Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is out now

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, the remake of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team & Red Rescue Team for the Nintendo Switch, is now becoming available in various regions. It features a new look inspired by watercolor paints and updated game systems.

The game currently holds a 69/100 on review aggregation site Metacritic, indicating mixed reviews.

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65 thoughts on “Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is out now”

  1. What’s one Pokemon you would recommend to use from:

    1) FRLG
    2) HGSS
    3) Emerald
    4) Platinum
    5) BW
    6) BW2

    Trying to keep it to Pokemon introduced in each game, besides BW2 where its just anything in the Dex. Don’t really need starter recs either

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  2. Alright, going to give the Alolan bugs another chance (they didn’t get much in SM/Usum tbf).

    All bug team:

    Galvantula aka Gizmo
    Centiskorch aka Gumstick
    Crustle aka Lasagnbug
    Araquanid aka Bugbles
    Orbeetle aka U.F.B.
    Frosmoth aka IceIceBuggy

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  3. So just wanted to update for something I mentioned a few weeks ago. Drinking coffee in the mornings has helped me cut down on my soda intake a ton! Not only has it helped me cut down but it’s also helped get me on a more normal sleep schedule! Like I used to get to sleep sometimes at 3 am or later. Now I typically get to sleep by 1 am. Also used to wake up around 11 or later. Now I wake up before 9:30 most days. I drink 2 cups of coffee every morning. For a bit I drank 3 but I cut down it down. Going to attempt to cut down to one soon. Also pretty sure it’s helping me lose weight as well. I’m now down to a 36 in the waist pants after having to wear 38 for a few years. So happy about this!

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    • Forgot to mention how much soda I’m drinking now. Typically before I would drink maybe 2 cups a day. Now I’m barely drinking one. Probably the equivalent of one can of soda a day if even that!

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  4. Update for my sword playthrough! Just got to Turffield and havent started the gym yet but the team is:

    G. Slowpoke level 19
    Arrokuda level 19
    Raboot level 20

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  5. Mysterious Dungeons Update
    My Rescue Team aka “Top Squad” has been gaining traction with the local dungeon explorers and adventurers as our team grows by the day

    Earthen the rough and rock headed Cubone, clobbering foes with his trusty bone club
    Treecko the draconian youth who’s gnarly Dragonbreath overwhelmings the most hardened fighters
    And Phanpy the hungry hero, he’s always sniffing out his beloved apples but if you leave him the core he’ll roll you out flatter than a pancake!

    As our heroes save lives and take in more freedom fighters into Top Squad our base is currently being remodeled into “The Bone Den”

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    • Oh dear god I’ve played for 18+ hrs

      And one thing I’ve noticed is that even though I’m a wild and charismatic defender of good I kinda put off from helping people in dire need


      Diglett: left at the top of the mountain for almost a few days
      Metapod: Would evolved by the time I got to him…which was like maybe six days
      And the Mankey group starved to death because I’ve spent a fortnight attending the jobs of my clients

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  6. On the topic of the Unova anime you know what is disappointing?

    The Maractus episode. This episode stands out to me because it is just awful.

    -Tries to show triple battles and fails cause it’s only to make the three Maractus in sync and last two turns
    -The Maractus are straight up annoying
    -Stupid plot cause it’s just them trying to be in a talent show and winning
    -They used the elongated BW opening in the middle of the episode (The og is fine but the extended version is possibly the worst opening of them all)

    I mean outside Ash’s team the BW stuff is pretty bad, but this episode always stood out to me

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  7. Honestly? Onward was very enjoyable. It was Pratt’s best work since Parks and Rec and that’s coming from someone who does not like his constant portrayal of the exact same character. He is typecast because he can’t act, but I guess he’s hot, has charisma, used to be homeless so he’s humble and relatable, is religious, and is funny. He’s basically the perfect Hollywood leading man right now, I guess. But I digress. Tom Holland was incredible as usual. Much like his portrayal of Peter Parker, he’s really able to grab the audience and play a believable and modern teenager. You kind of want to hug him. Octavia Spencer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus do their best in a story that really does not accommodate them much. His mother by all means should have a very important role in a story about bringing back her dead husband, but she doesn’t really get any kind of arc there, I feel. I think the movie needed maybe one or two more scenes between the two female leads.

    On that note, the movie felt very short. It’s by no means the shortest Pixar movie, but I think the movie could have benefited from more scenes. Barley in particular I think needed more content. His whole thing is that he’s a big dopey “screwup,” but I don’t think they portrayed that well. They spend a lot of time on his physicality, he’s constantly knocking things over and roughing people up, but what about how the other characters feel about him? There’s zero sense that his mother wants him to move out and do more with his life. Ian never wants him to grow up, all he wants is for Ian to not pick him up from school because his personality is over the top and embarrassing. The movie tries its best to portray this by showing us a scene of him defending a landmark, but is that really indicative of being a screwup? His mother/brother never wanted anything else from him and at most he seems like a nuisance to law enforcement and maybe big corporations. I don’t recall them ever mentioning his unemployment, but at the end of the movie he has a throw away line that he has a job now.

    I must talk about the character and overall design/worldbuilding. This is pretty…mediocre. A Pixar take on DnD is super fun in concept and a lot of it IS in execution, especially coming from someone who plays it, but the actual designs for the races and the landscapes are uninspired. I’d say the Manticore is the only character that has a somewhat interesting take. Like the designs kind of seem like they spent very little time actually deciding how they would appear. Don’t get me wrong, Ian is ADORABLE, but the elves just kind of feel like a take that they saw on tumblr or deviantart. A good portion of the movie is also spent in the countryside, but I must say that while the animation was stunning, the design was boring. I remember a big, sweeping shot of them walking through like a riverbed with a cliff in the background and thinking, “that looks really nice, but how does this really push the idea of a fantasy-scape?” This could just be a shot from a regular adventure movie with no magical elements.

    Ultimately I think both the character and world designs are what have made this movie so lukewarm with audiences. People who see it seem to like it quite a bit (me,) but from the outside it doesn’t seem like much of an interesting take on a fantasy world at all. There’s even a point where the Centaur officer just gets out of his police truck and he literally is just…driving in a regular car. There are no special modifications to account for his huge horse body, he just struggles for a split second in getting out. That’s a really boring take on integrating fantasy and modern worlds and is probably the best example of how much of the world building in this movie needed more time and editing.

    Overall probably 7 or 8/10. Great, mainly for the story, but it’s not Toy Story or Incredibles. If this was/somehow is a huge success at the box office I think there could have been potential for a sequel.

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  8. So did people want an Animal Crossing server on Discord? I’m currently making one (cause Earthen gave me the idea when he mentioned it)

    But how many would be interested?

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  9. So since my teeth ache from my year long overdue cleaning (Not from neglect it is merely an issue with insurance)

    es fakemon tyme

    Cavitooth or Malenamel
    Maw Pkm
    Poison/Rock
    Stench/Sturdy HA: Strong Jaw
    This grotesque pokemon consists of a black/purple stony material in the shape of a large ugly face, it lacks any other limbs or appendages, it has a massive mouth filled with diseased teeth filled with holes and green fumes. it has a slit nostrils and agitated pink eyes.
    “Cavitooth grind down anything that wanders too close to it, since it lacks a stomach it uses the large collection of bacteria to break down its prey for nutrients”
    “Bacteria and other filthy things inhabit Cavitooth’s mouths, just one whiff of its hazy fumes will leave you very very sick”

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