History VideoGame / PokemonRumble

* In the "Catch The Garden Intruder" mission in ''World'', the King discovers that someone (Mow Rotom) is wrecking the garden and sends you out to stop it. Once you defeat it though, the Princess shows up and tells you to stop as it was just getting her some flowers. Apparently, she didn't feel like telling you beforehand before you went to town on it and the other Pokemon in the garden. (It doesn't help that she's in the courtroom when the King is telling your character about the mess and doesn't make a peep at all.) The King calls her out on this after the mission.

* In the "Catch The Garden Intruder" mission in ''World'', the King discovers that someone (Mow Rotom) is wrecking the garden and sends you out to stop it. Once you defeat it though, the Princess shows up and tells you to stop as it was just getting her some flowers. Apparently, she didn't feel like telling you beforehand before you went to town on it and the other Pokemon in the garden. (It doesn't help that she's in the courtroom when the King is telling your character about the mess and doesn't make a peep at all.)

* ForMassiveDamage: The super-effective attacks. It's practically a GameBreaker.

* LeeroyJeinkins: Razor Wind works like this.

* FlunkyBoss: The bosses at the end of each stage have endlessly respawning [[{{Mook}} guards.]] This is potentially favorable if you hadn't yet befriended that particular Toy Pokémon.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Getting Manaphy in the game is nothing more than a chore. It requires you to release three Phione at the same time. But in order to get a Phione, you need to release a Lapras and a Vaporeon at the same time, both of which are rare to begin with (the former is a boss in one area, but it's rarer to befriend bosses). To top it all off, Manaphy have average Attack and only a little higher Defense than Phione.

** Mega Rayquaza is not the GameBreaker it is in the main series. Rather, it's fairly mediocre, mainly due to being held back by Dragon Ascent, which is significantly worse in ''Rumble World'' than in the main series. It's fairly hard to obtain, and usually requires the Legend Balloon, the most expensive balloon, to obtain. The only thing Mega Rayquaza has over other Mega Evolutions in this game is Delta Stream.

** Healing moves in the sequel, due to the low amounts healed per move.
* BadassArmy: The sequel features a new mode called "Charge Battle", where you make your own army of Pokémon to fight others. It also has Team Battle, where you can take a three-man army to fight mini-bosses.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dark Rust]] in the sequel.

* BrokenAesop: The typical Pokémon moral is that you should love and take care of your Pokémon, not just abandoning Mons once they're weak and trading up for stronger Mons. Rumble [Blast] pretty much requires you to abandon your weaker Mons and trade up for stronger Mons in order to pass, treating your Pokémon as tools.

* CurbStompBattle: Right at the beginning of the game, your only playable 'mon is a Rattata, which decides to try and fight in the Battle Royale. It will die in two hits. Good luck!

** In ''World'', each stage can be a entrance, back, or center, while some can also have a Special area. However, they're all based on a handful of specific rooms per world with the only difference being where the holes leading to other rooms are located and what rooms they lead to.

** The sequel also has many early bosses show up in the later stages. Some get to be mooks in their final evolution's boss battle.

** In Rumble World, the King Challenges gets harder every time you completed them. To elaborate, you must have Toy Pokémon at the certain Power Level in order to perform well in the challenges (For example, the "Royal Quarterfinals" challenge requires you to have Toy Pokémon at 1200~, anything below that Power Level will be a real pain in the neck.)

** In the sequel, the first battle with Cobalion. The beginning battle with Zekrom double subverts that - it's very hard at that point of game, but if you're good, you can win. The stage collapses anyway.

** The game even has a measure for buying the max 3,000 Poké Diamonds and you somehow end up needing more. Instead of forcing you to wait a few days to hopefully get one Poké Diamond from the Spot/Street Pass features, the game just gives you a mine full of unlimited Poké Diamonds where you can 20 them once a day.

** Subverted in ''World'', where all of the password Pokémon are strong if you're starting a new game but very quickly outclassed. All of them have power levels in the ~230 range, except for Meowstic (~300), Kangaskhan (~500), and Heidreigon (~712)

** Subverted in ''World'', where all of the password Pokémon are strong if you're starting a new game but very quickly outclassed.

* EscortMission: One of the Challenge Levels in ''World'' requires you to protect your Mii while mowing down every Toy Pokémon in sight. While the Mii only takes 1 damage per hit, it doesn't have a lot of HP, it's completely defenseless, and unlike normal levels where Miis appear, some of the enemies will actively try to harm your Mii.

* DiscOneNuke: Any Pokémon you obtain by using a password will often one-shot anything that isn't a boss. Said Pokémon include Giratina, Shaymin, and Mew.

* GottaCatchThemAll: It's a Pokémon game. One of the machines in the towns keeps track of all the Pokémon you have seen, lighting up the images when you actually obtain each one.

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Each rank is simply the same 7 stages with stronger Pokémon. The sequel has unique stages, but only about 10-15 themes.

** In addition, hitting the buying cap grants you the option to buy 2 permanent VIP passes, one that makes cost of re-inflating Ballons 1 Poké Diamond, and the other reducing the cost of the roulette's ability to let you stop where you want to 1 as well. Normally the prices would cost 2~5 for Ballons depending on the Ballon type, and 2 for the stopper.

** In addition, hitting the buying cap grants you the option to buy 2 permanent VIP passes, one that makes cost of re-inflating Ballons 1 Poké Diamond, and the other reducing the cost of the roulette's ability to let you stop where you want to the same price. Normally the prices would cost 2~5 for Ballons depending on the Ballon type, and 2 for the stopper.

** In addition, you also get the ability to buy 2 permanent VIP passes, one that makes cost of re-inflating Ballons 1 Poké Diamond, and the other reducing the cost of the roulette's ability to let you stop where you want to the same price. Normally the prices would cost 2~5 for Ballons depending on the Ballon type, and 2 for the stopper.

* AntiFrustrationFeature: Instead of forcing players to constantly spend money to get better in ''World'', It sets a max cap of 3,000 Poké Diamonds you can buy, that adds up to $30 which amounts to a full priced game. After you reach said limit, instead of forcing you to wait a couple of days to hopefully get at least one Poké Diamond using the Spot/Street Pass features, the game gives you a mine with an unlimited amount of them that you can gather from once a day

** The game even has a measure for buying the max 3,000 Poké Diamonds and you somehow end up needing more. Instead of forcing you to wait a few days to hopefully get one Poké Diamond from the Spot/Street Pass features, the game just gives you a mine full of unlimited Poké Diamonds you can get gather from once a day.

* AntiFrustrationFeature: Instead of forcing players to constantly spend money to get better in ''World'', It sets a max cap of 3,000 Poké Diamonds you can buy, which amounts to a full priced game. After you reach said limit, instead of forcing you to wait a couple of days to scrouge up at least one Poké Diamond, the game gives you a mine with an unlimited amount of them that you can gather from once a day

** And if you '''do''' find yourself buying all 3,000 Poké Diamonds, if you end up needing any more, instead of forcing you to wait a few days to hopefully get one Poké Diamon. The game gives you a mine full of unlimited Poké Diamonds you can get gather from once a day.