Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - An Underrated Gem
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- After the series was long thought to be dead, the Pokémon Company decided to reveal Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for the Nintendo Switch. In this video, we go through an in-depth review and retrospective analysis of the game to break down how it's supposed to make you feel as the player.
Roadmap:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Series History
3:31 Gameplay Overview
6:50 Story Summary
10:42 Analysis
21:13 Conclusion
Gameplay Footage from:
- Chuggaconroy / @chugga
- Rubycrio / rubycarbuncie
- Marrilland / marriland
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I still want explorers DX and a true PMD5
@SnazzyGameBot Archive explorers dx might come out somewhere between gen 4 remakes and the next mainline games becouse explorers is a gen 4 game it makes sense to release while gen 4 is relevant
@@KeinNiemand Exactly the reason why I'm hopeful for a remake in the next few years, it'd just fit perfectly
A true PMD5 has just been released, and it's called Pokémon Legends Arceus.
@@candyneige6609 haha yea legends took alot from PMD2
Taken from the future...
Wakes up with no memory
Wakes up on a beach
Comes into town and gets accepted into a "guild"
Meets another character from the future (Ingo:Grovyle)
Accused of being an evil entity (Rescue)
Thrown out as a run away fugitive (Rescue)
Oh and also..
A merchant who helps you out during the game but is actually a lvl 100 god
🤡🤡 AKA Volo or Kecleon
Lemme know if I missed any lol
@@candyneige6609 Legends is more of a ranger 4
I have to be honest... This is a very good review.
I'm so dissapointed and hurt that the TH-cam algorithm seems to have buried your hard work.
I hope more people find this and give it a like.
(the video, not my comment xD)
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Pokemon mystery dungeon itself is criminally underrated always being outshined by the mainline series.
I dont know if it just me, but I always prefer Mystery Dungeon over the main series (I not saying that i dont like the main series; Emerald is one of my fav games).
Is not just the story (amazing story), but the gameplay is addictive and it does some things better than the main series. You can obtain all of the Pokemon by yourself and have multiple rare tm and the MO are not annoying! Customizing your team is more confortable since you dont have to worry too much in forget moves or learning new ones; you can recover a move pretty easily.
Sorry if my comment was long, but thats some reasons why i love this spin off Pokemon series.
Good review ;)
Same here!!!
As it is right now I’d prefer another mystery dungeon game or another legends game instead of more of what we got from Scarlet and Violet
This game is underrated by critics but absolutely beloved by fans. When this came out i remember people were freaking out about it. This game was everywhere on youtube for a good month or so. I really hope we get a pokemon explorers dx next.
Never understood the critics of these games. They all claim they’re boring and repetitive yet you have an insane amount of team compositions, moves, items, and abilities to bring into every dungeon. Also every dungeon does have the same Pokémon but they obviously always have different layouts and you will always find new situations. I remember reading a review complaining about the turn based combat but it’s Pokémon. What do you expect? The integration of the turn based combat from the main series with its own twists is incredible. They even have the full move sets of every Pokémon implemented. Just so much good work put into these games.
It also fixes a lot of aspects from the main series like limited TM being obtainable again, being able to obtain all Pokemon by yourself, more moves being useful like growl or splash, MO not being longer neccesary to teach to other Pokemon and moves being way easier to forget and relearn.
I thought each version of Mystery Dungeons. Still had version exclusive mons? And there was no transfer feature? other than that i agree. Mystery Dungeon is, to me, vastly superior to the main games in a lot of ways. Then again i like Ranger games too, so....
For me yeah the dungeons can get kind of annoying, but that's part of the challenge, I see it like the work I have to put in for the story.
it's because the people that reviewed them have never played a roguelike smh
@@onlineskitty bit late but explorers of darkness was actually my first rougelike style game as a kid. But even then it didn't really put me off. I was so into the story and the idea of being a pokemon that my kid brain ignored the more tedious parts. Older me can see some of the flaws and jank. But i still love it for getting me into a whole new genre
I've always loved Pokémon Mystery dungeon games, and after PMD Dx i really started thinking: "will there be any other mystery dungeon?"... I still have hope on that. 😭
My ass is still waiting for a Ranger game.
