Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Reviews

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is ranked in the 37th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
IGN
Travis
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Mar 6, 2020

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a remake filled with samey dungeons and mindless combat that make becoming the best there ever was a chore.

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GamesRadar+
Top Critic
Mar 4, 2020

A gorgeous and charming game that unfortunately doesn't improve on enough of the original gameplay aspects to keep fans engrossed.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
4 / 10
Mar 4, 2020

A thoroughly uninteresting roguelike that undermines the most compelling elements of both the genre and the Pokémon universe.

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Easy Allies
Bradley Ellis
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Mar 28, 2020
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GameSpot
Top Critic
8 / 10
Mar 6, 2020

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX recreates the strange pair of Pokemon spin-offs from over a decade ago with style.

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Unscored
Mar 11, 2020

You can think of Mystery Dungeon games as ongoing gambles. How far can you go without depleting all your resources? Will you risk it and go deeper into the dungeon? Are you sure?

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USgamer
Top Critic
Mar 4, 2020

Though still imperfect, Mystery Dungeon more than makes up for its stumblings through one of the most sweet-hearted stories in the Pokemon franchise, backed by a solid dungeoneering system and a gorgeous aesthetic. If all Pokemon games were as forward-thinking and adventurous as this one, who knows what the franchise could be by now?

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Mar 16, 2020

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX tells a good Pokemon story from a unique angle and with visuals that help enhance the storybook feel. However, gameplay that might have held up in 2005 has not aged well.

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6.5 / 10.0
Mar 23, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a pleasant remake of a pair of dungeon crawlers that, as I can see now, are a bit more dated than I originally thought they'd be. There is still a lot to love about this interesting spin on the Pokémon formula, but not enough for me to lose myself in the experience as I did once before.

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80 / 100
Mar 4, 2020

Pokémon Mistery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX brings back the dungeon-crawler, roguelike type of gameplay of this series, with a new and charming presentation and lost of improvements, although some of the biggest problems of the original game remains. If you've didn't play the original, this a great chance to do it.

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7 / 10
Mar 13, 2020

As a remake, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX succeeds in recapturing the essence of the originals. I still felt a sense of urgency and stress when I was on the final floors of the Sky Tower trying to get to Rayquaza.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2020

‎Get ready to explore a beautiful world reimagined in Pokémon Mysterious World: DX Rescue Team, a review of the original Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance games. Starting from Pikachu, Eevee and Charmander, you can create a rescue team with which to face missions to save Pokémon in randomly generated territories.‎

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7 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX has a few repetitive frustrations but is still charming, addictive fun and lovely to look at.

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Mar 12, 2020

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX's graphical style, story, and music help carry the repetitive gameplay, but the experience can start to wear on you after hours and hours of monotonous dungeon crawling."

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80 / 100
Mar 11, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a delightful update to a classic, and just the kick in the pants the series needed. It's a return to what made the spinoff so beloved in the first place, from the emotional story to the difficult resource management and boss fights. With a gorgeous watercolor art style, the world of Pokémon has never looked better.

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Mar 19, 2020

For newcomers and veterans alike, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX offers a near-perfect overhaul of the classic dungeon crawling experience.

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7.8 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX brings new life to the original games, confirming it as a good entry point into the world of dungeon crawlers for a generation of young adventurers.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX doesn't really set out to bust expectations. It's a decent little remake of a decent little game. While a lack of challenge, so-so presentation, and an unsatisfying approach to Pokémon collecting limits Rescue Team DX's potential, exploring the game's dungeons has an undeniable Zen appeal and there's certainly a ton of content to work through. This Mystery Dungeon is worth unraveling, provided you don't mind a roguelike that's more relaxing than rigorous.

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66 / 100
Mar 21, 2020

Die-hard Pokemon fans won’t have too hard of a time deciding whether to purchase this game, but for everyone else, there is currently a demo on the eShop in which progress carries over.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
6 / 10
Mar 24, 2020

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a nice looking game with atmospheric hand-drawn graphics, but absolutely empty in content. Easing the gameplay killed almost all the interest in exploring the dungeons, which is absurd for a dungeon-crawler. Excellent visuals and nice plot saves the project from complete oblivion, but in general, Rescue Team DX is still not worth your attention.

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