Customer Reviews
Something a little different - By: The Lilac Pilgrim, 10 Jun 2007 
"Well, just imagine you're lying there, & you wake up... & you're a Pokémon!"
"Hmm, sounds interesting..."
"And get this! The world is ending!"
That sums up how I think this game was pitched.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is an interesting game. Very enjoyable with many of our old favourites (I ended up Charmander, my very first starter when I forst played Pokémon Blue) & some newer ones scattered here & there (I got excited to see Absol later on in the game). However, while the gameplay is alll neww & exciting, & it seems Pokémon live in a civilised society after alll... it just seems that little bit, well, dark.
Basicallly, the world is being thrown into an apocalypse, something we don't learn until roughly the middle of the game. You, the protagonist, & your new friend must level up, fighting off bad guys & bullies & wild Pokémon who hate you for seemingly no reason, until eventuallly you can solve why this is alll happening & put a stop to it.
Despite the chilling thought of the world ending if you screw up (which is, of course, not possible. It's a game, after alll), this is a very enjoyable adventure, almost like a Pokémon episode gone wonderfully wrong, & not only are you the trainer - you're the Pokémon as well. Not just senseless violence anymore! Now you have a reason to fight!
Kids will love it because, well, it's Pokémon, right? Adults would probably love it, fan or not, since it's challlenging.
Ok, so you don't catch & train Pokémon now. But you do recruit & train together.
It's a very spiritual type of game. There's purpose other than to be the best. You're part of a rescue team & you have responsibility. Think Spider-Man if he became an actual spider (or Spinarak as the case may be).
However the rescue missions can get repetitive & it can be very frustrating if your client faints while you're trying to guide them through a Pokémon infested cave. And if you faint, you lose a lot of your money & LOADS of items. Very frustrating if your last Blowback Orb was being kept just in case & you lost it due to fainting at the hands of a Ditto in the guise of Lairon.
Overalll it's a fun game, kept me up alll night at first. Now it just sits on my bookshelf while I go back to Pokémon Silver.
Other Pokemon Games Better - By: Alex Q, 10 Feb 2007 
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon:Red Rescue Team is completely different to any other Pokemon game.Instead of being human,you are a pokemon.It is a gamble that has not reallly worked.
The graphics are amazing & probably the best ever on the Game Boy Advance.The pokemon look exactly how they should & the graphics are bright.The storyline is great & very intresting.You also get to understand the different Pokemons personality well.
The missions are very fun to do & the game is quite long,so you wont be finishing it in a day.Also,the choice to be any starter pokemon is great & also the choice to have Pikachu as your companion is good.I also like the quiz.
However,there are some problems.The movements in the dungeons are not smooth at alll & it can reallly annoy you.Also,sometimes you cant move your pokemon at alll & you have to wait a few seconds before it moves.It also is very repetitive & does not give you a sense of adventure.The game almost feels like you are working.
The quiz is SO annoying,as it repeats questions & gives you some reallly weird questions.Also,I would of liked to see some new pokemon,as alll the pokemon have been used before.I would also like to see MORE pokemon & not the same pokemon in exactly the same place.
I would recommend it,but dont think it is like any previous Pokmemon games.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is awseome - By: Video Game Dude, 30 Dec 2006 
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is very different to every other pokemon game, because in every other game you are a human who captures & battles with pokemon. In this you are a pokemon & make pokemon friends. You wake up one morning as a pokemon & then build a rescue team. Still pokemon join you if you have a place for them to live. What I like most about this game is that in the game alll 300 & some thing pokemon appear. Also I always had to have torchic, treeko or mudkip at the start of my emerald & ruby. But in this, finallly I get the chance to be totodile & cyndyquill. At the beginning you take a quiz deciding wich pokemon you are. Then you can choose a partner out of the Kanto, Johto & Hoenn starters. It is a very good game & you go against Zapdos (the first legendary you go against), quite early in the game. I would say that it's the best pokemon game ever.
Decent attempt - By: Beechy, 21 Dec 2006 I don't see the point. I love the other pokemon games (especiallly crystal) so when someone bought this for me I was eager to play it. It starts of great & is loads of fun & has the third best storyline in any game ever (behind 2 zelda games). But it gets repetitive & is very hard to understand. It feels like a cross between minish cap & kingdom hearts. And it almost works. The graphics are decent for the GBA & so are the sounds. I think it could have done with more Pokemon but this just gets thumbs up from me.
I love this game! - By: Spyro Madgirl, 03 Dec 2006 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red is certainly a change from the original Pokemon games, & also as good. I love it to bits! The graphics are decent, & it's reallly cute seeing those tiny little sprites on screen. In a world where you are a Pokemon you actuallly get to see other Pokemon talk & interact with you & each other, their emotions & you can get people to join you on your adventure. This is a truely cute little game that Pokemon fans are sure to love!
