Ranking EVERY Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Game From WORST TO BEST (Top 4 Games Reviewed)

Hey everyone, bit of a short video today, today we are ranking the 4 main mystery dungeon games that involve pokemon. Let me know what you all think!

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[BSNintendo]

Explorers of Sky is my favorite game of all time.

[Lance-xyhv]

I hope explores of sky gets remade. Easily one of my favorite games ever. Replayed it so many times

[onlineskitty]

i feel like all of the other mystery dungeon games get overshadowed by explorers haha, i wish they all got more appreciation. i personally like the expedition society of super more than wigglytuff's guild because you're actually treated like equals with the other members and each member gets a little bit of focus in the story which helps to flesh them out more than the guild members of explorers. gates had a good story and good characters despite it's problems and i like the town management feature with the paradise. rescue team is just nostalgic and fun, and pretty challenging imo. i think they all deserve their own praises

[Metahunt]

Pokémon mystery dungeon games have actually made me cry. The story’s really great and when it spoilers: makes me think I’m losing my partner makes me cry…

[percentOrangeJuice]

Super Mystery dungeon is so slept on. First of all smd has the best partner in the series and you can fight me on that. you can tell He was supposed to be more fleshed out As a character then all the others. He starts off as a impish and somewhat mischievous child But you soon find out that despite him being kind of a troublemaker he cares deeply for everyone around him. so much so that he wants to start an expedition society to explore the world and help Pokémon. he’s A perfect representation of an energetic child wanting to explore the world and though he can sometimes get annoying he aspires to be a better and more reliable friend and you can see him slowly maturing throughout the game. don’t get me wrong I love the partner in Explorers of sky. he was my first one and he will always be very important to me and my love for mystery dungeon. from him being a scared crybaby and wanting to join a rescue team so that he can be a better And more reliable person. his bond with the main character was great as whenever they were near each other felt more motivated and like he could achieve his goals. but on a more emotional level I just seem to sympathize with the partner in smd more. there’s a point in the story where he feels like he’s nothing but a nuisance. he starts to distance himself from the main character because of this but when it came down to it he was the only other person willing to save another Pokémon‘s life. I feel like with this partner there was more depth added to him as a character Not just as your partner.


Sorry i spent so long rambling about the partner i just love him so much. This games music is also Top tier. you have tracks like Fire island volcano The school Woods theme The Dark matters boss theme Lively town (ESPECIALLY lively town) Not to mention the partners theme is so Beautiful and criminality underrated. i damn near start crying whenever i listen to it. When i found out the Final bosses theme was a remix of the partners theme i lost it. It’s just so good 😭


This games Characters are Tied With explorers of sky For the best ones in the series. You got characters like archen and buezel who are badass as hell. mawile and Espurr (Literally the mvps At the end of the game) Ampharos Celebi and Jirachi Are Also goated Especialy amphros. and when they all team up with you to fight yeveltal That shit was peak easily top 10 Mystery dungeon moments ever. The three legendary beasts were all goated Especially entei He was badass every time he was on the screen. the nuzleaf Betrayal was a Fantastic plot twist and i can really go on Longer.

The story Starts off as you being a regular Pokémon going through school life The school arc is fun and relaxing but the second you step outside the village and you get to lively town The story takes a drastic turn. people getting turn to Stone because of a Powerful threat that can turn several legendarys into stone forcing them to work together. at one point you literally get sent to Pokémon hell and are forced to work together with some enemies to escape And while you were escaping they’re talking about SACRIFICING you and your partner to fix the world. once dark matters defeated you get what is in my opinion The second saddest ending in the mystery dungeon series. in previous games you were sent to the Pokémon world so that you could save the world from a certain threat. once that threat has been removed your role is done and you’re sent back to the human world. in this game it’s the opposite. without you in the Pokémon world the world becomes unbalanced. instead it is your partner that ends up leaving at the end of after he reveals that he was mew the whole time The whole time you and your partner are crying with your partner saying he wishes you could have stayed together forever. this is one of two times I cried during the video game and you might think I’m exaggerating But it’s true. The only other game that had me like this was explorers of sky.




