Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time

Pokemon fans know that when a new game comes out they can expect two versions, followed by an expanded, almost special edition, third version a year or two later. Pokemon Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald all took their original games and added significant new features. Most recently Pokemon Platinum expanded upon Diamond and Pearl with new plot elements, new mini-games, and new connectivity features. So with the release of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, one would expect a significant change in the game, instead of the same old crap from before.

For those of you that aren't in either the love it or hate it camps for the Mystery Dungeon series, let me explain. Chunsoft's Mystery Dungeon is a series of roleplaying games that focus largely on randomly generated dungeons. Players move through the dungeons in a a simultaneous turn-based system on a grid (everyone moves at once, like a crazy version of chess). It's more strategy than action, with a dose of serendipity since everything in the game is random. Sometimes you luck out, and sometimes you get screwed and there's nothing you can do.


Read the review for Explorers of Time/Darkness
Explorers of Sky is packaged like it's a bigger, better version of the previous two Mystery Dungeon games. The back of the case boasts its new items, adventures and expanded communication. Trouble is, it has the same plot, the same characters, and the same dungeons. We already reviewed Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness last year, and everything said then is true now because this is the same game. The gist of it is that the game is pretty ho hum, even in terms of roguelikes. It looks like a Game Boy Advance game, and plays like one, too.
The plot remains the same. You get mysteriously turned into a Pokemon, and instead of trying to immediately figure out what happened you join an exploration club. Also you have psychic powers which make you essentially the Pokemon equivalent of Bruce Willis from Unbreakable. There's Shaymin on the cover of the game, so, you guessed it, Shaymin is also in here, at the end, but the plot doesn't change. But chances are if you're interested in this game, then you just want to know what's new and different, not what's the same.

Great game for Pokemon lovers!

My 11-year old says, "The game is really fun. It has a lot more characters to play than Pokemon- Red rescue team for GameBoy. Also, in this version you don't have to buy places for Pokemon to go to, all places are open. Graphics are cool and you can find treasure chests in every place that give you items, which you can sell at a store or use for your Pokemon. Also, on some of the missions your prize can be an egg and you can hatch it and raise the new Pokemon to be on your team."

not like the other games

This is a cute game, but it takes some getting use to. It is NOT like the other Pokemon games in that there are no battles. You are a Pokemon and you answer a series of questions to determine which one. This requires re-starting numerous times to get one you like. The gameplay is mostly dungeon travel and stray pokemon attack you -kind of like pac man but you can fight back. you preform missions such as delivering items and saving lost pokemon. i didn't like it at all but it grows on you...

Should be called Pokemon EPIC Dungeon.

All of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games have more than met my expectations. Between a moving storyline, hard few vs. many battles, and so much to do even after the game is 100% complete storywise, these games are all easily some of the most impressive RPG's I've ever played. And no matter which PMD you choose, the famous ending scene is sure to move you, because until then, you've never realized how much you actually care about that lump of pixels that is your partner. You can spend weeks, even a few months, playing this game and not get bored. This game is truly a masterpiece.

Pokemon Mystery Dundeon: Explorers of time

This game is very exciting, it is a good time waster and keeps you entertained. It has many different things to do, like you could go help pokemon with whatever they need, and even go bounty hunting. you take a quiz in the bignning of the game to see what pokemon you are and get to pick your special partner to help you find out why you turned into a pokemon.