Why PMD1DX Is IMPORTANT ~☄️Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Discussion 

Same, haha

The main ones gave many of the things reused by MD however lol. Including now these models although they're compressed. This game doesn't have to sell for the series to continue btw, it's a slightly improved remake. If anything they'll eventually change strategy, MD will not die, Super surely sold well and they made a single pause till now.

Faaacts if it wasn't $60 I'd buy two copies just to support the series

@@Terapagos3000 No, Super didn't sell well, it only sold slightly over 1 million compared to Explorers of Sky/Time/Darkness which sold nearly 6 million copies altogether. Chunsoft implied that Super Mystery Dungeon was going to be the last game. This remake seems to be a test to see if the series is still relevant and people still have an interest in it. If you don't think PMD DX is worth buying, that's fine, but for people that really enjoy the PMD series, the sales of these games matter. If we want the series to continue with new games, this game needs to sell well. I'm buying it because Red/Blue Rescue Team is a great game and I want to support a series I love, especially when the developers are not an extremely wealthy company (like Gamefreak) and actually put effort into their game's stories.

@@AuraKumo104 I really enjoy the pmd series and I think Red/Blue Rescue are great, and still this remake isn't worth it for me. I don't remember the statements about Super or if it was just the "definitive" md followed by a pause, however they already broke that statement as however it could be, statements over successful series are always temporary. You can ask for MD without having to pay for it, to then pay again for the actual new MD... I don't think it would be logical of anyone to consider a remake of that size a matter of decision over a series, but Super not selling much at least makes me understand why they would do a remake

agreed

Agreed

That and it doesn't helpt that the newer PMD were hot garbage. (Forced myself to play through them and boy were they horrendous, they even managed to fuck up the balancing even more) None of them had even close the charm, athmosphere and love of the first two PMD-games. I do hope that the remake has some additional stuff in it, else i'd just grab my old cartridge and play that one again. Not quite a fan of the minimalistic backgrounds in the village, sadly. They looked a bit lazy in the demo.

Too bad it takes another fucking remake to give us what we want, and not a new game.

Yes

AND MINE TOO

I would actually nut my pants if we ever got that

Understandable

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY SOUL!!!!

I would freak out! Time was my first mystery dungeon game and had me hooked on the series.

Super PMD was extremly bad. I was legit shocked. Seriously, i was shocked. ...We need a new game.

Haha, that's awesome. PMD just has that kind of effect

@clusterfvck It almost makes you wonder if dumping down pokemon for the kiddos was a smart thing to do.

I cried during the end of Blue Rescue Team (Charizard made me cry) time/darkness/time made me cry when Grovyle sacrificed himself. And when we were suppose to go bye bye in PMD2 I was happy that we will be with Grovyle again but no we had to be sent back.

​@@amanogirl1 its better in sky since we have the Grovyle special episode but because i played time/darkness first it is only assumed that grovyle is dead and you need to live with that for the rest of the game and it sucks.

and yes i cried in the bathroom during the DX ending too

Yes we must!

That's the best thing we can do to bring the series back to life. I want to see it continue!

1st day purchase for me ^_^

Hell f**king yeah!

Im in, but can we just call it PMDDX or PMDX or something

Its because they are the first?

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words! And yes, hopefully we'll be able to see an Explorers remake in the coming years!

I’ve never played explorers or rescue team. Gates was my very first game. My grandma got me it for a present on my birthday. I tried it, and I couldn’t figure out how to use attacks. I left it for a few years. Then I went back to it. I played it, and I LOVED IT! I instantly started researching on this game and now I finally get to play rescue team!

@@pekowhomst7994 Gates had some issues here and there, well at least in comparison to the other PMD titles, but on its own it really is rather fantastic

I’m here from the future. And I’m still hoping.

Thank you! Yeah, right after the direct I started working on a script because of how hyped I was, and made this in like 3 days quickly, haha

The Duper YEAH IKR. I didn’t even notice this fact until you pointed it out lmao. He deserves more subs ;3;

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Dude your the best and I agree with him if I had a switch I would be down to play the game with you man 💯

@@AcousticHarmonia Hi. i have something important to talk to about Mystery Dungeon. Got time?

Haha, glad to hear that the PMD series has been able to have such an impact like that. They're such emotional rollercoaster games, in the best possible way

Ending got me drifting down and then the bubbles start drifting drifting and finally gone all the while watching some one you care about bawl there eyes out I may forget but that last scenario is echched into my brain

I tried not to cry. I failed very miserably 😂😭

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AcousticHarmonia i’d say you did a damn fine job i can’t believe how well you summed up these games that i consider to be best of all time (in my opinion) thank you so much for this mate

@@4vatarnick I appreciate you taking the time to watch it, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

AcousticHarmonia just watching this made me tear up because i’m also extremely passionate about these games as well

@@4vatarnick It's incredible how much of an impact they've made on so many people like ourselves. When I think of games that genuinely make life better off for having gotten to experience, these are what I think of

AcousticHarmonia at this rate i just sit and pray that these games sell enough to convince Spike Chunsoft that it’s worth continuing since its sad that PSMD was so under appreciated and could have brought many back if they just went through the beginning portion of the game

Brady King red was my child hood was a mudkip then a squirrel then a meaoth played it till it broke literally it burned out I’m stoaked but sadly I don’t own a switch probs gonna have to save for five months to afford it but dam will it be worth it I hope at least

I don't think there was a single playthrough in which i didn't start sobbing at the end of the main story

There’s a reference to PMD2 in DX. Basically, after a long sequence of events, you can recruit a certain pink time fairy.