@@emdee31 understandable
The biggest change since i believe gates which kills pmd for me is the removal of base attack by pressing a
It makes me sad dx did not have it
IKR! I mean, WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE THAT?!
Gates and Super did have a base attack but it always did a set 5 HP of damage, never more than that even if you level up your attack stat.
You appeared on my recommended, I’m glad I clicked on the video, well done review
I know this is an older video but I just wanted to say these games are my favorite Pokémon spin off. I always wanted to play as a Pokémon and begged my step dad to buy me Red Rescue Team when it came out! He bought it brand new which was a big deal for me since we usually got used games. I hope they continue making Mystery Dungeon games.
..I approve this review..
Awesome vid, loved the original as a kid and loving DX as an adult.
Same. I've actually gone back and played the rest of the series afterwards. Working on Super Mystery Dungeon as well, but that’s been slow due to Persona 5 Strikers coming out.
This review is amazing and surprised it not near the top when searching PMD DX review. It just so positive and a well thought out script that it would make people sway to buy the game again or give it a try for newcomers. Good job my man
My first experience with Mystery Dungeon was Explorers of Time. It made me fall head over heels for this series, and of course when I first got my Switch I had to buy DX. I find it slightly more underwhelming than Explorers, but I still had a lot of fun with frequent breaks. I can't wait for an inevitable remake of Explorers or possibly another entry.
This is a very nice review, I wish you had more views and likes! I think that Rescue Team DX is the definitive way to play the first PMD entries. I loved this game and can't wait for PMD5! (Only then, they can release the Explorers remake. Please Spike Chunsoft, I want to experience a new story first.)
Yeah the story better be at least as good as RT but with the pacing of Explorers.
@@npne1253 Gates and Super are the best IMO.
Yeah, Exploerers DX would be awesome, but I also want a brand new Mystery Dungeon as well. I really wanna try playing as Scorbunny and have Popplio as my partner.
Great video, I’m officially back on the PMD grind! And also thanks for having subs on
Just before DX came out I picked up my old copy of explorers of sky and tried playing a Dungeon. After 3 floors, 3 monster houses, the expenditure of all of my items, and a wipeout, I decided to wait for DX to release. God my luck sucked that day.
I played through Explorers of Sky recently as well. That game is so brutal.
My first dungeon pokemon game the DX, is it a remake of of Explorers of sky or defrent game.
@@qutuzm7753 DX is a remake of the original Pokemon Red and Blue Mystery Dungeon games.
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Time are the 2nd set of games in the series.
So if they were to make remakes of another Mystery Dungeon game, those would be the next games to remake.
@@Calruxio Thanks 👍🏼
I always loved blue rescue team but as a young boy i never did beat it lmao i didnt know how to but i still loved it, interesting to know how cool the story was
This is an incredible video! Keep up the great work!
Very nice editing, good job
You're so underrated. Thanks for making these PMD videos!
“With an era of 20 hour playable movies, is much appreciated”
Couldn’t have said a more true statement.
I fully agree here. Man when the trailer and demo first released for this, i definitely had so much hype for this remembering my PMD team of Eevee and Totodile or Cyndaquil which is Team Star. (And then Team Star in gen 9 existed but this was years ago)
This was so interesting. The Switch Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX is currently on sale on Switch and I'm considering it. Loved hearing authentic history.
Dude wtf, how have you not blown up? This review was Great!?!
12:15- mentions traps.
[Has Chuggaconroy's footage of him stepping on the random trap in buried relic that made him lose his friend bow.]
me: LOL
I initially bashed this series of games, but came back to it after playing a ton of rouge clones like Caves of Cud. I've changed my opinion after playing the recent release with Switch. It's still easy compared to something like Shiren or Rouge, but it has it's challenges in the later levels. Your review here is great.
