Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Of Sky Main Story Ending (SPOILERS) 

"I'll have you know I only cried at this for 20 minutes"

The people who made this game were geniuses. It was fun, the characters were well-crafted and weren't all static, and though it started out light-hearted, as the game progressed it got deeper and more meaningful, and the plot that followed was...just extraordinary. All the metaphors, like the sea of time (and the music was also one of the best parts of the game)...it was so powerful and well thought out. It was obvious that the producers took pride in creating a high-quality game. The real main character of this story was your partner. He/she had both an outer and inner quest, and as the story progressed, you helped your partner become more confident in their abilities and become more independent. It was a true hero's journey for your partner-through many trials, they developed the courage to protect what was important to them. I could honestly write multiple essays on this game. The game touched on deep subjects like existentialism, loss, and ethics that included sacrifice for the greater good. And the ending was, biased may I be, the most incredible ending to a video game that I have ever seen. For anyone that says this game is just for kids, they can't possibly understand the deeper themes that tie into it, the amount of thought that was put into each aspect of the game, or the sheer depth of the story and characters. All of this is my opinion, and thank you for creating such a wonderful game.

Playing without OST : pretty sad but that's all. Playing with OST : crying like hell.

Step 1: lay down. Step 2: try not to cry. Step 3: cry a lot.

a lot of games have a character die at the end in a "tragic farewell" , its almost a trope now, but what made this game special is that it was one of the first games where it was YOU that was the one dying. It made this ending so strange and shocking, because, usually, with stories that feature sad deaths, usually everyone dies around you/the main character, but in here its you that gets to say that wise crackish speech of "never forget me" and seeing your friend grieve over you gives you a strong sense of empathy for the characters that few other games can truely create, and thats why this ending is simply magical.

One of the reasons the ending scene was so powerful and emotional for me was the fact that it's the first time in the entire game where your character actually speaks. After hours and hours, so many adventures and experiences, so many memories. You've finally saved the world, and now, you speak your first and last (kinda) words to your partner, as you're forced to say goodbye. Such an incredible moment. It's personally my most memorable moment of gaming. Edit: Another reason this is so emotionally tearing is the fact that it's not another character dying, it's you. And the main reason that's sad or emotional isn't because of selfishness or anything. The main reason this is so touching is the fact that you now see firsthand the effect you've had on the world, and you see how you fading away affects your partner. If it were your partner fading away, you're expected to be the one feeling the pain, but that feeling may not be felt by some people. Plus, they already gave you that opportunity with Grovyle. But when it's YOU disappearing, you're forced to watch as your partner breaks down in tears, you're forced to see the massive impact you've had on their life. That way, there's no way the player can just shrug it off and say it isn't emotional, because you clearly see the impact on those around you. The feeling isn't implied, it's directly displayed through your partner. I can honestly say I'm not sure they could've set it up any better than they did. TL;DR: gud ending

The thing that really hits me is that the protagonist actually speaks for once. Plus his/her choice of words are very appropriate. I cried mad shit.

One of the most powerful moments in this scene is 3:26, when your partner trips. They're so sad that they can barely keep standing, barely walk, but they know they have to. Jesus. Why can't more games be like this?

Filed under: things that really fucked me up as a kid.

man I feel bad for grovyle, nobody revived him. Also he had to deal with sacrificing his life for his best friend who didn't even remember him.

I don't know what made me cry more. The music or the picture of Pikachu crying

Screw Primal Kyogre's Primordial Sea, I flooded more tears.

Did anyone else cry watching this?

Man, looking back, this game had a really touching story. That's why it's the best in the series, in my opinion.

I wanna beat up the IGN reviewer for giving this a 4.9. Sure the gameplay could get bad at times, but it made up for it with this beautiful music and marvelous story line. I would give it atleast a 8.

Did you know that it's been proven that it's possible to drain a human of all life in just 15 minutes? JUST SHOW THEM THIS VIDEO

Respect to Dialga: +100

You know, reading IGN's review of this game makes me want to just smack them across the face...I mean yes the gameplay can be a little clucky at times, and even a tiny bit repetitive. However, the game more than makes up for with a great story and great music. Oh and if you're wondering what they gave this masterpiece, they gave it a...4.9.

