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Pokemon Rumble Hands On Preview

This rumble is more Mystery Dungeon than fun.

The second WiiWare Pokemon game is luckily an actual game as opposed to a petting zoo, but Pokemon Rumble, which came out in Japan in June, is just a monotonous beat-'em-up with a bunch of Pokemon.

The game's setup is simple, you venture out with a team of up to four players, pick a Pokemon, and beat the hell out of the hordes of wild Pokemon that come your way using two attacks. When your Pokemon gets weak, you switch to another so you don't die and end the game. Sometimes you fight a stronger boss Pokemon. That's all the game is.

Admittedly, it's cool to see the attacks you've grown used to seeing played out in the portable iterations transferred to a brawler, but there's no substance. It retains the "gotta catch-'em all" vibe, but that's all it has. Your Pokemon can't level up or improve, they're just waiting around until you go to a venue where they're strong against the enemies or you find a better incarnation of them.

It almost has a Mystery Dungeon feel to it because you just go through a seemingly endless amount of repetitive floors. Like Mystery Dungeon games, it is unforgiving as once one Pokemon bites the dust, the entire gang loses.

It's a fun idea, and a different take on the series, but after playing around with this game, I'm pretty sure I'm skipping it.

Pokemon Rumble's still awaiting a North American release date and price point


 

Comments

Our Take

Lauren Lewandoski Staff Alumnus

10/12/2009 at 01:14 PM

So while I've played Pokemon games in the past (read: Blue) I found this game totally un-fun. I really don't have the mental capacity to retain all of the Pokemon, who they fight against, elements, blah blah, I lost interest in this sentence already.

If the only thing you read as a kid was the back of Pokemon cards, this game is for you.

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Neal Ronaghan Staff Alumnus

10/12/2009 at 01:42 PM

Lauren, the back of Pokemon cards was a stock logo :P

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