Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1264 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: 45496737726
• Released on: 2006-11-10
• Rating: Universal, particularly children
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
One day you awake to find that you’ve been turned into a Pokémon and the land around you is being destroyed by natural disasters. It’s up to you to explore dungeons filled with wild monsters and uncover your true destiny and purpose in a game where you get to "be" a Pokémon.

The lowdown:
Rather than being one of the core role-playing games in the Pokémon series this is a spin-off based on ChunSoft’s long running (in Japan at least) Mystery Dungeon series. The basic idea is that you enter a random generated dungeon and defeat all the wild Pokémon you find within it. Most of the standbys of the Pokémon world also make an appearance, including Technical Machines that enable you to lean new abilities, resistances and weakness to different elemental attacks. You can’t capture wild Pokémon but you can recruit them to your team, which adds something to your strategic options. Admittedly the game can get repetitive, but there’s generally enough to see and do until the "real" Pokémon sequels come out sometime next year.

Most exciting moment:
The combat is a clever mix between real-time and turn-based combat, with wild Pokémon moving about the dungeon at the same time as you. You can have four Pokémon in your team at once, with the computer controlling the other three, and each can have four attacks or abilities each. If you’re sensible you’ll put together a varied team so you’ve got an attack ready for whatever enemy comes your way.

Since you ask:
As with most Pokémon titles there are two versions of the game, in this case one for the DS and one for the GBA. They’re both essentially the same, except with different distributions of Pokémon in each. The DS does have a couple of extra options though, as well as an easier to use touch screen interface.

The bottom line:
Not the deepest Pokémon game ever but you’ll still find yourself wanting to catch ‘em all. - HARRISON DENT

Manufacturer's Description
For the first time ever, the player is a Pokémon, speaking and interacting with other characters in a world populated only by Pokémon! One day you awaken to find that he or she has been turned into a Pokémon. The land is being ravaged by natural disasters so the player decides to form a rescue team with a partner Pokémon. Players can interact with many different Pokémon on various missions while trying to uncover their true purpose and destiny. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue is an engrossing story of adventure, redemption and, most of all, friendship.

Customer Reviews

Starts off well, but doesn't really develop any further.
I've never played a Pokemon game before, but was convinced by a work colleague to give it a bash. He was dismayed when I bought Pokemon "blue" as according to him it wasn't "a *proper* Pokemon game"!

Nonetheless I started it and enjoyed it, but it soon became clear that it was incredibly repetitive and not at all challenging. After a few hours of gameplay I felt I was getting nothing it. I was collecting items but never really having to use them, it was easy and there seemed to be no effort involved in advancing through the game.

The premise is simple enough, you are a Pokemon and you have a companion Pokemon. Together you go on rescue missions, which tends to involve going into caves and dungeons (all of which look the same apart from layout which changes every time you enter one) and you kill the baddy Pokemon and rescue some poor stranded Pokemon who then thanks you and gives you an item to add to your inventory. I expected the game to get harder but it doesn't really.

In a nutshell: If you're used to RPGs then this might not offer the level of brain power you want from a game. I think it is firmly aimed at a younger audience and quickly becomes tediously repetitive to the point that you want it to end.

I haven't given up on Pokemon just yet though, I'm moving on to "Pearl" which (according to my work colleague, `the Vintmeister General') is "proper Pokemon".

BRIILIANT!
Some sites rate this game 5 and a half out of ten,I don't see why... they should give it a 10/10!

Pokemon mystery dungeon blue rescue team is a fun game with a impressive storyline as some tough boss battles...(spoilers!)zapdos moltres articuno...etc.
but theres just one thing... the natural disasters stop you from evolving until you beat the main story line! Darn. But once the games main story is over you will be able to evolve, meet more legendary pokemon
and recruit more pokemon than before.

Overall I give pokemon mystery dungeon blue rescue team 10/10

This game is brilliant
The quiz get's on your nerves because you don't know what you're going to be and when you find out, you might not like it and you have to start over!
But once you have your Pokemon starter and partner, the game is really fun, it get's really hard once you get to the end!