Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (Japanese: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Japanese: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team) are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively. These games are the first two entries in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, an adaptation of the games for Pokémon. These two games were developed by Chunsoft and were published by Nintendo. They were released in Japan on November 17, 2005, in the United States on September 18, 2006, in Europe on November 10, 2006, and in Australia on September 28, 2006.
In South Korea, Blue Rescue Team was released on August 30, 2007; Red Rescue Team was never released, because the Nintendo DS was the first console released by Nintendo of Korea. Nintendo of Korea also released a demo version of Blue Rescue Team for PC, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team.
Both games were released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on February 11, 2016, in Australia on February 12, 2016, in Japan on March 23, 2016, and in the United States on June 23, 2016. The Virtual Console was discontinued on March 27, 2023. A remake of the games, titled Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, was released for the Nintendo Switch on March 6, 2020. Red Rescue Team was released on Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack on August 9, 2024.
All Pokémon from Generations , , and are available in this game; all may be encountered and recruited as the player ventures across the land and through various dungeons.
The games have received adaptations in other formats through the special episode Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! and the manga series Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team.
==Gameplay==
Like the main Pokémon RPGs, it has two gameplay modes; unlike the main RPGs, battle mode and dungeon mode are not distinct. It is a semi-turn-based game, with each step, attack, or item use being counted as a single turn. 
The size of a party is limited to four in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, compared to six in the main RPGs; furthermore, players are only able to directly control one Pokémon: their own character (or, later in the game, any other befriended Pokémon). The player's teammates are essentially autonomous, with player control being limited to general strategy such as avoiding Pokémon battles or not moving and staying in one place.
The games use level-up movesets from . The weather-inducing moves, , , and are not contained in TMs, instead having corresponding Wonder Orbs.
==Plot==
===Main story===
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon starts with the player as a human who is turned into a . A series of questions at the start of the game determines what Pokémon the player becomes.
When the player first discovers that they are a Pokémon, they will first meet their partner who happens to be there. The journey begins with the player going out to find a lost . Once this first quest is done, the journey begins in earnest. The partner explains that the world is suffering an imbalance in nature, with natural disasters occurring everywhere.
* The player and their partner form a rescue team.
* Soon after, they rescue two from Thunderwave Cave, one of which joins the team.
* The player and his friends save a from a on Mt. Steel.
* Team Meanies steal the requests for help from the player's mailbox. The team rescues a who is stuck at Sinister Woods.
* A is stuck at Silent Chasm. is asked to go. When he doesn't return the team goes down to rescue .
* After kidnaps , the player must fight it at the top of Mt. Thunder. 
* The player consults for an explanation of their presence in this world as a Pokémon at Great Canyon.
* The player learns of the legend of : one day, a human angered a and was cursed, however, the human's took the curse upon herself to save her master. However, the human selfishly deserts the cursed . prophesises that the selfish human would be reborn as a Pokémon, and when that happens, the balance of nature in the world would collapse.
* convinces the Pokémon that the player is the selfish human in the legend of , and they decide to run them out of town.
* To escape their pursuers the team pass through Lapis Cave and then Mt. Blaze, where they encounter .
* The team enters Frosty Forest and is attacked by , who blames the player for bringing natural disasters to its forest. An steps in and stops the fighting, then joins the rescue team.
* The player reaches Mt. Freeze and meets the of the legend. The player discovers that while part of the legend is true, and the selfish human from the legend is alive, it is not the player.
* The player returns to the town, and is discredited. Meanwhile Team A.C.T. goes to the Magma Caverns to defeat .
* and ask the player to go defeat the gang in the Uproar Forest. In return, they offer a peeled Chestnut, which is in turn used to convince the gang to help renovate the Team Base.
* Team A.C.T. does not return, and a new team—, and —is formed to go rescue them.
* The new team is also defeated. The player goes to Magma Cavern themselves to rescue Team A.C.T.