Step 1: Get to this scene Step 2: Run out of fluids

1:08 Tear ducts start firing up 1:18 Tear ducts reach full power 1:33 Tears start building up 1:43 Tears start emerging forward 1:47 Tears reach the front of your eyes, sometimes small drops. 2:02 Tear ducts swell 2:19 On the brink of crying 2:35 Eyes become waterfalls

I remember the first time playing this as a kid and crying so hard through all the credits and then getting so happy when Dialga brought the main character back. The Dungeon games are a lot deeper than the main games in my opinion. I understand that some people dislike how different it is from the original games, but frick man, there was a STOCKADE in the CHILD'S game. I didn't even know what that was when I first played!

I'm 20 now. Ten years later and it still hits just as hard. No matter how many times I watch it. One of my favourite video games of all time. I think this is one of those games that really cements making of video games as an artform.

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING

And all the while when you're fighting Dialga... Grovyle, Dusknoir, and Celebi are fighting Primal Dialga. It makes this scene even sadder knowing that not only do you dissapear, but that you are reunited with Grovyle. Taken from Grovyle again, and reunited now with your partner. It's really sad. I cry when I hear this song.

Nine seconds in and I'm already crying... Too many memories...

They need to make this a film.

This is first pokemon game I've ever finished, for the main story. And never in my lifetime did I expectvsuch a deep story to come of it. I think what got me more was this ending. Nothing will beat it. Because so many stories have an awesome character sacrifice themselves four you. But this game did something new. It hurt harder, seeing yourself fade from the screen. It would hurt to see your best friend leave your side in the end, but it hurts worse when your best friend ends up feeling the pain you'd feel. You bonded with them, and all you, as the player, want is for them to be happy. This ending hit me hard, and will probably hit me just as hard when I decide to play this again in the future. This game will forever be my favorite

Me: *dies* My partner: *spends the rest of their life in tears every time they remember me, wonders what to do...* Game: Game: *roll credits*

2019... I'm 33 years old now. It's been so long since I played this game and this scene still makes me cry.

I love how it end with Pikachu openly weeping over the death of his only friend. CUE THE HAPPY CREDITS MUSIC!

I remember crying to this when I was a kid :(

“I leave to you - the future!” That always hits me in the feels.

This is undoubtedly the most emotional ending to and video game I've ever played. And this is the only game that broke tears for me.

Still has a better ending than X and Y

How come whenever I watch some sad parts in anime I don't shed even a tear but when I watch this you could bottle my tears and sell them on ebay

The ending makes u realize how amazing of a friend bidoof is to your team, and can easily make u cry. Bidoof is a wholesome and kind pokemon, being there for your partner when the main character sadly dissapeared.

Pikachus crying face scared the life out of me when I was a kid for some reason. And it still does. .-.

This game is a masterpiece in my eyes. It's beautiful in every aspect and hands down my favorite game for the DS.

*Cry so much* I renember this when i was a little kid... When i see this video today, make me cry one more time... Oh my... Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is the saga games that make me cry so much, the friendship... Your new friends... Your new life... How a Pokemon... This moment with this music... In serious make me cry so much than the first... I don't have words now... You become me how a kid... Thank you by create this video and make my cry one more time...

that final scene after the end credits makes me so happy.

I'm about to turn 17 in a few days, I remember getting this game on my birthday. Even to this day, I still tear up a bit, this is the most underrated game ever made

The black "End" screen alone is enough to completely obliterate my emotions, let alone the story...

It's a terrible day for rain...

Time, Darkness, and Sky are the best Mystery Dungeon Games as of this point in my opinion. I like Mystery Dungeon as a whole, I just found the story in those three to be the best of them all at this point. I can't wait for the next one with gen VI pokemon.

As someone who lost a close friend because of the passage of time this ending hit me really hard.

I beat Sky for the first time yesterday, and I cannot get over this ending. For those who don't know, I had this game for years. I played it a lot when I was a child and for eight long years I attempted to beat it until I kind of gave up. But I found it and played through it again and... I was lost in that feeling of OMFG I beat it that I didn't truly experience that heartbreak at the end. I was just so spent that I put my 3DS down after the credits, saved, and didn't even attempt the epilogue. I just had to experience the ending again. I think it would have had more impact if it was Françios and Lièyàn but I still teared up. Eight years of hardship. I can say it was worth spawning in all of those monster houses and being one shot by a not very effective crit. And I haven't even played the epilogue or evolved my Riolu or the Vulpix. For journeys done and many more on the way. Cheers!

Hey um who put this bowl of onions next to me

Im a grown ass man and i cry very very rarely but this video gets me every time.