To be honest, unless they put the same or more amount of care they did with pmdx, I prefer not to touch the greatness of pmd2. A new game would be great, if they decide to take their time to develop it. They have created fantastic stories with these games before, I'm sure they can make another new surprise. They can take years and years if necessary, I don't care. I just want a game that's worth paying for.

If they did bring back pmd2, I'm hoping it brings everything great about it back and then some, simply put I want it to bring back everything that made it what it is, while also refining and improving it, like better storage!

I hope they wait before a remake of pdm2, like maybe 2 pdm with new pokemons, stories instead of straight up another remake.

That was a really good description of the mystery dungeon series!

Few other works made me want to become a storyteller so I could give to other people the kind of feelings this game gave me. One of my biggest dreams would be to work on such a game

The music and visuals make these stories even better

Name sounds partially familiar, haha Yeah, I couldn't believe that this game got announced. I was walking into for first Uni class of the day and went over Serebii to see what was covered in the direct, saw "Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX" was announced, and began looking up details on it in the middle of the lecture... I feel like there's a decent chance of a PMD2 remake, or just something original. If the main series got Gen 4 remakes maybe it would pair well with that. I don't know which I'd be more thrilled to see, a PMD2 remake, or a PMD5, probably the remake honestly, because of how much that impacted me. I definitely wouldn't mind a timeline like that, and really hope it sells well as well. Should probably get my preorder in already. And yeah, the remade soundtrack is definitely something to look forward to. Glad you're super passionate about PMD as well, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

I mean it's not even excellently improved as a remake at all either with the 14 years and console difference, plus those models now are so repetitive regardless. Gates to infinity shouldn't have sold much and they still made Super... I don't think at all they'll dump this series if a remake of the first fails, and I hope they'll not do other remakes anyway, MD doesn't need it. MD however is the most successful Pokemon spin-off, there will be more

Super PMD was extremly bad. I was legit shocked. Seriously, i was shocked. ...We need a new game.

That's a really neat way to get into it there! For me I remember I received PMD1 as my first game on my first handheld console ever, the DS. It's what showed me as well that that kind of depth can exist in a game. I only saw the anime special like way after the fact, though I did read the manga like a year or so after I first played the game. It was... strange? But enjoyable. Glad to hear that you're hyped up for it! I actually only just walked in the door after placing my preorder, haha

I got PMD1 for my birthday a few months after release, having seen it in stores and being absolutely enthralled with the premise. Boy, I spent so many hours on RRT and EoD/EoS. I really hope you're right about explorers remakes happening.

@@RedJake33 So do I, it just seems strange that the less popular one would be remade, I mean I guess it's not by a lot that it was less popular to be fair. PMD1 and 2 were so easy to dump so much time into indeed, hearing a lot of people mentioning how much the games have meant to them like this has been really cool

(I don't count postgame as I think of the main plot being before all that. Darkrai is kinda the one thing I disliked about PMD2, though his fate was pretty poetic. I think I could genuinely believe that PMD2 was a perfect game if Darkrai was actually, y'know.... not just like "aha! I wanted a world of darkness! Isn't that just spicy?!?! Time to die stupid nerds!!!")

@@AcousticHarmonia hahaha yess

@@AcousticHarmonia Pretty sure the epilogue to the main plot should count as part of it. Darkrai does bring the game closer to perfection though, because it explains the biggest plot hole that was bothersome after the credits. Why was Temporal Tower crumbling in the first place? I'm pretty sure Dialga's presence made it impossible to degrade from age. Also, while I respect moral complexity, even in real life there genuinely are some people who are truly just evil. Not everything is black and white, but some things are. Some people just want power without a care for how their selfishness affects others. It was a valuable lesson to learn as a child. I respect the game for having the balls to teach it while still advocating for that usually not being the case with most people. Too many people believe these days that true evil doesn't exist. And that's a very dangerous belief to hold onto.

This is a damn good point. I think that's why the archetypical good vs evil stories still have value. They're there to teach newer generations important lessons. Sort of like how fairy tales were long ago.

Spoiler Alert in this comment. I freaking hate Darkrai with a burning passion, Finally went and beat pmd2 a week ago and didn't know about the final nightmare sequence. I actually got ready to fight Darkrai AND my partner since while I was a Squirtle and he was a Pikachu, I had the Hydro Band giving me complete immunity to him. Good thing I didn't have to and Pikachu was able to wreck his army. All seriousness though, Darkrai was truly evil in a pretty smart way.

It's incredible how much the music is able to draw such emotions out, definitely one of the most emotional soundtracks out there The most beautiful covers of those themes I'd argue are from a certain creator who I won't name, as they deleted the content of their channel, and didn't want to be linked to their work anymore out of fear of copyright strikes. I reuploaded their content a while back, and I believe internet video archive did as well, except they uploaded the original videos with full credit to the creator who didn't want to be linked to their work... Their covers of Through The Sea Of Time and Don't Ever Forget are some of the few remixes I'd genuinely call masterpieces. I used part of the former for a little while in this video, didn't with the latter. Would highly recommend this incredible music, but warn it's really emotional ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zQ25_ZJCJVg.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jCY0Ov7lu4A.html

@@AcousticHarmonia Thank you so much, I'm totally gonna take a listen when I get home.

