When did Pokémon Rumble U come out?

Pokémon Rumble U was released on 24 April 2013 for Wii U.

Pokémon Rumble U (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Pokémon Rumble U

After a mishap in the Toy Pokémon Shop, a few Pokémon capsules are swept down a river and washed up on a strange riverbank. Our heroes set out to find their way back to the Toy Pokémon Shop. Along the way our…

51 24 April 2013

What Pokémon Rumble U is

Pokémon Rumble U is a fighting game developed by Ambrella and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After a mishap in the Toy Pokémon Shop, a few Pokémon capsules are swept down a river and washed up on a strange riverbank. Our heroes set out to find their way back to the Toy Pokémon Shop. Along the way our heroes discover all is not right.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Rumble U is the 184th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon X in 2013. Its critic score of 51 is 23 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Rumble U holds a critic score of 51 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 19 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Pokémon Rumble U launched on 24 April 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and Age of Empires II HD. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Age of Empires II HD.

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