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|jname=ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　空の探検隊

|caption=Boxart of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

|platform=[[Nintendo DS]]

|developer=[[Chunsoft]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]<br>[[The Pokémon Company]]

|gen_series=[[Generation IV]] [[Spin-off Pokémon games|side series]]

|release_date_ja=April 18, 2009<ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/dungeon2009/ Pokémon.co.jp]</ref>

|release_date_na=October 12, 2009<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/games/videogame-pokemontm-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-sky/ Pokémon.com (US)]</ref>

|release_date_au=November 12, 2009<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=&prod_id=19448&pageID=1 Nintendo of Australia]</ref>

|release_date_eu=November 20, 2009<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/games/videogame-pokemontm-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-sky/ Pokémon.com (UK)]</ref>

|website_en=[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-explorers-of-sky/ Pokémon.com]<br>[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Id-KjW1meeYtK9cTD8YQVuTksP9I2RaG Nintendo.com]

'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　空の探検隊''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky'') is a game developed by [[Chunsoft]], and is a sister game to {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness}}. It is the fifth entry in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon. The game was first announced in [[CoroCoro]], which released the first details in January 2009. It was officially released in Japan on April 18, 2009 and in North America on October 12, 2009.

* Players can now play as four new [[starter Pokémon]]: {{p|Phanpy}}, {{p|Vulpix}}, {{p|Riolu}}, and {{p|Shinx}}. {{p|Munchlax}} and {{p|Meowth}} are no longer playable as the main hero, and {{p|Eevee}} returns from {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team}}. Moreover, every starter Pokémon, in addition to Meowth and Munchlax, are available as partners.

** Some of the starter and partner Pokémon can now start with an [[Egg move]].

** '''Spinda's Juice Bar''' grants access to several [[Lush Prairie|exc]][[Serenity River|lus]][[Happy Outlook|ive]] [[Lost Wilderness|dung]][[Destiny Tower|eons]], and it also allows players to make drinks out of food items.

** '''Recycle Shop''' allows players to exchange excess items for other items. The more items exchanged, the better the items available will be. Players may also trade items for Prize Tickets (more kinds of tickets can be unlocked by a team's rank; for example, Silver Tickets are only available to teams in the Silver rank). Prize tickets can be used in a lottery, where the player gets to choose from three colors for the drawing (red, blue, and yellow). The player can sometimes get rare items this way.

** The player's team recruits can now be found in Spinda's Café (once it opens).

** Job requests can also be found here, and can be accepted or rejected by talking to the client to the left of the exit.

** Dungeons that were previously only attainable through job requests can also be found in Spinda's Juice Bar and the Recycle Shop.

** Swalot's ''Grab Bag Shop'' gives players Grab Bags for 100 [[Poké]]. They may hold useful items inside them.

** Lickilicky will clean the player's items in their inventory for 100 [[Poké]].

** Shedinja's gives players a chance to escape the dungeon sooner for 100 [[Poké]].

* A new location, '''[[Shaymin Village]]''', is unlocked after completion of the main game, featuring a tribe of {{p|Shaymin}}, where the player also allies with Team Frontier to reclaim the trail leading to the top of the nearby [[Sky Peak Station Passes|Sky Peak]] mountain. An accompanying Shaymin demonstrates its ability to instantly purify polluted environments, its use of the [[Gracidea]] to transform into its Sky Forme, and can be later recruited into the player's party.

* Players can find a statue of {{p|Arceus}} in a new dungeon called '''[[Destiny Tower]]'''. The story here involves a new item called the '''[[Space Globe]]'''.

* The {{p|Luxray}} and {{p|Luxio}} tribe that was the boss of [[Amp Plains]] has been replaced by the {{p|Manectric}} and {{p|Electrike}} tribe. This is possibly due to one of the starter and partner choices in this game being {{p|Shinx}}.

* A new item called the [[Sky Gift]] can be obtained in an area consisting of ten dungeons called [[Sky Peak Station Passes|Sky Peak]].

