Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

and are Roguelike games developed by Chunsoft and published by Nintendo. They are the first installments in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon sub-series of the Pokémon franchise. It was released in 2005 in Japan and 2006 in North America, Australia, and Europe for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.
Pokémon from the first three Generations appear in this game and can be fought and recruited to the team.
==Gameplay==
The player starts out as a human who is turned into a Pokémon, which can be one of sixteen Playable Pokémon and is determined by a personality quiz taken at the beginning of the game. The player chooses a partner Pokémon which is one of ten Pokémon. The game is mission-based with many jobs, which can be found on the bulletin board, requested by mail, or initiated through story events, and include rescuing Pokémon, delivering items, or escorting clients. If the player successfully completes a job, they receive a reward and Rescue Points, which increase a team's rank.
These jobs take part in dungeons, of which the layout is randomized. The objective is to either finish a job, or go through all the floors to find the exit. In the dungeon, there are wild Pokémon that battle with the player's team. These battles are turn-based, and take place in the dungeon map. Pokémon fight using the four moves they know, by using a standard 'A' button attack, or throwing rocks and other items. While going through the dungeon, the player gets hungry, and has to eat food either found in the dungeon, or bought in advance.
==Pokémon Quiz==
In the beginning of the game, there is a quiz that determines what Pokémon the player will be. There are various questions, some of them are below:
*"Do you sometimes run out of things to do all of a sudden?"
** Yes.
** No.
*"Do you tend to laugh a lot?"
** Yes.
** No.
*"Do you think you are cool? Be honest."
** Yes
** No.
*"Grab any finger on your left hand. Which digit did you grab?"
** Thumb.
** Index Finger.
** Middle Finger.
** Ring Finger.
** Little Finger.
Once all of the questions have been asked and answered, the quiz will ask whether the player is a boy or a girl.
==Plot==
The player, who was once a human, wakes up one day as a Pokémon. Natural disasters have started to occur in the world of Pokémon. A Butterfree appears and requests that the player and their partner rescue her baby Caterpie, which is in Tiny Woods. Once the Caterpie is rescued the not yet formed rescue team accepts an Oran Berry, a Pecha Berry, and a Rawst Berry from Butterfree. Once Butterfree and Caterpie are gone, your partner takes you back to his home, which later becomes the rescue team base. Soon, there is a request for another rescue. That request takes place in Thunderwave Cave. The request is to save two Magnemites who are stuck together. One will proceed to join the team after you get your first Friend Areas.
Caterpie comes to the rescue base and asks of your assistance in saving his friend Metapod. Team Meanies comes to the base and steals the requests from the mailbox, stating that they'll save the poor Metapod and have Caterpie join their team. Jumpluff is desperately pleading for help from Shiftry to save his friend who is stuck in the Silent Chasm. After Shiftry fails to return, Jumpluff comes to the Rescue Team Base and requests of your help in saving his friend and Shiftry. Shiftry gets kidnapped by Zapdos, who later took him to the top of Mt. Thunder.
The Rescue Team then goes to the Hill of the Ancients to speak with Xatu, they go there for an explanation as to why the player was turned into a Pokémon. You then learn of the Ninetales legend. The legend goes as followed: One day, a human angered a Ninetales by pulling on one of its tails and ended up cursed. That human's Gardevoir protected its master from the curse, and the human left the Gardevoir. Ninetales makes it so that the human will be reborn as a Pokémon, and when that happens, the balance of nature will be destroyed.
Gengar, of Team Meanies, overheard this conversation, and convinces all the Pokémon in the Pokémon Square that the player is the Pokémon in the legend. The Pokémon in the town then run the player and their partner out of town. To escape the gang of Pokémon that are after them, they venture into Lapis Cave and Mt. Blaze where they battle Moltres. Once Moltres is defeated, the team enters the Frosty Forest and encounters Articuno. Once they defeat Articuno, he tries to attack them once more, and an Absol comes in and inters, informing Articuno of the natural disasters that are occurring in other places. Absol then joins the team. The player and their team, now consisting of their partner and Absol, make their way to Mt. Freeze, where they reach the summit by the time Team A.C.T. arrives. During the fight between the teams, the Ninetales in the legend appears, telling Alakazam to cease the fight. Ninetales lets the player know that they are not the human from the legend.
