Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | |
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Developer(s) | Spike Chunsoft |
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Producer(s) | Takato Utsunomiya Kazunori Sugiura Hitoshi Yamagami |
Designer(s) | Akihiro Kaneko |
Programmer(s) | Takuya Kanai |
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Writer(s) | Shin-ichiro Tomie |
Composer(s) | Keisuke Ito |
Series | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
Release | March 6, 2020 |
Genre(s) | Roguelike |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX[a] is a 2020 remake of the 2005 video games Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team. It is part of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series developed by Spike Chunsoft, published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Announced on January 9, 2020, it was released worldwide on March 6, 2020. The game is the first remake of a Pokémon game outside of the main series. The game features a new painterly-esque art style[1] and includes new features not seen in the originals such as Mega Evolution, autosave, and auto-mode. As of March 31, 2020, the game has sold 1.26 million copies.
Gameplay[]
The player starts out as a human who turned into a Pokémon, which can be one of sixteen Pokémon from the series' first three generations. (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Psyduck, Machop, Cubone, Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Skitty). The Pokémon that the player begins as is determined by a personality quiz taken at the beginning of the game.[2] The player chooses a partner Pokémon from the same list, excluding Pokémon of the same type as the player. The game is mission-based with many jobs, which can be found on the bulletin board, requested by mail, or initiated through story events, and include rescuing Pokémon, delivering items, and escorting clients. If the player successfully completes a job, they receive a reward and Rescue Points, which increase a team's rank.
These jobs take place in dungeons, the layout of which are randomized. The objective is to either finish a job or go through all the floors to find the exit. In the dungeon, there are wild Pokémon that battle with the player's team. These battles are turn-based, and take place in the dungeon map. Pokémon fight using the four moves they know, or using projectiles and other items. While going through the dungeon, the player gets hungry and has to eat food, either found in the dungeon or bought in advance. Pokémon can join your team during dungeons and can either permanently join your team or be dismissed after the dungeon. Completing missions can also allow a Pokémon to join your team.
Unlike the original games, being defeated in a dungeon will only make the player control the next Pokémon in their team, until all three main Pokémon are defeated. Players are able to encounter shiny Pokémon during the game, which only appear as "strong foes."
Release[]
The game was announced in a Pokémon Direct on January 9, 2020 and was released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on March 6, 2020. A free demo was made available on the Nintendo eShop on January 9, 2020; progress in the demo can be transferred to the full game.[1]
Reception[]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | 68/100[3] |
Publication | Score |
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4Players | 66%[4] |
Easy Allies | 6/10[5] |
Famitsu | 35/40[6] |
GameRevolution | 3/5[7] |
GameSpot | 8/10[8] |
GamesRadar+ | [9] |
Hardcore Gamer | 4/5[10] |
IGN | 6/10[11] |
Jeuxvideo.com | 13/20[12] |
Nintendo Life | 6/10[13] |
Nintendo World Report | 7/10[14] |
USgamer | [15] |
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The game received "mixed or average" reviews based on seventy-four critic reviews, according to the review aggregator Metacritic.[3] The game was seen as an overall improvement from the original games because of its improved story and art style, but criticized for its repetitive dungeons and the lack of enemy HP bars. Giving the game a score of 6/10, IGN's Travis Northup called the game an "unremarkable, grindy experience,"[16] while GameSpot's Cian Maher stated the dungeons can "still be a tad annoying at times" and gave the game an 8/10.
Sales[]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX was the bestselling game in Japan during its first week of release, with 138,548 physical copies being sold.[17] It placed first in the United Kingdom and France sales charts during the first week.[18][19] Over 360,000 copies had been sold in Japan and over 890,000 copies overseas, for a total of over 1.26 million copies sold by the end of March 2020.[20] It is ranked 41st on the list of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games as of August 21, 2021. The game was ranked twenty-first in Japan's top 30 best-selling games of 2020 on the Nintendo eShop.[21]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Webster, Andrew (January 9, 2020). "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is coming to the Nintendo Switch". The Verge. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ James, Ford (6 March 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX: Best starters to choose from". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". Metacritic. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Kleffmann, Marcel (March 6, 2020). "Test: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Retterteam DX". 4Players (in German). Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Ellis, Bradley (March 28, 2020). "Review: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". Easy Allies. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 救助隊DXのレビュー・評価・感想". Famitsu (in Japanese). Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Ashworth, Mack (March 16, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review | 'Average' remade". GameRevolution. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Maher, Cian (March 9, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". GameSpot. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ James, Ford (March 4, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Review: "A Wonderfully Crafted Remake of a Painfully Average Game"". GamesRadar+. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Swalley, Kirstin (March 9, 2020). "Review: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Travis (March 5, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". IGN. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Test : Pokémon Donjon Mystère Équipe de secours DX : Un joli remake au gameplay daté". JeuxVideo.com (in French). March 4, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Scullion, Chris (March 4, 2020). "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Koopman, Daan (March 31, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Switch) Review". NintendoWorldReport. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Franey, Joel (March 4, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Review: Aargh, the Feels!". USgamer. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Northup, Travis (March 5, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". IGN. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ Romano, Sal (March 11, 2020). "Famitsu Sales: 3/2/20 – 3/8/20". Gematsu. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Debuts in Top Spot on Weekly UK Sales Chart". DualShockers. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Debuts No. 1 in France". NintendoSoup. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 Financial Results Explanatory Material" (PDF). Nintendo. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ "2020年 ダウンロードランキング" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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