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Mystery Dungeon Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 05:50:43 82de8e No.15398626

I’m finally playing Explorers of Sky and having an absolute blast! The setting and OST are comfy as all get out, the characters are cute and charming, and the dungeon crawling feels unique and can get tense especially considering it’s a Pokémon game. Can we have a Mystery Dungeon thread? I’m wondering what other games in the series I should pick up. Also, are there any games similar to the series worth playing as well?

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 05:57:00 0fbba7 No.15398645

If you want non Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games there's the Shiren the Wanderer series, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, and Inzuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja

but yeah Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was fantastic

still need to beat Super, since i heard its so much better than the crapfest that was Gates

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:03:58 189cc5 No.15398659

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All I know about this series are the one-off anime episodes they made to promote those games. And also, that one of these games had a human x Gardevoir romantic subplot (not sure which one tho). I haven't actually played any of the PMD games so far. Any of them worth picking up? Seems like you enjoyed Explorers of Sky quite a lot, OP.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:06:46 b06a4e No.15398667

>>15398645

>Also, are there any games similar to the series worth playing as well?

mystery dungeon games

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:09:54 0fbba7 No.15398678

>>15398667

there are many mystery dungeon games

those are the best

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:12:09 c70a10 No.15398682

Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 never ever

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:15:42 82de8e No.15398696

>>15398645

Is the vita version of Shiren alright? Been meaning to pick that one up for a while.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:18:07 82de8e No.15398700

>>15398659

Explorers of Sky is generally agreed upon as the best in the PMD series, and experiencing it now I can confirm it’s a lot of fun, and like I said, can get a bit challenging in some early situations until you learn to prepare yourself properly.

The downside is that if you aren’t emulating it’s a pretty rare game. Gamestop has it the cheapest from what I can find, but good luck actually tracking a copy down as their inventory system on DS games is miserably inaccurate.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:24:00 70d813 No.15398710

Azure Dreams on PS1

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 06:42:07 aa3715 No.15398742

I still think Shiren The Wanderer 1 is the peak of the series with every other game adding unnecessary gimmicks or stories.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 09:11:32 ab56d9 No.15399271

Which Mystery Dungeon game is the best? I only played Team Blue and I liked it, but all the BS before getting into a dungeon was really grinding my nerves.

> Wake up animation, walk out of my hut

> "Flap, flap, flap, clonk" as the bird brings the letter, complete with animation

> "Hello Anon, are you awake? Let's go on an adventure"

> Go to town to organize stuff and prepare

> Every shopkeeper has at least two dialogue boxes and a prompt before I can use their services

> Go to notice board, look up quests

> Go to companion habitats, inspect one at a time to find the one to recruit

None of this takes too much time, but it adds up and happens after every single dungeon. I know this is a game for children, and it's easier for children to have bunch of funny character to talk to instead of a boring menu. Does it get better as the series progresses?

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 09:46:05 910400 No.15399328

>>15399271

Shiren the wanderer on DS

Its missing some of the presentation of the SNES but the extra content is worth it.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 10:54:06 572e7b No.15399426

>>15398659

>And also, that one of these games had a human x Gardevoir romantic subplot (not sure which one tho).

It was in Red/Blue Rescue Team

>I haven't actually played any of the PMD games so far. Any of them worth picking up?

Yes.

Play them in this order: Red/Blue Rescue Team > Explorers of Sky > Super Mystery Dungeon

Avoid Gates of Infinity Worst one with majority of pokemon just missing from it and one released on Wii. It was way closer to tech demo than complete game.

Explorers of Sky is considered to be best one of these.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 11:14:30 ab56d9 No.15399451

>>15399328

I have Shiren for the DS, but that's a different type of game. It's much closer to a real roguelike (one dungeon, permadeath) than Pokemon Myster Dugeon. Maybe I should have worded my question better, I meant Pokemon Myster Dungeon, or at least close in style.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 12:35:50 f9a176 No.15399557

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I'm playing Blue Rescue Team ATM and it's great - much better than the regular Pokemon games. I mean, they did everything right that the main Pokemon games still can't. Money is limited so smart spending is required. Death actually has consequences since you lose all money. Dungeons are long and you can easily run out of PP, so don't just beat up all enemies! Backpack is small and you need apples and oran berries to get through dungeons, so can't just take every item. Move choice has much more depth to it than in regular games - it's not just "spam strong STAB". Linking moves adds even more tactics to it. Bosses are actually hard…fuck it, why can't we get a mainline game with these principles?

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 13:46:17 4be824 No.15399701

Retard.

