Hey, everyone! This is a compilation video I’m trying out! Basically, I took my reviews for the Mystery Dungeon Specials, cut out the filler, recorded new intros and fixed the pacing overall with how the commercials are implemented. Figured I’d do it since these are like two years old at this point. Not sure if I’ll do too much more of this in the future, maybe just for Halloween and Christmas later on, but I had fun with it!
Hi! I’ve actually played Gates to Infinity, and this trailer covers what Pikachu THINKS the world is. Pikachu, or whoever your partner is, is an optimistic character who just bought a barren land, packed with Mystery Dungeons. She wants to make this barren land a paradise. The first chapter actually has Gurdurr as the villain, with him scamming the team along with his unevolved counterparts. And this ties into the main theme: Skepticism Vs. Optimism. Gurdurr was actually scammed and crippled by a former customer who tore down a house who then refused to pay for it or compensation for his new disability.
The biggest crime in history was we never got a full anime PMD Anime Series. ESCPECIALLY EXPLORERS OF TIME AND DARKNESS. Just imagining the Primal Dialga Arc with the "final battle" against him, and the sad ending would have been talked about for years, and might have even contributed to PMD surpassing the main pokemon games
I remember after the Team Go Getters special aired on tv and ended on a “To Be Continued” I spent weeks on end trying to catch the airing of the continuation.
Same here. I remembered as a kid I was waiting all week and then few years later when the explorers one aired, I was confused wondering what happened to the other character and realized it based on another game. And the to be continued all along was basically saying “play the game”
These specials will always have a place in my heart, I wish they ended up being full blown series since there's quite enough story, especially great story to make it to the TV screens! Just imagine all the bonus stories from Explorers of Sky getting their own adaptations! Red Rescue Team did get a manga and I'm still looking to read it sometime!
Can't agree more. Also the Manga is great, would recommend. The Explorer games also have a Manga if you're interested. It's called Pokemon mystery dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team, but some also call it Explorers of flame.
I remember seeing the Explorers of Time and Darkness special and thought it was the first episode of a new series, having it be a dungeon of the week series with an overarching plot on how the main character can see the future would have been very enjoyable
FINALLY! IT GETS THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES!! The only series(first review) to ACTUALLY be faithful to how Pichu's ears, tail and neck are SUPPOSED to look!
That finale special feels like one big troll move. I want to see Chimchar and Piplup become the bros they are over the course of dozens of adventures with gloriously animated facial expressions and TV quality soundtracks!
I still want a PMD animated series, full length. Full Isekai level plot. solid 52 episodes over a year. like 1 new episode a week "transformed into a pokemon" plot is such a great premise imo.
I just watched the first special in full Japanese (cause I can’t take the English voices seriously) and even without understanding a single word, enjoyed it so much more than most media put out by big companies nowadays. What a feel good special ^w^
These should have made these into series. I would have watched them. I’m super mad that Dugtrio straight up isn’t in the Explorers specials and Diglett gets minimal screen time. I get that they don’t have big canon roles, but I don’t care. These don’t exactly follow canon.
@@davidbeer5015 Exactly. Magnemite looks so horrified to discover that, too! I guess they thought the game still needed some charm aside from the anime.
A couple things I wanted to note is that I believe Rescue Team DX did kind of get some animated special, or rather, it was something animated in the game's engine showing off the origin of Team Meanies. Said short wasn't officially translated though Another more odd thing is that I'm surprised you didn't mention Chimchar's voice in the Explorers anime special, I'm like 70% sure he was voiced by the same guy who voices Barry in the DPPt anime which works so well
@@pyrux9506 Its on the official Japanese Pokémon channel, look up "ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 救助隊dx 特别映像" on TH-cam and you should be able to find it. (Afaik they aren't region locked) There's a total of 9 special shorts made for Rescue Team DX. Some of them were pretty interesting too. One of them actually explained how the partner got their house and why they don't mind to give the house to you afterwards.
I like the idea of learning moves being a combination of muscle memory and practicing the same technique over and over again to get a better result. (IE. Ember to Flamethrower)
The only time chicorota funfact in Other lsnguages He is named after salads but different salads. In German He is named after Endive salads And the only Moment where the cute chicorita got love
Let me tell you I was extremely suprised and excited when these specials were shown on TV, because I did not expect it. To be honest especially with the cliffhanger at the end of the PMD 1 Special, I really thought it was gonna become a full blown series - maybe they'll do one someday
The specials were like a really good fever dream, like a really good one, they were short, awesome, and yet didn't air much at all, because I vaguely remember them airing a few times or maybe it was once, the child that I was, would eat up any Pokemon content and of course, I watched the Poke-a-thon and gosh, I miss what Toonami was with their older broadcasting blocks. It makes me so happy that I have vague memories as a child of them celebrating the Pokemon anime as much as they did on Cartoon Network, it really was a different time back then.