Damn this review is great! Underated content creator 👍
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I haven't gotten through much of the post game, but I did enjoy my time with this game for the most part! :)
I replayed Red Rescue Team right before this one was announced and then a similar thing happened with the GenIV games, wish they would have thrown us for a few more loops and included newer pokemon to make it feel a little more fresh. But I still have to say that I'm very glad they chose to release PMD for the Switch at all, hope there will be more!
Yea this is a good review and video. Content creator deserves more subs.
I really liked this review.
Also it's worth mentioning the pw system still works without needing Nintendo Online.
Aaaand I've been calling the delta episode a bad retelling of rescue team since I saw it lmao
I always hoped they would continue creating these games as I fell in love with them
Great video man! ive been out of the pokemon series for a long ass time and kinda forgot i even had a switch until recently (me and my gf just used it for coop), only just found out that they have a mystery dungeon game for it and my brain was flooded with nostalgia, played the hell out of blue when i was a kid and the one where grovyle has a villain/anti-hero arc to full blown hero arc (cant remember if theyre the same), dude is THAT guy, jw if this game is anything like those, i know mechanically and stuff it will be but does the story have a good hook where you just gotta find out more and recruit more (i skipped over the story summary and such as i didnt want to many spoilers just in case i end up buying this)
Ok ok. I love this game. It's maybe in my top ten of best game i play ever. It's not perfect, but it's close to it. Strategy, friendship and pokemon. I literally, cry the first time i play the original and now with 32 years old i cry again with the final. Best of the best
Making rescue possible in the level 1 dungeons was the best thing this game did. It actually makes you feel like a rescue team for other players. Hell when i was in purity forest I fainted around floor 95 which was after a couple of tries when floor 70 was the highest I made due to rng. I was using mew. So I kinda said screw it and pulled a SOS and waited like a good month cause I didn't feel like trying it again. Turns out someone did rescue me after going that far and did my best to reach celebi. This ended up leading me to grind purity forest for online rescues which in turn lead me to even rescuing other players around that same floor 80 to 98 the same way I was. Ngl people that do that dungeon and wish cave are like guardians.
This situation is pretty much 1 reason why I'd definitely like an explorers DX so we can have more situations like this with destiny tower or zero isle.
I'm right there with ya on the endings. Both this game and Explorers, I cried like a baby as a child. But now, as a 24 year old MANLY MAN THAT MANS MANLY, I still cry like a baby with how impactful the endings are
I would love explorers dx if it came out! Literally right here playing explorers of time after years of not having the game. I think my brother sold or I lost it. Originally had explorers of darkness and my older brother had explorers of time. Now I got explorers of time from a retro gaming store up in lufkin. And am finally going to beat the primal dialga boss I got stuck on as a kid. Also I’ve learned nowadays not to trust hired reviewers. It more and more turns out nowadays that games gamers like get rough reviews but good player reviews and games that gamers would not like get good review scores but the players rip them to shreds on their reviews. Shows the difference between how fans of games want their games and how there might a bit of paying off “official” reviewers to make bad games seem good.
This got me all emotional and stuff goddamnit
I love pokemon mystery dungeon series so much, it's the one thing pokemon did right wholeheartedly (ignore gti)
I'm playing Red Rescue Team right now, and it seems like DX is a pretty faithful recreation of it.
First time played mystery dungeon in GBA, fell in love with it, is my favorite pokemon entry and i have played all the pokemon games, yes also the TCG, pinball and the cool pokemon conquest, is such a shame that is so so underrated spin off
I didn't like how the dungeons generate now. I used a one room orb and the dungeons are overall smaller than the DS games. It's possible I'm confusing explorers dungeon sizes, but they're too small and all the same shape (a grid of squares) rather than the varied shapes where some hallways could lead nowhere. I liked that!
Ps. Functioning off memory which is inherently flawed. If someone is aware of DX dungeons that are more varied in shape, let me know!
I shall wait for explorers of sky as a remake i am ready to vibe to dialgas fight
I want another Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game.