@@amandaa212 No problem, I love being able to share music with people who can really enjoy it!

@@AcousticHarmonia those were incredible. So many memories packed into each note. I've fully decided to, as a dancer, choreograph full dances to them both for old times sake.

@@amandaa212 That's really cool to hear, I'm glad you enjoyed them! I wish the original creator had stuck around long enough to do more than they did. Hope you have fun with that, that's actually a really cool idea to do with that kind of music!

It's only been in more recent years that I don't cry at the ending anymore, just because I was doing a playthrough annually for so long, haha But typically even during the multiple playthroughs, it'd still have the same effect on me

There's so many dungeons to explore... After my first playthrough of doing all that I could, from then on I only played through the main plot, annually at that. Legendaries like Dialga and Palkia sure made it an interesting time exploring around though. That'd be really awesome if it'd be able to achieve that! I may have to introduce this game to my cousins kids, try to convert them into PMD nerds like me, haha

AcousticHarmonia absolutely. As a kid I couldn't truly appreciate how wonderful the story was, but it obviously worked because of how it sucked me into playing the game so much. I only mention the legendaries to indicate the dedication that fans have to exploring this game. I'm the type to do 1 utterly complete play through. After finishing the story and everything it had to offer, I had a well of satisfaction in me, and was content in my experience of it for years. So yeah, we'll see how it goes.

Too many people judged Super way too harshly just because of the "slow start", but as you say, it has impacts on the plot later. It develops a bond that becomes genuinely believable, unlike previous cases where it's more like "please believe us these two are close". To be fair, PMD2 did a pretty good job with its partner, not as much as Super, I don't really recall Gates, and PMD1 I feel the partner could have been done much better, that one felt a bit forced to me. And yeah, PMD1 does seem like a good remaking option, ignoring the notes about its potential relevancy that is. It was the starting point for the series, and is already an incredible experience on its own. It would be nice if they fixed stuff with the postgame (like imagine if the starter evolutions get their own portrait arts like how Super got some, I'd love that). The artstyle is really cool, I just worry some people may look at it and decide it's just some strange looking remake of some niche game. Now it's just to wait until March!

@@AcousticHarmonia IMO Super would've been way better received if the text speed was just a little bit faster (or if they let you mash A to skip text boxes.) I really enjoyed my first playthrough, but consecutive playthroughs kind of became a slog because *god dammit I just want to get to the good bits.* Being able to mash A to get through tutorial segments would've helped out a lot. This is kind of true for all the PMD games, but SMD in particular added a lot of new features and thus has more tutorials than usual.

Super PMD was extremly bad. I was legit shocked. Seriously, i was shocked. ...We need a new game.

@@astracrits4633 You can make the text speed (and game speed in general) faster in the options, and if you hold down B, the text speed will go by even faster. It's not perfect, but it can help a lot.

@@loturzelrestaurant What was so bad about it?

It was my first for that as well

Stories like this are really heartwarming to read, and have really opened my eyes to how much of an impact these games have been able to have. I can see how PMD could definitely help teach empathy, and it's really awesome that it's been able to help you in that way

@@AcousticHarmonia Stories like mine aren't something you hear everyday. However, I'm sure many games have stories like mine. PMD holds my story but another game, maybe Undertale or even Zelda, has another.

Glad it helps hype you up! In my opinion, PMD2 and PSMD are the best, and PMD1 is like a tech demo in comparison. But PMD2 and PSMD are some of my favorite games of all time, so that comparison of PMD1 still makes it a masterpiece in my eyes. It lays the groundwork for the standard of the mystery dungeon series, and is an incredible game in its own right

I know right! Its story is so able to become entrenched in players hearts

Same dude

I'm really glad you enjoyed it! And absolutely, it'd be fantastic if this could be the spark to bring it back to being mainstream and not niche and obscure

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was something important for me to throw together, thoughts I've wanted to express for a long time, so positive reception like this really helps inspire me

Yeah, it'll probably be difficult for it to reach a new audience, what with its relevancy nowadays, plus the art style and full priced game price tag making it appear to onlookers from afar like it's some overpriced niche spinoff weird thing. Here's to hoping a new audience will be willing to give it a chance

AcousticHarmonia I’ve been recommending this series to people since forever, I know I am no the only one, is the time for fan rambling to pay off? Let’s hope so.

Absolutely. Anytime anybody I know seems slightly interest in PMD I'm just like "alright, time to type em an essay" lul

IGN’s review of PMDDX, in a nutshell: “this dungeon-crawler has too many dungeons in it. 6/10.” i’m guessing that’s why it’s not as popular as the main series games. which is a shame, because it’s such an amazing side-series. it’s not as popular or well-known as the main series games, sure, but i’ll still reccomend it to anyone and everyone until my face turns blue lmaooo

@@stonedimmaculate2942 that $60 price tag was a huge mistake. They should've aimed for $40. Its a remake of a $35 ds game. Sucks because the franchise is great

I’m glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for sharing your experience!

That's awesome to hear you've had such a time with the series! It's actually been really cool to read so many comments of people recalling their time with the PMD series like this

Sanks

Yes, now buy the game O.O

Glad you enjoyed the video! And shnice, hope you enjoy the game when you get it in April then! I've been enjoying it so far, but university has been keeping me from binging the game like I know I would otherwise

Shnice!

