History VideoGame / PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam

** The starters have updated movesets that incorporate a number of egg moves. These include Cubone getting Brutal Swing (alleviating its original EarlyGameHell issues), Pikachu getting Grass Knot so that it can take down Ground-types, Chikorita getting Ancient Power for Flying-types, Treecko getting Dragon Breath, and Totodile getting Ice Fang for Grass-types. And if you ever delete these moves, they can be relearned at Gulpin's Link Shop.

** Western Cavern is now a 20 floor dungeon (previously one of the {{Marathon Level}}s at 99). Mewtwo can also be recruited on the first visit now instead of having to beat it again.

In the Pokémon Direct on the 9th of January, 2020, a VideoGameRemake of the games for Platform/NintendoSwitch was announced, dubbed "''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX''", including features from newer games, such as Mega Evolution, which released on March 6th of the same year. The trailer can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_1HEbxYhA here]].

** Post-game, [[spoiler:Gengar ultimately turns into this. He may be a petty CardCarryingVillain, but he after saving the player at the end of the game, he wants to make amends for what he did as a human.]]

* NoGearLevel: Purity Forest. You can only bring one Pokémon, you cannot bring money or items, no Pokémon can be recruited inside, your level is reset to 1 and your IQ skills are reset to the starting ones. (You get your previous level and IQ back after the dungeon ends).

* BeingEvilSucks: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] and [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] with Shiftry. He isn't really a villain, but he's quite selfish as he only takes jobs if he gets a big reward. And sure enough, postgame dialogue reveals his team is still at Normal Rank, despite how easy it is to advance to the next rank. While it's not directly stated that Shiftry's selfish work ethic is the reason, it's not hard to see the connection-- he hasn't ranked up because he has barely taken any jobs because almost no one meets his standards for rewards.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Oddly enough, this happens with an ''ally''; during the postgame missions with Gengar, his moveset is Scratch, Leer, Quick Attack and Taunt, despite the fact that out of these moves, Gengar can only legitimately learn the last. This is especially odd because in his boss fight early into the main story, he had a completely legal moveset, and he was at the same level as he is in the postgame (15), begging the question of why he didn't just keep those moves instead.[[note]] Though in the case of Curse, his no longer having it is a good thing, as it's basically an EscortMission for which you wouldn't want him halving his health while facing an enemy. [[/note]]

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Oddly enough, this happens with an ''ally''; during the postgame missions with Gengar, his moveset is Scratch, Leer, Quick Attack and Taunt, despite the fact that out of these moves, Gengar can only legitimately learn the last.

* NoOntologicalInertia: In his postgame plotline, Gengar seems to think this is at play, as he discusses [[spoiler:defeating Ninetales in a duel to undo the latter's curse on him and Gardevoir]]. Unfortunately for him, as [[spoiler:Ninetales]] informs him, [[AvertedTrope this isn't the case]]; fortunately, there is another way, which [[spoiler:Ninetales]] tells him how to do.

%%* OhCrap: Your partner's reaction upon learning that a monster supposedly lurks at the bottom of Silent Chasm.

The first entry (or rather, [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo entries]]) in the {{roguelike}} Franchise/{{Pokemon}} spinoff series known as ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'', ''Red Rescue Team'' and ''Blue Rescue Team'' were released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS (respectively) in 2006.

In the Pokémon Direct on the 9th of January, 2020, a VideoGameRemake of the games for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch was announced, dubbed "''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX''", including features from newer games, such as Mega Evolution, which released on March 6th of the same year. The trailer can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R_1HEbxYhA here]].

** Selecting the option to delete your save (through the in-game menu, instead of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch's system settings menu) will result in your character's avatar looking heartbroken as you go through the confirmation prompts.

** A player who chose Cubone as their starter wouldn't learn any attacking moves until level 9 (Bone Club) and the first boss of the game nullifies Ground-type damage. %%Fortunately, this is alleviated in ''DX'', where Cubone has Bone Club from the start as well as a handful of other damaging moves.

* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: The Latops sublot begins with Latios waking the player character up when it's "morning, but only by time..." due to flying around so noisily.

* EarlyGameHell: The difficulty changes depending on the combination of you and your partner, but due to the game using Generation 3's movesets, a player who chose Cubone as their starter wouldn't learn any attacking moves until level 9 (Bone Club) and the first boss of the game nullifies Ground-type damage. %%Fortunately, this is alleviated in ''DX'', where Cubone has Bone Club from the start as well as a handful of other damaging moves.
** Similarly, if you start as a Psyduck, you won't get a STAB Water-type move until level ''50'', and its only damaging moves until then are Scratch (Normal-type is super effective against nothing) and Confusion (the only bosses weak to Psychic-type are Team Meanies's Ekans and the Mankeys fought near the end of the game).

* PurelyAestheticGender: ''DX'' has gender as a mechanic, as gender differences weren’t until the next generation. However, it is made less important for the questionnaire, since any Pokémon can be selected regardless of it. Gender is also more separated from the player themselves, as the game asks if they want to play as a boy or girl rather than if they are one.

** Slight, but Jirachi's "Something good!" wish no longer includes Kecleon in the list of Pokémon that can join your rescue team. He'll have to be recruited the old-fashioned way (either from [[ShopliftAndDie stealing]], or found in Joyous Tower. In exchange, the former method's maximum success rate is much higher at 5%, and the latter, a method not available in the original games, has an even higher chance.

* TheBusCameBack:
** After making their only prior appearance in the Japan-exclusive ''Adventure Squad'' games, [[https://external-preview.redd.it/mZL3rLbDys6cZjNgYIMGNHFbv51KYbUMo-XTnSWEIA8.png?auto=webp&s=aa5a472a75da03ebe54d4ad2ef8994470b223dc2 recruitable Shiny Pokémon are available]].
** Speaking of Shinies, one of them is Rapidash. However, instead of having gray flames as in modern games, they are purple, which was the Shiny color in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''.

* OffModel: The beige parts of Cyndaquil, Skitty, and Sunflora are coloured yellow instead, and Grovyle is grey instead of bright green. These were all fixed in the sequel.

%%* HasTwoMommies: Diglett refers to Dugtrio as a singular "Dad" but also refers to their heads as individuals.

* GenderNeutralWriting: The game almost always avoids referring to you or your partner by gendered pronouns. Usually, they use your name instead of a pronoun.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original game, when the player is accused of being the human in the Ninetales story who had abandoned Gardevoir to her fate, Lombre tries to strike at the player and partner. In the remake, Lombre does not do this.

*** This also avoids the very real possibility that was there in the original that you might be physically unable to get your desired pokemon via the quiz not generating enough of the questions with answers that get you that starter.

* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: As per the standard, although ''Rescue Team'' does it a little bit differently since both games were released on different consoles. In addition to version-exclusive Pokémon, ''Blue'' has some exclusive features that ''Red'' did not get, such as the Unknown Dungeon and being able to import a party from ''Red Rescue Team'' as a Makuhita Dojo fight. %%''DX'' however does away with this as there is no companion version, effectively combining the two original games into one.

** Shiftry is introduced as a Rescue Team leader who only cares about missions that pay well - he only accepts Jumpluff's job request because Alakazam pressures him into it. But when the mission suddenly turns dangerous and he is seriously injured, he still prioritizes Jumpluff's safety and cautions the payer character to leave him behind to save themselves.