Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 317 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 35 out of 317
  3. Negative: 38 out of 317
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  1. SSZ
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    This game is fantastic, the story is great, the music is incredible and I loved the gameplay.
  2. Gabbroche
    Mar 10, 2020
    7
    In a few words: It's good, surely a bit better than the original, but none of the problems the Mystery Dungeon franchise have have been fixed. It is still repetitive (they even created an auto-run button, so they're aware of the repetitivity of their own game), the game is still quite easy (managed to beat the whole game only loosing once in a dungeon)...
    And yet... It all feels really    In a few words: It's good, surely a bit better than the original, but none of the problems the Mystery Dungeon franchise have have been fixed. It is still repetitive (they even created an auto-run button, so they're aware of the repetitivity of their own game), the game is still quite easy (managed to beat the whole game only loosing once in a dungeon)...
    And yet... It all feels really nice: the graphics are splendid, the OST is still as good as ever, the story is still compelling and touching with a lot of whacky moments.

    In the end, it's still a 2005 game with new graphics put on a newer console. Is it good? Yup. Is it worth 60 euros? Well, highly questionnable: if you like the original, you'll get (as I did) a huge breath of nostalgia but if you're new to the genre, I think there's way better.    … Expand
  3. AphidKirby
    Mar 8, 2020
    9
    The amount of improvements specially the Quality of Life ones really make this feel like the ultimate mystery dungeon experience, it really is a delight to see the series come this far, only fault would be some remixes sound a tad odd, but that’s just nitpicking
  4. GamingPizzaBoy
    Mar 17, 2020
    10
    Playing the Original was such a fun game and getting back into the series was something that makes me really excited! The Story is still as great as ever, the gameplay still has that fun hardworking run of traveling through dungeons to complete missions or reach the end, collect items & level up or to find Pokemon to befriend and join your team. Although the addition of a auto mode iPlaying the Original was such a fun game and getting back into the series was something that makes me really excited! The Story is still as great as ever, the gameplay still has that fun hardworking run of traveling through dungeons to complete missions or reach the end, collect items & level up or to find Pokemon to befriend and join your team. Although the addition of a auto mode i thought wasn’t needed since it made traveling through dungeons to get items and stairs too easy. However the best thing i enjoyed about this remake was the style of the game’s graphic! The Canvas Paint style of the world and the Pokémon are just beautiful, while i do love the original style of the animated sprite style in a pixelated world, this definitely has made the game really much more great to just watch and play!… Expand
  5. Manchester_20
    Mar 7, 2020
    10
    Este juego es una preciosura, definitivamente es un tremendo regalazo para los fans de pokemon y en especial de la saga Mystery Dungeon, no entiendo porque el hate de la prensa ya que es un remake muy bien hecho, pero bueno ganas de joder siempre hay, repito es excelente para los fans ya que si nunca has jugado Pokemon MD y estas acostumbrado a juegos AAA super realistas entonces no te vaEste juego es una preciosura, definitivamente es un tremendo regalazo para los fans de pokemon y en especial de la saga Mystery Dungeon, no entiendo porque el hate de la prensa ya que es un remake muy bien hecho, pero bueno ganas de joder siempre hay, repito es excelente para los fans ya que si nunca has jugado Pokemon MD y estas acostumbrado a juegos AAA super realistas entonces no te va a gustar este juego. Saludos.… Expand
  6. ItsOran
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    If you're new to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, the premise is that you, a human, become a pokemon and befriend a pokemon partner while trying to rescue other pokemon that are trapped in mysterious, randomly generated dungeons, often with an excellent soundtrack to serve as your background. Item management, positioning, and move management are important in these games, like they areIf you're new to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, the premise is that you, a human, become a pokemon and befriend a pokemon partner while trying to rescue other pokemon that are trapped in mysterious, randomly generated dungeons, often with an excellent soundtrack to serve as your background. Item management, positioning, and move management are important in these games, like they are in most dungeon crawlers.