* After defeating , announces that a falling star is headed towards the planet, and that it is the meteor that is causing the imbalance in nature.
* reveals to the player, in a dream, the true reason for their transformation: the player was destined to be the savior of the Pokémon world; the player decided to erase the memories of being a human in order to cleanse the heart and mind.
* The player goes to find at Sky Tower in order to convince it to destroy the falling star.
* 's destroys the meteorite. However, the player ends up in the netherworld in the aftermath of the explosion; helps them return to the Pokémon world.
* As the Pokémon celebrate the end of the calamities, the player says farewell and leaves to return to the human world.
* After the credits roll, the player decides to remain in the Pokémon world, and reappears at the Team Base.
===Epilogue===
* The player gains entrance to Luminous Cave. 
* After talking to , and in order, the player goes to Stormy Sea and defeats .
* After getting mail about a new dungeon, the player talks to Lombre. Then Shiftry will let the player go to Buried Relic.
* Southern Cavern, Wyvern Hill, and Howling Forest open up after receiving specific Friend Areas from .
* After getting HM in the Solar Cave, walks into Pokémon Square and collapses. The player and their partner take him back to their rescue base.
* Spinda reveals he was looking for the mirage Pokémon, but doesn't know what it is. He gives the player the Clear Wing, then leaves and stays in Pokémon Square for a while.
* The player's partner suggests that they go and speak to Xatu.
* Upon reaching the top of the Great Canyon, Xatu reveals that the player must first go to the three fields and face the Lords of those areas (the Legendary beasts).
* After clearing the Fiery Field and defeating Entei, turns the Clear Wing into the Red Wing.
* After clearing the Lightning Field and defeating Raikou, turns the Red Wing into the Sunset Wing.
* After clearing the Northwind Field and defeating Suicune, turns the Sunset Wing into the Rainbow Wing, and Mt. Faraway is unlocked.
* Once the player clears Mt. Faraway and defeats the , the player can go back to the Fields and Mt. Faraway to recruit the legendary beasts and Ho-Oh (if their Friend Areas have been opened).
* If the player goes back to Pokémon Square and talks to Spinda, it will leave, encouraged to go exploring again.
* After getting the Friend Area and obtaining Surf from Solar Cave, a flying Pokémon steals the TMs from Kecleon Wares and flees to the Northern Range. The player follows it and defeats the Pokémon, revealed to be .
* Latios is revealed to have stolen the TMs because of losing in Pitfall Valley. The player saves her there using the Teleport Gem. Both Eon Pokémon may join the player's team afterwards.
* Medicham and Ekans go to the Wish Cave to try to grant wishes for themselves.
* Ekans is defeated and places a rescue request for Medicham, who is still stuck in the cave.
* After rescuing Medicham, the player is rewarded with the Wish Stone, which can be used to make Jirachi grant a wish.
* Medicham and Ekans reveal that Gengar is trying to climb Mt. Freeze.
* Gengar asks the player to escort him up Mt. Freeze.
* Gengar reveals himself to be the selfish human in the legend of Ninetales, and is the master of Gardevoir.
* Ninetales gives Gengar the Nine Tail Crest, and sends him to Murky Cave.
* The player and Gengar go rescue . Gardevoir then offers to join the player's rescue team, but it has lost all its memory relating to Gengar.
* Once the player goes back and recruits Ho-Oh, a cutscene will be shown showing Blastoise and Charizard being KO'd by an incredibly strong Pokémon in an extremely tough dungeon.
* When the player goes through the dungeon, the Pokémon is revealed as . 
* If the player has the Friend Area Cryptic Cave, Mewtwo will ask to join the player's rescue team second time through the dungeon if the player defeats Mewtwo.
* After recruiting all of the legendary birds, the player talks to . The player then goes to Legendary Island and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres will grant access to Silver Trench.
