The Explorers' Guild ☼ Mystery Dungeon Club

[Nagi]

Yay! ♪ A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon club that I didn't even know existed! :o I don't believe it! ♪ By golly, this is some kind of awesome! Yes sirree! :B
I'd be delighted to join~ ♪ I like how you chose Espurr as your Pokemon, Nagi, because he makes an interesting guildmaster, and it's such a coincidence since I was actually contemplating him having that role in my fanfic for a while now. xD

welcome, strifegirl-soon-to-be-Lanayru! i really like your sign-up, with all the little references to Mystery Dungeno characters. by golly! Bidoof really is one of my favourites now, haha!
to be honest i chose Espurr based on my character in PMD:Rescue Team, which is an Espeon c: but Espurr i think is also such a cute Pokémon, and combined with its psychic powers and everything, i love it! i'm glad you find it fitting as a Guildmaster, despite its petite size (ノ＞▽＜。)ノ

Rescue Team was probably my favourite out of all games so far as well c: it may be because it was the first one i played, but the story was great i thought. i'm also a sucker for those coming-home moments though xd

YAY! Mystery Dungeon!
These are my favorite spin-off games ever ;) I would love to join.
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welcome to you too, MatrixDragon! i love that you picked Castform as your representative Pokémon. it's such an underrated Pokémon, but i really love its concept and how it can change forms and affect the weather and everything c: it works so well!
Rescue Team was definitely awesome to start with. did you play the other games too yet? i think most people find the Explorers games their favourite, because the story goes even deeper than the first game, and especially the friendships you build up within the guild are really great i think c:

Username: Banjopop7_7
Pokémon Species: Oshawott
Team Name: Dream
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another welcome to Banjopop7_7! Oshawott is very cute, so i can imagine why you picked it c: was that also the Pokémon you played as in Gates to Infinity? i have yet to play that game, haha.
as such, i'd just like to ask that you please use spoiler tags when disclosing plot/ending details ( ´ ▽ ` )ゞ just as to not spoil anyone who still wants to go into those games blindly c:

Hey, fun! I never knew there was a Mystery Dungeons guild around these parts.
I'll be joining the fun. i guess...
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welcome, Likarus! Squirtle, eh c: it seems the water-type starters are taking the cake in our club: we almost have one from each region now, amazing! i guess we match the trend in the PMD anime specials (｡ ＞艸＜) feel free to answer any of the older topics too!

Nice question you put up there. My answer would be the Pokémon live in a place far away from human civilization and most Pokémon only heard about them through stories by travelling Pokémon.
It would probably have been better the Mystery Dungeon world would be a separate world in which no humans live at all.

hm, this is quite interesting indeed c: i had always thought that PMD took place in a world in which no humans exist - but indeed, how then would the Pokémon know about humans? so then i suppose it must be as you say, in a place too far from humans to come into contact with them, but close enuogh to at least know of them somehow.
i do think the games were pretty much meant to take place in a world in which no humans exist at all, but then it'd be too difficult to start with the whole you-change-into-a-pokemon idea without having a long conversation with the Pokémon about what humans are... so i suppose they solved it this way. it's still a kid's game after all haha.

 

[Likarus]

Sure... Um... I'll answer this question if you don't mind.
What are some moves that you found most useful or surprising in the Mystery Dungeon games?

When I was using my Charizard, I found out that Heat Wave is pretty useful during Monster Houses. I couldn't have survived the dungeons without it, unless I run out of PP.
I used moves like Flamethrower, Razor Leaf and Hydro Pump during boss battles as well.

 

[Tora]

Oh, so many new members. ^^

MatrixDragon, your sign up made me recall that Castform is actually pretty huge in the games. Wasn't it like size three or four? That always seemed weird to me. Makes me wonder if there was a special meaning behind that. After all, Castform really isn't that big.

As for the new questions:

Have you seen any of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon anime specials? What did you think of them?
No, but I did read a few chapters from a Mystery Dungeon manga about a Chimchar and Totodile. I think it was called Blazing Exploration Team... but I'm not quite sure about that.

How did the Pokémon inhabiting the land know about humans if you can't find any humans anywhere in the game.
And this is a question I've been wondering about as well. I wanted to write a fanfic about how Grovyle's past and well, naturally this had to come up at some point, since there were never any humans to be seen. But the protagonist had to come from somewhere, right? I just claimed that there was a small colony of the last humans living on a small island barely anyone knew about, but I'm not quite happy with that explanation... :/

 

[TheCobaltComet]

Username: AuricTwins
Species: Riolu(Shiny)
Team Name: Ni No Kuni
Answer to current topic- Have you seen any of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon anime specials? What did you think of them?: I recall seeing them as a child, but could never find a good version to watch on Youtube. But I loved it- it should be it's own series!
Please accept me..