Another quake occurs soon, and Team A.C.T goes to the Magma Cavern to defeat Groudon. The Rescue Team returns to the town and Gengar is livid. While Team A.C.T is in the Magma Cavern, Wynaut and Wobbuffet ask the Rescue Team to defeat the Mankey Gang in Uproar Forest. In return, the team receives a peeled chestnut, which is used to convince the Mankey Gang to renovate the Rescue Team Base. Once word of Team A.C.T being defeated gets around, a new team consisting of Blastoise, Octillery and Golem go into the Magma Cavern to defeat Groudon. Once the new team is also defeated, the player's rescue team goes down into the Magma Cavern to defeat Groudon themselves.
After the defeat of Groudon, the player's rescur team and Team A.C.T. returns to the town. Xatu announces that a falling star is heading toward the planet. The only Pokémon that can destroy it is Rayquaza. In the following dream, Gardevoir comes to tell the player that the reason they came to the Pokémon world is to be a savior. The player decided to erase the memories of being human to cleanse the heart and mind. Once the player defeats Rayquaza, it uses its Hyper Beam to destroy the falling star. The player is washed up in the aftermath of the explosion, and Gengar tries to take the player to the dark world. Gengar ends up taking a wrong path. The player wakes up in the midst of multiple Pokémon, who are celebrating the end of the natural disasters, but is soon interrupted by the player, who fades into a ball of light and leaves the Pokémon world, saddening the Pokémon.
After the credit sequence, the player wishes hard to stay in the Pokémon world with the irreplaceable partner. The player character reappears at the team base, before the Pokémon that were last seen at the Hill of the Ancients when the player leaves.
Even though the world is saved, the natural calamities do not stop, and the player's rescue team continued as if nothing were changed. At the start of the epologue, the player and their partner find out that Snubbull has evolved into Granbull, and that entrance to the Luminous Cave is now allowed as long as the player is partner-less. After talking to Medicham, Lombre and Whiscash, you learn that there is a beast in the Stormy Sea named Kyogre. The Stormy Sea is now open for exploration. Once you get mail about a new dungeon talk to Lombre, Shiftry will then allow the player to go to the Buried Relic.
Southern Cavern, Wyvern Hill, and Howling Forest will open up after receiving certain Friend Areas as rewards from missions. Once HM Surf is found in the Solar Cave, a Pokémon Spinda walks into the Pokémon Square and faints. The player and their partner take him back to the team base and Spinda informs you that it was looking for the Mirage Pokémon. He gives you the Clear Wing and goes back to Pokémon Square. Your partner suggests you go speak to Xatu.
Once you speak to Xatu, he reveals that you must go to the Three Fields and defeat the Lords of the fields. Entei, the lord of the Fiery Field turns the Clear Wing into the Red Wing. Raikou, the lord of the Lightning Field turns the Red Wing into the Sunset Wing. Suicune, the lord of the Northwind Field turns the Sunset Wing into the Rainbow Wing. Once the Rainbow Wing is obtained, Mt. Faraway is unlocked. After clearing Mt. Faraway by defeating the Mirage Pokémon, Ho-Oh, the player can recruit the Three Field lords and the Mirage Pokémon. If the player goes back to the Square and talks to Spinda, he will be encouraged to go adventuring again.
After getting Southern Island as a friend area, Latios steals the TMs from Kecleon Wares and goes to the Northern Range. It is revealed that Latios stole the TMs because of losing Latias in Pitfall Valley. The player saves her by using the Teleport Gem. Both Latios and Latias may join your team afterwards.
