Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (2020)

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX cover

Developer: Spike Chunsoft
Publisher: Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating: 3.9 of 5, 32 player ratings
Main story: about 15 hours
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A cozy yet strategic dungeon-crawling adventure where you build a rescue team, explore shifting dungeons, and uncover your purpose in a charming Pokémon world.

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About

You can meet and recruit Pokémon in a dungeon-crawling adventure within their world! Build a rescue team to take on mysterious, changing dungeons and strategically plan your moves as you venture forth to make the Pokémon world a safer place…and uncover your true purpose along the way. As you recruit Pokémon, these trusty teammates will need somewhere to stay, so build camps to house, manage, and strengthen your Pokémon friends. Think hard about who is right for the job and how to approach each mysterious dungeon as you prepare a rescue team. You’ll move a single square at a time or use Auto mode to speed up movement until you engage other Pokémon in turn-based battles—but don’t forget about Pokémon strengths and weaknesses! This version adds gorgeous watercolor-inspired graphics, and more! Get comfortable in being a Pokémon, there’s a lot of work to do.

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