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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

January 20, 2023

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time[a] and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness[b] are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS. The two games were released in Japan in September 2007, and in North America and Europe in 2008.[1][2] A third version, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, was released for the same hardware in 2009.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
North American cover art with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Developer(s)Chunsoft
Publisher(s)Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Director(s)Seiichiro Nagahata
Hironori Ishigami
Producer(s)Koichi Nakamura
Hiroaki Tsuru
Hiroyuki Jinnai
Kunimi Kawamura
Hitoshi Yamagami
Designer(s)Hiroshi Nakamura
Fujimi O-nishi
Shinya Yada
Programmer(s)Yuji Fukuda
Artist(s)Fuyuhiko Koizumi
Writer(s)Shin-ichiro Tomie
Emiko Tanaka
Composer(s)Arata Iiyoshi
Hideki Sakamoto
Keisuke Ito
Ryoma Nakamura
Kenichi Saito
SeriesPokémon Mystery Dungeon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: September 13, 2007
  • NA: April 20, 2008
  • AU: June 19, 2008
  • EU: July 4, 2008
Genre(s)Roguelike
Mode(s)Single player

As a sequel to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, new features include the addition of Generation IV Pokémon, improved Wi-Fi functionality, and more touch-screen options. 491 of the 493 Pokémon are featured, as Shaymin and Arceus were not officially released at the time of the game's launch.

In terms of gameplay and premise, the Explorers installments are largely similar to their Rescue Team predecessors, where a human-turned-Pokémon joins an Exploration Society and explores shifting dungeons, fighting hostile Pokémon through turn-based combat. The games received praise for their storyline, soundtrack, and Wi-Fi functionality, but were criticized for repetitive gameplay. The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5.9 million copies as of 2010, then 6.37 million copies after 2010.[3]

Gameplay

Playable Pokémon

As with the previous games, the player takes on the role of a human who has been turned into a Pokémon, whose type is determined by a personality test.[4] A partner Pokémon is also selected who will henceforth be referred to as "the partner". Unlike Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, the gender does not restrict the available selection of Pokémon for either the player or the partner, though both player and partner may not be of the same type. The test sets the player as one of the many natures in the mainstream games, and two Pokémon will be set to that nature, one for male, one for female.

The player may be Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Skitty, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup and Munchlax; a total of 16 Pokémon to choose from. Once chosen, the partner may be any of the above Pokémon, with the exception of Pokémon of the same type of the player, Meowth, Skitty and Munchlax. Eevee, Machop, Cubone and Psyduck were removed as starter Pokémon, though Eevee was again made available in Explorers of the Sky. Riolu was debated for a player Pokémon in Explorers of Time and Darkness, but the idea was eventually dropped, and Riolu was selected for the Explorers of Sky list.

Basic gameplay

The basic gameplay is unchanged from Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team - players may use shops in Treasure Town to save money, buy items, store items, and train in special "maze" levels (although the Pokémon running almost all of these shops have changed). Players enter dungeons to complete missions and encounter hostile Pokémon during the exploration. During the story portion, if either the player or their partner is defeated by running out of health, the team will be removed from the dungeon and lose all their money and half (or more) of their items. However, after beating the main story, the team will only be removed if the team leader faints.

New features

New to this series is the option to temporarily send a team member to aid a friend who is in need, which allows a team to have more than four members. Defeated teams awaiting rescue may also engage in a "standby adventure" mode in which players may revisit previous dungeons to raise funds and collect items, but without the ability to level up.

Among new items introduced are treasure boxes, which require money to be opened and may contain rare items that may only affect certain Pokémon and can be used to trade for rarer and more valuable items using a new shop. New items are also introduced to account for new evolution methods which do not translate well from the main series to Mystery Dungeon, like Probopass, Magnezone, Leafeon, or Glaceon.

Version exclusives

As with all Pokémon games, some Pokémon are exclusive to one version, although they may be unlocked on the other through the exchange of Wonder Mail codes. The Pokémon exclusive to Explorers of Time are Celebi, Combee, Lucario, Pachirisu, and Riolu, while the Pokémon exclusive to Explorers of Darkness are Burmy, Buneary, Lopunny, Mewtwo, and Rotom.

