Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team is the first game in the Mystery Dungeon series, published in two versions on two consoles: Red on Game Boy Advance, Blue on Nintendo DS. Developed by Chunsoft, it was released in Europe on 10 November 2006. Here is its fact sheet.
| Japanese title | Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Aka no Kyūjotai / Ao no Kyūjotai |
|---|---|
| English title | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team / Blue Rescue Team |
| Platforms | Game Boy Advance (Red), Nintendo DS (Blue) |
| Japan release | 17 November 2005 |
| North America release | 18 September 2006 |
| Australia release | 28 September 2006 |
| Europe release | 10 November 2006 |
| Wii U Virtual Console | February 2016 in Europe (€9.99 for Blue, €6.99 for Red) |
| Developer | Chunsoft |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Genre | Role-playing game, dungeon crawler |
| Generation | Third |
| Languages | Blue: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish depending on the console; Red: French |
| Starter Pokémon | 16, assigned by a personality quiz |
A brand-new concept
It is the first game where you play as a Pokémon instead of commanding one. Chunsoft, the studio behind the Japanese Fushigi no Dungeon series, applies its formula here: randomly generated dungeons, explored turn by turn. The game already hints at the fourth generation, even before Diamond and Pearl, with Munchlax, Mime Jr., Bonsly, Weavile and above all Lucario, the legendary rescuer who gives his name to the highest rank.
The two versions
The story and the dungeons are the same. The Blue version uses the DS second screen for the map and team information, plus a few touch-screen features. A handful of Pokémon are exclusive to each version. See Differences and connections.
Around the game
- A special episode of the anime, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team GO-Getters Out of the Gate!, tells the story of a human turned into a Squirtle, alongside Charmander and Chikorita.
- A manga, Ginji’s Rescue Team, follows a human turned into a Torchic. It was given away in France with Nintendo Magazine.
- The Wii U Virtual Console welcomed both versions in February 2016. The Wii U eShop closed in 2023.
- The remake Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX was released on Nintendo Switch in March 2020.
The French manuals carry the references AGB-B24P-NFRA (Red) and NTR-APHP-FRA (Blue).
