Amazon.co.uk Review
One day you awake to find that youve been turned into a Pokémon and the land around you is being destroyed by natural disasters. Its up to you to explore dungeons filled with wild monsters and uncover your true destiny and purpose in a game where you get to "be" a Pokémon.
The lowdown:
Rather than being one of the core role-playing games in the Pokémon series this is a spin-off based on ChunSofts long running (in Japan at least) Mystery Dungeon series. The basic idea is that you enter a random generated dungeon and defeat all the wild Pokémon you find within it. Most of the standbys of the Pokémon world also make an appearance, including Technical Machines that enable you to lean new abilities, resistances and weakness to different elemental attacks. You cant capture wild Pokémon but you can recruit them to your team, which adds something to your strategic options. Admittedly the game can get repetitive, but theres generally enough to see and do until the "real" Pokémon sequels come out sometime next year.
Most exciting moment:
The combat is a clever mix between real-time and turn-based combat, with wild Pokémon moving about the dungeon at the same time as you. You can have four Pokémon in your team at once, with the computer controlling the other three, and each can have four attacks or abilities each. If youre sensible youll put together a varied team so youve got an attack ready for whatever enemy comes your way.
Since you ask:
As with most Pokémon titles there are two versions of the game, in this case one for the DS and one for the GBA. Theyre both essentially the same, except with different distributions of Pokémon in each. The DS does have a couple of extra options though, as well as an easier to use touch screen interface.
The bottom line:
Not the deepest Pokémon game ever but youll still find yourself wanting to catch em all. - HARRISON DENT
Manufacturer's Description
For the first time ever, the player is a Pokémon, speaking and interacting with other characters in a world populated only by Pokémon! One day you awaken to find that he or she has been turned into a Pokémon. The land is being ravaged by natural disasters so the player decides to form a rescue team with a partner Pokémon. Players can interact with many different Pokémon on various missions while trying to uncover their true purpose and destiny. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue is an engrossing story of adventure, redemption and, most of all, friendship.