THE POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON ICEBERG: Analyzed and Explained. 

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Theres more to the IGN rating. It wasnt just low. The reviewer admitted in the critique they got bored and quit in Apple Woods, basically meaning that they quit like 10% in and felt they could rate it accurately.

23:54 - My personal theory is that the reason Azurill's nightmare has hostile versions only of specific folks from town is because those are the people who he knows to be the friendliest; while he's generally fine while awake, his memory of Drowzee (the Pokemon who'd acted _nice and friendly before suddenly turning hostile_ towards him and his sibling,) still haunts him on a subconscious level. After all, if _one_ Pokemon who'd seemed perfectly nice on the surface turned out to be awful, who's to say all the other ones _couldn't_ ? Poor thing's probably gonna be dealing with that trauma for quite a while longer... :(

Watching this made me remember how stellar the soundtracks in the mystery dungeon games were

I think the unknown force that kicks you out of a dungeon when you have been on a floor too long is the dungeon collapsing in on itself. What I mean is that since mystery dungeons are randomised, they can only exist in a certain for so long before randomising again, and no one in the games knows how the dungeons randomise, they only know that dungeon randomising happens. So maybe the unknown force can’t actually be comprehended by Pokemon. The unknown force causes disturbances in the dungeon such as a wind picking up or the ground starting to shake, suggesting that it’s become more and more unstable, and if you wait too long you faint. Maybe you faint because the disturbances get too strong and cause a mini-natural disaster that KOs you, or maybe you get trapped in the dungeons walls when it is reforming into a new randomised layout, or the power that can randomise dungeons is so strong that that’s what KOs you. Idk lol it’s just what I think

I remember a theory saying that darkrai is the player and that everything is in a time loop of constantly repeating itself. I just want more mystery dungeon videos tbh because I really love these games.

I remember way back then I cried my eyes out when Nuzleaf betrayed the main character because I truly felt like he was in some way an adoptive parent to me because my real parents were never there for me. Man, these games truly have a special place in my heart, and I'm glad people still talk about them!

God the unknown force was so cool as a kid! I always wondered if it was like your character losing themselves and becoming violent like the rest of the pokemon in the dungeons.

"wigglytuff has commited several felonies" that just sounds like the caption for a meme at this point

My personal belief regarding the Bidoof theory is that the friend Bidoof wished for was the partner, and that the hero showing up was totally unrelated. To grant this wish, Jirachi could’ve given the partner the relic fragment, knowing that they would’ve gone to the guild to ask about it. This would explain how a random Pokémon with no adventure experience got the object that summons a sacred living water taxi who can cross the sea of time. Even in the end of the first special episode, Bidoof mentions that he only asked for one new friend, but ended up with two.

I'm honestly surprised Mix Elixir didn't make it onto the list, the fact it only restores PP for Linoone is so wacky and random, as a kid with not much internet access it was such a puzzling thing

More info for the “the meteor is from ORAS’ world”. During the delta episode the Mossdeep scientists talk about warping the meteor via “mega energy” and Zinnia described a prophesy from the Dragonians (her race) that said “the meteor will be teleported to another world where megas don’t exist” while that means the ORAS meteor is different there is more to the theory, in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon they confirm there are multiple different versions of the world through Guzzlord’s ultra space. (This theory i’m mentioning here it based on another theory about X/Y) now theres a second theory that in another world AZ’s ultimate weapon succeeded and destroyed all humans (note: JUST HUMANS). The rest of the theory is that the mystery dungeon world is the world where AZ did destroy humanity (hence why there are manmade objects and pokemon know about humans) So how does that correlate to the meteor? In ORAS one of deoxys’ dex entries state that he was created by a “giant laser being fired into space”, in XY when it shows when the ultimate weapon was fired it shoots up into space. Basically the theory is AZ firing the ultimate weapon created deoxys and killed all the humans then deoxys tried to crashed a meteor into the world (canonically it did that because it was upset about the ultimate weapons blast). The rest is assuming the time between the “good” XY’s past and ORAS delta is the same as the “bad” version of XY’s past and PMD is the same.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but: There's this rare event in Explorers (idk if this can also happen in the other installments) where you simply just can't complete a mission because "The target is nowhere to be found" or something and the destination floor just becomes a single giant room. The first time I experienced that I was SO CONFUSED, even slightly creeped out. Now I just found it kind of annoying, but it still intrigues me that Chunsoft planned for that possibility and I still don't know for what purpose lol

A few things I wanted to mention: Something I think should be on the iceberg is: in Explorers there is a special conversation you can see if you go back to Lapras after Grovyle returns to the future. I encountered this as a kid when I needed to leave Temporal Tower and Hidden Land to grind, and I've never heard anyone else mention it. Also, big spoilers for Gates to Infinity: it confirms the "secret council" bit about Gardevoir. There's a council of gods that brings humans into the Pokemon universe to try and save it, and a phenomenon that the villagers sometimes see turns out to be the humans that failed returning home.