Hey sanks This is like the first video I made that really went anywhere, and honestly looking back at it it's like "aaaaaaa I coulda made it so much better nowadays", but it's cool to see there are still those enjoying it to this day, haha

Haha, I was only really able to truly appreciate the soundtrack years after first playing it as a kid. I started respecting it way more once I got into the world of remixes, and have been for a long time now. The best remixes I'd argue are made by a remixer I won't name, as they deleted their content and wanted to cut ties linking them to their work. I've reuploaded them under the name of "unnamed remixer", and I think internet video archive reuploaded them too, but the original videos with full credit to the one who wanted not to be linked to their work... If you ever get the chance, I'd recommend checking out their "Through the Sea of Time" and "Don't Ever Forget" on this or that channel if you ever get the chance, it's breathtaking stuff

I sure hope so

Glad you like that! Sometimes I worry about things playing too long or if people lose interest because I stopped talking for x amount of time, but it's like, I gotta let it soak up enough time to express what's so freaking amazin' about the music!

@@AcousticHarmonia that's what im saying! it's always awful when they start talking over it immediately and i'm just sitting there trying to hear the drowned out music.

I don't remember a lot of Gates's story, as it never really stood out to me a lot. But one of these days I'll revisit it with a fresh perspective

You absolutely need to play an explorers game if you havent

Gates had a lot of flaws with it's story and removed a lot of things that made the other games great, but you could still tell they put effort into it and it was still a much better story than the main series games.

@@AuraKumo104 The passion was definitely there, it just didn't quite hit the right marks

AcoustucHarmonia I think the original intention of Gates was to focus a lot more on characters rather than story. Due to the time limitations of a game's development cycle, it's very difficult to write a good story for a video game *with* well-developed characters, so a lot of plot-heavy games focus primarily on one or the other. Another good example of a series with a large "characters VS story" division (albeit to a much more extreme degree) is Fire Emblem, of all things--the early games in the franchise, especially the fourth game, are notable for having really good stories, but relatively little character development. (The NES games get away with this because they're NES games, limited cartridge space, blah blah blah, but the SNES games don't have this excuse--rather, most of the characters have little development because the overarching plot is more important.) Even the main characters have very little...character, and (with the exception of Sigurd and maybe Leif) are essentially just kind of there to make the plot move along and use the magical sword to kill the dragon at the end. The post-FE6 games improve character development a little bit via supports, but it wasn't until the ninth game that we got a truly character-centric Fire Emblem game. Not only did they give us an actually interesting protagonist in Ike (who the game kind-of-sort-of implies to have Asperger's/ high-functioning autism, among the myriad other points of *actual protagonist development.*), but also individualized every single character, not just in supports but also via the use of dynamic dialogue (essentially, depending on who lives and dies, the game's in-story dialogue is completely altered. Some of the "X died" dialogue is totally heartbreaking.) so that you care about every single person in the game. (Except Makalov. Fuck Makalov, that prick can go die in a hole.) Your units were no longer just bundles of stats, but actual people who you gave a shit about. Aaaaand it worked. I shamelessly soft-resetted for hours in order to keep everyone alive. Even Makalov, if only so I could watch Marcia chew him out. Unfortunately, the amount of time and money spent writing all those characters led to the game having a pretty basic, albeit well-written plot (slightly better than FE1's) and very poor graphics. In spite of this, though, it's considered one of the best games in the series by a lot of FE fans (and is a fan-favorite among GameCube collectors both due to this and it's rarity) who play it purely because of its characters. (Even IGN couldn't taint its legacy with a shitty review--it has an 8.7/10 on their site, despite them being notorious for review-bombing pretty much any game with a semblance of difficulty around that time.) Gates...*tried* to pull off something similar. Unfortunately, it did a pretty shoddy job of it--the characters are only marginally better than those in Sky (Gates's case is not helped by Sky's Special Episodes, which gave much-needed development from the characters we already knew from the main story.), and there aren't that many non-primary characters with much development worth mentioning. Additionally, you know how I said FE9's plot was simple? Yeah...that was *by Fire Emblem standards.* Things get pretty crazy in that series. 9's still got a decent amount of complexity to it, and almost everything in the plot makes sense (barring a few loose ends that were meant to lead into FE10, but ultimately cut.). It's also fairly well-written, with quite a bit of world-building. It also had an entire sequel to finish telling us whatever FE9 didn't have the runtime to explain. The same cannot be said for the plot of GTI. GTI really loves to pull things out of its ass, use them once or twice, and then never mention it again. Frisms, for instance, were an interesting idea. A way of recording one's own voice so it can be heard again just once? Cool! What will they do with that? Keldeo uses it exactly once to send a message. That's basically all they do. The partner's backstory? They've always been alone, but wished for friends...I wonder what sort of upbringing they had and what their backstory is! Oh wait, it's never mentioned again. Man, these Entercards sure do seem cool. I wonder who invented than, and what their history is! ...It's never really explained. Man, this Kyurem guy sure does hate the world. I wonder what caused him to feel that way...Never explained. How exactly did Munna and company eliminate all the other humans? You guessed it--it's never really explained. GTI tries to be a character-focused story, but because of the limitations of its formula it ends up being a game with an excuse plot and a handful of decently-written characters who aren't strong enough to carry the whole game on their own. PMD just isn't made to be especially character-driven, as GTI proves. That's not to say it can't have good characters (see PMD2, which has...pretty much the entire frickin', guild in Sky), but it shouldn't be made the selling point of the game. PMD is built around the idea of "story first, characters second," and given the nature of Pokemon (namely, the absurd roster size) it's simply not feasible to give *every 'mon* a well-written character. The only reason Sky's characters were so good was because the groundwork was already set by Time and Darkness, and all that really had to be done was the postgame and Special Episodes. In essence: Gates flopped because it sacrificed everything for characters without thinking about what PMD is actually about.