I wanted a pmd anime series so badly as a kid. To this day, I’m still disappointed that never happened. Please, if any of the animators or directors are reading this, please, please, PLEASE make a full series animé of these games. Even just a series of one of the games will do.
I really loved these shorts and seeing them in the vid reminds me of how amazing the animations and how beautiful the backgrounds were. I also agree about the voice acting, I love hearing pokemon speak with actual human voices because like that because I feel it fits them quite well and I think helps to show off more of their personality than just reading text or hearing them say their name I feel like the pmd series has so much potential that it's a shame we didn't get to see more of it, even if it was just a short series of a few episodes, or even a single whole movie! Would give us a lot more to enjoy and hopefully make these largely forgotten/forgettable shorts a lot more memorable It also would've been interesting to see how the other plots from the games get adapted in the anime, not to mention other characters. Seeing gardevoir or skuntank would've been so dramatic and fun, for example (Also I love that Phineas and Ferb reference you had 😆) And that clip at the end with a totodile, I remember first seeing that on tv as a kid and it being so impactful for me, but looking back at it nowadays I could never find it anywhere so thanks for featuring it! Hope you don't mind my big comment btw, just sharing my own thoughts on the pmd animated specials
I really recommend Gates to Infinity, the gameplay isn't too hot but the characters and music are really something special. I'd also recommend reading the Mystery Dungeon mangas, especially Explorers of Flame based on the Explorers game. Definitely my favourite adaptation of PMD
I wish PSMD had something like this... Even if it is the 4 PMD I played I can say with confidence that it is a contender with 1st place in my heart along with the explorers games!
Honestly, it would be nice to have the normal pokemon anime mixed with mystery dungeon, so they both are related to each other. I could imagine Ash, to be sent to that other world, then come back and have the ability to travel there again anytime, while also retaining the ability to turn into a pokemon at the main world as well and somehow he could finally understand his own pokemon, while also having his friends and other ppl also learn that ability like he has. This could give the anime even more depth and after all, what Ash experiences in the anime, can't happen exactly like that in the games.
@@majathemajorakid9313 yes Grovyle's voice is more like Atem. And Imagine if Dan Green is voicing Treeko's middle evolution in the Game(especially in Special episode in PMD Explorers of Sky)
the one thing a love about the PMD2 specials is how the games actually had a password type request literally the same as the one in the special. its REALLY COOL!!!
Ever since I learned about PMD I've been wishing the studio would make a full series about it. There is so much potential for a great fantasy adventure
In the Team Go Getters part i spotted a mistake around 0:47 . There was mentioned that all members of Team GO Getters were Kanto starters but Chikorita is a Johto starter
I remember I was super upset when I got the PMD T/D special with my Dialga Palkia DS. It was my first game console, and while the special was good, I remember being super annoyed that it didn’t come with a copy of diamond or pearl, since that’s what I wanted the most
The fact that my first Mystery Dungeon game was Gates to Infinity, and I was a Pikachu while my buddy was an Oshawott, without seeing the trailers, is creepy.
@@ShimmeringVapidCoal Yes, the fact that it's reversed is the point. It's similar, not the same, which is even more impressive imo. Also, I was super young, barely remember even playing it, but I barely knew pokemon back then, so I chose a random one for my partner to be since I didn't know anyone except Pikachu lol I doubt dumbass kid me even paid attention to the opening animation, let alone watch it. The fact that I didn't even remember there was one is funny.
When the red and blue one came out i SCOURED TH-cam to find more for proly weeks. I would literally pay sooooooo much to have it be a true blue series. Or well that would apply to any kind of pmd series
It always surprises me when something I collected really does become a rare and coveted item for others because I have the Pokemon DS Lite and the Mystery Dungeon DVD that came with it. The poster that was also part of the package is literally still hanging on my bedroom wall above my bed. I'm not sure where I put the DVD, but I have it.
05:01 OMG I still have my special edition Dialga Palkia DS Lite. Got it for my 11th birthday and yes it came with the Mystery Dungeon special on DVD, although I lost that along with the box.
