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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 33 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: ChunSoft
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: September 18, 2006
Summary
For the first time ever, the player is a Pokémon, speaking and interacting with other characters in a world populated only by Pokémon! Features a deep, involving and dramatic story brings the player into a world of Pokémon not seen or experienced before. Strategic battles enhance the adventure. Randomly generated dungeons make every mission unique. One day the player awakens to find that he or she has been turned into a Pokémon. The land is being ravaged by natural disasters so the player decides to form a rescue team with a partner Pokémon. The player can interact with many different Pokémon on various missions while trying to uncover their true purpose and destiny. An engrossing story of adventure, redemption and, most of all, friendship. [Nintendo]
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What The Critics Said
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GameShark
The lesson here is that just because the license is for kids, the game doesn't have to be. There’s a reason this sort of gameplay has been around for over 25 years: it works, whether you’re a green squirrel or an @. And Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is the game to prove it.
Read Full Review >1UP
You won't find a better handheld RPG so fitting for bite-size moments of play, and those cute 'n' marketable pocket monsters are only the icing on the cake.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
It may confuse some and frustrate others, but its addictive nature should keep you hooked until you learn to appreciate the art of the dungeon crawl.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
Mystery Dungeon is not perfect, but its robust and original aspects form a game more solid than many expected. [Nov. 2006, p.86]
AceGamez
While Nintendo DS owners may feel cheated at the poor second screen features, or may even feel violated by the graphics on their system compared to what they've come to expect, GBA owners can feel safe in the knowledge that this is one of the best looking on their system and that only one good screen, which is what the GBA possesses, is really needed to fully enjoy the gameplay.
Read Full Review >GameBrink
Fans of Pokemon who want a different adventure with all the monsters will surely enjoy this product, but so will people who like Dungeon RPGs. [JPN Import]
Read Full Review >Deeko
With it's focus on dungeon crawling, this is a diversion that you'll want to return to again and again — and believe me, there are a lot of Pokemon waiting to be rescued!
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
Comes over as something of a guilty pleasure. Objectively, it's not a good game at all -- it's ill-suited to its platform, repetitive to the extreme, too easy, presented with little flair, and a mere shadow of the best that both Pokemon and dungeon crawlers in general have to offer.
Read Full Review >RPG Fan
The Mystery Dungeon games are definitely different than most Pokémon games, and there's fun to be had with them, but there are still a lot of better games available on the GBA, which makes Red Rescue Team difficult to recommend.
Read Full Review >Pro-G
Anyone with an established affection for roguelikes (apparently there are a lot of you) and even the slightest liking of Pokémon will really enjoy this. And ultimately, I did too - played one mission at a time, Mystery Dungeon's old-fashionedness in the context of the adorable setting is charming, and you can't fault it for a lack of longevity.
Read Full Review >IGN
It drags on and on without much change, which is why it's a good thing it's been structured in segments for quick-shot, handheld-friendly dungeon exploration.
Read Full Review >N-Insanity
This is more a Chunsoft dungeon game than a Pokémon game, and a lot of the Pokémon franchise is just slapped on this title for some quick profit.
Read Full Review >Sydney Morning Herald
While ploughing through the dungeons becomes repetitive, following your character's evolution and steady growth in skills becomes addictive.
Read Full Review >NGamer UK
Dungeon-crawling is deadly dull. [Dec 2006, p.50]
GameSpot
The injection of Pokémon characters and aspects hasn't done anything to improve ChunSoft's oft-copied dungeon hack.
Read Full Review >Modojo
Being a hardcore Pokemaniac, it really hurts to see yet another Pokemon game succumb to mediocrity.
Read Full Review >WHAM! Gaming
The game is a rapidly wearisome, dull dungeon crawling adventure with repetitive maps, dialogue and gameplay.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Soshi T. gave it a10:
This game is awesome for Pokemon fan and dungeon lovers.
Lance B. gave it a10:
I think this game is wicked! and I think its cool along with blue rescue team. There the first pokemon game where you are pokemon! I hope they come out with more games like this after pearl and diamond! enjoy.
Blake M. gave it a10:
It is fun different and takes alot longer to drop off and even after you beat the main game you are able to keep playing new misions over and the post game is also interesting.
Harley S. gave it a10:
This was a much more original Pokémon game spinoff to the other ones. The fact all the Pokémon are in this game and the addictive nature to keep going is amazing. Replayability only makes the game better, since traveling through dungeons will keep you occupied for at least a while.
Houman J. gave it a10:
This game is the most awsome game in the world.
[Anonymous] gave it a5:
I've found it very different and somewhat difficult to get used to. Controls are really strange and non-intuitive. It's a great game but controls really hurt the gameplay.