I'm glad you're having fun but finish the goddamn game before having a thread on it

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 13:47:19 4be824 No.15399703

>>15399271

Explorers of time/darkness/sky

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:37:22 52970f No.15400075

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>>15399328

>>15399451

See >>15398696

Anyone know if the Vita version’s alright? Thinking about picking it up today.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:44:29 ae5454 No.15400094

>>15400075

Pretty damn good, the difficulty and mechanics only fully start once you clear the three mini-towers so keep that in mind.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:45:29 52970f No.15400101

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>>15399703

He’d want to got Sky as it has all the exclusives from time and darkness and extra content as well.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:46:29 82de8e No.15400105

>>15400094

Cool, I’ll pick it up then. Looks like a store near me has it and it gives me an excuse to return Cave Story 3D.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:48:38 2da786 No.15400109

>playing SMD

>save file gets corrupted just as the big plot twist comes

>nothing works

>end up making a new save

>have to go through the first 6 hours of bullshit.

I mean I like the characters and the story but by god its way too much shit before the game starts letting you do stuff.

>>15399426

>and one released on Wii.

There was one on wii? I had no idea and i am the kinda dumb fuck who bought GoI. was that the one exclusive to japan wiiware or something?

>>15398682

>TFW EMD1 never even came out in my country.

It sucks being a euro.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 16:57:14 4be824 No.15400140

>>15400109

SMD sucks ass

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 19:49:37 58c063 No.15400886

>>15400140

It’s a grind fest I’ll say. Every dungeon is difficult, I also dislike how they did rescue missions. The story itself is alright. But like >>15400109 says you have to go through hours of gameplay before yo7 have any real control.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 19:52:19 95be25 No.15400895

>>15398682

It came out last year though.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:14:01 53de08 No.15400986

Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.

blue rescue team is good

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:32:14 5be45a No.15401077

>>15400109

>There was one on wii? I had no idea and i am the kinda dumb fuck who bought GoI. was that the one exclusive to japan wiiware or something?

Yes x2.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:32:47 58c063 No.15401080

>>15400895

>any game that came out recently is automatically good

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:37:56 52970f No.15401105

>>15401080

Perhaps you should reread those posts…

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:40:59 58c063 No.15401118

>>15401105

And this is why one should not make posts while sleep deprived. Sorry

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:41:26 52970f No.15401123

>>15401118

You’re good man, I know that feel all to well.

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 20:49:20 53de08 No.15401150

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>>15401077

actually there were 3, i remember reading serebii back when it came out and wondering when they'd be released in the US

I wonder if there was any major differences in those games or it was the more typical two versions of the same game

Anonymous 09/03/18 (Mon) 21:00:52 5be45a No.15401205

>>15401150

Just different dungeons and other pokemon to recruit.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 05:51:40 82de8e No.15402924

Is there a way to change the positions of your support Pokémon so they can all attack a target. Seems like more often than not they just hide behind my pikachu who doesn’t take damage terribly well.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 07:24:40 65755b No.15403244

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Hey, I actually picked up a copy at Gamestop recently.

The quiz wanted me to play a Cyndaquil, but I already did that in Blue so I cheated the test to play Shinx and made my partner Riolu.

Feels nice to play one of these again since I remember 100% Blue way back then. The characters are cute but I mostly like seeing the dialogue from the other teams. Team Flame makes me laugh.

As comfy as it is, I really wish they would've stopped with the whole human aspect already. I'd love a series of adventures where you're just a Pokemon going around with your partner and the objective is just to make discoveries and find treasures. Then making a real name for yourself and unlocking new features. Instead it's always you're a human with special powers and you have to recover your lost memories. It's pretty dumb and I get annoyed every time the powers come up. I feel like I'm playing someone's fanfic and I can only hope SMD doesn't have the same bullshit, but it probably will. At least Shinx is really fun to play as and I look forward to Luxray.

When will I be able to have Houndour as a starter goddamn Houndoom is my favorite Pokemon

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 07:30:05 e3106e No.15403253

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>>15399271

I like SMD but that problem becomes absolutely ridiculous there. Once you get to the actual postgame, daily routine is something like this

>Wake up with buddy

>Roll call at the team lobby

>If motivated Pokémon today, get told about It

>>If any of them is Unown, get told about double EXP multiplier

>Walk to town square

>Recruitment drive: check citizens to see if there's any to talk and recruit

>>If any, talk to them for a dialog box, fade to black telling they had fun, fade back in, watch the following

>BLOATED CONNECTION PROCEDURE: photo of you and the Pokemon connect on the orb, a CONNECTED text appears with FPS murdering shine effects over several seconds, other Pokemon known to the one you just met appear on the orb, sometimes you get CONNECTED with one of those as well