 

[Lycanthropy]

MatrixDragon, your sign up made me recall that Castform is actually pretty huge in the games. Wasn't it like size three or four? That always seemed weird to me. Makes me wonder if there was a special meaning behind that. After all, Castform really isn't that big.

Those sizes seem a bit random to me. I can understand why Lugia for example is bigger than a regular Pokémon, but why does a Dragonite take four times the space as a Charizard? Those two seemed equal sized to me. I even regret evolving my Dragonair a little, because of the size increment that got along. I didn't know that would happen.

Username: AuricTwins
Species: Riolu(Shiny)
Team Name: Ni No Kuni

Welcome, AuricTwins! I wonder, what is your team name based of?

 

[TheCobaltComet]

Those sizes seem a bit random to me. I can understand why Lugia for example is bigger than a regular Pokémon, but why does a Dragonite take four times the space as a Charizard? Those two seemed equal sized to me. I even regret evolving my Dragonair a little, because of the size increment that got along. I didn't know that would happen.



Welcome, AuricTwins! I wonder, what is your team name based of?

My team name is based off of a video game partially, but I used it because it's Japanese for 'In another world', 'another world', or 'second country'. I found I liked it. Plus, who can argue that it sounds cool? :)

 

[Nagi]

As for the new questions:

How did the Pokémon inhabiting the land know about humans if you can't find any humans anywhere in the game.
And this is a question I've been wondering about as well. I wanted to write a fanfic about how Grovyle's past and well, naturally this had to come up at some point, since there were never any humans to be seen. But the protagonist had to come from somewhere, right? I just claimed that there was a small colony of the last humans living on a small island barely anyone knew about, but I'm not quite happy with that explanation... :/

yeah, it's interesting! maybe it could be a small human colony somewhere, similar to how indigenous peoples used to live in the wild? i'd like to imagine them sort of like the people of Atlantis, protecting the world from destruction by secretly aiding the Pokémon, like Grovyle and his human companion started out trying to do. it's a bit far-fetched maybe but it's interesting to speculate about, haha.

MatrixDragon, your sign up made me recall that Castform is actually pretty huge in the games. Wasn't it like size three or four? That always seemed weird to me. Makes me wonder if there was a special meaning behind that. After all, Castform really isn't that big.

Those sizes seem a bit random to me. I can understand why Lugia for example is bigger than a regular Pokémon, but why does a Dragonite take four times the space as a Charizard? Those two seemed equal sized to me. I even regret evolving my Dragonair a little, because of the size increment that got along. I didn't know that would happen.

to be honest, i do think Dragonite is a fair bit taller than Charizard, say... 1.5 times its size. still, of course then 4 times the space is more than excessive indeed ( ´ ▽ ` )ゞ but yeah. it's strange how some Pokémon are so strangely categorized in the games then - i didn't know Castform was classified as so large, for example. what do you think this size rating is based on? and do you know any other examples of strangely big or small Pokémon in the MD games? others can of course also contribute to this discussion c:

Username: AuricTwins
Species: Riolu(Shiny)
Team Name: Ni No Kuni
Answer to current topic- Have you seen any of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon anime specials? What did you think of them?: I recall seeing them as a child, but could never find a good version to watch on Youtube. But I loved it- it should be it's own series!
Please accept me..

welcome, AuricTwins! no worries haha, you filled out the application perfectly. Ni No Kuni is a great game, and also a very cool team name indeed!
i agree on the Mystery Dungeon anime series too - rather than having a few specials, it would be really cool to have a sort of mini-series about the Mystery Dungeon games, maybe similar to how Pokémon Origins was taken on c:

 

[Guardian]

How did the Pokémon inhabiting the land know about humans if you can't find any humans anywhere in the game.

Oh that's easy. Pokemon are well connected through their mind, especially Psychic, Ghost and probably dark Pokemon. Plus there are plenty of Pokemon who can travel through space and time. I dont find it surprising to be honest :D

 

[Likarus]

Is that a new question? Anyways, i'm going to share my thought about it.

How did the Pokémon inhabiting the land know about humans if you can't find any humans anywhere in the game.

My guess is, humans only existed in the past and future time of the Mystery Dungeon series. This may explain how humans are only heard in myths and how Grovyle had a partner in the future. My guess why you can't find any humans in the future timeline in the game is because of the tower falling in the past, because of it, humans vanished/died because of reasons that I don't know. Whenever you finish the games, you are sent back to the future... But because of your desire to stay in the present, you stay. But, that's just my thought, a Game Tho-

 

[TheCobaltComet]

Perhaps it's foreshadowing? Remember Canalave Library, that book that talks about pokemon and humans once being the same, and marrying each other? Who knows. Besides, there's a human-like egg group, so it's not entirely unreasonable.