Raise your hand if you made it to the final floor of a 99 floor dungeon and the stairs were in a monster house… not speaking from experience or anything wdym
Good Review
i was playing Mystery dungeon DX the whole time the video was going
i'm doing a mission thru Mt Faraway to the 59th floor. it seems like i rescue
more players in Sky tower than any other dungeon but this game is FUN i
haven't stopped playing it since it got released i get thru the dungeons faster
by having on Goggle specs & a Zigzagoon named Zippy who's level 100 who clears out the map
and takes out pokemon much faster with the Tactic Skill Go The Other Way.
in all the monster houses don't bother me i'm use to them.
the 1 pokemon i wanna try to get is Jirachi from wish cave
celebi is staying in it's dungeon not even gonna attempt Purity forest
#TeamZoom
put it my way
RED & BLUE rescue - played them my favorite over the others
Explorers of time - played it only once
gates to inifinty - played it the music was the best part of the game dungeons
super mystery - played it & it's challenging i like the music from there as well
Goodnight at 3;06am
0:00. I know because it happened to me when i was 3. I woke up in my room with no memory of anyhing that happened before in life. I diddent even know my own mother. I still dont have the memories.
Never finished the original but I plan on buying this now
i see u also. like chuggaconroy
Thanks!
No! Thank you!
I still remember beating rayquaza with Psyduck in target in the frozen food section. Mom getting mad I was on it. But I couldn't turn it off I was on my advance my sp was at home
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was my greatest dissapointment... in the best way possible. My brother and I got our first consoles, Nintendo DS's, on Christmas when we were about 8 and 6. I was a huge pokemon fan, as were all my friends, who had been raving about their great experiences with the games. I desperately wanted to experience that as well, and I was super excited to play Pokemon Pearl. Then I opened the game that i was given with it, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. I was pretty dissapointed, especially when my brother got pokemon Pearl instead of me, but I managed to hide it cause my parents raised me right. (I ended up getting Diamond later on and liked it better than pearl anyway, so alls well that ends well on that front). When I actually played the game, I was blown away, It remains one of my favourite video game experiences to this day as an adult, and I'm glad it was my introduction to pokemon and console/handheld videogames.
I loved playing this game on the 2ds as a kid
Mystery dungeon is just as good as the normal franchise and genuinely have a good story
I liked the game and all but I honestly would have loved to see friend areas again
Well said 💯
truth be told I did not get the game since in the demo the animations felt stiff vs the GBA version plus they removed stuff I liked. I hope if they make a explores of sky remake they use sprites or improve animations and add stuff vs remove.
for some reason gti has always been my favorite for one simple reason dragon starter lol but seriously its just the one im most found of whenever i get the itch to play a mystery dungeon game its always gti i go back too not sky not super (man did i really dislike super it was way too on rails for my liking for most of the game until post game) but gti lol
you know I actualy never encountered a monster house util one finaly popped up in the dojo while I was level grinding
Explorers DX yes please!
I love DX shame a lot of the new moves didn’t get added to the game I was hoping to use scale shot with Mega Rayquaza or certain megas like Garchomp aren’t useable due to the selective roster most comprising gen 1-3 with few logical evolutions for further gens also it was kinda lame that Espeon could be shiny but not Umbreon or rather the whole list of shines being so short but it’s still fun nonetheless
I was just playing it and the sky tower had me dying so much I was like level 35 with my team and they kept over powering me before I could get to the end floor
Amazing video, you deserve a lot of more subs! Loved this game, the only thing I prefer from the originals is the pixel art
This was awesome 💚💜🤘
Using TGH's Blizzard Island Remaster? Yeah das good.
Best pokemon spinoff games
9:50
...this is FFX
Give us an explorers remake
If you're still reading the comments here, the friend areas were removed in favour of a menu most likely because the capacities increased to 32 Pokemon per area instead of just enough space for one of each species. They didn't wanna have the challenge of fitting over 30 models on the smallest space all at once. QoL sometimes does have a price it seems.
God your description of this gameplay loop is a LOT like Legend of Arceus lol
Ahhh the one I couldnt beat....