Thank you! And yeah it probably is for me as well

Absolutely, let's hope it works out!

Thanks

Sanks

I have a love-hate relationship with gates. It's probably still pretty good as a game, just not in comparison to the other PMD games. The story is kinda eh to me, but not straight up bad eh, but the kind where you can tell they genuinely tried, but didn't quite hit their mark. Music is just as incredible as always, but I only really realized that within the last few years. Super though I absolutely fell in love with, to the point that I was debating in my head for close to a year whether I liked Super or Sky better, and eventually settled on Sky has better story, not by a lot though, Sky developing more characters and a greater world, Super developing a better partner and relationship, and Super has way better music, because every dungeon theme is a jammer

I played the story in super and then lost motivation after that even though I know there's a lot of post-game content in it. In gates, I stumbled across the "Gilded Hall Inner Chamber" (Tyrian Maze Inner Chamber) and that was the best most exciting dungeon, when I didn't even know it had legendaries there.

@@AcousticHarmonia supwr is so challenging, i have no idea how i beat it

@@roojackaroo8517 I beat it the first time with item spamming and wand abuse essentially. Second time playing it a couple years later it was so much easier and I didn't have to do any of that

@@AcousticHarmonia mystery dungeon, includinf super are in my eyes,better than the main series So happy that they are giving it another chance, if i buy a switch,it will be for this game

Noes, I refuse

Nice, I'm glad you liked the video!

Wow, that's actually really awesome to hear that it helped influence you in that way! PMD1 was my first Pokemon game at all, and played PMD2 soonish after, and it made for one of the most insane storytelling experiences I had as a kid, and really shook me to my core. I used to play through PMD2 on an annual basis for several years, and cry at the end everytime, haha. Games like these have also led to me studying game design in university, so I'll see where that takes me I suppose. What sort of stuff do you write if you don't mind me asking?

@@AcousticHarmonia fantasy. I write fantasy style in a contemporary setting. The series I wrote is called "Angel's Blade" (which can be found on Amazon). It is a about a half-angel named Liz Azzimagica. She lost her parents in a fire at age two, was saved by Michael the Archangel, was taken in by her loving uncle and at age 14, discovered she had wings grow in. She then gained a sword that same night: a marble patterned sword that allowed her to control the elements. In her case: water and wind. Liz's friend Lux, a half-angel himself, helped her learn to control and use these powers. And by age 17, she decided to become a hero. The rest of the plot entails how she fights who she perceives as the big threat. But much like our beloved PMD, there is always a twist. Want to know more? I have 3 books out: "Angel's Blade" "Angel's Blade: Darklight" "Angel's Blade: Redemption" Am writing more in the future. 😊

That sounds really neato! It's good to be able to invest in something you can be passionate about like that

@@AcousticHarmonia thank you 😊my best friend is also writing a book that will be called "The Realms". His is more Sci-fi oriented with fantasy elements and one day, our two series will crossover. But till then: we'll just keep perusing our passion. 😊

@@elizabethazzinaro8457 Absolutely, something good to stick to!

That's a pretty neato comment idea! PMD1 was my first Pokemon game I ever played, and I've done so many playthroughs it's hard to remember the first. I think I was a Squirtle, with a partner of Chikorita, maybe? My next game was Explorers of Time, where I think I might've been Squirtle again? But my partner was for sure a Treeko, which wound up being fitting because of the Grovyle plot

A skitty, with a treeko partner named Blaze. Then I played BRT and I was a Cubone, with the same treeko partner. Finally I played super, and I was a Squirtle, with, of course, the same partner

Gates was my first PMD game because I (sadly) never got to own a DS and I honestly only bought it out of curiosity to test out the 3DS. Never heard of the others before. I was a Pikachu with Oshawott being my partner. The game blew me away completely. The experience is almost surreal because of how great it was. I'm just so glad I was home alone when I finished it so nobody heard my sobbing xD It was my gateway (pun intended :D) into this amazing series and I am forever grateful for it.

Mine was Red Rescue Team. I was Charmander with Pikachu as my partner.

Machop and Mudkip, I've still got some videos on the noo00ooob channel, of my speedruns after I got really good at it back in the day

Thank you!

