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Pokémon Rumble World

Pokémon Rumble World is a freemium Nintendo 3DS game released in most regions on April 8, 2015. The game is free to download, but features in-game microtransactions. The game features all 719 species of…

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Pokémon Rumble World is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Ambrella, released 8 April 2015 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Pokémon Rumble World is

Pokémon Rumble World is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Ambrella and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is set in the Kingdom of Toys. At the start of the game, the king greets the player's Mii, jealous of a magician who has 10 Pokémon, whereas the king only has one Pikachu. The player's Mii then leaves Castle Town via a hot-air balloon to collect wild Toy Pokémon. As the player befriends wild Toy Pokémon, their Adventurer Rank increases. As their Adventurer Rank increases, more items are available in the shop and the stages will feature more powerful Pokémon.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Rumble World is the 202nd of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Mewtwo in 2015. Its critic score of 70 is 4 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 World holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Pokémon Rumble World launched on 8 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin and Kerbal Space Program. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Kerbal Space Program.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Pokémon Rumble World come out?
Pokémon Rumble World was released on 8 April 2015 for Nintendo 3DS.

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