Ekans and Medicham go into the Wish Cave to try to get wishes granted. Once you go and defeat Ekans, he will place a rescue request for Medicham, who's still stuck in the cave. Once you rescue Medicham, you are rewarded with the Wish Stone, which makes Jirachi grant you a wish. Medicham and Ekans reveal that Gengar is trying to climb Mt. Freeze. Gengar then asks for you to escort him up to the peak of Mt. Freeze. Gengar reveals himself as the selfish human, and the master of Gardevoir. Ninetales gives Gengar the Nine Tail Crest and sends him to Murky Cave, where the player and Gengar rescue Gardevoir. Who then joins the player's rescue team with all memories of Gengar forgotten.
Once you recruit Ho-Oh a scene where Blastoise and Charizard are knocked out by a strong Pokémon in a tough dungeon, who is then revealed to be Mewtwo. After defeating Mewtwo twice, it is possible to recruit it. Once you recruit Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos, and talk to Alakazam, access will be granted to Silver Trench by the three birds.
Xatu will appear outside the team base after recruiting Lugia. Blastoise will come and state that he saw weird things in a cave. Xatu will name the place Meteor Cave. The player gains access to Meteor Cave and it is possible to recruit Deoxys.
==Pokémon==
===Starter Pokémon===
Image	Name 	Male Nature	Female Nature	Available as Partner
 	Bulbasaur 	Docile 	Calm 	Yes
 	Charmander	Hardy 	Brave 	Yes
 	Squirtle 	Jolly 	Relaxed 	Yes
 	Pikachu 	Impish 	Hardy 	Yes
 	Meowth 	Quirky 	- 	No
 	Psyduck 	Relaxed 	Lonely 	No
 	Machop 	Brave 	- 	No
 	Cubone 	Lonely 	Impish 	No
 	Eevee 	- 	Naïve 	No
 	Chikorita 	- 	Docile 	Yes
 	Cyndaquil 	Timid 	- 	Yes
 	Totodile 	Naïve 	Jolly 	Yes
 	Treecko 	Sassy 	Quirky 	Yes
 	Torchic 	Hasty 	Sassy 	Yes
 	Mudkip 	Calm 	Timid 	Yes
 	Skitty 	- 	Hasty 	No
===Plot Set Friends===
Image	Name
 	Magnemite
 	Absol
 	Smeargle
 	Latias
 	Celebi
 	Gardevoir
===Non-Playable Characters===
Image	Name 	Location
 	Gardevoir 	Player's Dreams
 	Xatu 	Hill of the Ancients
 	Ninetales 	Peak of Mt. Freeze
 	Wynaut 	Team Base
 	Wobbuffet 	Team Base
 	Mankey 	Uproar Forest
 	Butterfree	Tiny Woods
====Pokémon Square====
Image	Name 	Location
 	Kecleon 	Pokémon Square
 	Persian 	Pokémon Square
 	Wigglytuff 	Pokémon Square
 	Kangaskhan 	Pokémon Square
 	SnubbullGranbull	Pokémon Square
 	Lombre 	Pokémon Square
 	Magnemite 	Pokémon Square
 	Jumpluff 	Pokémon Square
====Makuhita Dojo====
Image	Name 	Location
 	Makuhita	Makuhita Dojo
====Whiscash Pond====
Image	Name 	Location
 	Whiscash	Whiscash Pond
 	Caterpie	Whiscash Pond
 	Metapod 	Whiscash Pond
====Pelipper Post Office====
Image	Name 	Location
 	Pelipper 	Pelipper Post Office
 	Bellsprout	Pelipper Post Office
 	Diglett 	Pelipper Post Office
 	Dugtrio 	Pelipper Post Office
===Version Exclusives===
Blue 	Red
Minun 	Plusle
Aipom 	Roselia
Porygon2	Porygon
Magikarp	Feebas
Gyarados	Milotic
Lapras 	Mantine
==Dungeons==
Click a dot to go to the page.
