Pokemon Rumble World Available for pre-order

What started as Free to play is now an actual retail game. Pokemon Rumble World the fun little button masher is getting a physical release on 22nd January.

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The ruler of the kingdom of toys has sent you on an adventure to track down as many Toy Pokémon as you can. Catch hot-air balloons to different areas to find all kinds of Toy Pokémon, including Pokémon from Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue right through to Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire – some can even Mega Evolve!

When you touch down, square off against swarms of wild Toy Pokémon in real-time battles, using toys from your own collection – and at the end of each stage, take on giant boss characters that don’t play around! Certain defeated Toy Pokémon can be added to your collection. Collect any that you can and find Pokémon that have the right balance of moves and skills to suit your style.

The packaged version includes newly reconfigured features such as Poké Diamonds, the Poké Diamond Digger and VIP Cards, whilst removing the paid content component. After completing the tutorial, visit the shop to receive your allotment of 3,000 Poké Diamonds. The Poké Diamond Digger will provide you with 40 new Poké Diamonds every day. There are two VIP Cards, they can be used to more easily voyage through the wonderful kingdom of Toy Pokémon, collecting more Pokémon for the king!

Key Features:

• Meet, battle and collect over 700 Toy Pokémon – some can even Mega Evolve!

• There are rare Toy Pokémon to find and collect! Even Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre appear as Toy Pokémon.

• 18 different areas with more than 80 stages to discover!

• Hop in hot-air balloons to visit a variety of environments and find new types of Toy Pokémon.

I had a lot of fun with this when it released as a free to play game but don't think I'd want to play it again, it needed to come out at the same time as the free to play version, a mistake Nintendo may have already fixed for the future with the release of a free to play Pokemon Picross in which you can purchase the full game for £15.