Plot

The player is washed ashore by a storm and is discovered by the partner, a timid Pokémon who dreams of forming an exploration team. After teaming up to recover the partner's Relic Fragment from some bullies, the player, who has lost all memories except their name and the fact that they used to be human, agrees to form an exploration team to piece together their identity. The two enlist at the Wigglytuff Guild and begin training as adventurers. During this time, the player discovers that they can have visions of the future or past. Eventually, the authorities alert the guild that a criminal named Grovyle has been stealing artifacts called the Time Gears, which stabilize the flow of time in each region and cause time to stop when stolen. The player and partner attempt to intercept Grovyle, but are defeated. Afterwards, the guild enlists the aid of a famous explorer named Dusknoir, who explains that the player's ability to see through time is called the Dimensional Scream. Dusknoir reveals that he and Grovyle are from the future and that if the Time Gears are stolen, the Pokémon world will become paralyzed and turn into a dark, dismal region filled with scared and corrupted Pokémon. With assistance from the guardians of the Time Gears, Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf, Dusknoir successfully captures Grovyle and returns the Time Gears to their rightful places. Back in town, Dusknoir opens a Dimensional Hole to take Grovyle back to the future to face justice and bids farewell to the villagers, but suddenly grabs the player and partner and drags them into the portal with him.

The player and partner awaken in a prison in the future. After escaping a near execution with Grovyle by Dusknoir, they discover the world is still paralyzed. They learn from Grovyle that the paralysis was caused because of the collapse of Temporal Tower, which also corrupted its head occupant, Dialga, into a tyrannical being known as Primal Dialga. Grovyle exposes Dusknoir as a villainous agent sent to the present to capture him and reveals that he and a human companion traveled back in time to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower in order to save the world; this human is actually the player. With the help of Celebi, a friend of Grovyle, the group manages to escape Dusknoir's group and return to the present. Grovyle reveals that, while it is true that time stops when a Time Gear is taken (not "stolen"), this effect is only temporary and that once the Time Gears are returned to Temporal Tower, time is permanently restored in all locations.

Arriving back to the present, the group enlists the help of the guild to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower to restore time. While Grovyle gathers the Time Gears, the guild investigates Temporal Tower and discovers a way to reach the Hidden Land where it lies, using the partner's Relic Fragment. The player, the partner, and Grovyle travel to the Hidden Land, and are accosted by Dusknoir. He reveals to the player that if they succeed in changing the future, they and Grovyle will be erased from existence. Grovyle sacrifices himself to drag Dusknoir back to the future, and the player presses onward. They and the partner make their way to the top of Temporal Tower, defeat Primal Dialga and restore it to sanity, and replace the Time Gears and stop the planet's paralysis. On the way back, the player says a final goodbye to the partner before vanishing. After the credits, Dialga is deeply moved by the partner's grief over the player's death, and restores the player to the timeline as thanks for bringing time back under control. The player reappears at the beach and reunites with the overjoyed partner.

After the main story, the player and partner graduate from Wigglytuff Guild and move their base of operations to Sharpedo Bluff, the partner's old home. In Luminous Spring, they learn that neither the partner nor the player can evolve due to a distortion in space. After many missions and explorations, it is revealed that Darkrai was responsible for the events in the main story. The team, with the help of Palkia and Cresselia, defeats Darkrai, fixing the distortion and finally allowing the player and partner to evolve.

Development

On March 20, 2007, Famitsu teased a sequel in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. The then untitled game would make use of the Nintendo DS's dual screens and Wi-Fi support. Moreover, it was the first time Chunsoft made a sequel to a Mystery Dungeon game involving licensed characters other than Dragon Quest’s Torneko or Final Fantasy’s Chocobo.[5] Two months after the announcement, Chunsoft confirmed the sequel to the series with an official title and the games being two versions like the Rescue Team games; Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness respectively. It confirmed the aforementioned new features explained in March, in addition to featuring Generation IV Pokémon and the ability to choose two of 16 characters; one as the protagonist and one as the partner similar to the previous games.[6] During early development, Shin-ichiro Tomie has thought of expressing the meetings and partings theme through bubbles at the game's prologue and end; a theme that is used throughout the series since its inauguration. Additionally, it was close to be scrapped from the final production, before the team was able to add it near the end.[7] Later in August 2007, the duo received an official release date in Japan set for September 13, 2007 along with a playable demo during Pokémon Festa 2007.[8]

Four months after the games were released in Japan, a North American release was officially teased from Nintendo, with a pending date set for Q2 2008.[9] The official release date was confirmed the month after, being April 28, 2008, before it was released a week earlier.[10]

