Rabbids Rumble

• Title — Rabbids Rumble • Developer — Headstrong Games • Publisher — Ubisoft • Series — Raving Rabbids • Genre — Turn-based strategy • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Nintendo 3DS

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. AR Cards and QR Codes are both located online for downloading. There are 5 QR Codes containing a different Rabbids character each.

Rabbids Rumbles 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.