The unseen force in PMD always reminded me of the similar force that kicks you out of the Abyssal Ruins in Pokémon Black and White. I wonder if anyone else has ever made that connection?

what i like in super mystery dungeon is when you recruit pokemon the friend tree connects to all teams, connections and references. when you have Alakazam, Charizard and Tyranitar they are connected as team Act. hell if you recruit Wigglytuff and the guild members they're all connected in the tree

A theory I haven't seen mentioned related to the "Recurring characters between games" point is the theory that Team Charm's Gardevoir and Medicham are the same characters as the Gardevoir and Medicham in Red/Blue Rescue Team. I think the only real evidence for this is that the Team Charm Gardevoir and Medicham are in Super Mystery Dungeon and also have connections with Gengar and Ekans, but it's a fun theory regardless.

Some more interesting things I wanted to point out: - there’s an item called the Coronet Rock in explorers that mentions Mt. Coronet in Sinnoh. I think it’s used to evolve magnetron and Probopass - At the very end of the game Team Raider appears on the beach after saving Dugtrio from the water. I remember reading a bunch of crazy rumors about how if you got the guild master rank wigglytuff would run to the beach to see Team Raider and some kind of cutscene would play -Apparently Croagunk already passed his graduation exam and can leave whenever he wants, but he stays at the guild because his cauldron can’t be moved -Frozen Island in episode 5 is actually Blizzard Island in the future

Spoilers, but then again why else is anyone on this video? I think you should've talked about the explorer Scizor from Explorers. We hear about him being lost from Mr. Mime, a town citizen that appears from time to time, who talks about how he went missing in the Blizzard Island. Then, we go there to find out he was frozen, whether by Froslass or by the natural frigid cold, for a great amount of time. Once Froslass is defeated, he breaks out of his frozen tomb and you take him back to Treasure Town. Iirc(haven't played the game in a long time), he talks about how he used to be a part of the Exploration Federation and gives you a secret rank. I always wondered about what things might've been like in the time period he had been a part of, whether it's a few decades or even hundreds of years.

*Moves that give me a heart attack when I hear it being triggered:* *Fury Attack *Rock Blast *Helping Hand (in a Monster House) *Acient Power *Earth Power *Hydro Pump *Roar of Time *Agility *Discharge And wait for it... *SUBSITUTE* (in the first 2 games) Bruh. Do you know how horrifying it is when you're entire team TURNS AGAINST YOU?!

I remember hearing a theory that was discussed a very long time ago is that the Zero Isle Dungeons is where the Pokemon you rejected to recruit (mostly from missions & eggs) go to. Kinda explains the wide range of Pokémon you see in the dungeons.

Ok, theres this one rare thing in explorers of sky that happened to me once. Theres this fake reviver seed item called reviser seed or something like that. An enemy pokemon, an electrode picked it up and tried to revive itself with it when I killed it. Then a special rare dialogue happens, when the Electrode says something like "oh wow, this was a reviser seed. How stupid! Guess I die now, hahaha!" Then dies. It was so weird and random.

Wigglytuff being referred to as female in PSMD is actually a localization error.

Always thought that the winds were just the shift of the dungeons, because they're mysterious in which the room are always randomly generated. in which the dungeon kicks you out when it needs to change, Its weird, I might be wrong about it, but thats my thoughts of it

20:42 In Team Charm’s defense, they’re an Exploration Team, not a Rescue Team. Biiiig difference

- Stairs in nature doesn't make sens, you can't have floor in a forest. - Kangashkan statues are teleportating items - When you are with Bidoof in expedition you end up sleeping at some point, it takes 5 seconds and the all squad is at the exact same place when they wake up. They lied, they didn't sleep. - If you refuse an egg, they give you money I also have a bunch of facts on the dungeon generation but it's more bugs than anything, I reverse engineered pretty much the all system now and it's nerdy stuff