Reception

The reviews for the games were average to positive. The games were scored as 60 and 59 out of 100 by Metacritic for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, respectively.[11][12] GameSpot gave the games a score of 6.5 out of 10, criticising the dialogue and inconsistent visuals, but praising the story, soundtrack, Wi-Fi features and easier difficulty.[16] IGN also rated the games 6.5 out of 10, criticising the repetitive and unoriginal gameplay but noted the story for its charm.[19] GamesRadar+ on the other hand gave a score of 2.5 out of 5 (below average), saying that "Explorers of Darkness/Time is a rental at best" and that "Pokémon fans are better served by playing more Diamond/Pearl while waiting for the next Pokémon Ranger game".[18] However, GameSpy gave the games a 4/5 star rating, praising them for their "classic dungeon-crawling gameplay, attractive setting and cheerful music".[17] Both Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness have received a rating of 7.5 from Nintendo Power.[20] Gamezone gave the games a rating of 7.8/10, praising their graphics, gameplay, and soundtrack.[21]

Combined worldwide sales for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness passed 4.5 million copies on March 31, 2009,[22] and by March 31, 2010, adding the sales of Explorers of Sky totals the three games to over 5.90 million copies.[23] Later, combined worldwide sales for the three Explorers games passed over 6.37 million copies according to Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association; 4.88 million for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and 1.49 million for Explorers of Sky.[3] They are currently the best-selling games in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, surpassing their predecessors. They are also the best-selling games in the Mystery Dungeon series in general; surpassing Squaresoft's Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon and Enix's Torneko: The Last Hope, both accumulating 1.34 million and 759,000 copies respectively.[24][25][26]

Anime tie-in

A special episode of the Pokémon anime, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness,[c] was developed based on the game plot. Unlike previous special episodes, this does not take place in any continuity of the main storyline. It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9, 2007, as part of Pokémon Sunday.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Time Exploration Team (Japanese: ポケモン不思議 (ふしぎ)のダンジョン 時 (とき)の探検隊 (たんけんたい), Hepburn: Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Toki no Tankentai, lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Time Exploration Team)
  2. ^ Known in Japan as Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Darkness Exploration Team (Japanese: ポケモン不思議 (ふしぎ)のダンジョン 闇 (やみ)の探検隊 (たんけんたい), Hepburn: Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Yami no Tankentai, lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Darkness Exploration Team)
  3. ^ ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊・闇の探検隊, lit. "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Time Expedition & Darkness Expedition"

References

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  2. ^ "Nintendo Europe Q2 2008 release list". Nintendo UK. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. ^ a b CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association.[ISBN missing]
  4. ^ "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon :: DS Game Reviews". Kidzworld. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  5. ^ "New Pokemon Game Announced". IGN. March 20, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  6. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (May 15, 2007). "New Pokemon Game Unveiled". IGN. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Seafoamgaming (April 18, 2022). "The Meeting of Destiny: An Interview with Shinichiro Tomie from SPIKE CHUNSOFT". Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "『ポケモン』最大のイベント「ポケモンパルシティ」幕張会場の様子をレポート！". 4gamer (in Japanese). August 3, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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  10. ^ Langdon, Rachel (February 28, 2008). "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time". IGN. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time for DS Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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  21. ^ . Gamezone. May 27, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Bright, colorful, well-animated Pokemon inhabit intricate 2D environments. The dungeons can look generic sometimes, but the towns look great.
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External links

  • Official Site (in Japanese)
  • (in English)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness at Bulbapedia