    If you've played a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game before, this perfects the formula!

    Gameplay:
    Combat balance has been changed significantly from older Mystery Dungeon games, with every starter learn-set, either natural or via TM, containing both ranged and melee options. Generally, ranged options are safer but deal less damage, while melee options have additional secondary effects and higher base damage. Previously overpowered moves like Smokescreen are no longer game-breaking, and it seems like the only moves that are useless are non-damaging, stat-lowering moves when used on non-bosses. Almost every item is actually useful, rather than a core 10-20 being objectively better than everything else, so you have more strategies open to you based on what items you want to bring with.

    Poison is much more intimidating because, rather than being slow and removing your natural healing, it just does a huge burst of damage every so often that usually out-paces your healing unless you have very high HP. Burns are the same but weaker (and still halve attack). Paralysis lasts much longer, so it's actually a dangerous status problem instead of a mild inconvenience. While you can only bring up to 3 pokemon into a dungeon, your party maximum is either 7 or 8, and CAN follow you into boss battles to level the playing field. While having a team of 7 might be excessive, having 4 or 5 can make boss encounters interesting logic puzzles of who to push where and when.

    While previous games had IQ and Emeras, this game makes enemy and ally pokemon smart by default, and instead offers "Rare Qualities" either coming with a pokemon as they join your team, or being gained through consumption of... you guessed it, gummies. You don't lose these Rare Qualities, and they essentially offer the team-building of IQ, without the temporary nature of Emeras or ridiculous grind that IQ mechanics had. "Grinding for stats" is also pretty much nonexistent, as you have access to a very fast method of leveling and empowering your moves right from town on your 4th or 5th day, so as long as you cover everyone's weaknesses and build a good team, you should be fine.

    Speaking of team building, you can now recruit pokemon in almost any dungeon, even during the majority of story dungeons. Essentially a pokemon always has a chance of wanting to join your team, and if they do, they will either permanently join your team if you accept and have their friend area, or they'll give you money as thanks for taking them on the adventure. If you don't have the friend area already, have no fear! Money is very prevalent in the game, able to be gained in large quantities without any farming, so simply bring a Wigglytuff Orb so that if you encounter one of your favorite pokemon, you can immediately buy their friend area before continuing the dungeon. Most prices of items are more expensive, but you can frequently get high-sell items that don't fit your play-style as a reward from rescues, so I personally recommend you sell any you don't think you'll need. You can organize friend areas by cheapest to most expensive, and just buying any that are less than 1000 as a baseline covers the majority of pokemon in most dungeons.

    Story & Aesthetics:
    The main story is largely the same, but is augmented by a watercolor art style, 3d world, smoother transitions between areas, and endearing animations. Areas in this game are beautiful to look at, and even the dungeons themselves are varied aesthetically, so they don't feel repetitive. Pokemon on your team have little chat bubbles as they use or are hit by moves & items, and it breathes a little bit of extra life into the dungeon crawl. The background music has been beautifully re-scored from both the original 2005 game and from others like Super Mystery Dungeon and Gates to Infinity, with a few original tracks peppered here and there to add a bit of ambience to key moments in the story.

    Story: 10/10 (probably a 7 or 8/10 without nostalgia)
    Art: 10/10
    Music: 10/10
    Gameplay: 10/10 (If you like dungeon crawlers and pokemon mechanics)    … Expand
  7. Kevink
    Mar 7, 2020
    10
    Is a perfect reaching of the old recepie I love it and I hope that other mystery dungeon games come out
  8. Biolucid
    Mar 7, 2020
    10
    A faithful remake that does wonders to outdated mechanics. Phenomenal. I can’t put my Switch down.
  9. Mb5876
    Mar 7, 2020
    10
    Better than mainline games in many respects Detailed natural character interactions immersing you after every mission Long challenging dungeons with rare Pokemon Heartfelt story full of twists Great art and soundtrack One of my fav Pokemon games
  10. Thrillhouse14
    Mar 9, 2020
    10
    As far as remakes of an old GBA/DS game can go, this game ticks all the boxes. By combining the nostalgia of the original games with the QoL adjustments of Super and Gates to Infinity, this is easily the best Mystery Dungeon title since the Pokémon Explorers games.
  11. Woops
    Mar 9, 2020
    9
    This remake is entertaining, the music is very relaxing and the story is simple but still enjoyable.

