History VideoGame / PokemonRumble

* ''Pokémon Rumble Rush'' is an upcoming mobile game entry in the series.

* ''[[http://www.pokeland.jp/ PokéLand]]'' is an upcoming mobile game entry in the series, currently in its alpha stage.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: You recruit 'mons mainly by defeating them in battle, then picking up the toy they leave behind. It's even referred to in-game as [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha "Befriending"]] them.

** The third game in the series, ''Pokémon Rumble [[UsefulNotes/WiiU U]]'' is available for download. New features include Pokémon missing from ''Rumble Blast'', 4-player, and near-field communication, allowing interaction with separately purchased figures (compare ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'').
** A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''VideoGame/PokemonShuffle''.
** ''[[http://www.pokeland.jp/ PokéLand]]'' is an upcoming mobile game entry in the series, currently in its alpha stage.

''Pokémon Rumble'' is an action-adventure ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' video game for UsefulNotes/WiiWare, featuring real-time battling, similar to that of ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. It featured Pokémon that debuted in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.

The game has a sequel, ''Pokémon Rumble Blast'' (''Super Pokémon Rumble'' in Europe) on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS featuring all then-available Pokémon[[note]]Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect are excluded[[/note]] and new game modes.

The third game in the series, ''Pokémon Rumble [[UsefulNotes/WiiU U]]'' is available for download. New features include Pokémon missing from ''Rumble Blast'', 4-player, and near-field communication, allowing interaction with separately purchased figures (compare ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'').

A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''VideoGame/PokemonShuffle''. Speaking of free-to-play, an upcoming installment for mobile devices called ''[[http://www.pokeland.jp/ PokéLand]]'' is currently in its alpha stage.

** In addition, hitting the buying cap grants you the option to buy 2 permanent VIP passes, one that makes cost of re-inflating Balloons 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 Balloons depending on the Balloon type, and 2 for the stopper.

* CommonplaceRare: Whimsicott in ''World'', which is only found as the boss arena mook for Shaymin.

* ContinuingIsPainful: In ''World'', at least - if your Pokémon is Knocked Out during a level, you can choose to continue at the cost of 2 Poké Diamonds. They're easy enough to get if you do a lot of challenges and streetpasses, but it's still coming out of the game's premium currency.

* FlunkyBoss: The bosses at the end of each stage have respawning [[{{Mook}} guards.]] [[note]]There are a limited amount of guards, but it'll take 5-10 minutes of fighting them until they stop respawning.[[/note]] This is potentially favorable if you hadn't yet befriended that particular Toy Pokémon.

* PowerGlows[=/=]LawOfChromaticSuperiority: When getting new Pokémon. If the defeated Pokémon has no special ability, it'll have a bluish-white aura. If it has an ability, the game will slow down ever so slightly and the Pokémon will have a yellow aura before you pick it up. If, in addition to this DramaticPause, the screen zooms in on the defeated Pokémon and it has a glowing red aura, it has ''multiple'' abilities. If the aura is [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] instead of red, it has the "Epic" ability which means that it will have ''six different regular abilities'', usually with a good number of + icons as well. Subverted with the "Superstar" ability, which puts a ''spotlight'' over the Pokémon but is ultimately a useless if not detrimental ability.

* SecretAIMoves: In ''Blast'' and ''World'', every boss has an attack where they become invincible for a short while, before producing a shock-wave that tosses you away.

* ArtifactMook: A [[JustifiedTrope justified]] example and arguably an AntiFrustrationFeature. At least in ''World'', all of those pokemon formes that have canon explanations limiting which ones you should encounter (eg, Gastrodon's Eastern Sea and Western Sea formes, which shouldn't naturally be found in the same sea, let alone ''right next to each other'') are completely disregarded, because [[ToyTime these are wind-up toys]] rather than actual pokemon. Of course, this [[FridgeLogic raises even more questions]].