*After recruiting , will appear outside the Team base. After that, Blastoise will come and say that he saw a cave and saw "weird things". Xatu will then name the place Meteor Cave. Then, the player will gain access to it. The player may recruit in the Meteor Cave.
==Blurb==
What if you woke up one day, and you were a Pokémon? What if all of a sudden you find yourself in a NEW world, where you can speak and interact with other Pokémon? The adventure begins when you and your partner Pokémon set out on rescue missions in a world ravaged by natural disasters. But what is your true purpose and destiny in this Pokémon world? That's the REAL mystery....
==Characters==
===Playable characters===
In the beginning of the game, the player takes a personality quiz. The answers to these questions determine a nature, which along with the player's gender is used to decide the hero Pokémon that the player plays as. Meowth, Machop, and Cyndaquil are only available if the player is male, and Eevee, Chikorita, and Skitty are only available if the player is female.
		 	
		 	
		Docile 	Calm
		Hardy 	Brave
		Jolly 	Relaxed
		Impish 	Hardy
		Quirky 	—
		Relaxed	Lonely
		Brave 	—
		Lonely 	Impish
		— 	Naive
		— 	Docile
		Timid 	—
		Naive 	Jolly
		Sassy 	Quirky
		Hasty 	Sassy
		Calm 	Timid
		— 	Hasty
After the player's hero Pokémon is determined, they then choose their . Their choices of partner Pokémon are and the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn first partner Pokémon, but they must be a different type to the player character. (If Eevee is the player character, it is possible to later evolve into the same type of Pokémon as the partner.)
===Non-player characters===
* (player's dreams): Eventually able to be recruited after helping out Gengar
* (Hill of the Ancients): Stares into the sun all day, and can see into the future
* (Mt. Freeze)
* (Uproar Forest)
* (Uproar Forest) 
* (Uproar Forest): Helps build Team Base. Goes on strike, prompting the player to find s.
* (Pokémon Square): Gives out the Munch Belt in exchange for items
* (Tiny Woods): Sends the player on their first quest to rescue Caterpie
* (Pokémon Square): Sends the player out to find the mirage Pokémon, 
====Automatic recruits====
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====Pokémon Square====
* Kecleon brothers
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* 
* 
* 
* → 
* 
* ×2
* ×2
====Makuhita Dojo====
* 
====Whiscash Pond====
* 
* 
* 
====Pelipper Post Office====
* Pelipper Post Office 
** 
* 
* (son)
* (father)
====Rescue teams====
Team 	Members	Members	Members	Members	Members	Members
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team Shifty 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team Constrictor	 	 	 	 	 	
Team Hydro 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team Rumblerock 	 	 	 	 	 	
====Bosses====
Boss 	Boss 	Level 	Dungeon
Main Story	Main Story	Main Story	Main Story
 	 	10 	
 	, , () 	151215 	
 	 	25 	
 	 	33 	
 	 	33 	
 	×3 	11 	
 	 	27 	
 	 	35 	
 	 	 	
 	 	25 	
 	 	18 	
 	 	23 	
 	 	25 	
 	 	30 	
 	 	45 	
 	 	45 	
 	 	45 	
 	 	50 	
 	 	40 	
 	 	30 	
 	 	40 	
 	 	40 	
==Wonder Mail exclusives==
Four dungeons are only available through Wonder Mail codes:
Dungeon	Wonder Mail Code	Wonder Mail Code	Wonder Mail Code
 	??MS 	CJ(...)? 	44?P
 	MF?8 	7J6R 	(...)M?1
 	??M4 	CJY? 	44?P
 	CF?8 	7J6R 	(...)M?1
 	??MH 	CJ(...)? 	44?P
 	CF?8 	7J6R 	(...)M?1
 	??M1 	CJY? 	44?P
 	HF?8 	7J6R 	(...)M?1
==Version-exclusive Pokémon==
Similar to the core series games, each version has its own Version-exclusive Pokémon. They are:
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===Wonder Mail codes===
Codes, such as these, may unlock the Pokémon on the opposite version. While wild Porygon2 are exclusive to Blue, the Upgrade is obtainable in both versions.