 

[Lycanthropy]

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=349296

A sequel to the series has been announced! So that leads to the questions:
What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

 

[Guardian]

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=349296

A sequel to the series has been announced! So that leads to the questions:
What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

OMG this made my day. Even though I wont be able to play it for who knows how long but stil, awesomenessss!

As for the actual reply, I'll have to think about it :D

 

[Nagi]

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=349296

A sequel to the series has been announced! So that leads to the questions:
What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

HOLY MOLY thanks for sharing! ahhhhh excitement! i was afraid there wouldn't be another be another installment since i think Gates to Infinity didn't do so well. woo!

well then...
What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?
BRING THE PERSONALITY TEST BACK! or at least the large selection of Pokémon we could choose from D: only the Kalos starters would be kinda lame.
i do wonder just how 'great' these 'even greater, randomly created dungeons' are, though. i have yet to play Gates to Infinity (will get on that soon now!), and... i can't really think of any other features i want becausei don't know what GtI improved on, haha. either way, i'm hyped!

 

[Likarus]

What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

Alright, i'm going to share my thoughts about this one too. ^-^
I probably don't know the Pokemon MD: Gates to Infinity one (or the other games past PMD: Explorers of the Sky), so... I probably will miss out some informations about it, I apologize in doing so.

Right! So, since i'm only stuck with the first two games, i'll probably say that in my point of view, PMD: EotS is the one with the best features. I probably will want another Spina's Shop Thingy... back. It was really interesting to have, it's like a Pokebar or something, it's a a fun place to have that I want to be returned. The second one would be the side stories from PMD: EotS, it revealed the back stories of other Pokemon, weak or strong, it was fun to play as other people instead of the main character or your partner.

What I really want to see is one thing; crossover from all PMD games. The "even greater, randomly created dungeons that change each time [players] enter,"
is also a bit interesting, could this mean 2 players can play it at the same time? That would be an AMAZING feature, completing dungeons with 2 rescue teams ^-^

"Squirt, Squirt, Signing out"

 

[TheCobaltComet]

I'd like Riolu back as a starter :) Aside from that, I'd like the Personality Test back again, and every pokemon across the 6 gens to be recruitable, or at least as opponents. I was so dissapointed in Gates to Infinity that only gen 5 pokemon were around- I want variety in this one!

 

[Lycanthropy]

I'd like Riolu back as a starter :) Aside from that, I'd like the Personality Test back again, and every pokemon across the 6 gens to be recruitable, or at least as opponents. I was so dissapointed in Gates to Infinity that only gen 5 pokemon were around- I want variety in this one!

I don't think necessary all Pokémon need to appear in the game, that would be way to many. I was trying to recruit as many as possible in Red Rescue Team, but that game already had way too many of them. But all sorts of Pokémon from every generation would be nice, but I expect the emphasis to be on the generation 6 Pokémon.

What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

What I really want to see is one thing; crossover from all PMD games. The "even greater, randomly created dungeons that change each time [players] enter,"
is also a bit interesting, could this mean 2 players can play it at the same time? That would be an AMAZING feature, completing dungeons with 2 rescue teams ^-^

Yes, that'd be so awesome! I don't know if actually three teams will be possible, because that makes the floor really crowded with rescuing Pokémon, but each player giving one Pokémon to play, gives more teamwork than on singleplayer in which you can't really control the Pokémon other than the team leader.

As the game will be on the 3DS, I expect it to make a good use of the 3D functions and graphic possibilities too.

 

[TheCobaltComet]

I hope the outlaw system will be kept- I enjoyed outlaw missions the most of all.

Also, I think the club needs something new. Anyone have ideas?

 

[Tora]

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=349296

A sequel to the series has been announced! So that leads to the questions:
What features do you want to see reappearing in the new game, which rather not? Any ideas of possible improvements that may be made?

That's awesome! ^^ After not playing Gates to Infinity, I'm definitely getting that.
I'd like for it to have an awesome story with deep characters again. Ah, and maybe adjust some of the moves. I'm thinking of Silver Wind and co. here... And I agree, getting the personality test back would be great!
But for the most part, I'll just wait and see for myself when it's out.

Also, I think the club needs something new. Anyone have ideas?

Unfortunately, no. :/

 

[Meadow]

Ooh, someone told me about that new Mystery Dungeon game as well! Unfortunately, I am just a bit skeptical that microtransactions will be involved (thanks to Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Rumble World), but let's hope it'll be a fun game regardless! My biggest wish is that it'll have a good storyline, because that's what usually motivates me to play Mystery Dungeon haha. But so long as Bulbasaur is playable again, I'll probably be happy with it. :DDD

 

[TheCobaltComet]

Yeah, DLC was always a problem for me, because I rarely have funds to spare for DLC over actual games. Funny, how that happens.