The game has a sequel, ''Pokémon Rumble Blast'' (''Super Pokémon Rumble'' in Europe) on the Nintendo3DS featuring all then-available Pokémon[[note]]Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect are excluded[[/note]] and new game modes.

A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''VideoGame/PokemonShuffle''. Speaking of free-to-play, an upcoming installment for mobile devices called ''[[http://www.pokeland.jp/ PokéLand]]'' is currently in its alpha stage.

''Pokémon Rumble'' is an action-adventure ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' video game for WiiWare, featuring real-time battling, similar to that of ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. It featured Pokémon that debuted in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.

The third game in the series, ''Pokémon Rumble [[WiiU U]]'' is available for download. New features include Pokémon missing from ''Rumble Blast'', 4-player, and near-field communication, allowing interaction with separately purchased figures (compare ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'').

* SuperTitle64Advance: ''Pokémon Rumble U'' for the WiiU.

A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''VideoGame/PokemonShuffle''.

* MythologyGag: The game was developed by Ambrella, the same company that made VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu. Anybody that's played HYP will recognise the terminal music as a remix of the Viridian Forest Edge theme. The sequel features most of the first game's music and some sound effects from ''Hey You, Pikachu!''. Also, some of the tracks in Rumble U are lifted directly from Pokémon Channel, by the same developers.

'''''Pokémon Rumble''''' is an action-adventure ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' video game for WiiWare, featuring real-time battling, similar to that of ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. It featured Pokémon that debuted in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.

* FlunkyBoss: The bosses at the end of each stage have respawning [[{{Mook}} guards.]] This is potentially favorable if you hadn't yet befriended that particular Toy Pokémon.
* FoeTossingCharge: Charge Battle is essentially this. Many moves, especially Normal or Fighting type moves, are this as well.

* OutsideContextVillain: [[spoiler:Meta-example: ''Pokémon Rumble Blast'' is the first time in the Pokémon series -- counting both the games and the anime -- to have neither a Pokémon nor a Human as the BigBad, but instead a geniune monster called the "Dark Rust".]] Granted, it's of the GenericDoomsdayVillain variety, but it's still something the series had never seen before, and still the only time the series has one outside of the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]] games.

** One of the Area Anchors in ''Rumble U'' is called [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann "You Pierce The Heavens"]], with the Pokémon mainly being ones with drills, and the interesting inclusion of Diglett and Dugtrio (the Kanto moles).

* OutsideContextVillain: [[spoiler:Meta-example: ''Pokémon Rumble Blast'' is the first game in the Pokémon series -- counting both the games and the anime -- to have neither a Pokémon nor a Human as the BigBad, but instead a geniune monster called the "Dark Rust". Granted, it's of the GenericDoomsdayVillain variety, but it's still something the series has never seen before.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills[=/=]CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: [[spoiler:A ''lot'' of bad stuff in ''Blast'' could have been avoided if Cobalion and Krookodile had ''explained'' that the Glowdrops were needed to stop the BigBad...]]

* PowerGlows[=/=]LawOfChromaticSuperiority: When getting new Pokémon. If the defeated Pokémon has no special ability, it'll have a bluish-white aura. If it has an ability, the game will slow down ever so slightly and the Pokémon will have a yellow aura before you pick it up. If, in addition to this DramaticPause, the screen zooms in on the defeated Pokémon and it has a glowing red aura, it has ''multiple'' abilities. Subverted with the "Superstar" ability, which puts a ''spotlight'' over the Pokémon but is ultimately a useless if not detrimental ability.

* ShoutOut: One of the Area Anchors in ''Rumble U'' is called [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann "You Pierce The Heavens"]], with the Pokémon mainly being ones with drills, and the interesting inclusion of Diglett and Dugtrio (the Kanto moles).

* 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 obtain 20 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 where you can get 20 of them once a day.

A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''VideoGame/PokémonShuffle''.

A fourth game, ''Pokémon Rumble World'', was released for the Nintendo3DS, and is free-to-play with a microtransaction system similar to that of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonTrozei Pokémon Shuffle]]''.