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Fun...a little consuming

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My kids are 7 and 9 love this game and really love pokemon. I have to buy two of them for the DSs to interact however which is a drag. They also cant put it down which is great on a long ride...but its all I hear about after school or on weekends.

Sometimes Change is a Good Thing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: September 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Having surfed the net a few times, looking for reviews of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue for the DS, I was disappointed on how most felt this game had turned out. Most have called this game "very light on Pokemon" and "a frustrating dungeon crawl", however, since I purchased this game when it was released, I have been enjoying the title immensly. You have to take this game in perspective when reviewing it. First of all, it's NOT like a Pokemon game you have played before, and you cannot compare it to the titles released on the Gameboy/Gameboy Advance. This has a totally new approach, one of which I feel is unique and refreshing to the Pokemon Universe. The game does have all the Pokemon you would be used to playing, however, I congratulate all involved with the unique gameplay and approach. This is a "real time" role playing Pokemon world, with you as the starring role as a Pokemon. The approach was a new and unique way to experience Pokemon, and I for one applaud the originality. Graphically, the title is average Pokemon style presentation, but nonetheless effective in it's overall design. I strongly recommend you try a demo of this game first before commiting $35.00 to it, as it might not be your cup of tea. However, if you enjoy role playing games in general, and Pokemon in particular, I believe you will not be disappointed with this unique approach to the world of Pokemon.

The best yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for christmas and I havent stopped playing yet! You start by taking a test to determine what pokemon you will be (I became a Pikachu! My favourite!) then you pick a partner pokemon (I picked Totodile)one day you are woken by the partner and you have been turned into a pokemon. You save caterpie and decide to start a rescue team with your partner and do varipus rescue missions to save pokemon from the natural diasters since the worlds balance is upset.
When you do missions you gain rescue points, the more points you have, the better rank you get. At the moment I am gold rank.
The dungeons have good designs! Each is different, you have to defeat the enemy pokemon's and find the stairs to go up the floors. On your way you find different items old and some new, some are rare and some help status and heal problems and apples fill your belly to make sure you dont faint. I enjoy it when you run into a monster house were you have to defeat up to 10 pokemon at once, and when then dungeons are randomised sometimes you appear next to the stairs! It saves a job! I love battling legendary pokemon, but they do not seem to enflict much damage to you, the most hp points were taken when I have been hit so far is 25hp. So you have a better chance than the legendary pokemon.
The pokemon square is cool, you get a bank,storage, item shop etc, you can get to many places through there like the post office, plus you can talk to the local pokemon.
The story mode is brillant, deep, emotional and twisted, I felt sad when you become fugitives, on the run but when I felt most emotional was at the end of story mode.. I actually felt sadder than ever. When your partner is heartbroken it made me feel so emotional but when you come back it was just simple un-emotional, it didnt show your partner become happy again they just hug you. Then you start the rest of the game and everybody acts like nothing happened that bit kind of spoiled the re-union of the best friends to me. Then when the next bit starts you have the choice to change leaders but I dont like it very much. Insted of your partner pokemon coming with you everyday saying hi you have to get them in the friend area, I think it kind of separates the relationship between you and the partner pokemon and you cant stop it happening. This game is the best pokemon game yet and the first one to make me emotional!

pokemon mystery dungeon blue rescue team

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: September 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of pokemon for many years now and owning every single game I would have to say that the gameplay and the new way of playing as a pokemon is a creative and very fun way of playing. The levels are pretty simple, and entertaining. You are able to create your own pokemon rescue team and once you have the game in your hand you won't want to put it down.

Rescue Team Red and Blue -- a Don't-Duo. Hahaha.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: September 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

C'mon, I tried to come up with that title pun for about five minutes.

It's been almost 17 months since a new Pokemon game came out. Pokemon Emerald, that last game, wasn't an all-new adventure but it featured a few new touches to the same old Pokemon formula, and that kept fans playing the game. So much time has passed and Pokemon fans like me were left wondering when they'd be able to feed that Pokemon craving. Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak let Chunsoft take the reins, and the product was the multi-platform Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series. That last statement is quite possibly the knife in the back of this year's only new Pokemon release: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, in both the Rescue Team Red GBA version and the Rescue Team Blue DS version, is a repetitive game that lacks the life, charm, energy, and fun of the rest of the games in the ever-growing Pokemon franchise.

In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, you assume the role of a human-turned-Pokemon. What Pokemon you are depends on your answers of a few personality-based questions at the start of the game. The "twist" here is that there are no humans in this Pokemon land, and you communicate with other Pokemon to partake in rescue missions throughout the land. Sadly, few of the Pokemon have anything interesting to say that doesn't pertain to rescue missions, so the game feels like a linear affair. Take rescue missions, beat rescue missions, and repeat the process until the game's over and you can go to some of the "secret" and more dangerous dungeons.

