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'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 赤の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン あかのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 青の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン あおのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team'') are a matched pair of [[Pokémon games]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]], respectively. These games are the first two entries in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon. These two games were developed by [[Chunsoft]] and were published by [[Nintendo]]. They were released in Japan on November 17, 2005, and were released in the United States on September 18, 2006. In South Korea, Red Rescue Team was never released since the Nintendo DS was the first console launched by Nintendo of Korea. Nintendo of Korea also released a demo version of Blue Rescue Team for the PC, [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team]].
'''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 赤の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン あかのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team'') and '''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 青の救助隊|ポケモンふしぎのダンジョン あおのきゅうじょたい}}''' ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team'') are a matched pair of [[Pokémon games]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]], respectively. These games are the first two entries in the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]], an adaptation of the {{wp|Mystery Dungeon}} games for Pokémon. These two games were developed by [[Chunsoft]] and were published by [[Nintendo]]. They were released in Japan on November 17, 2005, in the United States on September 18, 2006, in Europe on November 10, 2006, and in Australia on September 28, 2006.


Both games were released for the [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] in Europe on February 11, 2016, in Australia on February 12, 2016, in Japan on March 23, 2016, and in the United States on June 23, 2016.
In South Korea, Blue Rescue Team was released on August 30, 2007; Red Rescue Team was never released, because the Nintendo DS was the first console released by Nintendo of Korea. Nintendo of Korea also released a demo version of Blue Rescue Team for PC, [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team]].


Pokémon Mystery Dungeon starts with the player as a human who is turned into a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. A series of questions at the start of the game determines what Pokémon the player becomes.
Both games were released for the [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console]] in Europe on February 11, 2016, in Australia on February 12, 2016, in Japan on March 23, 2016, and in the United States on June 23, 2016. A remake of the games, titled [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX]], will be released on March 6, 2020.
 
When the player first discovers that they are a Pokémon, they will first meet their partner who also happens to be a Pokémon. The journey begins with the player going out to find a lost {{p|Caterpie}}. Once this first quest is done, the journey begins in earnest.


All Pokémon from [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} are available in this game; all may be encountered and [[recruitment|recruited]] as the player ventures across the land and through various dungeons.
All Pokémon from [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}} are available in this game; all may be encountered and [[recruitment|recruited]] as the player ventures across the land and through various dungeons.


The games have received adaptations in other formats through the anime episode ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'' and the manga series ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]]''.
The games have received adaptations in other formats through the anime episode ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'' and the manga series ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]]''.
In the original Japanese release of Blue Rescue Team, a bug would wipe data from any [[Game Boy Advance]] game in the [[Nintendo DS]]'s second slot that was not Red Rescue Team. This was fixed in all subsequent releases.
On January 9, 2020, a remake of the game titled [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX]] was announced for release on March 6, 2020, with a demo of the game being released on the day of the announcement.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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===Main story===
===Main story===
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon starts with the player as a human who is turned into a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. A series of questions at the start of the game determines what Pokémon the player becomes.
When the player first discovers that they are a Pokémon, they will first meet their partner who also happens to be a Pokémon. The journey begins with the player going out to find a lost {{p|Caterpie}}. Once this first quest is done, the journey begins in earnest.
* The {{player}} wakes up one day in the Pokémon world, as a human turned into a Pokémon.
* The {{player}} wakes up one day in the Pokémon world, as a human turned into a Pokémon.
* This world is suffering an imbalance in nature, with natural disasters occurring everywhere.
* This world is suffering an imbalance in nature, with natural disasters occurring everywhere.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In the original Japanese release of Blue Rescue Team, a bug would wipe data from any [[Game Boy Advance]] game in the [[Nintendo DS]]'s second slot that was not Red Rescue Team. This was fixed in all subsequent releases.
* These are the first games that allow the player to understand what Pokémon are saying.
* These are the first games that allow the player to understand what Pokémon are saying.
* These are the first games in the franchise to allow [[move duplication|the same move to be learned more than once at one time]] without a glitch.{{fact}}
* These are the first games in the franchise to allow [[move duplication|the same move to be learned more than once at one time]] without a glitch.{{fact}}