Pokémon	Pokémon	Wonder Mail Code	Wonder Mail Code	Wonder Mail Code
 	 	4?N… 	W3+? 	??P?
 	 	♂M?P 	2?60 	M…?W
 	 	1?69 	♀JY? 	?X6Q
 	 	XJ?Q 	F4?6 	Q!?X
 	 	F?J? 	690? 	4Q6C
 	 	C!?? 	8?66 	8Q?♀
 	 	X??S 	??X? 	468?
 	 	♀+?? 	9756 	SY??
 	 	4??N 	22…? 	?Q6J
 	 	H3?♂ 	8470 	JN?W
 	 	F?RP 	F?…? 	4+7?
 	 	…R?H 	64?0 	R???
 	 	F?1C 	FK…? 	?878
 	 	3R?H 	6??6 	N7?W
 	 	F?43 	4?T? 	429H
 	 	90?7 	H56R 	8K?♀
 	 	F?5N 	-QF? 	?+6!
 	 	?H?? 	F?6R 	69?W
 	 	F?4N 	+WT? 	?+6N
 	 	FR?J 	F?66 	85?W
==Connectivity==
===Unknown Dungeon===
A player with Blue Rescue Team can go to an (found as an option on the main screen) through wireless communication with another player. When both players have contacted each other, they should close their DS and wait till they automatically finish a random dungeon and return an item and sometimes recruit a Pokémon. The player can open their DS whenever they want even if the other player has already opened theirs. Items received are usually rare. The player can go to the Unknown Dungeon however many times they like as long as the player has another player to communicate with.
===Rescuing===
The player can also go rescue another player who has fainted in a dungeon and prefers to await a rescue. The player can rescue from the title screen, or through Pelipper Post Office. The player should receive an SOS Mail from the other player through Wireless Mode or through a Password. When the player has received the SOS Mail, they can go rescue anytime they want. The player can go rescue by talking with in the Post Office. The player who's awaiting rescue can cancel the wait, but the player who has already gotten the SOS Mail can rescue the other player and get a reward from Pelipper instead. 
===Being rescued===
When the player faints in a certain dungeon, they can choose to send an SOS Mail to another player. While awaiting rescue, the player can explore on their current unlocked dungeons and can store items and Poké after completing the dungeon. The player can also organize their team members. The player is rescued when they receive an A-OK Mail. The player then may continue their exploration from the spot where they fainted. All items and Poké are restored. After the player completes or escapes from the dungeon, they may optionally (but are recommended to) go to Pelipper Post Office or the title screen to send a Thank-You Mail in thanks for the rescue. The player may also choose whether or not to reward the rescuer with one of their items.
===Rescue Team Maze===
A player with Blue Rescue Team can battle a team transferred from Red Rescue Team game in the Rescue Team Maze.
===Pokémon Trozei!===
The wireless communications function can be used to communicate with Pokémon Trozei! along with other copies of Blue Rescue Team. Prize coins are awarded to the copy of Trozei! while an item is awarded to the copy of Blue Rescue Team.Pokémon.co.jpPokémon.co.jpNintendo of Korea
==Localization changes==
* In Japanese and Korean versions of the game, the recruit list has species name alongside the nickname. In the localization, only the nickname (if any) is displayed.
* The Japanese version of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team had a game breaking bug which would erase all the save data of any game in the Gameboy Advance slot. This bug was fixed in international releases.
==Reception==
Gaming magazine gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team a score of 35 out of 40. rated the games an "Okay" 6.5/10.Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Review - IGN Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team hold a rating of 70.82%Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team for Game Boy Advance - GameRankings and 64.01%,Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team for DS - GameRankings respectively, on .