The dungeons themselves are extremely boring. I absolutely hated them. They're big, randomly-generated maps with freely-roaming and constantly-respawning wild Pokemon to battle. You can find items and traps throughout the dungeon as well, but that's very generic for the random-dungeon RPG genre. The random designs don't include any sort of interesting environmental attributes, so you're mostly running down hallways and looking for the stairway to the next floor of the dungeon. As the game progresses, the dungeons get bigger but never better. After a very short while, I just started looking for the exit to each floor as quickly as possible, which made leveling up a difficult thing to do.

The battle gameplay is very similar to other Pokemon games, but it's all done in a touchy real-time system. You'll run up to monsters, select an attack, and wait for the opponent to die before moving onto the next one. Unfortunately, since this game has freely-roaming enemies, it is possible to get surrounded by enemies, which makes everything even more frustrating. The battles aren't fun and with each wild Pokemon I found, I simply wanted to move on as quickly as possible. Since you can't capture Pokemon (you're not a trainer, after all), there is almost no fun to be had while battling monsters in this game. You'll get more Pokemon on your team as you go through the game, and there are specific areas where certain Pokemon can join your team, but you won't be able to catch and raise them as you please. There is some depth to developing your rescue team. For example, you can change their A.I., IQ, and battle settings. Because of this, CPU-controlled Pokemon can interact with the environment and different situations in a more intelligent fashion. This doesn't make the battle system any more interesting, though, ultimately making Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team a sickening dud when it comes to gameplay.

Getting to a Game Over screen has never been okay in a Pokemon game, but Pokemon Mystery Dungeon takes that frustration to a whole new level: if you die, every single item in your 20-item inventory toolbox is lost and you must restart the dungeon from the very beginning. This makes the repetitive, generic dungeons even more frustrating to get through and the dull battles even duller.

Visually, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team is a GBA game at heart. DS owners will be very disappointed with the basic sprites, horribly dull environments, and lackluster attack animation. The only saving grace visually is the art, which is quite nice. The sound effects are as generic as they have been since Pokemon Blue and Red, and the music is less catchy and more annoying.

Fans of random dungeon hacks might find a little to enjoy here, since Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is a very generic random dungeon hack-and-slash RPG. But Pokemon fans should tough it out and wait for Pokemon Pearl and Pokemon Diamond to come out next year, because Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is like nothing you've played before, and it's nothing interesting, either. There are so many better GBA games out there and so many better DS games coming out that dropping $35 for either version of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is a waste of your hard-earned cash.

Awesomely----AWESOME!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE this Pokemon game. I've been a fan of Pokemon since I was about three-years old and it's just gotten better and better over the years. I own almost every single Pokemon game there ever was! I'm missing the original three...Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Pokemon Dungeon Blue Rescue Team is a great game!!! I recommend it to anyone who owns a Nintendo DS and if you don't...get the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team.

The story starts when the game asks you a personality quiz. That's how the game finds a Pokemon that best "suits" you. I got a Pikachu. Pikachu is one of my favorite characters and I was really lucky to get it. Then, you choose your partner (who's also a Pokemon). The next thing you know, you're waking up the next morning and being sent on your first mission...rescuing a Caterpie. After that, you choose your rescue team name. As the game progresses, the dungeons get more difficult. The dungeons are never the same...I think that's a great idea, a new challenge each time! As you walk through the dungeons trying to rescue Pokemon in danger, the wild Pokemon sometimes ask you if they can join your rescue team. I usually say "yes" unless I already have one of that Pokemon. Surprisingly, the legendary Pokemon aren't as difficult to get as I thought they would have been. I think that's good news, in the old games, they were almost impossible to catch. I'm currently up to rescuing Rayquaza. I'm trying to power-up my team for the fight. After all, there are 34 floors to this dungeon! The Makuhita Dojo is a good place to practice. They add more dungeons as you play. The game doesn't end when you beat Rayquaza, there's a post game too. You can get Deoxys, Jirachi, and other legends after story mode.

Pros: EVERYTHING...especially the new storyline
Cons: Nothing much...maybe the fact that the game repeats missions

If you love video game and Pokemon, this is a "must have."

The Best Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 14
Date: September 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It is so cool that you get to play as a pokémon depending on your personality quiz results!

Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

it is a really fun game that takes the story of pokemon in a new direction. even though the story mode is kind of short, after u beat it there is lots to do. the game is really cool especially the part about u being a pokemon.

THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: September 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best! I suggest you buy this game, NOT Red. If you don't have a Nitendo DS, get it for the Game Boy. If you have neither you are missing out!!!Well, what do I know? I'm just a third grader. Well. GET THIS GAME IT'S THE BEST DEAL EVER!!!

It's awsome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In the game you go on missions, as a pokemon. The graphis are ok, but the game can get a little frustrating. Sometimes you get mad because your on the last floor and your partner dies, or you get tripple teamed. If you are a Pokemon fan, this is a must have, but if your not, wait for Diamond and Peral coming out in 2007 because the RPG games are better. Don't get me wrong though, this is a great game!

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