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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time a and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness b are a matched pair of Pokemon games for the Nintendo DS The two games were released in Japan in September 2007 and in North America and Europe in 2008 1 2 A third version Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky was released for the same hardware in 2009 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of DarknessNorth American cover art with Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of TimeDeveloper s ChunsoftPublisher s NintendoThe Pokemon CompanyDirector s Seiichiro NagahataHironori IshigamiProducer s Koichi NakamuraHiroaki TsuruHiroyuki JinnaiKunimi KawamuraHitoshi YamagamiDesigner s Hiroshi NakamuraFujimi O nishiShinya YadaProgrammer s Yuji FukudaArtist s Fuyuhiko KoizumiWriter s Shin ichiro TomieEmiko TanakaComposer s Arata IiyoshiHideki SakamotoKeisuke ItoRyoma NakamuraKenichi SaitoSeriesPokemon Mystery DungeonPlatform s Nintendo DSReleaseJP September 13 2007NA April 20 2008AU June 19 2008EU July 4 2008Genre s RoguelikeMode s Single playerAs a sequel to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team new features include the addition of Generation IV Pokemon improved Wi Fi functionality and more touch screen options 491 of the 493 Pokemon are featured as Shaymin and Arceus were not officially released at the time of the game s launch In terms of gameplay and premise the Explorers installments are largely similar to their Rescue Team predecessors where a human turned Pokemon joins an Exploration Society and explores shifting dungeons fighting hostile Pokemon through turn based combat The games received praise for their storyline soundtrack and Wi Fi functionality but were criticized for repetitive gameplay The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5 9 million copies as of 2010 then 6 37 million copies after 2010 3 Contents 1 Gameplay 1 1 Playable Pokemon 1 2 Basic gameplay 1 3 New features 1 4 Version exclusives 2 Plot 3 Development 4 Reception 5 Anime tie in 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksGameplay EditPlayable Pokemon Edit As with the previous games the player takes on the role of a human who has been turned into a Pokemon whose type is determined by a personality test 4 A partner Pokemon is also selected who will henceforth be referred to as the partner Unlike Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team the gender does not restrict the available selection of Pokemon for either the player or the partner though both player and partner may not be of the same type The test sets the player as one of the many natures in the mainstream games and two Pokemon will be set to that nature one for male one for female The player may be Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle Pikachu Meowth Chikorita Cyndaquil Totodile Treecko Torchic Mudkip Skitty Turtwig Chimchar Piplup and Munchlax a total of 16 Pokemon to choose from Once chosen the partner may be any of the above Pokemon with the exception of Pokemon of the same type of the player Meowth Skitty and Munchlax Eevee Machop Cubone and Psyduck were removed as starter Pokemon though Eevee was again made available in Explorers of the Sky Riolu was debated for a player Pokemon in Explorers of Time and Darkness but the idea was eventually dropped and Riolu was selected for the Explorers of Sky list Basic gameplay Edit The basic gameplay is unchanged from Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team players may use shops in Treasure Town to save money buy items store items and train in special maze levels although the Pokemon running almost all of these shops have changed Players enter dungeons to complete missions and encounter hostile Pokemon during the exploration During the story portion if either the player or their partner is defeated by running out of health the team will be removed from the dungeon and lose all their money and half or more of their items However after beating the main story the team will only be removed if the team leader faints New features Edit New to this series is the option to temporarily send a team member to aid a friend who is in need which allows a team to have more than four members Defeated teams awaiting rescue may also engage in a standby adventure mode in which players may revisit previous dungeons to raise funds and collect items but without the ability to level up Among new items introduced are treasure boxes which require money to be opened and may contain rare items that may only affect certain Pokemon and can be used to trade for rarer and more valuable items using a new shop New items are also introduced to account for new evolution methods which do not translate well from the main series to Mystery Dungeon like Probopass Magnezone Leafeon or Glaceon Version exclusives Edit As with all Pokemon games some Pokemon are exclusive to one version although they may be unlocked on the other through the exchange of Wonder Mail codes The Pokemon exclusive to Explorers of Time are Celebi Combee Lucario Pachirisu and Riolu while the Pokemon exclusive to Explorers of Darkness are Burmy Buneary Lopunny Mewtwo and Rotom Plot EditThe player is washed ashore by a storm and is discovered by the partner a timid Pokemon who dreams of forming an exploration team After teaming up to recover the partner s Relic Fragment from some bullies the player who has lost all memories except their name and the fact that they used to be human agrees to form an exploration team to piece together their identity The two enlist at the Wigglytuff Guild and begin training as adventurers During this time the player discovers that they can have visions of the future or past Eventually the authorities alert the guild that a criminal named Grovyle has been stealing artifacts called the Time Gears which stabilize the flow of time in each region and cause time to stop when stolen The player and partner attempt to intercept Grovyle but are defeated Afterwards the guild enlists the aid of a famous