Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team | 
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 2234
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Genre: Role Playing Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Game Boy Advance
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5 x 1
MPN: GA-AGBPB24E
Model: 45496737764
UPC: 045496737764
EAN: 0045496737764
ASIN: B000FW57CE
Release Date: September 18, 2006
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Condition: Brand new@Factory sealed@Ships today@
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| Features:
| • | For the first time ever, the player is a Pokemon and speaks & interacts with other characters in a world populated only by Pokemon | | • | A deep, involving and dramatic story brings the player into a world of Pokemon not seen or experienced before | | • | Strategic battles enhance the adventure | | • | Randomly generated dungeons make every mission unique |
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Product Description
You wake up one day, turned into a Pokemon. This land is being ravaged by a natural disaster soyou decide to form a rescue team with a partner Pokemon. As a Pokemon, you can interact with many other different Pokemon on various missions while trying to uncover their true purpose and destiny. An engrossing story of adventure, redemption and, most of all, friendship. Numerous Pokemon can become your friends and can be called upon to join your rescue teams. Converses with other Pokemon for the first time using engaging graphics with various Pokemon expressions, accept various missions and try to help Pokemon in trouble. Go into many dungeons and strategically make your way through many floors. The layout of the dungeons is randomly generated, so they present a different challenge every time. Strategy and thinking are the keys to clearing the dungeons and completing the missions. Many rescue missions to conquer even after the main story reaches its climactic conclusion. The game starts off easy and advances in difficulty as it progresses. It will appeal to novice and expert Pokemon fans alike. For the first time, a Pokemon's moves can be linked and used together in one turn. This feature offers the player a strategic choice of attacks and is an entirely new concept in the Pokemon world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 This review is for my nine-year-old son September 21, 2006
Alexis Machine (McKinney, Texas USA)
31 out of 37 found this review helpful
My son can't get enough of this game and has gone on many missions. He was particularly pleased about being able to play as a Pokemon instead of a trainer and he has not complained about the dungeons or design. He has both the red and blue games, but has not stopped playing the DS version to try the other, but I would imagine that they are basically the same game.
So, his overall rating is a solid five stars. If he is a representative nine-year-old boy, all young kids should like this game. I don't know about older kids, but he certainly loves it.
 Cute but pretty dull September 25, 2006
Madisen (Fruita, CO United States)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
Well, there was no way I was going to miss out on this one. I had my copy reserved since August, and on September 19 I was the first one to the store to bring home this game, which I had already determined in my mind as the best game ever. You get to play as a Pokemon, after all!
Needless to say, I was kinda disappointed. But I'll start with the things I liked.
The personality quiz at the beginning is very cool. The questions are random, so it's difficult to cheat, and the results are pretty darn accurate in my opinion. After being assigned my Pokemon (it was Pikachu, if anyone cares), I got into the real game.
The story is very cute, and even has some moments of drama or suspsense, surprisingly enough. All the Pokemon you meet (save for the wild ones you battle) have real personalities, and the best one of all is the special "partner" you get to choose at the beginning of the game, who adores you and follows you everywhere. Overall, it has much more of a plot than the normal Pokemon games, and Pokemon make better characters than humans anyway.
As for the gameplay, the controls are pretty intuitive, and the AI manages not to deserve banishment to the black lagoon (not that it's great, mind you. It's just passable).
So, what don't I like about this game? Well, for starters, it's very repetitive. Since the dungeons are randomly-generated, every adventure amounts to a series of simple enemy-filled mazes. This isn't so bad in the beginning, when the dungeons are small, but towards the end it's extremely boring. The final dungeon in story mode has a grand total of 35 floors, for crying out loud!
Making this worse is that the items, too, are random. You may get several great TMs, or you may wind up with squat. You may pick up tons of food on the ground, or you may starve (which causes fainting). Since some of the missions involve bringing a certain item to a Pokemon, this can get frustrating.
Another upsetting element is the "catching" of Pokemon. This part of the game is--you guessed it--random. After you beat an enemy, it may offer to join up with you. The problem is, this doesn't happen nearly enough. The only way to increase the odds of a joinup is to be at a much higher level than the potential teammate, and by then their joining you will be pointless anyway since they'll be too weak for you. So unless you want to spend hours trying, you'll pretty much have the same basic team for the majority of your play.
Finally, as a reviewer above me mentioned, many things that could have broken up the monotony are "saved" for after the credits roll. Despite raising my partner Chikorita to level 35, they refused to let her evolve even once until the end, when she went all the way to Meganium in one shot! I also never got to control any other Pokemon 'till after the ending, and by then I was bored of the game and didn't care. This really upset me, especially since I was wondering throughout the entire game when I would get to evolve!
So overall, should you get this game? Well, if you're up for something pretty quick (10-15 hours), love Pokemon, and don't mind being slightly bored, go for it. But on the other hand, there are tons of great games coming out this season, and it really might be better to wait for one of them. I almost wish that I had.
A fresh and new style of Pokemon game sure to keep you busy! September 25, 2006
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
So, you're thinking about purchasing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Force or Blue Rescue Force. Maybe this review will help you make up your mind. If you've been on the web, you may have noticed that Mystery Dungeon has been getting quite low scores for a Pokemon game. Well, I think those people are just afraid of change, underestimate the games, and expected something entirely different. Trust me; this is a very good game.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon goes where no Pokemon game has gone before--you finally get to become a Pokemon and see life through their eyes. You first take a simple personality quiz to determine what kind of Pokemon you best represent. After being told which one of the 16 possible Pokemon starters you are, you pick an appropriate partner. Then the real story begins, and you as a human are transformed into a Pokemon, you go on rescue missions, set up a rescue force, recruit new Pokemon, and learn why you have undergone these drastic changes.
