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Pokemon Rumble Blast to wind up in American stores October 24

by JC Fletcher on Jul 19th 2011 10:30AM

Super Pokémon Scramble, the 3DS sequel to the 2009 WiiWare brawler Pokémon Rumble, will be released from its Pokéball into North American retail on October 24 under the name Pokémon Rumble Blast.

Like its WiiWare predecessor, Pokemon Rumble Blast is a Dynasty Warriors-ish beat-em-up in which you control one mechanical "Toy Pokémon" against hordes of other Poké-automata, with, of course, the ability to capture enemies and add them to the playable roster. More than 600 wind-up Pokemon varieties will appear, including new ones from Black and White.

If you happen to meet other players as you wander about the world with your 3DS, you'll be able to view their Miis and engage in automatic battles via StreetPass. Or, you can play together actively in a cooperative local wireless mode.

Pokemon Rumble Blast (3DS)

Source: Nintendo

Tags: 3ds, ds, nintendo, pokemon, pokemon-rumble, pokemon-rumble-blast, q4-2011, release-date

Reader Comments (18)

Retail, huh? This doesn't exactly scream "retail" to me. Keep fighting that inevitable ascendance of the digital marketplace, Nintendo.

@baby sea tuna
Now that we have 3-4 ISPs to choose everywhere and no data caps, it's definitely time for Digital Distribution to shine!

Oh right, that isn't the case for many, many people.

I think it has more to do with Nintendo thinking they'd get more sales from a POKEMON game in retail rather than DD. It's also a portable pokemon game (kids seem to like to take their pokemon with them and probably have purchasing power offline with less reliance on their parents) and when its predecessor was on Wiiware you are really reaching for something to pull that line out of your butt.

It's still true, to a degree. But you were looking for any excuse to whine about it. Good for you!

@baby sea tuna

You've got to think of the target group for this. I don't think most kids deal with the digital download space.

@ItsameMatt03

I dunno, have you played Black or White? Replacing the Pokewalker with that insanely complicated online Dream World crap proves that they're still putting a lot of faith into the net-saavy youngsters, which leads the cynic in me to believe that this is just an excuse to charge $40 for a game because it carries the Pokemon name.

Parents prefer buying retail. Sure the kids might understand the stuff, which makes the dream world work well as a game feature, but without a retail game a lot of the parents wont be buying it for their kids.

I played the wiiware demo and actually had some fun with it, but it doesn't seem like it would last. Does it?

We're never going to get that WoW-style POKEMON MMO, are we? :(

/kicks a rattata...

@foxhound

Meeeowth that's right!

If they ever do make a Pokemon MMORPG, I hope they don't make it WoW style...

@foxhound

only a person who plays WoW would ever want a WoW style pokemon game... how about a Pokemon style Pokemon game. Open world and all.

@PR0F3TA
I should have clarified... open world, 3D/third person, MMORPG with the "popularity" of WoW. Apologies.

Meh. Ill wait for a price drop.

I played this game for a few hours. It's really not bad at all, and expanding on it would get me to buy it. It's nice to play a good Pokemon game that isn't Ranger or Mystery Dungeon.

Huh, I never even thought abou a cell-shaded pokemon game.

It doesn't look half bad from those pictures either.

I love Pokemon Rumble, its fun. But it should be a downloadable game.

Can I get Grey Version or my Ruby/Sapphire remakes instead?

I would like this game better if there weren't any black and white Pokemon in it I heard you get used to the new pokemon but since I didn't buy black and white I haven't got used to them yet.

@Theneverendingsoda
The game is mostly about getting 3 friends together and treking through the stages. Enemies get harder depending on how many players there are

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