* {{p|Raikou}}, {{p|Entei}}, and {{p|Suicune}} are no longer acquired with the [[Mystery Part and Secret Slab]] or in [[Final Maze]], and are now in three new dungeons called '''[[Southeastern Islands]]''', '''[[Inferno Cave]]''', and '''[[Treacherous Waters]]'''. These dungeons are unlocked through random challenges in Spinda's Cafe, but the only way to get these challenges is to unlock the Secret Rank: {{p|Suicune}} at '''[[Treacherous Waters]]''', {{p|Raikou}} at '''[[Southeastern Islands]]''' and {{p|Entei}} at '''[[Inferno Cave]]'''.

** Jirachi is now fought in Star Cave, only accessible through Wonder Mail codes or Spinda's Café. The Special Episode "Bidoof's Wish" must be completed first.

* Occasionally bottles containing job requests will wash up along the beach. Upon finding a bottle the player has the option to take or reject the request. Rejected jobs remain on the beach until taken. However, if the player wants, they can accept the job and then delete it to remove the bottle.

* When the player robs a {{p|Kecleon}} in Time/Darkness he says "Robbed! I've been robbed! Catch the thief!". In Sky, he says, "My precious merchandise! Catch the thief!" instead.

* When the player recruits a new Pokémon, if the team is full, it allows the player to choose who they would like to send back to the guild, instead of immediately sending the new recruit back. Likewise, the same goes if the player tries to do an escort mission and the team is full.

* The amount of time it takes to save the player's game is much shorter.

* When the team's leader tries to switch places with a teammate while they are on a terrain the teammate cannot normally walk on, the teammate will warp right back to them, whereas in previous games it would warp them to a random spot.

* Wonder Mail is replaced with a new format called Wonder Mail S, which is not compatible with Time/Darkness, and making Time/Darkness Wonder Mail codes incompatible with Sky.

{{main|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness#Plot}}

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! rowspan="2" style="background: #{{md sky color dark}}; {{roundytr|5px}};" | {{color|{{md sky color light}}|Information}}

| rowspan="2" style="background: #fff" | The fifth episode is set in the dark future. {{mdc|Grovyle|2}} and {{mdc|Dusknoir|2}} work together when [[Primal Dialga]] tries to get rid of them or so it seems...

==Playable characters==

In the beginning of the game, the player takes a quiz. The answers to these questions determine a nature that decides which Pokémon the player starts with. Certain characters are only available to players of a certain gender.

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}};" rowspan="2" colspan="2" | {{color2|000|Pokémon}}

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}};" rowspan="2" | {{color2|000|Egg move}}  

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP001.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP004.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP007.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP025.png]]

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! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP052.png]]

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

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP133.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP152.png]]

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! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP231.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP252.png]]

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! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP300.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP387.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP390.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP393.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP403.png]]

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP446.png]]

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

! style="background:#{{md sky color light}}" | [[File:MDP447.png]]

After the player's character is determined, they then choose their partner Pokémon. The partner can be any of the playable characters shown above, excluding Meowth, Munchlax, and the player's character. Additionally, the partner cannot be the same [[type]] as the player.

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File:Wigglytuff Guild exterior.png|The new starters

File:PMD Sky Grovyle.jpg|{{mdc|Grovyle|2}} and a [[Time Gear]]

File:PMD Sky explore.jpg|Exploration

File:MD Sky Chimchar Phanpy.jpg|{{p|Chimchar}} and {{p|Phanpy}} helping an {{p|Oddish}}

File:MD Sky Squirtle Vulpix.jpg|{{p|Squirtle}} and {{p|Vulpix}} standing before a crystal in Crystal Cave

File:Giratina PMD3.png|{{p|Giratina}} (Origin Forme), {{p|Riolu}}, and {{p|Pikachu}} explore a dungeon

File:MD Sky Jukebox.png|[[Sky Jukebox]]

File:MD Sky jukebox use.png|Using the jukebox

File:MDS Message in a Bottle.png|A message in a bottle

File:MD Sky Arceus statue.png|Destiny Tower

File:Arceus PMD3.png|Riolu and the Arceus statue  

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