Pocket Rumble is a fighting developed by Cardboard Robot Games, released 1 February 2016 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pocket Rumble is
Pocket Rumble is a fighting game developed by Cardboard Robot Games and released in 2016. It was published by Chucklefish Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on LÖVE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pocket Rumble is a streamlined, beginner-friendly 2-button fighting game that retains all the gameplay elements that make traditional 2D fighters great, but reduces the level of execution and memorization necessary to the bare minimum.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Pocket Rumble holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Pocket Rumble launched on 1 February 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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