File:Map-PMDRedBlue.png
circle 191 182 5 Pokémon Square
circle 171 174 5 Tiny Woods
circle 169 111 5 Thunderwave Cave
circle 241 125 5 Mt. Steel
circle 231 180 5 Sinister Woods
circle 262 155 5 Silent Chasm
circle 297 159 5 Mt. Thunder
circle 202 254 5 Great Canyon
circle 384 165 5 Lapis Cave
circle 386 125 5 Mt. Blaze
circle 415 112 5 Frosty Forest
circle 430 84 5 Mt. Freeze
circle 441 150 5 Magma Cavern
circle 364 26 5 Sky Tower
circle 274 110 5 Uproar Forest
circle 203 110 5 Howling Forest
circle 132 238 5 Stormy Sea
circle 128 143 5 Silver Trench
circle 343 104 5 Meteor Cave
circle 62 87 5 Fiery Field
circle 25 94 5 Lightning Field
circle 79 53 5 Northwind Field
circle 32 39 5 Mt. Faraway
circle 25 211 5 Western Cave
circle 157 45 5 Northern Range
circle 192 62 5 Pitfall Valley
circle 402 261 5 Buried Relic
circle 31 278 5 Wish Cave
circle 286 221 5 Murky Cave
circle 229 234 5 Desert Region
circle 168 287 5 Southern Cavern
circle 440 273 5 Wyvern Hill
circle 429 224 5 Solar Cave
circle 352 297 5 Darknight Relic
circle 62 162 5 Grand Sea
circle 365 214 5 Waterfall Pond
circle 276 272 5 Unown Relic
circle 66 305 5 Joyous Tower
circle 269 33 5 Far-Off Sea
circle 67 280 5 Purity Forest
circle 200 230 5 Oddity Cave
circle 266 301 5 Remains Island
circle 334 260 5 Marvelous Sea
circle 109 79 5 Fantasy Strait
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==Friend Areas==
:Click a dot to go to the page.
File:Map-PMD-friendareas.png
circle 46 20 5 Friend_Area#Sky
circle 128 66 5 Friend_Area#Beach
circle 208 21 5 Friend_Area#Northern Sea
circle 263 70 5 Friend_Area#Northern Isles
circle 45 112 5 Friend_Area#Western Isles
circle 309 28 5 Friend_Area#Ruins
circle 386 28 5 Friend_Area#Northern Lakes
circle 461 28 5 Friend_Area#Glacier
circle 418 70 5 Friend_Area#Marsh
circle 351 70 5 Friend_Area#Cave
circle 306 120 5 Friend_Area#Pond
circle 353 120 5 Friend_Area#Plains
circle 453 112 5 Friend_Area#Mountain Range
circle 454 157 5 Friend_Area#Eastern Forest
circle 407 159 5 Friend_Area#River
circle 263 156 5 Friend_Area#Western Forest
circle 45 203 5 Friend_Area#Southwest Isles
circle 262 202 5 Friend_Area#Volcano
circle 407 206 5 Friend_Area#Eastern Ponds
circle 453 207 5 Friend_Area#Eastern Lakes
circle 403 258 5 Friend_Area#Badlands
circle 355 259 5 Friend_Area#Jungle
circle 305 260 5 Friend_Area#Relics
circle 177 269 5 Friend_Area#Southern Sea
circle 92 268 5 Friend_Area#Southern Isles
circle 354 300 5 Friend_Area#South Plains
circle 452 300 5 Friend_Area#Desert
​
==Trivia==
Only Blue Rescue Team was released in Korea.
==Gallery==
File:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team Title Screen.png|Blue Rescue Team's title screen
File:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team Title Screen.png|Red Rescue Team's PAL title screen
File:Pelipper Post Office.png|The Pelipper Post Office
File:Pokémon Red Rescue Team Battle Gameplay.png|Battling a Sunkern in Tiny Woods in Red Rescue Team
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