#POKEMON RESCUE TEAM DX REVIEW SERIES#

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#POKEMON RESCUE TEAM DX REVIEW SERIES#

The Pokémon series isn’t known for innovative gameplay, tending rather to be a repetitive slog that is saved by ‘it’s fun to catch them all’ hook. This combined with the major job of many being the Rescue Teams whose sole job is finding and helping the Pokémon lost in dungeons, or finding lost items, gives this feeling of pure joy without those pesky Pokémon with their Pokéballs.Įven the bad guys’ strategy is to help enough Pokémon that they can rule the world. I like the society that is shown whereby Pokémon all have their roles from the Pelipers running the post office, to the Persian running the bank, to Makuhita running the Dojo. There is some good dialogue with good enough humour throughout, but a lot of that gets repetitive. Your partner convinces you to make a Rescue Team and the story kicks off. Your character wakes up, quickly adapting to the Pokémon transformation after discovering that all the Pokémon can talk and joins the partner of your choosing. The game asks you some questions about your personality, but I immediately chose the option to choose another Pokémon so I could play as Charmander. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX has you, a human, waking up in the body of a Pokémon of your choice. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX brings us a long name, a long game, and an OK remake.

The Switch has brought us some truly fantastic new games, some amazing remakes of old games, and some game titles which are far too long.

Pokemon rescue team dx review