Pokemon Mystery Dungeon's Emotional Depth

[TEAM BLUE]

I love the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series!!!XD Although I Do think that all the games end kind of sad...:( Well until you come back of course.:)

Although I Know everyone could agree that in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Of Sky the special episode "Igglybuff The Prodigy" is VERY sad...Made me cry...:(

Spoiler:

When Armaldo got arrested and Igglybuff kept crying nooo..:(

 

[Sydian]

I agree, this game actually does pull your heartstrings a bit. I mean, it's no Mother 3; I wasn't BAWLING at the end, but it did give me that weird fuzzy "I think I'm going to cry" feeling.

 

[WasSollDas]

Yeah, this game is definitely much sad more emotional (I guess) than the other Pkmn games. I think it's because in the game, you are actually the pokemon; you can actually experience how these creatures felt when they depart and etc.

But, for some reason, I never cried while playing a MD game......Maybe I should take my DS out and play it one more time ^^;;

 

[RioluLux]

Its really emotionally deep
i cried on both the ending of blue rescue team and explorers of darkness
I wish they could make a regular pokemon game with as much emotion and interesting plot that would be the ultimate pokemon game

 

[d4rka8isz]

This game and this song has made me start tearing up whenever I hear this song, a remix of it, or a song with just part of the melody. The only other song that's done this is Emotion from B/W. For me, B/W was the only main-series game that even tried to come close to how emotional PMD was.

 

[MagnumKnight13]

Funny story bout that. When playing Explorers of Darkness, I cried at the end when I started to disappear. I thought the game ended there, so I turned off my game and pretended like I never played. Like I erased my file and everything. Then, when I was on another forum, I saw what happened at the end and played it all over again...I still cried

 

[MagikarpFTW]

I have to admit when I completed the first ending on my Red Rescue Team it was actually sad and it made me feel sad even though I'm not one of those people who get that sad about things like video games. Explorers of Sky was also a bit as well just that it didn't have the same effect on me as the last one as much but it still was a sad moment.

 

[fuz]

I liked MD because you really were the Pokemon. I felt for my team, I thought it was really cute how all your Pokemon were friends too.

 

[cyndaqwilfish:)]

I always cry at the endings... they are really sad, and I think the plot was really good in all of them (or at t=least the two I played.)

 

[FrozenQuilava]

Its good to read through these replies and know that I am not alone in my thinking.

 

[ReleaseYourPokemon]

I would much rather have Mystery Dungeon games instead of all these new not so great spin offs.

 

[benuc184]

I'll be honest, after beating Primal-Dialga, I was bawling. It was so sad!! And after beating Rayquaza in first PMD.

 

[Kyrul]

I'm a guy, and currently serving in the Army, and I'll admit it made me want to cry. That's why these games were so great though. They were the only pokemon games that had a touching storyline. I surely hope they make more of these games! I would hate to see this series end D:

 

[SilentShadow]

During the first game I never cried, though I still found the ending really sad.

Mystery Dungeon 2 was much worse. [Event In Spoilers]

Spoiler:

Dusknoir Drags Hero into the Dark future.

That event gave me nightmares for weeks. Whenever I played though it I would always have to play another game to take my mind off it. Whenever a game with the 'evil dark villain' shows up, I get scared.

The next one was [Event in Spoiler]

Spoiler:

Groyvile's sacrifice

This event made me cry so much when I first went through it, the character depth he had reminded me of myself. For him to make a move such as bold, and after everything he went though, tears flooded my eyes.

I played Sky recently, went through the same event... I was still teary eyed

 

[Frazzevous]

When I first played PMD 1 and 2, I cried when the hero and partner began to separate. I think I still did when I restarted with Sky... those games were quite emotional, all right.

 

[Dying Light]

Alright, I am not the only one who thinks PMD is deeper than the "gotta catch 'em all" tradition!

If I had to pick a part out of the whole game in PMD 2: EoD that was deeply moving, it's at the following part. Note: I copied from Wikipedia because I beat the story awhile ago, but forgot some core elements. I only remembered some parts.

Spoiler:

Meanwhile, the partner succeeds in activating the Rainbow Stoneship, by putting their relic fragment in it, but Dusknoir manages to recover and attack the player before either the player or Grovyle is on board. Just as Dusknoir tries to finish off the player, Grovyle intervenes, taking the blow. Dusknoir angrily decides to slay Grovyle first, but in a move of desperation, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir towards the Dimensional Hole, hoping that in his own defense of the player, Grovyle will ensure the success of the mission. Dropping the Time Gears, Grovyle pushes Dusknoir and himself through the Dimensional Hole, but not without giving his last goodbye. The partner recovers the Time Gears, and the team proceed on the Rainbow Stoneship, with the player keeping silent to the partner about his/her fate. With a heavy heart, the team head towards Temporal Tower to take on their final mission.

Lastly, my most favorite part about the game besides it's story was the music. Especially at the part...

Spoiler:

...when you fight Primal Dialga. His boss battle music is so invigorating! Click here for the song on YouTube.

 

[Alphos]

The music is key. If they played the happy, adventurous stuff like the mainstreams, it'd lose a lot of it's built up emotion. Also, the fact that the pokemon can talk and communicate for once immediately gives them depth and personality, and you therefore actually care about them.

 

[Paulo27ms]

PMD is one of those games that you'll remenber forever, last time I actually finished a pokemon game (or even got involved with something pokemon related) was when I finished Pokemon Black & White, back in 2010, and now I came across a youtube video about PMD and dam... had to look up if there was any new games :\, normal pokemon games don't really interest me that much, but this sort of games, games that will make you think about life... are just those that no one can miss out on.

And yes, a couple tears came to my eyes during the end of all the games, and even now as I'm writing this, I remenber the days, oh... will have to play it again soon... really soon... T_T.

 

[miltankRancher]

The music is key. If they played the happy, adventurous stuff like the mainstreams, it'd lose a lot of it's built up emotion. Also, the fact that the pokemon can talk and communicate for once immediately gives them depth and personality, and you therefore actually care about them.

This. I also think that the music is the key, as the producers managed to find just the right music per scene, especially those special effects (like the light glowing at the end of PMD1)

 

[8bitSilence]

PMD 2 had a very emotional story. It was one of the only games that seriously brought tears to my eyes.