Nintendo has let loose news that Pokemon aficionados will get some more games to love in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. At the outset of the game, players will chose which Pokemon best represents them, from an available roster of 16, and set out for adventure through "a fantastic land untouched by humans."These new games will feature over 490 different Pokemon, and some very nice Wi-Fi functionality. Using Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connect, players can participate in "wireless rescue operations" and send alerts to their friends via email or text message on their cell phone. Sounds like a blast to us!
These games will be hitting retail shelves in North America on April 20th.
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2-26-2008 @ 10:11AM
Pinkechidna said...
Hells yes! Oh man, the PMD gameplay is a bit repetitive, but the games have SO much charm. X3 DO WANT.
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2-26-2008 @ 10:21AM
Donald said...
Ehhhh... not sure if I want. Unless they allow me to transfer 491-493 over...
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2-26-2008 @ 10:58AM
Amanda said...
Hmmm... I never played the first ones, but now I can play as Munchlax so I might be inclined to purchase one. :)
I'm waiting for Pokemon Ranger 2, although that's not even out in Japan yet. ._.
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2-26-2008 @ 2:28PM
chispito said...
Buy Shiren instead.
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2-26-2008 @ 2:49PM
LordGek said...
I'm such a Mystery Dungeon junky I'll probably get it even though I have to admit the first PMD didn't do much for me.
While it LOOKS pretty identical I can only hope they have subtlety tweaked the mechanics so that there IS more of a reason to explore.
One new mechanic I just recently picked up on that could prove interesting is the idea of treasure chests with pokemon specific items. Like a "Venasaur Claw" that will boost the attack of only Venasaur (or possibly other members of the same evolutionary chain). They also even have a little fusion fun where you can combine some specific items to make more powerful items for specific pokemon family or pokemon types (like fire pokemon). With just this little tweak you now have more incentive to scour every dungeon floor whereas before you were just as well to dive to the bottom of the dungeon and fight the boss. The only possible downside is that this will probably mean that on any given mission you are bound to find 90% of the items totally unusable by your current team.
2-26-2008 @ 2:36PM
TheCoats said...
what games are compatible with the mifrating feature on Diamond/Pearl......??
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2-26-2008 @ 5:27PM
hvnlysoldr said...
I don't know. Most of the GBA games should work. i think.