.S. One more note of annoyance, I should not be able to double slap a Gastly, or easily kill a water pokemon with a fire move. I am really really hoping they come out with a second rumble where they fixed alot of these issues. This has the potential to be a really really fun game.… Expand
  4. LeyendaV
    7
    Rumble es el spin-off mas llamativo de Pokémon. Uno no se siente seguro al principio sobre que le espera cuando inicia el juego por primera vez, pero rápidamente descubrimos un Beat 'em Up con una mecánica tan simple como adictiva.
    Si sos un pokéfanático no podes dejar de probarlo.    … Expand

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