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I'm surprised the theory that the human in PSMD is the hero from GtI wasn't on the iceberg. For anyone who doesn't know the theory, here is how it goes: -The Dark Matter from Super shares many similarities with the Bittercold from Gates: both are crystal-like structures formed from the negative emotions of pokemon, both have vulnerable red cores and durable outer shells, both cause objects around them to float, and both will destroy the world if left unchecked. It is very likely that the Dark Matter and Bittercold are the same thing, or at the very least are related to each other. -Throughout PSMD, the player is told that they have fought the Dark Matter before. This is most likely referring to the fight against the Bittercold in GtI. -At the end of PSMD, the player doesn't return to the human world. This is because they were already permitted to stay in the pokemon world at the end of Gates. -If you recruit Hydreigon in Super, he will claim to recognize you, then gets concerned when he learns you lost your memory. A side effect of this theory is that it implies that the partner from Gates was actually Mew in disguise, which can possibly be explained: -Mew can use Transform. -The partner in Gates is friendly and trusting despite everyone else being cruel and distrustful. This is similar to Mew in Super, who is perpetually happy and quickly chooses to travel with the player after they meet. Lastly, here is some unrelated GtI trivia that could be added to the iceberg: the residents of Post Town have their own little stories that play out as you progress through the game. Here are some highlights: -Rampardos trying to ask out Cinccino, but being too nervous. This one is probably the most well-known. -Ducklett, Swanna, and Trubbish: Trubbish is a guest at Swanna's inn, but he always leaves a mess wherever he goes. It's Ducklett's job to clean up after him and complains to Swanna, who is too nice to kick him out. Feeling guilty, Trubbish eventually leaves on his own. -Dwebble's letter: early in the game, there is a Dwebble in town who claims his shell is cracking and that he needs to find a new home. If you keep talking to him, he tells you that the crack is getting worse. One day, Dwebble disappears. If you talk to Swanna after Dwebble leaves, she will give you a letter Dwebble wrote for you before he left, explaining that his shell finally broke and he was to embarrassed to say goodbye in person.

The monster house music gave me war flashbacks

What about the theory that you are darkrai. That at the end of the game when darkrai goes into the time portal and it gets shattered he turns into a human (you). Essentially trapping him in a sort of time loop(?)

19:36 the way I see it, depsite them surviving, it still works. They still were ready to sacrifice themselves and even convinced Dusknoir to do the same! They still were ready to die for the greater good, them surviving was just like a little reward for their bravery. Also in the morning sun is wonderful and you couldn't rip it from my hands even if you tried.

About the Itemizer orb, my theory is that it doesn't literally turn you into an item, but rather just puts an item in your place. That's why you inexplicably end up outside the dungeon, not transformed. That could either mean putting you where the item was or just somewhere random nearby (I think the second) The same could be said for Pokémon traps, basically teleporting random Pokémon from the dungeon to where the items were. As for the items themselves (and money), I think it's brought in by Pokémon entering the dungeon and then losing them (discarding them, dropping them after fainting, etc) and they get randomly placed with everything else by whatever force the "wind" is

I'd say Mystery Dungeon is also a type of game that is kind of by its nature going to not get good professional reviews. It requires you to invest quite a bit of playtime to really get into it, and a professional reviewer is only going to put a few hours into each game.

Another broken move in the mystery dungeon series is Perish Song it's also a move that affects all Pokémon in a room and if it lands, all Pokémon will feint within 3 turns so if you aren't within 3 steps of the stairs you pretty much lose and the worst part is knocking out the Pokémon that used Perish Song won't get rid of it's affects.

About the "kecleon brothers raid dungeons to supply their shop" , there is a bit of dialogue in the red and blue rescue games where the purple kecleon says something about the younger (green) brother disappearing sometimes to sell items in dungeons.

Once I tried the Sky randomizer and got my butt kicked repeatedly so bad because the first mission for Spoink's pearl had Espeons with Roar Of Time all over, and I learned if you die two or three times in that dungeon Chatot tells you Wigglytuff wants to talk to you, and he gives you a Reviver Seed and I think an Oran Berry while Chatot tells you not to screw up again lol I asked around on reddit and no one else had seemed to know about it Edit: oops you showed it at the end, but it was interesting to see the randomizer after mentioning it lol

my take on the stolen egg theory: what if the eggs arnt stolen per say, but they were abandoned my their parents, so said pokemon rescue them, and hand them off to teams to take care of them? it's both sad and happy; the pokemon wont know their parents, but maybe now theyll have a good life as a rescue team pokemon!