PMD is for me one of the best series,instead of focusing on the humans' personalities it focuses on the pokemon personalities,makes them deeper,more varied and real,that is why when my squirtle left my partner riolu i cried because playing i created a link so big with my partner,this game goes on top of my favourite game list,even surpassing halo reach.

Man tomorrow it's 2022 and no one made a game like this

Game used memories! It's super effective! Snowfur gained the 'Flashback' status condition!

For a video game, this actually broke my heart... This and FFX... It was too much >.< Though having Pikachu as a partner doesnt help when you grow up knowing Pikachu...

If you don't cry? ...You're not human.

This whole ending is sad as hell, but the part that fucks me up the most is that scene right before the credits when your partner basically breaks down crying on the beach, that’s some crippling level of depression kind of shit. Then the credits roll and your last thoughts of the game (before your character comes back) are imagining your partner living their life constantly depressed by the loss of their best friend

dialga you da reel MVP

Isn’t it nice when you, the only thing your partner ever fought for, are taken from your partner just after everything is said and done, just before the happy ending should’ve rolled, and your partner had to have that torn from it just after the fighting was over? Who doesn’t love realizing the true extent of tragic pain? It gets even better once one realizes exactly how much Grovyle has lost, even losing you in a way, to have literally almost nothing except a you who doesn’t know him help out while another takes his place as your partner. Oh yeah, and then realizing that Dialga would’ve never brought you back if your partner didn’t visit the beach and fall apart. There are a lot of moments in this game that are present but hidden, and I love it.

My nose is so runny from crying. Oh my god I can't- these mystery dungeons always break my heart... I mean the music. It's so amazing and it fits with these text lines. I'm like crying really hard

When I was a kid what made me cry was right at the end. Months later your partner walks to the place we both first met then recalls the entire journey and breaks down crying.

What makes this scene hurt is the fact that your partner was a coward, always scared to face tough situations. After meeting you, they learn to be brave. You mean the world to them. For you to just disappear after saving the world without them knowing will crush their soul to broken pieces. The friendship you built after all this time…the two of your are soulmates, inseparable. The very best of friends who deserve the world.

This game is the only video game that made me break down in tears. Good lord what an underrated game

WHEN DID MY EYES BECOME WATERFALLS?!?!!?!?!?

Farewells are always hard, and this game PERFECTLY shows it. You may cry after they leave, they may cry after you, but no matter what, two separated souls will ALWAYS rejoin each other... This game represents this. More perfect than any game Ik.

10:33 I tear up every time...

Mr Sparky, I don’t feel so good

I always thought this vid was sad, because I always cried a few tears. Then I played through the whole game, got to this point and... Let's just say I still cry when I think of it , and I finished it half a month ago.

No way... I named him Aaron too!

1. THIS SCENE WAS SO SAD :"(! I cried my heart out when I played this. 2. Ya, know I always thought about this scene in two ways. When the two pokemon are the same gender, I take it like a tale of a strong friendship. When they are different genders, it feels more like a love story than a tale of friendship. But that's just me :3.

This is one of the saddest things i've ever experienced.I cried more watching this then in my entire life.

*why am I crying over digital sprites for the 16th time*

I remember hysterically crying to the ending. I was Cyndaquil and my partner was Mudkip. I was like scream crying when I saw Mudkip get sad and desperate. Then worse when he was on the beach reminiscing of our adventures. It was awful to see my partner that I got so attached to mourn my character’s death. That’s such a realistic display of emotion and grief. This game has a special place in my heart ❤

The most saddest pokemon mystery dungeon game

watch the bubble scene at the beginning and the ending of the game... the feeling, just so different, so many words to describe it, i only want to say, this is just so briliant, so much feeling poured into this game, and i have no regret from it, and still... i remember this game somehow... even after long time passed since i play this game.

3:02 I have to get home *alive* Never has there been any serious implication of death outside of dangerous hazards. It really goes to show how dark your partner feels after perhaps having untold, but hinted at suicidal thoughts, if you telling them that they “have to live no matter what” as any indication

It's nice to see Aaron give Sparky one final smile before death. **casually walks away and cries for 37 minutes**

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: the game that repeatedly rips your heart out, and makes you root and cheer for Bidoof.

I'm 23 years old now. After all this time. The moment the music started, my eyes bust with tears. This game is incredible. I'll take it to the grave.

SPARKY!! I TOLD YOU TO STOP CUTTING ONIONS!

I cried SO SO HARD when Pikachu said " Aaron's last wish

Oh My God! Who is chopping the onions?!

