Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team |
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Developer(s) | Chunsoft |
Publisher(s) | The Pokémon Company |
Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Seiichiro Nagahata |
Producer(s) |
Koichi Nakamura Hiroaki Tsuru Atsushi Sugimoto Kunimi Kawamura Hitoshi Yamagami |
Artist(s) | Fuyuhiko Koizumi |
Writer(s) | Shin-ichiro Tomie Emiko Tanaka |
Composer(s) | Arata Iiyoshi Atsuhiro Ishizuna |
Series | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon |
Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance (Red) Nintendo DS (Blue) |
Release | (Blue Rescue Team) |
Genre(s) | Roguelike |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 62 of 100, 67 of 100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
1UP.com | A- |
EGM | 7.2 of 10 |
Eurogamer | 7 of 10 |
GameSpot | 5.2 of 10 |
GameSpy | |
IGN | 6.5 of 10 |
Nintendo Power | 80 of 100 |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 青の救助隊 Pokemon Fushigi no Danjon Ao no Kyūjotai?) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 赤の救助隊 Pokemon Fushigi no Danjon Aka no Kyūjotai?) are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, respectively. These two games were developed by Chunsoft and published by Nintendo. It was the last Pokémon-themed video game to be released on the Game Boy Advance. The two versions are mostly identical, with the Blue version taking advantage of the dual-screen features and increased graphical capabilities of the Nintendo DS. The game has six Pokémon exclusive to each version.
Similar to other Chunsoft 'Mystery dungeon' titles, the gameplay revolves around randomly changing dungeons which need to be explored by the player and their partner Pokémon using turn based moves. The story focuses on the player who has been turned into a Pokémon and has developed amnesia who later joins a rescue team with a partner Pokémon while finding out who they are. The game received mixed reviews, being criticized for the repetitive nature of the changing dungeons but praised for its addictive nature. As of July 25, 2007, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team had sold 3.08 million copies worldwide. Sequels, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness were released in Japan on September 13, 2007, and were released in North America on April 20, 2008. They featured Generation IV Pokémon, improved Wi-Fi features, and more touch-screen options.