explorer named Dusknoir who explains that the player s ability to see through time is called the Dimensional Scream Dusknoir reveals that he and Grovyle are from the future and that if the Time Gears are stolen the Pokemon world will become paralyzed and turn into a dark dismal region filled with scared and corrupted Pokemon With assistance from the guardians of the Time Gears Uxie Mesprit and Azelf Dusknoir successfully captures Grovyle and returns the Time Gears to their rightful places Back in town Dusknoir opens a Dimensional Hole to take Grovyle back to the future to face justice and bids farewell to the villagers but suddenly grabs the player and partner and drags them into the portal with him The player and partner awaken in a prison in the future After escaping a near execution with Grovyle by Dusknoir they discover the world is still paralyzed They learn from Grovyle that the paralysis was caused because of the collapse of Temporal Tower which also corrupted its head occupant Dialga into a tyrannical being known as Primal Dialga Grovyle exposes Dusknoir as a villainous agent sent to the present to capture him and reveals that he and a human companion traveled back in time to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower in order to save the world this human is actually the player With the help of Celebi a friend of Grovyle the group manages to escape Dusknoir s group and return to the present Grovyle reveals that while it is true that time stops when a Time Gear is taken not stolen this effect is only temporary and that once the Time Gears are returned to Temporal Tower time is permanently restored in all locations Arriving back to the present the group enlists the help of the guild to take the Time Gears to Temporal Tower to restore time While Grovyle gathers the Time Gears the guild investigates Temporal Tower and discovers a way to reach the Hidden Land where it lies using the partner s Relic Fragment The player the partner and Grovyle travel to the Hidden Land and are accosted by Dusknoir He reveals to the player that if they succeed in changing the future they and Grovyle will be erased from existence Grovyle sacrifices himself to drag Dusknoir back to the future and the player presses onward They and the partner make their way to the top of Temporal Tower defeat Primal Dialga and restore it to sanity and replace the Time Gears and stop the planet s paralysis On the way back the player says a final goodbye to the partner before vanishing After the credits Dialga is deeply moved by the partner s grief over the player s death and restores the player to the timeline as thanks for bringing time back under control The player reappears at the beach and reunites with the overjoyed partner After the main story the player and partner graduate from Wigglytuff Guild and move their base of operations to Sharpedo Bluff the partner s old home In Luminous Spring they learn that neither the partner nor the player can evolve due to a distortion in space After many missions and explorations it is revealed that Darkrai was responsible for the events in the main story The team with the help of Palkia and Cresselia defeats Darkrai fixing the distortion and finally allowing the player and partner to evolve Development EditOn March 20 2007 Famitsu teased a sequel in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series The then untitled game would make use of the Nintendo DS s dual screens and Wi Fi support Moreover it was the first time Chunsoft made a sequel to a Mystery Dungeon game involving licensed characters other than Dragon Quest s Torneko or Final Fantasy s Chocobo 5 Two months after the announcement Chunsoft confirmed the sequel to the series with an official title and the games being two versions like the Rescue Team games Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness respectively It confirmed the aforementioned new features explained in March in addition to featuring Generation IV Pokemon and the ability to choose two of 16 characters one as the protagonist and one as the partner similar to the previous games 6 During early development Shin ichiro Tomie has thought of expressing the meetings and partings theme through bubbles at the game s prologue and end a theme that is used throughout the series since its inauguration Additionally it was close to be scrapped from the final production before the team was able to add it near the end 7 Later in August 2007 the duo received an official release date in Japan set for September 13 2007 along with a playable demo during Pokemon Festa 2007 8 Four months after the games were released in Japan a North American release was officially teased from Nintendo with a pending date set for Q2 2008 9 The official release date was confirmed the month after being April 28 2008 before it was released a week earlier 10 Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings62 39 Time 13 61 25 Darkness 14 Metacritic60 100 Time 11 59 100 Darkness 12 Review scoresPublicationScoreEurogamer7 10 15 GameSpot6 5 10 16 GameSpy 17 GamesRadar 18 IGN6 5 10 19 Nintendo Power7 5 10 20 The reviews for the games were average to positive The games were scored as 60 and 59 out of 100 by Metacritic for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness respectively 11 12 GameSpot gave the games a score of 6 5 out of 10 criticising the dialogue and inconsistent visuals but praising the story soundtrack Wi Fi features and easier difficulty 16 IGN also rated the games 6 5 out of 10 criticising the repetitive and unoriginal gameplay but noted the story for its charm 19 GamesRadar on the other hand gave a score of 2 5 out of 5 below average saying that Explorers of Darkness Time is a rental at best and that Pokemon fans are better served by playing more Diamond Pearl while waiting for the next Pokemon Ranger game 18 However GameSpy gave the games a 4 5 star rating praising them for their classic dungeon crawling gameplay attractive setting and cheerful music 17 Both Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness have received a rating of 7 5 from Nintendo Power 20 