The reason rescue teams are grey is because of older genre conventions, as you see they're are all really D&D partys.

I'm quite surprised the fact that Ampharos was planning to have you killed isn't on here. Let me explain. (spoilers, duh.) In SMD, after you join the Expedition Society, you, your partner, and Archen set out to the Air Continent. There, you witness Latios and Latias crashing in the mystical forest. You head over to investigate, only to find they've turned to stone. Entei shows up to investigate it himself and wrongly assumes you're the one behind it. He warns you with what is essentially a death-threat and bails. (he says he would 'not be so merciful' next time.) Just after this, there's a cutscene where Ampharos is stress eating or something after being told about the events. The day after, he comes up with the idea to have a fun outing with everyone really soon! How delightful! Destination: Fire Island. The home of Entei. What a funny coincidence. Once there, he divides everyone into groups. You and your partner are paired with Buizel, who's taken to the side by Ampharos before you head in. Ampharos warns Buizel about Entei and tells him not to engage if they make contact, thus proofing Ampharos knew VERY WELL who was up there, warning a SINGLE ONE of his comrades about him. It's very strange to have him tell this quite crucial fact to Buizel in confidence, hiding it from you and the partner, despite knowing what happened in the forest a few days prior. You head on to the summit and make it there first. Strange, given the other groups existed out of what should be fully experienced adventurers instead of just ONE paired with two children. There, Entei shows himself. Buizel disregards the warning he got and attacks Entei seemingly just because he wants to see if he can make a dent in his skull. This obviously doesn't happen and he's thrashed. Entei then refers to his death threat ("You! Did I not tell you?! That I would not be so merciful next time!") and after destroying Buizel, implies he'll get on with it. ("I must admit I respect your foolish bravery! I have no choice but to admire your will! And so it is with great respect… That I finish you off!") The only reason he does not succeed in kicking the everliving stuff out of you is the scarf you are wearing deciding to show its magical powers and make you much more powerful. So you destroy him instead, only for Ampharos and the others to emerge and tell Entei that this is all a misunderstanding. He leaves, you have lunch on the mountain and go home. All happy end. This is never brought up again in the game as far as I am aware. Let's break it down. Ampharos knew Entei would want you dead. Ampharos knew Entei was at the site where the two were turned to stone. Ampharos DID NOT know the scarves you wore were magical. So Ampharos essentially sent you on a suicide mission disguised as a fun outing. He knew that once you would get up there, one in two things could possibly happen: 1: You are dead. 2: You are turned to stone. Either way, he would have his answer. He could never have guessed a magical event would allow you to live. He was fully prepared to throw you under the bus for that slither of information: the answer to Entei being the one turning everyone to stone or not. It was a sacrifice he was willing to make. He was prepared to have two children he barely knew killed for a yes/no answer and nobody judges him for it. He's this full happy guy all throughout the rest of the game, wishing you the best and offering you a job. No sorry. No compensation. Just business as usual I suppose. If Wiggs is on it for 'committing a felony', shouldn't Ampharos be on here for attempted murder?

38:19 This is the scariest thing on the entire list

Don't you see a statue of Arceus at the top of Destiny Tower in Sky?

The last part on the Deep Water was kinda funny until I thought: A furry am I or A furry am I not? That is the question.....

the wind blowing used to TERRIFY me as a kid

What an iconic team name. EnbyRights! Yoom-tah! As far as Grovyle and the rest of the future gang being able to exist concurrently with the characters from the present in Super Mystery Dungeon goes, well... I mean, to be fair, they do have a Celebi on their side, and Celebi does have the ability to travel through time. Perhaps Grovyle and the others traveled back to the present to stop by and check in on the hero and partner at some point after the events of Explorers, and with all of the games seemingly taking place around the same time period, it was sort of a matter of right place, right time when it comes to meeting the Super team. Admittedly, with the rescue request not being locked to any one dungeon, or even locked to the Grass Continent where Explorers takes place, there's no particular evidence of this, but I'd personally like to think they'd all keep in touch when the whole World Ending Shenanigans are said and done, and I don't think it's too much of a stretch given the hero was Grovyle's own partner in the past. If we assume that out of the three Explorers games, Sky, being the final updated version, is the one recognized as canon (or if we assume that the Pokemon of the future being allowed to continue existing happens in all versions/timelines and we simply only see the hero's side of the story in Time and Darkness, much like Bidoof's wish seemingly happening in all versions, onscreen or off, to bring about the events of the game), it's a possibility at least! It's speculation more than anything, perhaps, but I'd like to think it's at least got a reasonable foundation :p Be gay, do crimes; be gay, mess with times.