    The gameplay is good and it is a lot of fun to complete dungeons!
  12. Asymble
    Mar 9, 2020
    10
    By far the best Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Game since the start of the 3DS-era in my opinion. They've almost done everything right with this Remake of a really good old GBA/DS game and nailed to give back the old feelings I've had with the original game.
  13. mingri
    Mar 10, 2020
    9
    Great remake of one of my favorites. Only negative is they replaced friend area Biomes with a boring list. They could've kept the list (for ease of use) and added the option to visit the friend area as it was quite a charming part of the game. Otherwise lots of QoL improvements and a little extra conent on top of an already great game.
  14. Nywildlife22
    Apr 1, 2020
    10
    amazing. beautiful. plenty of content worth HOURS of game play. go add every Pokemon to your team. go catch every legendary and shiny available. bring your team to MAX rank. clear EVERY dungeon. chances are you still haven't done all of this. Plenty of content very addicting super fun.
  15. Kylethebishop
    Apr 8, 2020
    10
    The game is perfectly fine as a remake with alot of content and replayability I feel people only hate on the game because they added quality of life features that make the game slightly easier etc or that they expected it to be a Pokemon game and were disappointed it wasn't the usual type because they didn't do any research
  16. cfc1998
    Feb 19, 2021
    9
    I loved Pokémon Mystery Dungeon on the DS and this game is very loyal to the original. The textures that that they used to animate the Pokémon are adorable. I haven't played many roguelike games but with Pokémon always put a smile on my face. Also some of the final dungeons to complete the game with every legendary are very hard and challenging! And i also love the fact that megaI loved Pokémon Mystery Dungeon on the DS and this game is very loyal to the original. The textures that that they used to animate the Pokémon are adorable. I haven't played many roguelike games but with Pokémon always put a smile on my face. Also some of the final dungeons to complete the game with every legendary are very hard and challenging! And i also love the fact that mega evolutions were introduce.… Expand
  17. omniface
    Mar 9, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. a good game for an older time despite being a new sequel game
    compares very well to the ds pokemon mystery dungeons

    pros
    good mechanics
    good controls
    its pokemon
    good graphics
    good art
    good bonus mechanics
    good writing
    good plot
    good story
    great gameplay

    cons
    game can be laggy    … Expand
  18. RJD2
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    If you are not aware when a MD game has a low critic review score it means the game is great, it's been like that for over a decade. Like Explorers of Sky which is the peak of the franchise and storytelling in any Nintendo video game ever this game has terrible review scores, why is that? Well unfortunately it seems these type of games are usually reviewed by people with the attention spanIf you are not aware when a MD game has a low critic review score it means the game is great, it's been like that for over a decade. Like Explorers of Sky which is the peak of the franchise and storytelling in any Nintendo video game ever this game has terrible review scores, why is that? Well unfortunately it seems these type of games are usually reviewed by people with the attention span of a goldfish and will start shaking as soon as they need to read or use more brain cells than usual. Most of them don't review the game as a dungeon crawler either which is the whole point of the game, the IGN review is the prime example, they complain about dungeons in a dungeon crawler it almost sounds like a parody.… Expand
  19. fanmadeendings
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    Great remake that vastly improves over the original game while staying so very close to its roots. Looks very good, but nothing mind blowing. Taking one of, because it might come of as repetitive, and if you don't like the style of game play, the game wont try to change your mind.
  20. Epags_1996
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    Pros
    -Good Nostalgia trip, just as fun as the old game
    -Great art work and graphic
    -All the hand holding options that people are complaining about aren't forced down your throat like other Pokemon games, they are optional.