Back in the day, when the Diamond and Pearl anime was released on DVD where I live, the Time and Darkness special was packed in with the Second set of the season. And a bit of knowledge, the Time and Darkness special’s “mission” is actually in the games via Wonder Mail, and the reward for completing the mission is even the same as in the Special! (even if Chatot took it from the protagonists in the special) Even more knowledge, the specials were rereleased on TH-cam for the release of Super Mystery Dungeon, and attention was brought to those releases for the release of Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX.
I would sacrifice 100 main series pokemon episodes for 1 mystery dungeon episode. The series is just way more interesting than regular pokemon stuff. It's the same game every time and the anime base plot is too.
I remember seeing that team Go-Getters special and was immediately disappointed it wasn't a series. And now I'm just very disappointed Super PMD didn't get anything. :(
I watched everything but the Go-Getters episode. I did not ever like the anime series (I did like some of the movies), but I have replayed Explorers of Sky more times than I could count. I was so disappointed that these shorts and trailers were all we ever got for official adaptations of the Mystery Dungeon sub-series. The stories and concepts were always more dimensional and permanent than those from the main games and ever since I was a teenager, I searched AOOO for adaptations. I don’t want to diminish or spoiler any particular one, so I’ll just say that plenty of the stories that fans came up with adaptations with enough remaking/expansion/maturity to be just as deserving of adaptations.
Funny enough my first play through of the switch mystery dungeon remaster Sunflora with Chlorophyll and Solar Beam was such a monster (I was a cyndaquil and used sunny day to boost myself and sunflora)
I'd this spin off deserves an anime series. Or a movie. I've always wanted to see a PMD movie If Detective Pikachu could get a movie, why can't PMD? But it would be better if it's animated
Bro just opened my eyes I am enraged that detective pikachu a failed game got a movie but mystery dungeon one of Pokémon’s most successful spinoffs got only a few animated promotions makes me both angry and sad
I always thought I had dreamed up this animated special in my wild childhood imagination 😂 I'm happy to know it was a real thing I saw when I was little and was obsessed with everything Pokemon lol
I was so excited by the Team Go-Getters episode when it first came out. It was a new spin on the pokemon franchise I had never considered before. At the end of the episode, the "to be continued" text popped up and I could barely contain my excitement for the next episode. I waited all week just to watch it. Imagine my disappointment when a new episode didn't air the week after. The mystery dungeon games are still some of my favorites, but that was such a huge disservice to the franchise.
I remember seeing the animated trailers for Gates to Infinity on the Pokemon TV app. I genuinely thought there would more more to it than just the two parts and I really wanted to see what happened in the battle with Kyurem. To this day, I've still never played Gates to Infinity and I probably won't since my 3DS died.
@@PikaFleetsYolo I don't like downloading ROMs. With that said, I've got an old 2DS lying around which, since I really don't like having to use one of those wedge things with mono speakers, has basically been turned into a glorified ROM dumper. Because of that, Citra is my main way of playing 3DS games. I recall my local secondhand store having copies of both Gates to Infnity and Super, so I'll pick them up if they've still got them to dump and play in Citra.
I remember when I was still a kid and obsessed with PMD 2 and then I randomly stumbled upon its two episodes on YT and afterwards I was desperately trying to find the rest of the episodes without any success... Little 10 year old me didnt understand there were only two episodes made
nothing will beat the beauty of rescue team and explorers ♡ the continuation of this adaptation would have been so charming, but the games stories are just as amazing existing in their current forms. they surpass the mainline series for me, personally.
I remember finding the dvd for the PMD explorers of time and darkness at uk Woolworths when it was closing down - I think I was like 7-9 years old at the time and it was like £1 so my mum bought it for me and I used to absolutely love that short and watch it every day
It’s a shame we never got a proper full series. I mean these were great but they leave you looking forward to more and bummed when you realize that these were one&dones.
Man I wish I still had the box for my Dialga and Palkia SE DS, I still have the CD for PMD Explorers of Darkness in a CD case somewhere in my house, such a nice throwback
PMD2 was an Isekai with an Adventurer's Guild before the trope became oversaturated and have weird titles XD AAAAANNNND.... no harem XD Man.... would have made an AWESOME Isekai anime with one of the best Pokemon stories ever...
They were fun but felt super rushed at times since it’s just an advertisement episode special basically It has so much potential for a proper anime or at least a longer special/movie or multi part special that’s at least a few episodes instead of 1 or 2 I didn’t even know they existed, I found them by chance (on a website) I wish there was more!