I wanted grovyle in smash over sephiroth. Fight me.

I like the theory that the PMD world is a timeline in which Team Plasma succeeded in making a world with no humans and freed Pokemon.

let's go crazy with the theorization: if the meteor in Rescue Team is a meteor from a Delta Story timeline where Zinnea failed, then what if the human turned Pokemon is Zinnea being given a second chance to save everything

I'm suprised the Glitch Statue Kangaskhan isnt on here. Its really creepy.

Yo Bruh what’s the name of that Mother fan game? Sounds cool!

Yeah it’s good that the newer games let you pick the starter after the personality quiz

On the wind/unseen force in dungeons, it has an explanation in some of the non-pokemon mystery dungeon games, such as in Etrian Mystery Dungeon it being a warping related to the magic of the Ambermen, god-like beings which are a byproduct of the giant tree in the area. Perhaps the wind and such could be related to some dark magic used by the humans of the PMD world, before their dissapearance? it's a bit far-fetched but it's an idea at least.

There's one weird thing I always used to do in Rescue Team that I never hear anyone talk about. When an opposing Pokémon faints, its sprite turns semi-transparent for a small animation. When you press and hold the shoulder buttons at the exact right time, that Pokémon will not disappear (or come back to ask you to join your team), but instead return to its normal idle position, but semi-transparent, until you let go of the buttons. This does nothing useful except look cool, but when I was a kid, I was convinced that there must be a purpose for this function, so I tried to do it all the time, hoping for it to increase recruiting probability or something. This even worked for the mirage Deoxys of Meteor Cave which were semi-transparent by design and became slightly more transparent when pulling off this trick.

omg this is so good i sow this iceberg on reddet a while ago im so glad someone made a video about this :)

It’s actually stated in the remake that the power plant friend area was “created by humans long ago” (it might’ve also been in the original game too) so that holds weight to that theory.

Fellow pmd fan here! I've had a theory about the gardevoir thing (spoilers for Gates) So later on the game, you find out that the lights over the valley are actually other humans turned into pokemon who where defeated by kyurem, and turned into light to return to the human world. You find out the one calling the humans to the pmd world was hydreigon, who isn't a pokemon as well. He is the Voice of Life, the embodiment of pokemon life force. In the beginning of the game, he gives you a quiz like questionnaire to figure out what pokemon is best suited for you (even though you really choose who you play as). There was also implied to be multiple voices of life around the world I think (been a while since I played lmao)So maybe Gardevoir had to consult the voices of life in order for them to agree to bring a human into the pmd world 🤔 just my theory tho. You should totally finish gates, trust me, its a great addition to the series with alot of other cool twists. Keep up the good vids!

"Wigglytuff has committed multiple felonies" Welp, I've found it. My new favorite sentence

The Kecleons raiding dungeons for items is part of the original PMD. There you got a newspaper every day per post. One entry states that there is a rumor that the Kecleon Brothers get their Items from dungeons making them apparently of lower quality

I can 100% approve of that "Don't care what others rate a game". One of my favorite games is Etrian Mystery Dungeon... by all means, a pretty average Mystery dungeon game - if you like Etrian Odyssey, that is. But I'm in love with it, despite its many, many, MANY faults and even bugs.

Gardevoir in Rescue Team is a part of the Psijic Order, how's that for the iceberg?

