Luckily, you bump into Nuzleaf, a spunky Grass/Dark Pokémon with a distinct southern American accent, who not only rescues you, but offers you a place to stay at his home in Serene Village. It’s not long before the dangers of this new world rears its head in the form of three Beheeyem-extraterrestrial Psychic-type Pokémon-that attack our tenderfoot human-turned-Pokémon.
Not only is the world around you unfamiliar, and inhabited by Pokémon, but you’ve been transformed into a Pokémon yourself!
Take a journey into a world filled with Pokémonįollowing series tradition, the story begins with your character (a human) waking up and having the startling realization something major is amiss. Having this freedom of choice is a nice touch, but I opted to go with the Pokémon given to me, which was a Mudkip main, and a Riolu partner. If you don’t like the Pokémon duo assigned to you, there is an option to choose whichever ones you’d like from the list. There’s a nice range of possible Starter Pokémon-20 in total, with representation from across generations-including favourites like Pikachu, Squirtle, Treecko, and Riolu. Similar to previous Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles, the game starts with a brief personality quiz that determines which Starter Pokémon you’ll play as, as well as your partner Pokémon that will stick with you for the whole journey. After putting in more than two dozen hours into the game, I still feel there are ways this franchise could improve, but overall this is easily the best Pokémon Mystery Dungeon entry to date. These concerns have been addressed in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, with the game including every known species of Pokémon (720 in total), a return to deep and challenging combat, and hunger once again must be factored into dungeon exploring. Nintendo, along with developer Spike Chunsoft, have done exactly that with Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, carrying over the best elements from the previous game (the beautiful 3D graphics and exquisite music) while taking the core gameplay fans love, and improving upon it.Ĭommon complaints about the last 3DS game varied from the limited number of recruitable Pokémon, to the oversimplification of combat, to the complete removal of traditional series elements such as the hunger mechanic-all in the name of greater accessibility. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series returns to form on 3DSįollowing 2013’s rather underwhelming debut of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series on Nintendo 3DS ( Gates to Infinity), it was clear that this dungeon crawling Pokémon spin-off series was in need of some revitalization.