Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX[lower-alpha 1] 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.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Rescue Team DX icon, featuring the game's characters
Developer(s)Spike Chunsoft
Publisher(s)
Director(s)
  • Shin-ichiro Tomie
  • Hironori Ishigami
Producer(s)Takato Utsunomiya
Kazunori Sugiura
Hitoshi Yamagami
Designer(s)Akihiro Kaneko
Programmer(s)Takuya Kanai
Artist(s)
  • Hiroko Takano
  • Keisuke Sakurai
Writer(s)Shin-ichiro Tomie
Composer(s)Keisuke Ito
SeriesPokémon Mystery Dungeon
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseMarch 6, 2020
Genre(s)Roguelike

Gameplay
See also: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team § 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) and 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 part in dungeons, the layout of which is 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 join your team or be dismissed after the dungeon. Completing missions can also allow a Pokémon to your team.

Unlike the originals, 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 will be able to encounter shiny Pokémon in many parts of the game.

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

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 only "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 was placed first in the United Kingdom and France sales charts during the first week.[18][19] Over 360,000 copies have been sold in Japan and over 890,000 copies were sold overseas, resulting with over 1.26 million copies sold in total by the end of March[20] It is ranked 36th on the list of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games as of January 8, 2021. The game was ranked twenty-first in Japan's Top 30 best-selling games of 2020 on the Nintendo eShop.[21]

Notes
  1. Japanese: ポケモン不思議 (ふしぎ)のダンジョン 救助隊 (きゅうじょたい)DX Hepburn: Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Kyūjotai DX

References
  1. Webster, Andrew (January 9, 2020). "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is coming to the Nintendo Switch". The Verge. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". Metacritic. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. Kleffmann, Marcel (March 6, 2020). "Test: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Retterteam DX". 4Players (in German). Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. Ellis, Bradley (March 28, 2020). "Review: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". Easy Allies. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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  7. Ashworth, Mack (March 16, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review | 'Average' remade". GameRevolution. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  8. Maher, Cian (March 9, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". GameSpot. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. Swalley, Kirstin (March 9, 2020). "Review: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  11. Travis (March 5, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". IGN. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  12. "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.
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  15. Franey, Joel (March 4, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Review: Aargh, the Feels!". USgamer. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  16. Northup, Travis (March 5, 2020). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Review". IGN. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  17. Romano, Sal (March 11, 2020). "Famitsu Sales: 3/2/20 – 3/8/20". Gematsu. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  18. "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Debuts in Top Spot on Weekly UK Sales Chart". DualShockers. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  19. "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Debuts No. 1 in France". NintendoSoup. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  20. "Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 Financial Results Explanatory Material" (PDF). Nintendo. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  21. "2020年 ダウンロードランキング" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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