Very well done! I don't see enough people dig into Mystery Dungeon like this and this is exactly what I wanted to see out of that original iceberg pic. Lot of stuff I didn't know even though I'm very into PMD! Also really heartening to hear the transgender positivity :)

I have my own theory on the Rescue Team meteor. It's not actually a meteor, but a dwarf planet getting so close that it and the pokemon world become affected by the Roche Limit, which is where the gravity of the two bodies start ripping each other apart. In the game it's the cause of all the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which is exactly what would happen in such a scenario, even getting worse as it got closer. The reason I call it a dwarf planet is because of it being an absolute unit of a space rock, big enough to be a sphere, which would classify it as a dwarf planet at such a size. Because the pokemon world is larger than the dwarf planet, the pokemon world doesn't get ripped to shreds at the last moment, but the dwarf planet is at least small enough to not get ripped apart entirely until Rayquaza blasts it. Rayquaza being able to completely obliterate it and turn it into billions of smaller meteorites was definitely partly thanks to the dwarf planet already being too close and being unstable. I'm not a scientist or one of the writers, so take my theory with some salt.

reminder that Grovyle in that animated version of PMD is voiced by Dan Green, who is better known as the english VA of Yugi/Yami from Yugioh

I always just thought Bidoof’s wish pulled the hero toward Treasure Town, since they and Grovyle were traveling together but still ended up in different locations. And has anyone ever wondered why the PMD world seems to be plagued by cataclysm? A planet busting meteor, a plot to destroy time, the Bittercold and Dark Matter (which might be related given that they have similar goals and powers).

Here's some stuff IQ group J, protagonist from explorers is darkrai, primal dialga is actually dark dialga and the rescue team pc demo

The protagonist being manipulated to stay in rescue team kind of makes sense. There's a weird voice telling you to return to your partner with a weirdly emotional tone.

Shedinja is the strongest pokemon in PMD sky. It gets a room wide attack, a straight line attack, plenty of good options at close range, and with three species items, it can only be damaged by two types of attack. It can also walk into walls to escape bad situations, and can cut corners in dungeons (which is the equivalent to a free turn, basically). tl;dr 15/17 immunities, a room wide attack that can +1 your stats, and ghost perks Feed it enough vitamins and Shedinja is completely unstoppable

The Bidoof’s wish thing blew my mind

“Lemme look up what that means....yeah no I don’t get it” most relatable part of this video

I remember Wigglytuff. What a polite young man she was.

I was having a pretty awful day, so i decided to finally watch this video and already my mood turned into smiles all round! It's honestly super fun hearing someone talk about their favourite series, especially if it's one that you share (if my pfp wasnt any indication lol) I find it a little funny that being a pmd fan myself, i found myself playing games that the same pmd developers worked on (one being aitsf) It's completely different from the pokemon ip but... the wild writing and the music feels weirdly reminiscent but almost if not just as impactful imo. i don't think I can stop loving the pmd series and I'm sure it'll keep changing peoples lives as time goes on

The PMD series is by far my favorite collection of games! Your video was really interesting to watch, especially with all of the theories surrounding the games. Nice job! Also an interesting thing I noticed in EoS, I was able to recruit Darkrai (after MANY attempts lol) and when interacting with him some of his dialogue hints that he still knows he is meant to be 'evil', but doesn't know how or why due to his loss of memories. If I remember right, he says stuff like "The darkness swirls inside of me". Just thought that was also pretty cool.

“The franchise birthed a generation of furries” Nah, no way. It’s not like a simple game series like this with memorable characters and touching storylines could cause anything like that! I mean, I totally don’t have a crush on my partner Fennekin from Super Mystery Dungeon.

Watching this made me remember how much I've cried in explorers What a masterpiece

It is a crime that their is not an actual anime of mystery dungeon

ngl i got literal goosebumps watching this vid, especially towards the end- It just goes to show how amazing of a series pmd is and how much you can expand on it!

"When you steal an item in kecleon's shop every pokemon in the floor became a kecleon" So, basically the kecleons are like the agents in matrix, that would explain why they are so strong.

31:10 It probably is a translation error, I played the Chinese fan translation that is mostly a direct translation of the Japanese original, and in this dialogue it just says that most pokemons agreed that they would prefer to change the past and prevent this dark future from happening.

this is pogger

Cheating on the personality quiz is totally acceptable. The game is WAY more fun and immersive when you get to play as the pokemon you want to play as!

My dude your vibes are impeccable, listening to your love for the games was really nice and i liked how chill u sound. Thanks for such a great video!

