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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

Wii U, Nintendo DS • 2005

Should you play it?

You, a regular human, find yourself trapped in the body of a Pokémon in a world inhabited by Pokémon. Without any other choice, you go on rescue missions through randomly generated dungeons with your newly-acquired partner and friend to save the world and get back to your human life.

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story with character development
  • Randomly generated dungeons provide exploration variety
  • Strong pokémon franchise integration with many recruitable characters
  • Strategic combat with positioning and move management
  • Innovative rescue password system for cooperative play

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive dungeon design and enemy variety
  • Frustrating and limited partner ai
  • Tedious inventory and item management
  • Underwhelming evolution and move mechanics
  • Interface and control complexity, especially with touch screen

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Creativity.

Last update: 02/09/2026