>Open boxes at Klefki

>Sell loot at Keckleon

>Check post list

>Manually sort by continent

>Find the most appealing run, usually the one dungeon with the most jobs posted on it

>Write down jobs

>Sort/buy supplies

>Optionally check out the latest recruit's rememberable moves and abilities at Hawlucha

>>If any you want changed, endure the same animation and text one at a time

>If run is not on Water Continent, go over to Lapras and talk to him, select continent, confirm, watch Lapras swimming over there (hey at least you can speed up THAT last one)

>Repeat the recruitment drive on the current town

>Go over to town exit

>Select dungeon, confirm

>Select team

>>Every other run look for a suitable replacement for that Pokemon that just went on leave, go back to Hawlucha if current moves are horrible

>Safety save, at this point I might hilariously get "You had a great adventure today! You should rest before you play more." even though 90% of it was menu animations/walking/BLOATED CONNECTION PROCEDURE

>Give looplets

>Confirm

<ACTUAL DUNGEON CRAWLING HAPPENS HERE

>Interrupted by BLOATED CONNECTION PROCEDURE on every completed job

>Run complete summary on escaping after last job

>Dinner at the guild

>Save

>"You had a great adventure today! You should rest before you play more."

It's maddening because I love the actual game and I'm getting to the postgame point where you can start doing shenanigans (Water looplet abuse and cheesing Mega Mewtwo with Shedinja are some highlights) but I can only get CONNECTED with so many 2nd stage mons in a row before I lose it. I thought the Japs were time conscious enough to be able to get a good run going without requiring 15-20 minute setups. It makes me want to go back to Sky but I lost my cart. That, or trying Rescue Team for the first time. Speaking of which, what's the difference between Red and Blue?

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 07:36:19 e3106e No.15403260

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>>15403253

almost forgot

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 07:47:31 03b0f6 No.15403273

>>15403253

>red and blue

off the top of my head, one is on the gameboy advance, one is on the ds. there are exclusive pokemon, but as always you can unlock them by doing wonder mail missions.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 08:01:08 cf0f9d No.15403290

>>15400075

I've heard that Aksys took some liberties with the translation, but I'm not sure to what degree. Just saying.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 16:57:50 32edd9 No.15404714

>>15403244

Super Mystery Dungeon still does the human-become-Pokemon thing, but from what I've heard (as I have not played it personally) it does do the story a little differently this time around. It's not much but it's more than nothing.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 20:17:36 d3c86d No.15405344

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I've finished Blue Rescue Team. Well, the game was so good I kinda lost motivation to finish Ultra Sun. Though the ending was disappointing. Groudon and Rayquaza were very easy compared to the previous bosses. I don't even think Rayquaza did any damage, or some unnoticable damage. And the fact that Mudkip just "went back" and then somehow reappeared for the postgame with no one noticing his disappearance (even though they were all there?) is weird as fuck. Now let's see if the postgame is worth it.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 21:32:25 58c063 No.15405547

>>15405344

I just finished blue about a month ago. Everyone noticed your character disappearing. how tough the bosses are depends on what Pokémon you get. The legendary birds for very high damageto the point moltres would OHKO us damn near everytime and it took me days to beat it after you prove yourself innocent there’s enough t8me to level up to the point you can clear Groudon and rayquaza with greater ease.

The post game is long. You end up battling almost every single legendary Pokémon up to that point.

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 21:40:47 c074ae No.15405558

>>15400886

The story was shit, at least for the first few hours

Too campy, childish and gay overall and the gameplay was so fucking boring I just gave up on it

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 21:57:11 ab56d9 No.15405624

>>15403244

>As comfy as it is, I really wish they would've stopped with the whole human aspect already. I'd love a series of adventures where you're just a Pokemon going around with your partner and the objective is just to make discoveries and find treasures. Then making a real name for yourself and unlocking new features. Instead it's always you're a human with special powers and you have to recover your lost memories. It's pretty dumb and I get annoyed every time the powers come up. I feel like I'm playing someone's fanfic and I can only hope SMD doesn't have the same bullshit, but it probably will. At least Shinx is really fun to play as and I look forward to Luxray.

Yeah, that part of the story was just stupid. Why couldn't the player just be a pokemon in the pokemon word with humans never getting mentioned?

Anonymous 09/04/18 (Tue) 23:12:24 e0c0e8 No.15405856

>>15405547

No, I mean no one says shit like "Oh, Mudkip - you're back!". Just pretending that he's been there all along…