3:29 - From what I know, the reviews for Mystery Dungeon are better in Japan, where they hover in something like 7.5-9 range iirc? 11:33 - It was found only in Explorers code (so it's probably in the WiiWare games as they used Sky engine) and the guide is correct. To be specific, from game's perspective male and gender unknown Pokemon dodge attacks slightly less often (about 3% less), but land critical hits more often (move's inherent critical ratio is multiplied by 1.5x before any other bonus is added). 15:05 - In Explorers they suck but in Rescue Team they're S-tier. One of the biggest nerf I've seen to a character. 18:50 - You can also do this with Bellsprout's wish of meeting Chansey; though unlike Spinda, Bellsprout is there to stay for the rest of the game. 33:40 - You eventually learn that the place where Deoxys is in Rescue Team used to be part of the meteor, as another point in favor of the theory. 40:30 - The worst thing about Memento is that, at least in older games, Memento is part of what I like to call the SCAM group. Those four moves (Screech, Charm, Aurora Beam and Memento) work differently from other stat changing moves, in that they hit the stat DIRECTLY. For example, Memento doesn't lower the Attack by 2 stages like Feather Dance does or like it should in the main series; it just straight up slaps a 0.25x to the stats. This is why getting by Screech hurts so much, because 42:20 - To be fair they don't have to be necessarily stolen, maybe rescued from the Mystery Dungeons? One thing I am surprised is not on the iceberg is Drifloon line being gods; as they're regarded as one of the (if not THE) best choices for Explorers Lv. 1 dungeons. Also naming the parts just 1/2/3F is kinda weird; it should be bigger numbers like idk; B1F, B15F, B35F, B70F and B99F. Or naming them after increasingly more challenging dungeons; like Beach Cave, Temporal Tower, Dark Crater, Zero Isle and Destiny Tower

5:57 Just spurn orb. Teleports all enemies out of the room. Divide and conquer

I laughed so much and learned a lot too! Thanks for the video!!!

Great vid, man. Ya grew on me real fast and I really appreciate that you were laughing while talking about some of the sillier parts of PMD

This video has made me quite anxious that I’ve had to stop it different times. But I can’t stop watching it till the end cause your theories are just so interesting

Man this video was so cool. Absolutely loved it.

Ngl im happy to see some people still making stuff about this series. Was a cool watch :]

What a great video! Awesome editing, and great pacing!!

I normally don't comment often, but you did such a good job on this!!! Now I rlly wanna go back and replay PMD aa qwq

About the hypothetical Zubat and Koffing's death there is a "micro-event" in Explorers of Sky that explain it. In one forest dungeon (I don't remember the name) where appear Skuntanks there's a tiny chance of find Team Skull's one, then the whole map goes dark and Skuntank says that Zubat and Koffing abandoned him. Said that it starts fight agains you for vengance. I don't know if someone had mentioned it already but I wanted to do it. Really good video bro 👍

Grovyle and dusknoir relationship is so intense and meaningful. Dusknoir is a perfect example of the bad-guy-turned-good without becoming OOC or ridicolous, also his moves are meant perfectly to face grovyle's (there is a reddit post that explains it) and the double twist on the end, man it was so good and exciting. Too bad they aren't a popular ship, I bet if grovyle was a female there would be a tons (enemies that turn friends or lovers is such a interesting topic, just see how many fan art exist about judy and nick from zootropolis). But I think the ship grovyle x dusknoir is already perfect, and I'm happy that you like it too!

I subscribed after the final iceberg theory 😂❤ I LOVE your style!

good video man! been fan of the series for 5 years and barely knew most of the later stuff lol

27:34 not technically true, while Arceus isn’t in the game as a character, there is a statue of them in Destiny Tower in Explores of Sky at the end of the dungeon where the player character will comment about how this Pokémon must be the god of the world or something like that

This is just so well done. I can tell you love the games as much as the type of people who watch this :)

Very late to this video but it happened to randomly pop up in my recommended.... Have to say it is now certainly one of my favorite videos! Very nice work and a fun watch.

Aww, having the iceberg in floors is really clever! XD Thanks for the video, I love PMD and its lore and such! ^^

This is so well-made for a video with 238 views, what in the hell? :,)

As someone who's played pokemon mystery dungeon dozens of times, even using an action replay, been in the fandom for years, and is trans myself, I'm ashamed to never have heard the theory that wigglytuff is trans. I highly doubt its true, but its nice to think that a franchise I hold close to my heart has a character I can identify with (despite me being female to male instead of male to female). i hardly see people talk about mystery dungeon on youtube, let alone lore, and you seem chill. you deserve more subs man

The wind in the dungeon used to creep me out a lot. It’s just so ominous and dreadful. My friend had a theory that it’s lugia, but it lacks a lot of evidence.