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

AcousticHarmonia looking forward to more content from ya :D

My opinions on Gates can't be super valid, because when I consider it unmemorable, I actually genuinely don't remember it. I really didn't like it at all when I first played it on release. But the last few years I've been listening back to the soundtrack, and it really got me thinking "wow, this soundtrack is still the PMD level of quality. Maybe I should have payed more attention". It was like a year ago ish I read a synopsis of the plot to refresh my memory, vaguely remembered some. I still prefer the stories of the other PMD games, and have several problems with Gates, but I can tell they really tried with the story, that there was still plenty of heart and soul poured into it, and that they wanted to try something different, which is commendable. I was planning on doing a playthrough series of all PMD games in order, including Gates so I can actually look at it in this new way I view it rather than my first impressions from years ago. But this remake messes with those plans for what kind of series that'd be, haha. But one day I do want to replay Gates, actually viewing it with respect. Thank you for sharing your opinions, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@@AcousticHarmonia Thank you again for answering, I would've never expect it that quickly. And I'm looking forward to your playthrough series. 😊 What makes Gates even more important to me is the fact, that I can identify myself with characters like Gurdurr and Virizion at the beginning, since I've lost my trust in the world, during a bigger depression. This game literally gave me back my hopes to live again. I guess this is what Gates makes so special for me. And I was surprised how they put the actual situation of the real human world into the game. Also, the plot-twist with Munna was the most unexpected and the moment Kyurem literally killed Hydreigon in a cut-scene, is the most shocking thing I've seen in a Pokémon game. 👌

gates to infinity was my first pokemon game. and it still stands out has my favorite PMD. with explorers 2ed. never played rescue team. and super will always be my least favorite PMD game. as its hell to play.

@@Gagafreak92 It sure sounds like it was able to have a deep personal impact then. Mystery Dungeon is honestly the series that I see as most able to do that, to be able to help people and make them feel better off, so hearing a very drastic example like that is really inspiring. The plot had some really unique ideas going for it, with the human world reminding me of 4th wall breaking story integration similar to Undertale or Bravely Default/Second. I remember being a bit shooketh about some of the twists of the plot, but honestly don't remember a whole lot else. But I do look forward to when the day comes around I can hop into it with a fresh perspective.

@@lilybelden9405 Gates was also my very first game on my first 3DS as birthday present from my parents. The 3DS itself even reminds me a bit of Kyurem, design-wise. I'd say Gates, Rescue Team and Explorers aren't comparable to each other, Rescue Team was the very first, to try out new mechanics and story-elements that never happened that way in a Pokémon game before, Explorers has the theme of sacrifice and Gates has the theme of hope. They're all individually beautiful in their own way. Super on the other hand seemed to be only a fan-service to get more people excited. Unlike Explorers and Gates, the character-development is an empty gap in Super.

Valid points about Super's characters and fast paced story after the twist, to the point that it can be pretty difficult to follow what's even happening a lot of the time. It stood out the most for me though through its portrayal of the partner, which was really incredibly done. Rescue team definitely had its fair share of problems, my biggest one being the relationship between the player and the partner felt kinda forced. "I just met you, have this house, we're besties now". But it did help lay the foundations for the standards of the series going forward, so it's a great way to start the series, both from a developing perspective and a player experience perspective. My biggest problem with Gates was I found the story largely unmemorable, I say that because I actually don't remember most of it, and sometime last year looked up a synopsis and was like "oh yeah, that's what happened. Sounds kinda familiar...?". I had a pretty negative opinion of it for a long time, but over the past couple years I've been listening back to the soundtrack, and have really thought "how did I not pay this much attention to the music before...? This is genuinely masterful". Like I said, I don't remember a lot of Gates, so I look forward to the day when I get the chance to hop back into it with a fresh perspective. PMD2 was an incredible experience. I dunno if I'd call it perfect, but it's pretty darn close. Like I really enjoyed the initial main storyline of it, because it told a story with no truly evil characters, nobody is beyond redemption, and everyone has believable motivations behind their actions, it was spectacular. The postgame plot though I had some problems with, mostly Darkrai. Because up to this point there were no characters evil for the sake of being evil, whereas he was like "aha! I wanted a world of darkness! Isn't that spicy?!" His fate at the end of it was very well done though, pretty poetic in a way. But I think the thing that holds it back from being perfect in my eyes is Darkrai is just evil because they needed somebody evil for the plot. To be fair, it's still honestly my favorite game just in general

AcousticHarmonia Kinda spoilers ahead for anyone reading this comment chain for some reason. Super, for me is a game that I’ve always wanted to like, but haven’t really been able to. I will say that the partner is by far the best out of all four games, and I’ve always been a huge fan of pretty much everything after the Yvetal fight (which itself is just an incredibly annoying boss) up until Dark Matter is defeated. I even love the concept of the ending, and see it as an amazing idea for a twist ending, but i still don’t really understand why it played out as it did (although it could be intentional, since I’m sure the other partners also thought that the player’s reasons for having to leave didn’t make sense either). Also I hate how underused most of the Serene Village characters other than Nuzleaf and Espurr are after the midway point, since they’re barely seen again until the postgame, where they flat out aren’t characters anymore. I honestly would’ve loved the idea of that part of the game if it were either a little shorter, or if the characters weren’t thrown away so quickly.