===Sales===
As of March 31, 2007, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team have sold 5.23 million copies worldwide, being 2.20 million from Red Rescue Team and 3.03 million from Blue Rescue Team.Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007
====Japanese sales====
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team sold 236,454 units on their first week on the Japanese market, being 112,898 from Red Rescue Team and 123,556 from Blue Rescue Team, with a of 51.38% and 48.99% respectively. By December 31, 2006, the end of their 59th week, they had sold 1,458,314 copies, being 714,324 from Red Rescue Team and 743,990 from Blue Rescue Team.
Red Rescue Team
{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #; background:#"	Week 	Week ending	Ranking	Units sold	Total units sold
1 	November 20, 2005	3rd 	112,898	112,898 	
2 	November 27, 2005	7th 	57,143 	170,041 	
3 	December 4, 2005 	5th 	39,267 	209,307 	
4 	December 11, 2005	9th 	61,648 	270,955 	
5 	December 18, 2005	6th 	84,669 	355,624 	
6 	December 25, 2005	6th 	156,430	512,054 	
7 	January 1, 2006 	12th 	- 	558,456 	
8 	January 8, 2006 	10th 	48,729 	607,185 	
9 	January 15, 2006 	15th 	- 	- 	
10	January 22, 2006 	15th 	- 	- 	
11	January 29, 2006 	23rd 	- 	- 	
12	February 5, 2006 	22nd 	- 	- 	
13	February 12, 2006	24th 	- 	- 	
14	February 19, 2006	27th 	- 	- 	
15	February 26, 2006	43rd 	- 	- 	
16	March 5, 2006 	41st 	- 	- 	
17	March 12, 2006 	34th 	- 	- 	
18	March 19, 2006 	37th 	- 	- 	
19	March 26, 2006 	43rd 	- 	- 	
59	December 31, 2006	- 	- 	714,324 	
 	 	 	 	 	
==Staff==
==Gallery==
===Logos===
PMD Red Rescue Team Logo JP.png|Japanese Red Rescue Team logo
PMD Blue Rescue Team Logo JP.png|Japanese Blue Rescue Team logo
PMD Red Rescue Team Logo EN.png|English Red Rescue Team logo
PMD Blue Rescue Team Logo EN.png|English Blue Rescue Team logo
===Virtual Console icons===
File:PMDRRTEVCIcon.png|Red Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (English)
File:PMDBRTEVCIcon.png|Blue Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (English)
File:PMDERTJVCIcon.png|Red Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (Japanese)
File:PMDBRTJVCIcon.png|Blue Rescue Team Wii U Virtual Console icon (Japanese)
==Trivia==
* In the original Japanese release of Blue Rescue Team, a bug would wipe data from any Game Boy Advance game in the Nintendo DS's second slot that was not Red Rescue Team. This was fixed in all subsequent releases.
* These are the first games that allow the player to understand what Pokémon are saying.
* These are the first games in the franchise to allow the same move to be learned more than once at one time without a glitch.
* The Generation IV is obtainable in these games through hacking, despite the fact that the games only contain Pokémon from the first three generations.
* These games feature the most in a generation that has not been released at the time with five. There are statues of , , , and ; and Munchlax is an NPC in the game.
* These are the only paired games to be released on separate handheld consoles.
* Red Rescue Team was the last Pokémon game released on the Game Boy Advance, and the last Pokémon game to be released on a Game Boy system.
* The box arts of the games are linked. The blue rescue team is looking at the red rescue team through a hole in the ground.
** Mudkip throws a rock in the hole, which can be seen on the other box. This is a reference to how the DS cartridge slot is above the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot on the original Nintendo DS and DS Lite systems.
** The ominous red-eyed or shadowy Pokémon are the members of Team Meanies and Team A.C.T., split between the two box arts.
* These are the first Pokémon games outside the core series to get a remake, in the form of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Mystery Dungeon game mechanics
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