Review of the wiiware game called Pokémon Rumble, available for 1500 wii points, AKA $15 USD.


How to play:
You play as a toy pokemon named rattata that squished himself through the open battle royale door gap, and enters it. After he jumps onto the trampoline, that is when you take control. The controls are:

Wii controls:
D-pad = move character around, move the cursor while making a selection.
A button = open up list of pokemon you have, press again to close the list.
1 button = (while choosing a option) cancel the selection. (battling) Attack #1.
2 button = (while selecting a pokemon) confirm pokemon to use. (while releasing a pokemon) check off the pokemon you want to release, press it again to uncheck the pokemon. (battling) Attack #2.
- button = (while selecting a pokemon) search for different types of pokemon.
+ button = pause game, press again to unpause.

GameCube controls:

Control stick = move character around, move the cursor while making a selection.
B button = open up list of pokemon you have, press again to close the list.
1 button = (while choosing a option) cancel the selection. (battling) Attack #1.
A button = (while selecting a pokemon) confirm pokemon to use. (while releasing a pokemon) check off the pokemon you want to release, press it again to uncheck the pokemon. (battling) Attack #2.
Y button = (while selecting a pokemon) search for different types of pokemon.
Start button = pause game, press again to unpause.

I don't know the classic controller controls, it is explained in the manual of the game.

Continuing the how to play: When rattata jumps onto the trampoline, you start controlling the pokemon and it is yours to control. You jump onto the trampoline, and Battle Royale time! It is impossible to win, so you will lose in a few seconds. A trampoline to the "Silent Forest" stage appears, and you can battle pokemon there. After clearing the stage and the boss, the trampolines to the Windy Prairie, Fiery Furnace, Eternal Tower, Rocky Cave, and Bright Beach stages will open. You have to find pokemon to tip over, when you tip one over, touch the tiped over pokemon to befriend it. You can then use it, find a very strong pokemon to open up the battle royale gate. You start in the C rank, when you beat the battle royale, the trampoline to the B rank opens, you keep doing this until the S rank. There is way too much to explain here, so I will start up the review.


Graphics - 10
It is pretty nice to see graphics like this on a new console like the wii, but don't the pokemon look slightly weird than they normally look? It looks like there maybe polygon versions, maybe? I do like the graphics, they completely fit with the original pokemon, I have to give the graphics a 10.

Sound - 10
The music in this game is good, most of the music is fun to listen to, and the sounds are really good. If you need to listen to some music, I recommend this game. I give the sounds a 10.

Addictiveness - 9
It is pretty addicting, if you play this for the first time, you won't understand, but after a while, it gets really addicting. The game is rated "E 10+ with mild cartoon violence" according to the ESRB. I give the addicting rating a 9.

Story - 8
The story of the game shows a toy pokemon cranked up by a wonder key which makes the toy pokemon start moving. Every pokemon strives to win the battle royale, (the champion) they battle each other to win the royale.
Rattata notices a gap in the huge door to the battle royale, and he sqeezes himself through, and challenges the battle royale. Nice story, I give it a 8.

Depth - 10
It is nice to see a long game, the biggest problem is that I would normally give the game a 6, but I found out that the game loops twice, the first time for the difficult mode, and again for the special EX mode. Why loop the game twice? I hate stuff that repeats itself in a game again and again and again. Other than that, I give the depth a 10 due to game looping.

Difficulty - 7
The game is a little easy at the start, but later in the game, you need to practice, learn moves, and battle at your hardest. The difficulty pushes itself up a medium sized chunk every time you advance further. I give the difficulty a 7.

Overall - 9.5
I do like pokemon games, but why put pikachu in there? I do hate pikachu, a LOT! The game is great, it has great music + sound, great graphics, a balanced difficulty, huge replay value, and tons more. It gets me to the point where I start to like battle games, I don't play any RPG games other than pokemon, but hey, I recommend this game if you have a wii points card, spend it on this game.


This has been a Stevie 764 review, thanks for reading the review, and I hope you check out some of my other reviews.

Overall rating: A
It is so epic!

Also, why is the how to play split up?A couple things:
Why are there two overalls?
Why do you list the controls? This is not a game guide, but a review about the game. Imagine if you had to read the controls of much harder games. The controls just don't make sense to be put in a review.

mlb789 : Here are my answers to your questions:

Q1. Why is the how to play split up?
A1. Since I put the controls in the middle of the how to play, it splits up the how to play.

Q2. Why are there two overalls?
A2. I do this In just about every review I do, the first overall is for what I think of the game, and the second overall is for grading according to my overall score, for example, 9.5 = A according to school grading.

Q3. Why did you list the controls?
A3. I didn't know that the reviews aren't game guides, but walkthroughs are. I was so confused, sorry.


I don't know why I added all those controls into the review, I should be doing that in a walkthrough! I defenitly apologize for those errors.

Great review sir, not too lengthy, and plenty of details, keep it up!

Stevie 764 :   Despite that though, I really liked your review.  I would continue to perfect your reviewing skills so you can receive a job when you are thirteen.

mlb789 : Actually, you can be ANY age to be a game reviewer, no age restrictions.

Stevie 764 : Actually, now with COPPA, you have to be thirteen.  I am 99% sure about this.

mlb789 : *groans* It always had to be COPPA! I will get WAY beyond impatient since I have to wait for my birthday, and since I have to wait ALL the way until my birthday, I will cry.