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Even better than the mystery dungeon blue rescue team

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

In this game, you play as a Pokemon and have another Pokemon as a companion. You enter dungeons with randomly-generated floor plans, collecting items and fighting Pokemon as you complete tasks. The fighting is turn-based, as with most other Pokemon games. One advantage is that you regenerate HP as you walk. However, you need to keep a supply of apples with you because you also get hungry as you walk and if you get too hungry, you faint. However, this is better than not regenerating HP until getting to a town, in regular Pokemon games.
So far, I have only played this game about 10 hours, (in comparison with over 100 hours on mystery dungeon blue team), but I prefer this newer one. Obviously, since I have played it so much, I really like the first one, so this is saying quite a lot (I am a fan of Pokemon games, in general). Here's why I like this one better:
1. you can hold more items in dungeons (and this number increases as you progress)
2. you can recruit new Pokemon even if you have 4 in your party already (and they are automatically sent out of the dungeon)
This may not seem like a lot, but these two facts alone make the game much more enjoyable. Here's the one thing I have discovered that I like less than the blue team version:
1. You see your team members' HP as a ratio without also seeing a meter-bar to give a quick visual gauge of your team members' HP (although you do get the meter for your team leader).
This is a rather small thing, but without the meters, sometimes I don't notice how low the HP of some of my team members become and so I faint from carelessness, rather than 'real' danger. Perhaps there is a setting to remedy this and I just haven't found it yet.
I will update this review after I finish story mode.

They got it right this time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a GIANT step forward from the GB Advance version! This is the game that that one should have been. I am really not too knowledgable about the Advance game, since I put it aside as borderline unplayable and a major disappointment. The new version is vastly improved. The following areas are its strong points:

First and foremost, a good combat interface. In this version, your head Pokemon can select one of four moves, just as in the regular Pokemon games. And there is no burdensome double-button punch to use a move. You can also choose an ordinary attack, which is not a move, to save moves: a welcome Pokemon innovation.

Attractively drawn dungeons

Good and varied music

A good story line

Lots of interesting tasks and situations

The real comparison is with the recent Shiren Mystery Dungeon, also a Chun product. This one is less brutal and much larger-scale, though both are excellent games.

Highly recommended for roguelike fans.

I assume that this rating and description can also apply to the "Explorers of Time" version of the game, since the strategy guide says there are only minor differences.

Mystery dungeon greatness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I honestly feel that Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is MUCH better than I expected! I mean, I thought that it would be the same as Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team, but it was better and then some! I must say that one of the best new features would be sentry duty, as it is like a minigame and is like a break from the dungeons. I wish I would have known how easy it was though. I mean, I got it a week after it came out, and four days later, I was working on the final mission before the post-ending. I feel that that isn't that a big of a deal though, and I still think that it is the best pokemon game that doesn't involve catching and training Pokemon like usually.

There's just one big hitch...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When you (or your partners) faint in a dungeon, you lose all your money (not such a big deal) and "some of" your items. If you have a particularly difficult dungeon to get through and you faint repeatedly, your chances of making it through the dungeon get lower and lower each time, because you finally get to a point where the only items you've got are the ones you find IN THAT DUNGEON. So, you're going through this horrible dungeon, and you find TMs that you can't use, Bands to hold to boost attack (or whatever), Cheri berries and stuff, but no Oran berries, which are the only things I know of that restore HP. Walk into one Monster House room and you're doomed. I've been in the same dungeon for three days now and it doesn't look like I'll get through it anytime soon. Otherwise, a very enjoyable game for people who like closure (like me), because you can totally sweep the floor of a dungeon and make sure you've gotten every item and explored every corridor.

For my little sister

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game for my younger sister. She really seems to enjoy playing and has managed to balance playing with schoolwork. She plays by herself or invites her friends to play. She says that the graphics are pretty good and the missions can be interesting, but can sometimes be frustrating.

A kid's review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am a 9 year old kid. This Pokemon Explorers of Darkness has a very intresting storyline but it should be a bit longer because I already finished the game. I am in the last chapter and it took me 20 days to get there.Otherwise it is a very good game.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is a lot of fun. The thing I like about this version compared to the first Mystery Dungeon game that came out is the fact that your partner shares your room with you, instead of going off to his own area. This game keeps you wondering what's coming next up to the end. And once you finish, you still have challenges to solve.

I love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is not too long and not too short but very fun. You get to unlock dungeons like secret waterfall and many more. Once you unlock dungeons you can battle in them and unlock stores in treasure town.
I think this is better than pokemon pearl because you get to go to more places and there is more action. This game is great for any pokemon fan.

My 12-year-old's favorite DS game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've never played this game, but my 12-year-old says it's awesome. And judging from the amount of time he spends playing it, I have to believe it's got all the right stuff. It's his favorite DS game of the moment. If your kid has a DS and loves Pokemon, I don't think you can go wrong with this one.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Darkness ROCKS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game and Pokemon Diamond are the BEST games you can get. Explore a new world as a pokemon. You can get Darkrai, Cresselia, Heatran and all the others! I used to think pokemon mystery dungeon was retarded. When I played this game and bought it, it totally changed my mind. PLEASE get this game. IT RULES THE WORLD OF POKEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (p.s. if U get it U rock too!)

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