Pokemon Rumble Rush To Shut Down This Summer, After Just One Year

The smartphone game Pokemon Rumble Rush will shut down this summer, after just one year. In preparation for the impending shutdown, the game is no longer offering in-game purchases of Poke Diamonds.

Serebii reports that the online game will cease activities on July 22, 2020. As of that date, any unused Poke Diamonds will get refunded to players. A few more events are planned for the remaining time, including an update on May 27 that will add more Pokemon. A Greeninja event will be available May 6-27.

Rumble Rush has you battling toy-ified Pokemon, similar to its previous iterations across Nintendo's consoles and handhelds, the Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. Fellow free-to-play Pokemon smartphone games Pokemon Go and Pokemon Masters are still ongoing.

Rumble Rush originally launched for iOS and Android in July 2019, following a soft-launch for Android devices the previous May.