    Cons
    -60 dollar game, its worth it, but that's still a steep price for some.
  21. Berret
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    A wonderful remake of the original with a new and wonderful artstyle! A more heartwarming story than the mainline Pokemon games, with some heart tugging tunes.
    Now Watch Imagine babies 2 get a higher score.
  22. vallyum
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    A visually stunning remake of a classic roguelike. If you're looking for a Pokémon experience on the Switch - this is the one. Upon first glance, the core gameplay loop may seem simple, or even repetitive. However, PMD games have a certain magic to them in that it becomes too easy to fall into their charm once you're a few hours in. Notably, this revision of one of the mostA visually stunning remake of a classic roguelike. If you're looking for a Pokémon experience on the Switch - this is the one. Upon first glance, the core gameplay loop may seem simple, or even repetitive. However, PMD games have a certain magic to them in that it becomes too easy to fall into their charm once you're a few hours in. Notably, this revision of one of the most mechanically-sound games in the series makes many minor attunements to the dungeon-crawling experience, all of which only improve the experience while retaining the base simplicity and peaks of fair challenge it's known for.
    Even when considering all of the new tricks that over a decade's worth of modernization has granted the games, the gameplay manages to be the most fun, deep and balanced in series history. It's honestly really impressive how well Rescue Team translated to the Switch in an age of divisive remakes and reboots.
    This is further complemented by the game's beautifully remastered soundtrack. Every track here is back, and sounding better than ever. Even the few infamously grating themes from the originals are rejuvenated by crisp new arrangements, freed from the shackles of GBA MIDI soundfonts. The day I can listen to Tiny Woods without going into cardiac arrest is a good one.
    While I'm not the biggest advocate for any PMD game's revered plot (Besides Sky), I must acknowledge that this will do you far better than any main Pokémon game since Black and White. While the narrative starts simple, it slowly begins to escalate before taking some wild turns that'll leave you smiling. In particular, I must note that this game handles world scope far better than any other game in the franchise - even Super Mystery Dungeon, which was largely focused on mapping and exploration. Elevated by the beautifully rendered art style, Rescue Team's epic setpieces take on a new life that'll truly leave you feeling the atmosphere.

