Ludography
Rabbids Rumble cover

2012 · Kuju Ltd. · Fighting

Rabbids Rumble

Nintendo exclusive

Rabbids have escaped from your cartridge all over your Nintendo 3DS and found their way into the real world. You must collect them throughout 7 worlds full of mini games and bring the complete collection back, one battle at the time!

Released
13 November 2012
Platforms
Nintendo 3DS
Genres
Fighting
Developers
Kuju Ltd.
Publishers
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Series
Raving Rabbids
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ComedyParty
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
ESRB E10+PEGI 7
Languages
English

About

Rabbids Rumble (French: The Lapins Crétins: La Grosse Bagarre) is a 2012 turn-based strategy video game developed by Headstrong Games and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo 3DS. Initially announced by Ubisoft a few weeks before E3 2012, it is the first handheld-exclusive Rabbids game.

Keywords

  • minigames
  • minigame collection
  • streetpass support

Media

Rabbids Rumble screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Rabbids Rumble centers around battling within 7 differently-themed worlds, in which the player's party and the current foe's party take turns attacking each other until only one side has health remaining. When a rabbid loses in battle, a new party member takes their place until there are no more fighters left on one side. It features 102 playable Rabbids, who are earned by playing the different modes; StreetPass; or the packaged AR card, each with their own simple moveset. As the box art shows, these Rabbids include a professional wrestler, a football player, a superhero, a dragon, a Spartan, and an astronaut, among others.

The game contains various mini-games, alongside the main fighting mode. StreetPass can be used to battle friends.

Development

Rabbids Rumble's development began in London some time before late May 2012. By late May, a name, box art, and screenshots of the game were released publicly even though E3 2012 was still a month away. It was decided early on in development that the game would have a slapstick humor theme. Rabbid Rumble was being developed at the same time as the Rabbids Invasion television show, meaning Nick and Ubisoft planned for the game to, among other things, keep the Rabbids brand fresh in the minds of consumers in time for the show's airing. Strong similarities between this game and the show can be found in the heavy usage of slapstick humor and the distinct 3D animation style.

Reception

After its release, Rabbids Rumble received mixed reviews. Despite that, Adam Riley of Cubed3 gave the game a positive 7 out of 10 stars, and said the mini-game portions of the game were a "healthy" addition. He also said the game overall was a "very enjoyable experience", but claimed the Pokémon-like gameplay was "nowhere near as deep [as the game series it's mimicking]". Metacritic's review average is a mixed 59 out of 100.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 3DS13 November 2012North America · Europe 16 November 2012

Editions and related releases

Included in
Rayman and Rabbids Family Pack

In the same series

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Years

Platform libraries

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