This is the game that really knocked a sense of existential dread into my young little brain and just absolutely *fucked me up* as a kid. I remember being so utterly emotional over it that I made my brother “beat” the game for me (aka finish out the cutscene) so I could go get a handle on my tears elsewhere lmao

I was so happy when my Riolu reunited with his Partner Charmander at the end. When Riolu disappeared after defeating Dialga i honestly thought this will be another of those endings where main Hero just dies or leaves for good. I'm glad i was mistaken. Just because of this ending, i started to respect Dialga a lot more.

You know you’re awesome when not even the destruction of your own timeline is able to take away your existence

The bit that always gets me the most is the ending when your character is revived because there's no dialogue. It's purely acted out through emotion and physical expression which is so beautiful. The way your partner collapses in front of you from sheer joy and happiness is so touching to watch.

I can't believe as a very old school Poke fan (when it first came out in the late 90s here in the USA and I remember playing and beating Pokemon Yellow for gameboy color when I was about 10 years old), I took up playing this Mystery Dungeon game on an emulator and actually bought the NDS cartridge a few days ago (I rarely buy games now that I'm older because I only stick to a certain that I've liked over the years), but then took a look at its ending today on RU-vid because I knew it had a long storyline. This video basically explains why you, as the player and main hero of this Pokemon game, has so little dialogue in comparison to your partner from what I've seen on the game so far. The ending up to the credits from what I've seen from these videos, is sad as everyone says. I agree. But what makes me think of this part (before what happens after the credits), is heart-wounding sad and does it for me, is when your partner Pokemon character can't take the pain anymore after months of being separated from you and falls apart on the beach at the very end right before the credits..., because he/she truly loves you as their friend and you're gone from them... That is a truly priceless thing to see from a game like this and especially a Pokemon one, about real life when a loved one or close friend of yours, dies. Even if it does hurt. Talk about laying down one's life for a friend as written in the holy bible. People should think about things like this. I'm still gonna try and finish this game sometime soon and see what completely happens after the credits and not spoil that part to myself, as I'm really liking it so far and I have to say, out of all the Pokemon games that I've played in the last two decades, this is turning out to be the best, so far. I'm pretty sure it's going to hurt again if I make it to the very end of it, just before the credits. Seeing my own Poke partner fall apart because, I, the hero is gone from her. But I'm glad the creators who came up with the idea for Pokemon creatures actually BEING the characters in the Mystery Dungeon series, actually did so. Because I remember seeing the first episode of the TV show back in 2006 (this is what made me want to see this series games and trying Explorers of Sky in the first place because of this memory and what I had been reading), and I didn't think they would do something like this given the original concept of human Pokemon trainers capturing and training them. And who knows what was going through the creators minds when they made this Mystery Dungeon series games.

when you can personally relate to this it really hits so fucking hard. its a beautiful ending, but my god it hurts watching this shit, especially when your partner breaks down at the beach after all those flashbacks.

Who were the 15 soulless people who disliked this?

Nobody is prepared for this the first time, i was 7 years old when i cried for this, now i am 21, time goes on, and I still renember this game, I still seeing me as a kid, I miss that time so so much. A game never made me cry since this one

We'll never get another PMD game like this, A masterpiece like this is and will always be sadly unique for those who found meaning and crave more.

This hits harder when you notice it’s the first time you talk

I played this game when I was a little kid and I almost cry when I see this scene :') I learned a lot with pokemon.

The Mystery dungeon games give you the emotional stuff that the mainstream pokemon games never seem to have

This made me cry 4 times. Or alternatively: The entire video, minus the outro.

*sob* only time I cried in pokemon *cries*

I remember this being the first game I ever cried over. 10/10

Why did I get recommended this? I don't want to cry again bro...

I don't remember too much from the game back then but I indeed still remember the sad picture animation from my cyndaquil as I (totodile) disappeared. This little hedgehog just crying in front of me touched my heart in a special way. I was so reliefed when I actually was able to come back and see him beeing happy again :)

I'm not crying, my eyes are just leaking

When you played explorers of time and or darkness for your childhood and only find sky Wait a minute......

what a touching, perfect ending for an amazing story. it's nearly impossible not to have tears in your eyes at least a little bit when you're playing through this part of the game. the final scene with the heartfelt reunion between the player and the partner always gets me so good

im 19 and this shit still makes me cry, most people probably dont think much about this game because its a dungeon crawler but the story is one of the best ive ever played through