    This is the best Pokémon game in years. While I was a critic of the original game in many areas, I must say that this remake has patched up all its faults. If you're a fan of Pokémon, or strong dungeon crawlers in general, I implore you to pick this one up. The main 'campaign' may only run the average player 15 hours at most, but I've hardly scratched the surface of the post-game content that made up the overwhelming bulk of the original package - and according to the internet, it's all still there. I assure you, this game is worth your money today.    … Expand
  23. Kadester57
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    Perfectly executed art style, with the nostalgic gameplay dans if the series know and love! While it may be hard to pull in new fans if the series, there is no doubt that this game is a gift for every Mystery a Dungeon fan out there. With a story that makes you bond with your partner and care about others around you, we can all hope this is a new beginning for yhe series as a whole, andPerfectly executed art style, with the nostalgic gameplay dans if the series know and love! While it may be hard to pull in new fans if the series, there is no doubt that this game is a gift for every Mystery a Dungeon fan out there. With a story that makes you bond with your partner and care about others around you, we can all hope this is a new beginning for yhe series as a whole, and that Explorers of Sky gets the same treatment.… Expand
  24. qtc
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    Some good changes without going overboard. Looks and sounds great, and whether or not you like the gameplay depends greatly on the person. In my opinion, it's a fun and light dungeon crawler that kids will definitely enjoy.
  25. USAFMech1998
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    A visually breathtaking remake of a cherished and well-received game. While far from the mainstream Pokemon games, like many of the less mainstream Pokemon games, Pokemon mystery dungeon dx has a unique and thrilling game-play that makes it standout and catch your attention. Playing the game for even a short period of time will show any player the love and care that was put into thisA visually breathtaking remake of a cherished and well-received game. While far from the mainstream Pokemon games, like many of the less mainstream Pokemon games, Pokemon mystery dungeon dx has a unique and thrilling game-play that makes it standout and catch your attention. Playing the game for even a short period of time will show any player the love and care that was put into this remake, and be returned to your childhood days. New functionality was implemented into the game to speed-up some of the more trivial, or repetitive components of the game; truly enhancing the game-play experience.… Expand
  26. SnarKenneth
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    If you are a fan of the series, you'll enjoy and then some. If you're new, check it out, there is a reason this series has a cult following.
  27. DavidSlays
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    I really love this game it brings back memories and I hope they will remake explorers of darkness, sky or time
  28. LegendaryElite
    Mar 8, 2020
    10
    AMAZING game you should ignore the metascore and the most "TRUSTED" reviewers like IGN you should play the game for your self because I not going to spoil anything about the game so it's experienced best for yourself.
  29. epicGAMER0192
    Mar 6, 2020
    10
    Just to get this out of the way, The critic reviews on this game are poorly thought out and they only see the game from a non gamer perspective. They say there is too much repetition and it ends up being boring when this is a dungeon crawler/ RPG like game. It is intended for you to spend hours into the game to try to learn new skills and when you 100% this game you will feel a lot ofJust to get this out of the way, The critic reviews on this game are poorly thought out and they only see the game from a non gamer perspective. They say there is too much repetition and it ends up being boring when this is a dungeon crawler/ RPG like game. It is intended for you to spend hours into the game to try to learn new skills and when you 100% this game you will feel a lot of satisfaction and happiness from beating a really good game. this is the only mystery dungeon game for pokemon that you can play on the big screen and the OG way (portable mode) the HD graphics for the TV bring the pokemon to a whole other dimension. The gameplay is very fun for people that like pokemon and people who like the sense of cave systems with random monsters (pokemon) attacking you at times while you have to be prepared with your items and levels. Also if your the type of person that runs out of battery while grinding, its ok! the switch has a feature where if you run out of power the game will continue as soon as you charge system. This game has a ton of hours to keep you intrigued for at least 120 max hours of play (this is assuming you want to 100%) It is a great game to pickup for Pokémon fans and Dungeon Crawler fans! Pick it up ASAP for a good time!… Expand
  30. juanluidos
    Mar 7, 2020
    10
    A truly great remake!
    An amazing new art style!
    Many gameplay improvements!
    And a well remastered soundtrack, with extra songs from the other games thrown in there for the fans!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 39 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
  1. RPG Fan
    Aug 8, 2022
    84
    All told, even with the quirky middling difficulty making this one hard to write home about, I still think Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a fun game to play through. The postgame can be somewhat monotonous, but the main story keeps things going. Seriously, the plot is simple, but the dialogue between all of these Pokémon makes for a great experience. The mix of mature themes — life and death, protection and abandonment — with the childlike wonder of all things Pokémon keep the mind focused on the purpose of the quest, even when the quest itself is a heavy strain (or a simple frolic) for some players. If you’ve yet to try Mystery Dungeon games but want a better understanding, this might be a great starting place! If you’ve played other Pokémon Mystery Dungeon entries and appreciated their balance of challenge and storytelling, you’re likely to enjoy this remake of the one that started it all.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    May 1, 2020
    80
    I'm reticent to recommend this experience to anyone who hasn't already explored a few other Mystery Dungeons in the past. [Issue #46 – May/June 2020, p. 64]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Apr 19, 2020
    70
    Rescue Team DX may be a remake, but it does not improve the original formula in almost any way. While the graphics and HUD had an obvious overhaul, the game is a repetitive yet somewhat charming and conflicted experience, that offers quality at the expense of some pretty weird and lazy solutions. Yet if you are a fan, you should not miss this one.
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