Nintendo Power - Oct. 2012 preview: Super Mario 3D Land, Skyward Sword, Pokemon Rumble Blast, WWE '12

Pokemon Rumble Blast

- directly control your toy Pokemon
- takes place in Toyland
- this is where toys have come to life
- befriend hundreds of Pokemon
- travel to new areas and recruit Pokemon
- first town is named Toy Town
- Toy Town has a glowing fountain
- the fountain is filled with Glowdrops, life-giving fluid
- these drops are starting to go missing
- find out who's stealing the drops
- Pawniard taunts you with 'smell ya later'
- story is broken up into chapters
- each chapter has subsections
- start in an open field that lets you wander into town or other areas
- towns have Pokemon and shops to purchase items
- no turn-based fights
- camera gives a bird's eye perspective
- control only one Pokemon at a time
- it can have two different moves
- no Power Points
- defeated Pokemon leave coins behind
- sometimes Pokemon drop a collectible toy form of themselves

WWE '12

- game engine hasn't been scrapped or rebuilt
- Predator Technology is a new renderer that gives better graphics and improved animation
- sharper resolution and greater texture detail
- player's eyes now stay focused on who they're fighting
- ring now has realistic movement as matches take place

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