Finally we’re at the games gameplay and although I said nothing but positive things about this game there’s really nothing new I can say about the gameplay that can’t already be said about all the other games. in fact this game‘s method of recruiting Pokémon might actually be my least favorite of the four. instead of the Pokémon links I would’ve much rather preferred explorers of sky‘s method or even the camps from the first game. The looplet system was very nice though i’ll give them that.


overall I might sound very dramatic and I’m probably over stating how good this game is but I really think that this is one of the best Pokémon games ever made. in terms of i’d say this game is second best only to EOS

[ImPersonNation]

Rescue Team DX does have Megas, better balancing, the reworked recruitment system, etc etc.
However, the thing in the game I absolutely hate, is that you can not for whatever reason just do a simple lunge attack. You're only allowed to use a PP move.

[hope-zdlv]

So happy I experienced Explorers of Darkness when I was kid. A unic feeling that you never forget.

[tedscheett]

Explorers of Darkness was the first game that made me cry.

[ForgedWar]

With how mediocre most remakes are these days, I had very low expectations going into Pokemon DX after putting so many hours into the OG games, and I was so blown away by how good it actually was. It genuinely felt like an improvement on all fronts with some amazing QOL additions. Being able to play as any party member during the main story was a game changer, and the fact your recruits earned XP alongside you even when they weren't actively in the party actually allowed you to strategize and bring different party members depending on the dungeon. That feature alone honestly makes it really hard to ever return to the OG mystery dungeon games.

[colinkamoda]

I loved the Blue Team when I was a kid.

[Regibump]

From a personal level, I see Explorers of Sky as my favourite game of all time because of its rather intense story for a Pokémon game, incredible pixel art style and music and a fun gameplay loop that doesn’t get boring overtime. From a more critical lens though, I’d have to call Rescue Team DX the better game since I think it has the best gameplay in the series, which is what I prioritise when judging video games, along with it having one of the most beautiful 3D art styles I’ve ever seen.

So speaking purely from my heart, a PMD2 remake with the exact same gameplay and design as DX (maybe minus the forced autosave and random crashes in longer dungeons) would be the perfect game for me.

[ODISeth]

Hamtaro, glad to see even today PMD is continuing to get this kind of love and support. Nintendo might never recognize our beloved spinoff series, but damnit fans will

[ProfessionalNamielleLewder]

Explorers of Sky, or as I like to call it, "Explorers of Childhood Existential Crisis".

To this day, no Pokémon game has ever compared in terms of story. It's not only the best in the franchise, but one of the best stories in *ALL* of gaming.

[ZefoniusLinestraf]

Super mystery dungeon is my fav in the franchise respects the veterans and fans a like it ended with a bang and honestly gave me lots of memorable characthers and the recruitment was better because we now recruit characthers with actual personality in your party but you can still get your blank slate enemys pokemon in dungeons to name them best of both worlds and oh the ost is just beautiful and the bosses where great sky is my second fav but super did so much right as well adding lots of dungeons the dificulty was hard but forgiving

[HuggingPretzel]

Playing Explorers of Sky is such a core memory for me. Definitely going to revisit the game

[pokepress]

I generally agree with your order, but I would put them closer together in terms of quality and enjoyment. I liked Gates to Infinity’s idea about the accumulation of negativity, as the last decade has kind of born that out.

[Sean-wlj]

The spin-off chronology of the pokemon series: pokemon mystery dungeon, : pokemon mystery dungeon: explorers of blue and red, pokemon mystery dungeon: explorers of sky time and darkness, pokemon mystery dungeon: gates of infinity, super pokemon mystery dungeon,

[Rikoyasha]

Gates is by far the worst
- Less engaging and felt small.
- Dungeon visibility limited to like 3 or 4 tiles ahead instead of like 10.
- Much less playable character options.
- Limited to ONE quest per dungeon and can't leave the area when u have gate open.
- It's the 1st game to introduce the 5 damage basic attack so I'll give that a negative too.

I can really go on how bad Gates was its on a whole lower tier or 2 on its own.

[JA_]

Hamtar, I love the series. I'm playing super right now, it's visually captivating and the story is great. Like you said it gets a couple chuckles out of you. I actually didn't know it had that many mons in it. Loved the video thank you

[Katieluvsing]

Hamtaro, loved that anime series
And I 100% agree with this ranking