Never expected someone to rate gates 2nd. I dont blame you though:3

Regular B Spoilers for GTI ahead I love Gates mainly for it’s story and soundtrack. I’d actually argue that the story is almost as good as Explorers (the stories would absolutely be equally as good if Special Episode 5 didn’t exist). It also had some incredibly shocking, yet well done moments. The two big examples are Munna’s betrayal, which I’d say is the best betrayal in the series, as well as Hydreigon being shattered by Kyurem. That moment left me absolutely stunned the first time I saw it, and I’m still surprised it’s in an official Pokemon game. Also, the soundtrack is absolutely incredible, having my favorite piece of music in any game (One Last Look at Paradise), as well as a ton of really strong songs. For me, GTI’s top 10 songs rank among the strongest in the series, and has very few duds compared to other games. (RT/RTDX has Tiny Woods and most of the Friend Area music. Explorers has the awful remix of Defy the Legends and Aegis Cave. Super has a lot of just boring cutscene music. Gates doesn’t have any major duds.) I’ll admit that the gameplay was bad, with way too many corridors and way too few starters (who range from obscenely overpowered like Axew to fairly weak like Snivy) but it had a ton of ideas that were expanded on for Super and RTDX. The main one that comes to mind is the upgradable moves, which is a cool concept that was held back by being a part of Gates’s gameplay. Overall Gates has problems, and it’s not for everyone, even moreso than other PMD games, but it’s one that I love.

@@Cdv3_ yeah the major flaw of it was the Gameplay. Could be actually a Pokemon game that actually could base the character outside the screen IE you. (4th wall). Not only that out of all the partner in the series gates literally care about the MC so much that he/She stood up in front of Kyrem while almost getting stomped to death and willingly give you up because they knew you had another life in the human world. Explorers is a pass here because there's literally nothing to return to. Rescue team you'll eventually go back due from the quote 'I want to stay longer..' and super straight up did the opposite of the 3.

Thank you!

I'm glad you liked it!

You're right, the portrait models are so good! I do emote art for my channel, a lot of which I draw based off of PMD, and I know I'm gonna have to draw those portraits digitally, perfect emotes Oh really, that's part of Gates? I actually didn't know, haha. That game really didn't stand out to me in any way when I played it on release, but over the past two years listening back to the music has had me think "wow, this was probably way better than I thought it was...". I've wanted to do a complete series on PMD on the channel, PMD1-4, giving Gates a new proper chance, but now this release messes with those plans, especially if a PMD2 remake is coming, can't get ahead of myself, haha PMD1DX honestly feels like a breath of fresh air and trying to start the series anew in a way, while recapturing what made the past titles so good. From what I played of the demo (twice lul), it feels like the features and content updates you'd expect of a PMD5, except it's a remake. (I just wish there were more starters) I really like all the additions they made! It's like PSMD mechanics, plus a lot more, from what I can tell. Dream course of events: This game releases, PMD2DX releases, PMD5 releases.

I will get a Switch just for this game tbh. Same reasons I got a DS, 3DS in the first place.

@@AcousticHarmonia Apologies for the late reply, I was replaying Blue rescue team! I saw a couple of you thumbnails for those, that's really neat! Eeeeyup! It turned a lot of players off GTI because of that issue! GTI was fine, I didn't play it nearly as much as Sky, and it was a while ago that I last played it so I can't remember too much of my opinion on it. The music has always been great! I love just sitting and listening to the music! It's funny, some of the dungeon music from GTI made it into SPMD! I recognized it immediately! Hmm, I see! I say do what you want! If you wanna do something now with PMD, why wait? Not to be dark, but you never know when you'll kick the bucket and be led by a Dusknoir to the spirit world! Yes, more starters would be nice, but you can only have so many when you limit yourself to gen 3 and down hee hee! I'm not a fan of the speech bubble above the heads when attacking, I hope there's a way to turn that off, because frankly that kinda takes me outta the game...And oh yay, pushing is back....But other than that I'm stoked! Forget about Sword and Shield, if I ever get a Switch, I want this first!

@@CatherineUmbreon96 I don't really want to do a complete PMD series right now because I figure I can just cover the remakes for that "slot" of that game in the series. Trying to manage time as best I can considering my current game queue is about 1 year long, so if I add something to my list of playthroughs to do on this channel, I'll get to it a year from now. If you ever do get a switch, there's plenty other awesome games as well, but I could rant about that all day long

I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes, here's to hoping this is able to rekindle that flame

^ I try to refrain from a lot of spoilers, but it's really hard to express just how incredible it is without getting into anything spoiler-wise

Are you talking about the bonus episode(s)?

does he talk about the postgame? I'm still playing through the postgame

@@kellenoconnor4396 no post game spoilers, you're good ;)

@@kellenoconnor4396 I do not. I don't even get into the really deep parts of the main story. The most revealing thing I talk about is mentioning the world of the future, as my point to talk about how dark the game gets

Gengar?! I thought you were done your shenanigans!

Haha, mystery solved

Definitely explains why the partner always walked on screen from the left side.

Haha, I appreciate it. I actually had just under 200 before I published this video

Honestly I'm thinking I may have to have a "battle" of sorts for remake of the year between PMD1DX and Xenoblade Definitive Edition (I know the FF7 remake is coming out, but I don't have a PS4 to play it on lul) So maybe that'll wind up having to be a future video project, because I honestly don't know which one I'm hyped more for, so it'll be interesting to see how each of them stands out from their originals, with PMD1DX seemingly adding a buncha new stuff, and Xenoblade bringing back cut content, can't wait 👀

That's definitely an interesting take on it. I typically don't focus on the gameplay a whole lot when it comes to PMD games, with them in my view existing almost completely for the story and music. The gameplay never especially hooked me in, and I'm usually playing through PMD games just to experience the story and music again, haha And I actually had no idea that Super still made Pokemon unavailable from time to time during the postgame, because I saw how many missions there were in postgame and were like "nope, not happening"