It's kinda curious how all the shorts the MC that got isekai'ed turn into the water starter, it might have some lore reasons but I haven't played the game so idk.
It really is a shame that Mystery Dungeon never became an animated series or movie(s). I actually love this "Spin-off" way more than the mainline-series. (Super Mystery Dungeon is my least favorite out of these [not counting DX because it's a remake] and even Super is as high in my personal ranking of Pokémon-games in general as Black/White(2), Emerald, OrAs, Platinum and Legends Arceus (which comes closest to PMD storywise). I like the charm of cuteness but with more serious topics, dark undertone, great world building and diving deep into the characters and their development throughout the storyline. ❤️ I really hope the game-series isnt completely dead yet but I need something new instead of a remake.
Hey, everyone! This is a compilation video I’m trying out! Basically, I took my reviews for the Mystery Dungeon Specials, cut out the filler, recorded new intros and fixed the pacing overall with how the commercials are implemented. Figured I’d do it since these are like two years old at this point. Not sure if I’ll do too much more of this in the future, maybe just for Halloween and Christmas later on, but I had fun with it!
Hi! I’ve actually played Gates to Infinity, and this trailer covers what Pikachu THINKS the world is. Pikachu, or whoever your partner is, is an optimistic character who just bought a barren land, packed with Mystery Dungeons. She wants to make this barren land a paradise. The first chapter actually has Gurdurr as the villain, with him scamming the team along with his unevolved counterparts. And this ties into the main theme: Skepticism Vs. Optimism. Gurdurr was actually scammed and crippled by a former customer who tore down a house who then refused to pay for it or compensation for his new disability.
Dan Green does have a very nice voice. Glad I’ve found a fellow fan
It's a crime Pokemon never licensed a full animated series for this. The first episode felt like a pilot to a show that never came.
Such as Fire Emblem OVAs.
Agreed! If they ever made a pokemon mystery dungeon anime, I'd watch it so much and it would be a favorite show of mine!
Unfortunately, it didn’t fit in their cycle of merchandising. The anime is always supposed to stay in current gems to help fuel merch purchases.
I was literally just thinking "it was a crime that these were never made into a full series" as I read this comment.
Especially with the "To Be Continued"
I'd honestly love a full Mystery Dungeon anime
Me too dude
Or even just a movie
With how popular isekai anime is, im so surprised we haven’t gotten another one. That or its my addiction to the isekai trope idk
I personally agree. The PMD games will always hold a very special place in my heart, and the anime adaptations make it better for me
The biggest crime in history was we never got a full anime PMD Anime Series. ESCPECIALLY EXPLORERS OF TIME AND DARKNESS.
Just imagining the Primal Dialga Arc with the "final battle" against him, and the sad ending would have been talked about for years, and might have even contributed to PMD surpassing the main pokemon games
That would put it above every other sentimental ending in anime history if they pull the flashbacks off correctly.
I really wish a PMD series was made in the style of the anime at the time. It would've driven the sales of the sub-series as a whole!
Kinda funny that in all 3 versions, the human transforms into a Water-Type.
Not too OP as a fire type,
But not too weak as a grass type.
The water type is perfect for an MC.
I never noticed that 😮
I remember after the Team Go Getters special aired on tv and ended on a “To Be Continued” I spent weeks on end trying to catch the airing of the continuation.
Same. I was so disappointed.
Until you knew the truth...💀
I feel so bad for all of you
Ohhh, that's cruel.
Same here. I remembered as a kid I was waiting all week and then few years later when the explorers one aired, I was confused wondering what happened to the other character and realized it based on another game. And the to be continued all along was basically saying “play the game”
5:35 the voice of Mephiles and Yugi no fucking way
These specials will always have a place in my heart, I wish they ended up being full blown series since there's quite enough story, especially great story to make it to the TV screens! Just imagine all the bonus stories from Explorers of Sky getting their own adaptations!
Red Rescue Team did get a manga and I'm still looking to read it sometime!
I agree.
:D
Can't agree more. Also the Manga is great, would recommend. The Explorer games also have a Manga if you're interested. It's called Pokemon mystery dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team, but some also call it Explorers of flame.
I completely forgot these existed, so cool to remember all these episodes
I never got to watch them as they aired, but it still feel nostalgic, especially looking at all the commercials and tv bumpers.
@@GatorEX I actually remember watching that Pokemarathon with the Explorers of Time and Darkness I think it was soon after Platinum came out
I do rember that they said next time they gonna beat shadow dialga never happend :/
@@Ndßeoe72i28 That would have been so cool :0
I managed to accidentally catch Team Go-getters on TV when it aired and felt cheated that there was never a series proper.