3:53 mm yes big boi
Dude. 9,999 hours ÷ 24 hours is 416ish days! And that's says OR MORE. I'm curious on the total play time you zelda btw for. (Whats ur totk time??) Dammmn mannnnnnn I didn't even no that was like possible. Nothing has ever kept my attention for that long ever. Not even close. I'm Impressed and slightly concerned. . But more impressed I promise I have no hate. Respect. That pushed me to sub that's wild
It was an actual good remaster lol
This game is such a great game except for mt freeze
Honestly, I tried to get in this series, but I really couldn’t . I hated the rng with the dungeons and the dumb “every action you do the enemy does one too “. Along with the inventory management and getting ganged up by random enemies, it’s really not my cup of tea
I wish DX had retained the difficulty of the older games. With being able to have way more than four pokemon in your dungeon party, having several pages of accepted jobs, Pokémon with special qualities, the ability to see all enemy and item locations, rainbow gummi stat boost, and much more, the game feels way too easy and dumbed down despite how great the story still is. A lot of these things can't be avoided too
I hope they see we want pokemon mystery dungeon still. I didnt like the last two since they took out what made pokemon mystery dungeon a pokemon mystery dungeon like i want to earn getting my friends , hungry, and difficuly. I hate they they dumb down, like stop changing the foruma , if it aint broke dont change it. We like the difficulty
I don't know what you mean by "last two" because what you said only really applies to Gates to Infinity. Super Mystery Dungeon has hunger, and is probably the hardest game in the series and forces you to know how to use items effectively.
How tf do you have 10000 hours in the game
And then, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon that comes after Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX is Pokémon Legends Arceus.
So, i know this is a remake of a ds game, but the amount of unmaked, blatant spoilers in this video is insane xd
Them: i’ll be looking at the current version
me: clicks off because it’s not GBA or DS
There is 1 problem dat make the game unplayble: its for little kids
U cant loose, u have no team limit, u get everything for free, u can let auto explore, its really made for kids under 9 and got boring. In older pmd games, or even pokemon games it wasnt dat easy. No really tutorials, no helps, team limits, u die if ur main char die and more...
I have to respectively disagree, this was was lazy by just adding new gimmicks but not keeping a faithfull artstyle plus it doesn't help the fact the starters who usually have better animations then most pokemon thats just on par with mystery dungeon all have stale animations unlike the original gba release Wich is insane because the gba release had more life and personality in the 2 to 3 frame animation walking pokemon the music is Alright its adequate But really the artstyle is Disturbingly cheap for a game that should have been respected like the golden goose it is Should have been a super stylized like the amazing illustrations not just a shitty watercolor texture on everything
From what I heard they wanted to do higher quality animations but the Switch couldn't handle it with so many Pokémon on screen at times, like in Monster House.
Mystery dungeon was one of the most boring games I’ve ever played. Y’all are trippin lol
No friend areas = bad game
Well, to be fair in the OG it could be a bit tedious having to choose all of the members again and again and again after every mission.
@@sebastianaliandkulche Not a big problem, the amazing about the originals was to have every pokemon in their environment, it would have been amazing to have friend areas for sinnoh pokemon
Just having 490 pokemon in a list was very boring, does anyone used them all? I don't think so
@@nicolasarroyo1746 I know, but after dedicating it like 200 hours is tedious. A quality of life change over a better presentation anyday.
@JesterPaws That means you didn't have the 386 pokemon in their Friend areas
Game sucks. I sure do love having the game play for me, and then when I do find a fight it's a button or b button. No need to think or try and plan out a thing just A or B. The evolving is just a joke like a 100% dog shit idea there. Then you got dojo I sure do love getting some dumb ticket to play some dumb Mimi game where I get to get one or 2 guys before times stops I sure do love wasting my time to get some xp for a super easy ass game. I sure do hate buying trash.
I’m only 4 minutes in and this video is excellent. The views tell me that this is very underrated.
P.S. 9999 hours of botw? My man, you have fine taste 🤌