Gamezone gave the games a rating of 7 8 10 praising their graphics gameplay and soundtrack 21 Combined worldwide sales for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness passed 4 5 million copies on March 31 2009 22 and by March 31 2010 adding the sales of Explorers of Sky totals the three games to over 5 90 million copies 23 Later combined worldwide sales for the three Explorers games passed over 6 37 million copies according to Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association 4 88 million for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and 1 49 million for Explorers of Sky 3 They are currently the best selling games in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series surpassing their predecessors They are also the best selling games in the Mystery Dungeon series in general surpassing Squaresoft s Chocobo s Mysterious Dungeon and Enix s Torneko The Last Hope both accumulating 1 34 million and 759 000 copies respectively 24 25 26 Anime tie in EditA special episode of the Pokemon anime Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time amp Darkness c was developed based on the game plot Unlike previous special episodes this does not take place in any continuity of the main storyline It was first broadcast in Japan on September 9 2007 as part of Pokemon Sunday 27 Notes Edit Known in Japan as Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon Time Exploration Team Japanese ポケモン不思議 ふしぎ のダンジョン 時 とき の探検隊 たんけんたい Hepburn Pokemon Fushigi no Danjon Toki no Tankentai lit Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Time Exploration Team Known in Japan as Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon Darkness Exploration Team Japanese ポケモン不思議 ふしぎ のダンジョン 闇 やみ の探検隊 たんけんたい Hepburn Pokemon Fushigi no Danjon Yami no Tankentai lit Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Darkness Exploration Team ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 時の探検隊 闇の探検隊 lit Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Time Expedition amp Darkness Expedition References Edit Emma Boyes 2008 03 03 Two new DS Pokemon games coming Nintendo Retrieved 2018 01 03 Nintendo Europe Q2 2008 release list Nintendo UK 2008 04 22 Archived from the original on 2012 05 30 Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b CESA Games White Papers Computer Entertainment Supplier s Association ISBN missing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DS Game Reviews Kidzworld 2013 05 13 Retrieved 2009 04 13 New Pokemon Game Announced IGN March 20 2007 Retrieved August 24 2022 Gantayat Anoop May 15 2007 New Pokemon Game Unveiled IGN Retrieved August 24 2022 Seafoamgaming April 18 2022 The Meeting of Destiny An Interview with Shinichiro Tomie from SPIKE CHUNSOFT Retrieved April 20 2022 ポケモン 最大のイベント ポケモンパルシティ 幕張会場の様子をレポート 4gamer in Japanese August 3 2007 Retrieved August 24 2022 Strong Lineup Of Games Continues Nintendo s Momentum In 2008 Nintendo January 16 2008 Archived from the original on January 19 2008 Retrieved August 24 2022 Langdon Rachel February 28 2008 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time IGN Retrieved August 24 2022 a b Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time for DS Reviews Ratings Credits and More at Metacritic Metacritic Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness for DS Reviews Ratings Credits and More at Metacritic Metacritic Retrieved 2018 01 03 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time GameRankings Archived from the original on 2019 12 06 Retrieved 2020 04 05 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness GameRankings Archived from the original on 2019 12 06 Retrieved 2020 04 05 Dave McCarthy 2008 07 04 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time Explorers of Darkness Eurogamer Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b Austin Shau 2008 04 29 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time Review GameSpot Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b Gerald Villoria 2008 04 23 GameSpy Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness Page 1 GameSpy Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b Raymond Padilla 2008 03 01 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness Time review GamesRadar Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b Craig Harris 2008 04 22 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness Review IGN News Corporation Archived from the original on 2012 10 18 Retrieved 2018 01 03 a b MetaCritic reviews for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time sorted by publisher Nintendo Power Retrieved 2017 12 03 The strength of the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was its in depth story and that s true of the second pair of titles as well June 2008 p 86 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time Gamezone May 27 2008 Archived from the original on 2008 10 02 Bright colorful well animated Pokemon inhabit intricate 2D environments The dungeons can look generic sometimes but the towns look great Nintendo Co Ltd Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2009 Supplementary Information PDF Nintendo Retrieved 2018 01 03 Nintendo Co Ltd Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2010 PDF Nintendo Retrieved 2018 01 03 1998年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP100 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 1999年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 2002年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300 Geimin net in Japanese Archived from the original on October 24 2016 Retrieved August 20 2020 ポケモンスクープ in Japanese Pokemon Scoop 2007 07 14 Archived from the original on 2008 04 12 Retrieved 2020 03 10 External links Edit Video games portalOfficial Site in Japanese Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Official Site in English Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness at Bulbapedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness amp oldid 1134102903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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