I remember seeing the Explorers of Time and Darkness special and thought it was the first episode of a new series, having it be a dungeon of the week series with an overarching plot on how the main character can see the future would have been very enjoyable
I was the same way when saw team go getters as a kid on tv when it ended on to be continues thinking it was new spin off series like chronicles was
FINALLY! IT GETS THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES!!
The only series(first review) to ACTUALLY be faithful to how Pichu's ears, tail and neck are SUPPOSED to look!
That finale special feels like one big troll move. I want to see Chimchar and Piplup become the bros they are over the course of dozens of adventures with gloriously animated facial expressions and TV quality soundtracks!
I still want a PMD animated series, full length. Full Isekai level plot. solid 52 episodes over a year. like 1 new episode a week
"transformed into a pokemon" plot is such a great premise imo.
Pokemon Fans
PMD = Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Me a 3D Modeling Nerd
PMD = a 3D model format used in Japanese software
I would pay actual money to see a full Pokémon mystery dungeon series and/or Pokémon ranger series.
This was indeed my childhood, and it was a whole new experience because humans becoming Pokémon has never been thought of until then.
I just watched the first special in full Japanese (cause I can’t take the English voices seriously) and even without understanding a single word, enjoyed it so much more than most media put out by big companies nowadays.
What a feel good special ^w^
I always thought that it was a waste to not have more from this side series. The story and the feels really doesn’t get it’s due justice
These should have made these into series. I would have watched them.
I’m super mad that Dugtrio straight up isn’t in the Explorers specials and Diglett gets minimal screen time. I get that they don’t have big canon roles, but I don’t care. These don’t exactly follow canon.
Bonus is missing out on the joke after saving Diglett:
“My feet still feel like they’re floating on air”
“…….F-feet?”
“He has those? Feet?”
@@davidbeer5015 Exactly. Magnemite looks so horrified to discover that, too! I guess they thought the game still needed some charm aside from the anime.
A couple things I wanted to note is that I believe Rescue Team DX did kind of get some animated special, or rather, it was something animated in the game's engine showing off the origin of Team Meanies. Said short wasn't officially translated though
Another more odd thing is that I'm surprised you didn't mention Chimchar's voice in the Explorers anime special, I'm like 70% sure he was voiced by the same guy who voices Barry in the DPPt anime which works so well
Do you know where i can watch the team meanie thing
@@pyrux9506 Saw it floating around the PMD subreddit a while ago, will have to look there later
@@pyrux9506 Its on the official Japanese Pokémon channel, look up "ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 救助隊dx 特别映像" on TH-cam and you should be able to find it. (Afaik they aren't region locked)
There's a total of 9 special shorts made for Rescue Team DX. Some of them were pretty interesting too. One of them actually explained how the partner got their house and why they don't mind to give the house to you afterwards.
@Pyrux Team Meanies is Formed! From 'The Game Display' on YT I think. I went on the subreddit like he said lol
I like the idea of learning moves being a combination of muscle memory and practicing the same technique over and over again to get a better result. (IE. Ember to Flamethrower)
0:50 the iconic Kanto Trio.. waaahhh!! my bulbasaur! :(
The only time chicorota funfact in Other lsnguages He is named after salads but different salads. In German He is named after Endive salads
And the only Moment where the cute chicorita got love
6:52
PIPLUP WEARING DRIP GOKU’S CLOTHES! MY SOUL HAS BEEN CLEANSED!!!
Let me tell you I was extremely suprised and excited when these specials were shown on TV, because I did not expect it.
To be honest especially with the cliffhanger at the end of the PMD 1 Special, I really thought it was gonna become a full blown series - maybe they'll do one someday
We need more PMD in our lives
February 27th
@@ivanzoneBR24 that would be great but I also don’t wanna get my hopes up
@@ivanzoneBR24 lol nothing
Not surprised though
@@ivanzoneBR24 ooo, better luck next time! (Please, im desperate for an EOS remake, and i cant afford a 200$ copy of the original.)
@Blue Shard same! I don't even have a DS!
The specials were like a really good fever dream, like a really good one, they were short, awesome, and yet didn't air much at all, because I vaguely remember them airing a few times or maybe it was once, the child that I was, would eat up any Pokemon content and of course, I watched the Poke-a-thon and gosh, I miss what Toonami was with their older broadcasting blocks.