While I agree with you on Blue's postgame and its very powerful integration of legendaries inside dungeons with character and personality (which is one of the reasons Blue is still the best game for me to date), I can't let you say that Super's gameplay is inferior or dumb man! Actually Super's is a huge improvement. It is the mystery dungeon game that is the most faithful to it's origins: Shiren the Wanderer, the first mystery dungeon. This is where wands and insane difficulty come from, where actually dying was part of the gameplay, as you unlocked new parts of the story by dying. Gameplay in Super is entirely focused on items. They got rid of the A Attack to force you to use moves, not only because they level up the more you use them but also to make you think about how to properly carry and use elixirs (or I don't know if you rather call them ether in English? I play in French). Same for hunger. And same for wands: ennemies do great damage and have large amounts of HP to force you to rely on HP increasing Oran Berries and possibilities offered by wands; you are rarely supposed to spam ennemies with moves and rely on reviver seeds, else you'll better have a bag full of reviver seeds; you have to use your items strategically! Also in Super they did a ton of not-immediately-noticeable additions that really made me think that they put a particular attention to this game: sometimes you'll see ennemies stay in a room to attack you from a distance the moment you step inside: you can only counter this by using a wand that makes you warp etc; sometimes ennemies form little teams that always stay together to submerge you with powerful moves at sight, I even noticed what looked like a mom and her child, something like a Rhydon that stayed with a Rhyhorn. You may even have noticed a herd of Ledyba, 4 ones sleeping on a square next to each other! All those tiny additions among others really showed to me that they tried hard to make meaningful and challenging dungeons. I agree with you on the zoomed in camera, but I don't hate it completely: I think Gates has one of the best dungeon designs among all games, and that's in part thanks to the zoom, associated with the very nice assets that are scattered in halls and rooms. I never though I would see animated WATERFALLS right inside of a dungeon (and I'm not referring to the anecdotal outside parts of some dungeons, this is the real layout of the dungeon across floors), along with crevices, tree stumps, fallen leaves everywhere... Too bad they partially reverted to more traditional square rooms for most of Super and that we only can see such complex layouts in an handful of dungeons: Path of Fallen Leaves for example, my favorite :D, a 40ish floors long one, and actually many postgame ones are above 20F long, I don't think that overall dungeons are smaller. But you are right, I miss multiple exciting 99F dungeons like Silver Trench or Western Cave. Actually what was undoubtedly better about dungeons, and what I miss the most in Blue and Sky, is how dungeons used to change as we climbed them. I loved how Magma Cavern was looking more and more dangerous the deeper we went in, with new Pokemon that weren't on the previous stairs whereas in Super and Gates the layout never change inside of a dungeon (apart from Destiny Tower). It really gave a sense of progression and personality to a dungeon; and Magma Cavern is a radical example! In simpler ones we could see patch of water start to appear from some floors, changes in tiles, in layout, in music, in... WEATHER! What did they do to weather? It barely changes in Super and Gates, when it is not ability induced. I am so sad they got rid of Snowy and Foggy weathers, and they won't return in DX it seems. But what gets me very excited is that Mt Blaze or Mt Thunder Peaks have different music, meaning that they'll HAVE to include the save point/separation between peaks and bottoms. They also seem to really care about staying faithful to the original design-wise (they reproduced many tiny details of Blue/Red and the glimpse of layouts I could see thanks to the dojo are promising): so I am hopeful they will bring back the dungeons changing as we climb! Can't wait for March ;)

That's a pretty good in depth look on that take of the gameplay side of things Thank you for sharing that!

@@GokuderaElPsyCongroo Thank you for your perspective! Especially on Super, I want to give all the entries another go before the launch of DX I'll keep your points in mind when I reach Super!

Thank you, I appreciate it! I actually had just under 200 before this video went out, it definitely really helped with being discovered, haha

I'm glad you enjoyed it! My own first game was Blue Rescue Team, don't think I ever got the chance to try out Red, but I kinda wanted to, haha Seeing comments like this rally does help inspire me, when I'm able to share my passion and it's able to have an impact on others with the same passion, so really thank you for your comment

there's a profound joy in playing a DS game and not a 3DS one. for sure if you get your hands on it you should give it a go! your perspective and whole energy feels pretty wholesome, especially if you're making half an hour long videos, or more a love letter to a game that your child self is so happy to play. I firmly believe video games can be incredibly therapeutic and grounding, even healing. PMD was that game for me. so you keep being you, keep that fire going. if not for you in the future and for you now, for your twelve year old self, you know? I appreciate you

@@softmettle Stuff like that is really heartwarming to read, thank you

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it

Yeah, I don't know any of the terms because I've never learned any music apart from figuring out how to read sheet music on guitar or learning music using synthesia for piano, my university restricts music classes to bachelor of music students sadly...

Neat how it was able to inspire that sort of thing!

When the promo anime was shown I thought that it was a completely new series for a Pokémon tv spin-off. The games are brilliant but a complete anime show would be the cherry on top :)

@@AUAB2 That would've been really awesome, especially if the show had improvements to things like the voice acting compared to the few episodes we got (the voice acting is honestly fine, it's moreso the voices themselves I mostly didn't like...)

@@AUAB2 yeah, I adored that little special but the "To be continued" never came :/