mr_pikachu
27th August 2005, 06:45 AM
While researching another Pokemon topic on Wikipedia, I came across a reference to a Pokemon game in development that I had never heard before. I'll link to it and give you the relevant content:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mysterious_Dungeon:
Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Red Rescue Force and Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Blue Rescue Force (Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon in Japanese) are a matched pair of Pokémon games in development for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively. These two games are being developed by Chunsoft and will be published by Nintendo. Currently, no release date has been set for Japanese or North American release.
These games, featuring the Pokémon characters, are in fact spiritual sequels to Chunsoft's Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer and Torneko's Great Adventure series. As such, they are semi-turnbased dungeon crawls.
While little is currently known about these two games, what is known is that the Blue version of the game will be able to transfer information or unlock features by having the Blue version and Red version in a DS simultaneously.
As the skeptic I am, my first thought was that this was a hoax. The 20k+ results I received in a Yahoo search of "Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon", however, seem to suggest otherwise. Furthermore, I found news of other games that are apparently in development, as well. Check out this article from Pokemon UK:
From http://pkmn.co.uk/?viewnews=1123600246
[B]New DS Pokémon games revealed!
Reported on 9 of August 2005 by
The ever-brilliant Jelmer has sent us some scans and details on some new Pokémon games that have been revealed in the new issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro. These arn't quite what we've all been wating for (Diamond and Pearl), although it's still exciting stuff!
Pokémon Puzzle
Looking at the screenshots on the scans, it looks like this will essentially be an updated DS version of Pokémon Puzzle Challenge- which you should remember from the Game Boy Color. If it is what we think it is, then blocks will fall from the sky, and you will have to rearrange them, by switching them with adjacent blocks, making groups. X of the same touching each other, and they dissappear. Like Tetris, sort of. Of course, it could be something completely different. The game is apparently split into a puzzle and adventure modes, and features "Over 380" Pokémon. Out in Japan on October 20th
Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon
This looks interesting- it's an RPG that comes in two flavours, like the regular Pokémon games. But there's a twist. The "Blue Rescue Team" version will be for the DS, and the "Red Rescue Team" version will be for the GBA. (If you havn't guessed, this all translated into "Engrish" from Japanese). Does this mean that Nintendo really are going for the "three consoles simultaneously" business plan? Or is it just designed for people who have a DS, and have handed the GBA down to a less game-savvy sister? Word is that these will be based on the Mysterious Dragon game(s?) by Chunsoft.
No word yet on how they'll link up - although DS software can access the GBA port. What will be the point? We don't know yet. If you know about the mysterious dragon series, why not post a comment outlining a bit about the games, so we can try and imagine what they'll be like?
I don't expect this will be an RPG like the ones that we are used to, given it's close proximity to Diamond/Pearl, and that it seems to be stealing ideas from another developer. I'll wager YOU a can of coke that there's more of a likelyhood of a Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers relaunch than seeing these games outside of Japan. They should be out in the winter, in Japan. (The Mysterious Dungeon games, not Chip 'n' Dale the rescue rangers.)
Pokémon Ranger
As previously reported, this is also for the DS. It's apparently an "Action RPG", that uses the touchscreen, and it will talk to Diamond and Pearl, whenever they are released. The player apparently erm... plays Pokémon, as opposed to a trainer, and are charged with the task of protecting a "beautiful environment"... the safari zone? (Surely that has a park ranger?). Extra points to Nintendo if in the USA release of the game, they include lots of references to the USA not signing up the Kyoto protocol and wrecking up the world a bit.
We'll have more news as we get it, but as for now, this is it, here is a picture of a school crossing patrol instead:
Long story short, either at least some of these games are coming out, or this is one incredible and extensive hoax someone pulled off.
Thoughts?
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mysterious_Dungeon:
Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Red Rescue Force and Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Blue Rescue Force (Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon in Japanese) are a matched pair of Pokémon games in development for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively. These two games are being developed by Chunsoft and will be published by Nintendo. Currently, no release date has been set for Japanese or North American release.
These games, featuring the Pokémon characters, are in fact spiritual sequels to Chunsoft's Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer and Torneko's Great Adventure series. As such, they are semi-turnbased dungeon crawls.
While little is currently known about these two games, what is known is that the Blue version of the game will be able to transfer information or unlock features by having the Blue version and Red version in a DS simultaneously.
As the skeptic I am, my first thought was that this was a hoax. The 20k+ results I received in a Yahoo search of "Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon", however, seem to suggest otherwise. Furthermore, I found news of other games that are apparently in development, as well. Check out this article from Pokemon UK:
From http://pkmn.co.uk/?viewnews=1123600246
[B]New DS Pokémon games revealed!
Reported on 9 of August 2005 by
The ever-brilliant Jelmer has sent us some scans and details on some new Pokémon games that have been revealed in the new issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro. These arn't quite what we've all been wating for (Diamond and Pearl), although it's still exciting stuff!
Pokémon Puzzle
Looking at the screenshots on the scans, it looks like this will essentially be an updated DS version of Pokémon Puzzle Challenge- which you should remember from the Game Boy Color. If it is what we think it is, then blocks will fall from the sky, and you will have to rearrange them, by switching them with adjacent blocks, making groups. X of the same touching each other, and they dissappear. Like Tetris, sort of. Of course, it could be something completely different. The game is apparently split into a puzzle and adventure modes, and features "Over 380" Pokémon. Out in Japan on October 20th
Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon
This looks interesting- it's an RPG that comes in two flavours, like the regular Pokémon games. But there's a twist. The "Blue Rescue Team" version will be for the DS, and the "Red Rescue Team" version will be for the GBA. (If you havn't guessed, this all translated into "Engrish" from Japanese). Does this mean that Nintendo really are going for the "three consoles simultaneously" business plan? Or is it just designed for people who have a DS, and have handed the GBA down to a less game-savvy sister? Word is that these will be based on the Mysterious Dragon game(s?) by Chunsoft.
No word yet on how they'll link up - although DS software can access the GBA port. What will be the point? We don't know yet. If you know about the mysterious dragon series, why not post a comment outlining a bit about the games, so we can try and imagine what they'll be like?
I don't expect this will be an RPG like the ones that we are used to, given it's close proximity to Diamond/Pearl, and that it seems to be stealing ideas from another developer. I'll wager YOU a can of coke that there's more of a likelyhood of a Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers relaunch than seeing these games outside of Japan. They should be out in the winter, in Japan. (The Mysterious Dungeon games, not Chip 'n' Dale the rescue rangers.)
Pokémon Ranger
As previously reported, this is also for the DS. It's apparently an "Action RPG", that uses the touchscreen, and it will talk to Diamond and Pearl, whenever they are released. The player apparently erm... plays Pokémon, as opposed to a trainer, and are charged with the task of protecting a "beautiful environment"... the safari zone? (Surely that has a park ranger?). Extra points to Nintendo if in the USA release of the game, they include lots of references to the USA not signing up the Kyoto protocol and wrecking up the world a bit.
We'll have more news as we get it, but as for now, this is it, here is a picture of a school crossing patrol instead:
Long story short, either at least some of these games are coming out, or this is one incredible and extensive hoax someone pulled off.
Thoughts?