It makes me so happy that I have vague memories as a child of them celebrating the Pokemon anime as much as they did on Cartoon Network, it really was a different time back then.
I wanted a pmd anime series so badly as a kid. To this day, I’m still disappointed that never happened. Please, if any of the animators or directors are reading this, please, please, PLEASE make a full series animé of these games. Even just a series of one of the games will do.
I really loved these shorts and seeing them in the vid reminds me of how amazing the animations and how beautiful the backgrounds were. I also agree about the voice acting, I love hearing pokemon speak with actual human voices because like that because I feel it fits them quite well and I think helps to show off more of their personality than just reading text or hearing them say their name
I feel like the pmd series has so much potential that it's a shame we didn't get to see more of it, even if it was just a short series of a few episodes, or even a single whole movie! Would give us a lot more to enjoy and hopefully make these largely forgotten/forgettable shorts a lot more memorable
It also would've been interesting to see how the other plots from the games get adapted in the anime, not to mention other characters. Seeing gardevoir or skuntank would've been so dramatic and fun, for example
(Also I love that Phineas and Ferb reference you had 😆)
And that clip at the end with a totodile, I remember first seeing that on tv as a kid and it being so impactful for me, but looking back at it nowadays I could never find it anywhere so thanks for featuring it!
Hope you don't mind my big comment btw, just sharing my own thoughts on the pmd animated specials
Si lo puedes ver en youtube tanto en ingles como español
I really recommend Gates to Infinity, the gameplay isn't too hot but the characters and music are really something special.
I'd also recommend reading the Mystery Dungeon mangas, especially Explorers of Flame based on the Explorers game.
Definitely my favourite adaptation of PMD
Why they never made this into a mainstream series is a mystery in itself.
I'm still so sad there's not a real, proper anime of this, especially explorers, because that would have been incredible
I wish PSMD had something like this... Even if it is the 4 PMD I played I can say with confidence that it is a contender with 1st place in my heart along with the explorers games!
I would definitely watch a PMD anime. There’s a lot you can do it’s story and premise in an anime that would just be fun and awesome to watch
Honestly, it would be nice to have the normal pokemon anime mixed with mystery dungeon, so they both are related to each other. I could imagine Ash, to be sent to that other world, then come back and have the ability to travel there again anytime, while also retaining the ability to turn into a pokemon at the main world as well and somehow he could finally understand his own pokemon, while also having his friends and other ppl also learn that ability like he has. This could give the anime even more depth and after all, what Ash experiences in the anime, can't happen exactly like that in the games.
I still get so emotional when Grovyle sacrifices himself to save us and our partner
And his voice is Atem, which we're got the vibes.
@@raveast I’m sorry-Atem!? As in from Yugioh!? Now I’m double crying 😭
@@majathemajorakid9313 yes Grovyle's voice is more like Atem. And Imagine if Dan Green is voicing Treeko's middle evolution in the Game(especially in Special episode in PMD Explorers of Sky)
the one thing a love about the PMD2 specials is how the games actually had a password type request literally the same as the one in the special. its REALLY COOL!!!
It’s legit infuriating that these never got a full anime series. The Mystery Dungeon games have some of the best stories in the franchise.
Ever since I learned about PMD I've been wishing the studio would make a full series about it. There is so much potential for a great fantasy adventure
In the Team Go Getters part i spotted a mistake around 0:47 . There was mentioned that all members of Team GO Getters were Kanto starters but Chikorita is a Johto starter
It was a joke...
💀
R/woosh
These characters were so expressive to the point that I really hope they could make another PMD anime.
I remember I was super upset when I got the PMD T/D special with my Dialga Palkia DS. It was my first game console, and while the special was good, I remember being super annoyed that it didn’t come with a copy of diamond or pearl, since that’s what I wanted the most
The fact that my first Mystery Dungeon game was Gates to Infinity, and I was a Pikachu while my buddy was an Oshawott, without seeing the trailers, is creepy.
Wasn't it in reverse?
Also that's how they appear in the intro animation too, so you shouldn't be freaking out so much.
@@ShimmeringVapidCoal Yes, the fact that it's reversed is the point. It's similar, not the same, which is even more impressive imo.
Also, I was super young, barely remember even playing it, but I barely knew pokemon back then, so I chose a random one for my partner to be since I didn't know anyone except Pikachu lol
I doubt dumbass kid me even paid attention to the opening animation, let alone watch it. The fact that I didn't even remember there was one is funny.
