Pocket Rumble

Pocket Rumble, created by Cardboard Robot Games, is a 2D fighting game designed to be reminiscent of classic Neo Geo pocket fighting games, with simplified gameplay and controls to make the game more accessible while still being deep and balanced, capable of standing up to years of high level competitive play.

Controls
The controls are discussed here:
 * Article: http://shoryuken.com/2013/09/17/pocket-rumble-interview-with-cardboard-robot-games/
 * Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKtCEQelIUc (that's old footage)

Skills tested
Apart from physical dexterity, Pocket Rumble involves skills and knowledge required for other fighting games, such as:
 * yomi (ability to read your opponent)
 * valuation
 * character knowledge
 * knowledge of matchups (what to do versus a specific character)

Yomi and valuation

"Yomi" is Japanese for "reading," which, in the context of competitive games, refers to "knowing (reading) the mind of your opponent."

Valuation refers to knowing the relative value of each move—both in relation to other movies, and in different situations.

Playing Pocket Rumble will teach you to pay attention to small clues that indicate how people think and act, and to feel, trust, and interpret your intuitive hunches—your gut instinct. Yomi and valuation are skills that may be useful in other games (especially competitive games), and even other areas of your life.

Playable characters
Pocket Rumble is an asymmetric game (like most 2D and 3D fighting games), not a symmetric game (like Chess), which means players can choose between a cast of characters, each with unique moves, strengths, weaknesses, and abilities that reflect that character's particular personality and style.

Single player
 Arcade mode 

Bosses

The Pocket Rumble features many non-playable boss characters—some designed by the Pocket Rumble Kickstarter backers that players encounter by meeting certain conditions in arcade mode, and others that are crossover rival guest characters from other independant ("indie") games.

Crossover rival bosses from other games Other bosses  Versus mode 

 The Lab 

' An "items on" version of Pocket Rumble''. '''

 Career mode 

 Lesson (tutorial) mode 

 Training mode 

Soundtrack
"See Soundtrack"

Stages
"See Stages"

Supported platforms
PC, Steam, Neo Geo Pocket, and Nintendo Switch

At release Pocket Rumble will be playable on PC via Steam and a DRM-free download of the game. Homebrewer, Thor, is also porting the game to Neo Geo Pocket, though the game will be trimmed down a bit to accommodate the dated platform.To quote the Kickstarter page :"The ROM will be free for anyone to download and play using an emulator or a flash cart. It will probably only have arcade mode, and a lot of things about the game will have to be altered to accommodate the system's limitations, but we think it'll be really fun to see our game running on one of our favorite systems, alongside the games that inspired so much about it."

Other platforms

The Kickstarter campaign had Mac, Linux, PS Vita, and Nintendo 3DS as stretch goals, though those goals were not met. However, the developer has said that if they can buy a Mac before launch, it will be available for Mac at release, and that:"[Playstation] Vita [and Nintendo] 3DS are also an option but both require us to get an SDK, and apparently 3DS SDKs cost a ton so that particular port is looking less and less likely (even though our new native resolution is 3DS resolution just in case)."

The game has been confirmed for the Nintendo Switch platform, as confirmed by Nintendo's YouTube channel on March 1, 2017, but has been delayed, due to online multiplayer issues and was finally released on July 5, 2018.

Pre-development prototype
The prototype for Pocket Rumble was created modifying ("modding") Street Fighter 4, another fighting game, so that it had Pocket Rumble's inputs and moves.

First Kickstarter campaign
[info about the first and second kickstarter projects]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardboardrobotgames/pocket-rumble-a-new-fighting-game-for-pc-mac-and-l 

Second Kickstarter campaign
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardboardrobotgames/pocket-rumble-new-2d-fighting-game-for-pc-and-hand?ref=users

The pitch video features the following music : [that table needs to be sorted in order of music appearance]

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Awards and Honors
"Also see Reviews"2015

Custom modifications
Fan-made, non-commercial mods of Pocket Rumble.

See Pocket Rumble mods

Where to buy
Pocket Rumble can be pre-ordered from: http://cardboardrobotgames.tumblr.com/

A future Steam release is likely, though preordering gives access to a Steam key.

Trivia

 * During early pre-development concept design stages, some of the character ideas included: a soviet killer crab robot, giant enemy crabs, a 1950's toy robot, and a teddy bear with scissors, The character design was paired down once the character sketches were done in Photoshop in order to see what looked good at the game's resolution.
 * Developers Christian Stewart and April Sewell said they
 * learned a lot about fighting games from creating Pocket Rumble.
 * got lots of ideas for the game from watching matches of top tournament players