Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Difference between revisions

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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　時の探検隊''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　闇の探検隊''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness'') are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the [[Nintendo DS]].  

As with previous games, there is a post-credits story. Several months after the player was brought back, {{mdc|Wigglytuff|2}} decides that the player's team is ready for an exam to qualify for graduation from the Guild (apparently only accepting one team per year). They are told to go find the treasure found in [[Luminous Spring]], a place where Pokémon used to go to evolve, but are also warned to avoid the "grand master of all things bad" who lives there with his minions. Although {{p|Loudred}} is not allowed to speak of the test, having taken it the year before, {{p|Ursaring}} and {{p|Teddiursa}}, two Treasure Town locals, claim of going to the springs before and meeting no such "Grand Master". Upon reaching the spring, the team run into Ursaring and Teddiursa and conclude that the "Grand Master" does not exist before falling into the lair of the "Grand Master", who turns out to be none other than Wigglytuff and the guild members (revealed by a slip up by {{mdc|Bidoof|2}}, who continues to deny it till the end). After defeating the whole guild, the team continues their journey with Ursaring and Teddiursa. They find that the treasure is actually a [[Perfect Apple]] left in a chest by Wigglytuff himself (through the help of the player's [[Dimensional Scream]]). They also find the Luminous Spring to be able to evolve Pokémon again, as Teddiursa evolves into an Ursaring after she steps into the spring and made her choice to evolve. The team, however, is told by the voice of the spring that they couldn't evolve yet, due to time being distorted. Later, they return the treasure to the guild and graduate, finding that the only benefit is that they can explore on their own and change the group leader, but they still have to give most of their reward money to the guild. Having graduated, the team moves their headquarters to Sharpedo Bluff.

Explore as a Pokémon in a world of Pokémon!<br>Discover secrets of Time and Darkness and form a team to explore the world!<br>Send out SOS Mails using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

In the beginning of the game, the player takes a quiz. The answers to the questions determines a nature that decides which Pokémon the player starts with.  

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! style="background:#e82010" | {{color2|000|Gender|Female}}

! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Meowth|000}}*

! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Skitty|000}}*

! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{pcolor|Munchlax|000}}*

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* {{mdc|Chatot|2}} - Chatot is Wigglytuff's apprentice, whom assigns jobs to the guild as a whole on a daily basis, as well as taking charge when Wigglytuff dozes off.

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| {{color2|000|Temporal Tower}} (13F)

| {{color2|000|Crystal Crossing}} (B14F)

| {{color2|000|Mt. Bristle}} (Peak)

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** It will say "It's right near! It's gusting hard!" Then the player's character will faint and be kicked out of the dungeon, suffering the same conditions as if they were defeated (see below), and cannot be prevented in any way (even if they have Reviver Seeds in their toolbox) other than proceeding to the next floor before it happens. The amount of turns the player can stay on one floor before this happens varies depending on the dungeon.  

* This game is more focused on every Pokémon's gender (even the legendary Pokémon, who are believed not to have a gender). In the previous Mystery Dungeon games, the main character had a confirmed gender, but only because it was asked at the start, and very few other characters had confirmed genders.

* These games along with their sister game, Explorers of Sky, are the only games in the Mystery Dungeon series to feature Pokémon with actual in-game genders.

* All the playable characters that can be selected as partners are starter Pokémon of main games.

* All the starter Pokémon of the first four generations are playable.