@@ShimmeringVapidCoal I'm also not "freaking out," what? Lol. I was pointing out a funny little coincidence
@@WhopsInc. oh ok
When the red and blue one came out i SCOURED TH-cam to find more for proly weeks. I would literally pay sooooooo much to have it be a true blue series. Or well that would apply to any kind of pmd series
It always surprises me when something I collected really does become a rare and coveted item for others because I have the Pokemon DS Lite and the Mystery Dungeon DVD that came with it. The poster that was also part of the package is literally still hanging on my bedroom wall above my bed. I'm not sure where I put the DVD, but I have it.
Got a lot of videos to catch up on after a long hiatus
Imagine what Pokemon Ranger the anime would've been. I loved the 1st 2 games so hard!
0:35 Wow nostalgia. I miss watching Pokémon on Cartoon Network.
Considering Grovyle's personality and demeanour in the games, I would be *_disappointed_* if his voice was anything less than what it was.
They really should have turned this into a full series
05:01 OMG I still have my special edition Dialga Palkia DS Lite. Got it for my 11th birthday and yes it came with the Mystery Dungeon special on DVD, although I lost that along with the box.
Back in the day, when the Diamond and Pearl anime was released on DVD where I live, the Time and Darkness special was packed in with the Second set of the season.
And a bit of knowledge, the Time and Darkness special’s “mission” is actually in the games via Wonder Mail, and the reward for completing the mission is even the same as in the Special! (even if Chatot took it from the protagonists in the special)
Even more knowledge, the specials were rereleased on TH-cam for the release of Super Mystery Dungeon, and attention was brought to those releases for the release of Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX.
I would sacrifice 100 main series pokemon episodes for 1 mystery dungeon episode. The series is just way more interesting than regular pokemon stuff. It's the same game every time and the anime base plot is too.
I wish they would do a Mystery Dungeon anime, I think it would work brilliantly for an anime series.
I remember seeing that team Go-Getters special and was immediately disappointed it wasn't a series. And now I'm just very disappointed Super PMD didn't get anything. :(
14:11 I've never heard Kyurem pronounced that way. I've only ever heard it pronounced like in the anime and Pokédex 3D.
I watched everything but the Go-Getters episode. I did not ever like the anime series (I did like some of the movies), but I have replayed Explorers of Sky more times than I could count.
I was so disappointed that these shorts and trailers were all we ever got for official adaptations of the Mystery Dungeon sub-series. The stories and concepts were always more dimensional and permanent than those from the main games and ever since I was a teenager, I searched AOOO for adaptations. I don’t want to diminish or spoiler any particular one, so I’ll just say that plenty of the stories that fans came up with adaptations with enough remaking/expansion/maturity to be just as deserving of adaptations.
I really hope that they consider making this an actual full series, because like you said it ends in a cliffhanger
It really does feel very sad that they never became a series or movie
Funny enough my first play through of the switch mystery dungeon remaster Sunflora with Chlorophyll and Solar Beam was such a monster (I was a cyndaquil and used sunny day to boost myself and sunflora)
I'd this spin off deserves an anime series. Or a movie. I've always wanted to see a PMD movie
If Detective Pikachu could get a movie, why can't PMD? But it would be better if it's animated
Bro just opened my eyes I am enraged that detective pikachu a failed game got a movie but mystery dungeon one of Pokémon’s most successful spinoffs got only a few animated promotions makes me both angry and sad
Dan Green Grovyle, my beloved.
Love that king.
2:48 best transition
I always thought I had dreamed up this animated special in my wild childhood imagination 😂 I'm happy to know it was a real thing I saw when I was little and was obsessed with everything Pokemon lol
“The iconic kanto trio”
Why is it always the water starter that used to be a human??
Because a human body is 70% water lmao😂😂😂
humans:
breathe fire❌
control nature❌
can swim✅
Wonder what the human who turned into a Piplup's name was. Maybe something like Nick? Who knows. Kinda have a feeling it's Nick though.
I was so excited by the Team Go-Getters episode when it first came out. It was a new spin on the pokemon franchise I had never considered before. At the end of the episode, the "to be continued" text popped up and I could barely contain my excitement for the next episode. I waited all week just to watch it. Imagine my disappointment when a new episode didn't air the week after. The mystery dungeon games are still some of my favorites, but that was such a huge disservice to the franchise.
I remember these. I used to think they were coming once a year as a kid. Kind of wish their were more made
I remember seeing the animated trailers for Gates to Infinity on the Pokemon TV app. I genuinely thought there would more more to it than just the two parts and I really wanted to see what happened in the battle with Kyurem. To this day, I've still never played Gates to Infinity and I probably won't since my 3DS died.
could probably try citra?