The story and cutscenes of the games really surprised me. Being a fourteen year old, I expected the meat of the game to be a little corny, especially since it's such an interesting story that they've chosen. Boy, was I wrong, because the intriguing story and surprising turn of events really make the game stand out.
Since the two games are nearly identical, the graphics don't really differ between them. They are very good for Game Boy, and are still pretty good for Nintendo DS considering how huge the games are. The music suits the game very well, and I especially love the boss Pokemon tunes. As far as the replay value goes, the game takes anywhere from 14-20 hours to complete the main story, and another 20 or so hours to do the extra missions. Since there are always going to be missions for you to do from the Post Office and Message Board, the games literally never end.
The games, for the most part, hold true to the Pokemon theme, but put it into a different perspective. There are actually levels, commonly called caves or dungeons, which you traverse through and battle wild Pokemon in them. The battles are actually quite similar, but you stay on the same screen during battle and each move (attacking or walking) in the dungeon is one "turn". There are tons of new items, as well as classic ones, that add a new twist to the games. You need apples to keep from going hungry; rocks and sticks to throw at enemies as attacks; gummies to eat and increase IQ; accessories to change stats or allow certain abilities; seeds to eat and gain abilities or change stats. You can't "catch" Pokemon, you must recruit them by being a high level and having the appropriate "friend area" for them to live in. It takes a little bit to get used to, but once you've got the basics down, they stick with you.
The games are actually pretty difficult in the later levels, and require patience and strategy. Each floor of a dungeon is different, and they change every time you enter them (adding extra replay value), requiring you to traverse the entire floor to find the stairs to the next floor in some instances, or just walking a few steps to the stairs in others. Because it is so random, you should always be prepared! I hate it when I see other reviews saying that the game only has around 16 or so dungeons, because that is ENTIRELY wrong. If my counting is correct, I believe there are 43 or 44 different dungeons in the game. Some of the early ones have 3 or 4 floors, but some of the late ones have 99 floors! The bosses are yes, legendary Pokemon, and they are pretty hard. The boss battles are epic, and once you complete certain circumstances, you can go back, rebottle them, and even recruit them on your team! Hooray! (Once you beat the main story, you have the option to evolve your Pokemon, and play as other Pokemon other than your starter).
The Mystery Dungeon games have nothing inappropriate in them, aren't very violent at all, and shouldn't cause anything bad to enter your household. (Parents, you should pay attention to what your kids are playing!)
If you are trying to decide which version to get, here are some tips. The Red version is for Game Boy Advance, and the Blue is for Nintendo DS. If you only have a Game Boy, buy Red. If you have a DS, which can play Red and Blue, buy Blue because you can use the top screen to keep track of your map.
Overall, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue are very good games, and should keep you Pokemon fans busy while you await Diamond and Pearl.
Keeps You Hooked November 5, 2006
PhantomKat7 (San Benito, TX)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This game is very different from the other Pokemon games. Instead of capturing pokemon and traveling, you are the pokemon, helping other pokemon like yourself from natural disasters while trying to solve the mystery as to why you became a pokemon in the first place.
The quiz in the beginning is fun and it's very hard to cheat on it. The results are very accurate if you answer the questions truthfully.
Most of the pokemon in the game(except the ones you battle in the dungeons)have real personalities, unlike past Pokemon games. You hvae your rival team who wants to be the best by cheating and causing mayhem, your loyal pokemon partner who sticks by you through thick and thin, and your more experienced pokemon who don't just rely on their physical skills but mental ones as well.
The game progresses as you complete mission, manditory and optional, and takes an unexpectng turn in the middle, just adding to the plot. You beat bosses like the legendary birds and Mewtwo and can befirend them when you defeat them. The end is sad and sentimental and makes everything you have gone through worthwhile.
Even after the main plot is over, there is still much to unlock and discover so the game does not get dull over time.
This game is a must have for all Pokemon fans, kids and teens alike. Even as a fourteen year old, I find this game addicting and unable to put it down.
This Game is Great! Not Pokemon's Best Though September 22, 2006
Bubbles
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I really think this game is elegant and has great gameplay and all that jazz. One day a trainer wakes up to find that he or she has been turned into a pokemon. You have to take this brain-wracking quiz to find out what pokemon you start out as. (I ended up as a Mudkip, I have no clue why). Then you pick your partner( I picked Pikachu). You then appear in a pokemon world, haven't I heard that before? Your partner gets rather annoying running around following you. O.K. the story is that you and your partner go and do rescue missions in caves hence the name red rescue team mystery dungeon. You can visit Pokemon Square, Tiny Woods, and lots of other places. At the Pelipper Post Office, you can apply for jobs and rescue missions that citizens post. Then you go do them hooray you get stuff. The only bad thing is that this game gets very repetetive I mean like every day your annoying partner wakes you up and then you do a rescue mission blahblahblah then you go back to bed after it. Now the battle system I like. You battle without having to have the screen pop up and say blah blah wants a challenge or something. I still haven't realized how to get another person on your rescue team it says you have to like befriend them or something. I still like the trainer games better but it was good for Nintendo to try this out.
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