![]() ![]() Link cable functionality is of course missing from this eShop release, but luckily Nintendo included passwords as an alternative method for the rescue missions. The original GBA release made use of the link cable to allow the trading of items between players, or to rescue a friend who had made a hash of a mission and consequently needed rescuing themselves. Failure in a dungeon leads to you losing your money and items, but luckily there are places to store both in the town square and it's a good idea to make use of these facilities if you are not confident in your ability to perform a successful rescue. At the beginning - when you have little energy, few items and no additional team members - the game can actually be a little tricky but as you progress, levelling up, acquiring items and learning moves, things become more straightforward. Team members require somewhere to hang out, so you'll need to purchase friend areas for them to stay when they are not required. During missions there are Pokémon that can be recruited and a scuffle can lead to someone asking to join your team. The biggest help, however, are the creatures that join your rescue team. To help you out there are the usual items to replenish health, nullify the effects of poison or provide attacks of your own. Further moves are learnt as you progress through the game providing attacks, counter attacks and moves that raise defences or lower attributes of your enemies. Typically there are further floors after your mission is accomplished, but you are given the option to teleport out of there.Īs well as pressing a button to attack you can select different moves from a menu and can also setup linked moves. Some missions require you to escort a client somewhere which doesn't actually alter the gameplay a great deal, although a few display a level of self-preservation similar to Goldeneye 007's Natalya, so you'll need to keep a eye on them. They may be on the third floor, they may be on the eighth. Difficulty varies, but for the most part you do the same thing: work your way to a certain floor, find the cuddly creature and they teleport to safety. ![]() Rescue missions are found on the bulletin board outside the post office and in the mail delivered to your home. They are repetitive, however, so on a long mission (where you keep finding the stairs at the last moment) it can start to grate, but for the most part it's a welcome addition. Numerous upbeat fun tracks accompany your quest, with breezy whistling and mysterious sounding ones also to be found. Sound effects include a variety of scratches, bashes, thumps and bloops as the action unfolds whilst the music is very catchy. The floors in a location can all look the same, but missions with a high number of floors can change to a different (though not out-of-place) look after a while. Familiar Pokémon are found in a variety of locations: forests, caves, mountains, icy caverns. The game is well presented with the expected bright cartoony style. Soon you have formed a rescue team, which is lucky for the occupants of this world as more and more Pokémon are getting themselves into trouble. Finding yourself as a Pokémon is understandably startling for your character, but before you have a chance to look in to what's happening you and your partner are rushing off to rescue Caterpie. The story sees you as a human who wakes up one morning as a Pokémon - which Pokémon depends on your answers to a quiz upon starting a new game you also pick a partner who will join you for the duration of the adventure. The DS additions are useful, but not essential to enjoy the game. GBA positives are a larger single screen (rather than displaying two smaller ones) and a cheaper price. Here it can obscure the action, but it would be a stretch to say it is a big problem. The map appears on screen as you explore the floors in the game whereas the DS can place it on a separate screen. Compared to that this single-screen edition has five unique Pokémon (likewise Blue has its own exclusives), requires a bit more menu entering and lacks touchscreen functionality. Multiple versions of Pokémon titles is something that has been happening since the beginning, but what was unusual about this game was that the Blue version was released on the DS. This game was also available as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (also now on the Wii U eShop in Europe). ![]()
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