@@PikaFleetsYolo I don't like downloading ROMs.
With that said, I've got an old 2DS lying around which, since I really don't like having to use one of those wedge things with mono speakers, has basically been turned into a glorified ROM dumper. Because of that, Citra is my main way of playing 3DS games. I recall my local secondhand store having copies of both Gates to Infnity and Super, so I'll pick them up if they've still got them to dump and play in Citra.
i would love a show based on this world its so cool and would make a great show.
I remember when I was still a kid and obsessed with PMD 2 and then I randomly stumbled upon its two episodes on YT and afterwards I was desperately trying to find the rest of the episodes without any success... Little 10 year old me didnt understand there were only two episodes made
nothing will beat the beauty of rescue team and explorers ♡ the continuation of this adaptation would have been so charming, but the games stories are just as amazing existing in their current forms. they surpass the mainline series for me, personally.
I remember watching these as a kid online and thinking they were entire series and I just couldn't find the rest lmao
Bulbasaur: “Do I look like a joke to you ?” 🐸🌺
I remember finding the dvd for the PMD explorers of time and darkness at uk Woolworths when it was closing down - I think I was like 7-9 years old at the time and it was like £1 so my mum bought it for me and I used to absolutely love that short and watch it every day
Gengar is voiced by Weevil.
I'm using Colors Live to make a Mystery Dungeon fancomic right now, so seeing love to this franchise always makes me happy.
I still have the DVD of the first one and I still love it.
I had the Diamond / Pearl DS as a kid and I remember this special so vaguely up until now! I wish I knew what happened to the disc.
Sunflora was voiced by Rachel Lilis, the original voice of Jessie and Misty for 4Kids, which is a nice choice.
It’s a shame we never got a proper full series. I mean these were great but they leave you looking forward to more and bummed when you realize that these were one&dones.
I named my original team on red rescue team Poképals. So imagine how freaked out I was when they named their team that
Man I wish I still had the box for my Dialga and Palkia SE DS, I still have the CD for PMD Explorers of Darkness in a CD case somewhere in my house, such a nice throwback
I wish they showed MORE of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
SO SAY WE ALL!!!
Yes! Final someone talks about this! I love PMD and I got into them through the explorers of time and darkness special.
PMD2 was an Isekai with an Adventurer's Guild before the trope became oversaturated and have weird titles XD
AAAAANNNND.... no harem XD
Man.... would have made an AWESOME Isekai anime with one of the best Pokemon stories ever...
I would kill for an episode based on the future of darkness from the game. Peak storytelling, characterization and emotion in pokemon
Finally! Someone is talking about these underrated masterpieces!
I have a question how did you find a clip of Riolu from the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Of Sky Beyond Time & Darkness?
The Commercial for PMD explorer of sky game
I would love to have the Mystery Dungeon anime make a return! 💥
7:22 i don't know why i like this moment
They were fun but felt super rushed at times since it’s just an advertisement episode special basically
It has so much potential for a proper anime or at least a longer special/movie or multi part special that’s at least a few episodes instead of 1 or 2
I didn’t even know they existed, I found them by chance (on a website)
I wish there was more!
¿En cual web?
5:41 he was also Knuckles The Echidna in Sonic X and all Sonic Games from 2005 - 2010
It's kinda curious how all the shorts the MC that got isekai'ed turn into the water starter, it might have some lore reasons but I haven't played the game so idk.
It’s a shame it never got a full spinoff anime series I’d love to see the story told through an animated perspective particularly the first entries
Remember, watching these as a kid growing up love them was expecting more wish they did because they would’ve been such good series to watch it all
I watched all these during that Labor Day Poke-athon, good times
Dude ALL the starters that appeared in these specials are ALL owned by ash except piplup who is owned by dawn
It really is a shame that Mystery Dungeon never became an animated series or movie(s). I actually love this "Spin-off" way more than the mainline-series. (Super Mystery Dungeon is my least favorite out of these [not counting DX because it's a remake] and even Super is as high in my personal ranking of Pokémon-games in general as Black/White(2), Emerald, OrAs, Platinum and Legends Arceus (which comes closest to PMD storywise).
I like the charm of cuteness but with more serious topics, dark undertone, great world building and diving deep into the characters and their development throughout the storyline. ❤️
I really hope the game-series isnt completely dead yet but I need something new instead of a remake.