Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series: Difference between revisions

The first pair of games in the series, {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team}}, were released on the [[Game Boy Advance]] and the [[Nintendo DS]] in Japan on November 17, 2005, in North America on September 18, 2006, and elsewhere during the rest of 2006 and 2007. The games feature all 386 Pokémon from [[Generation I|Generations I]], {{gen|II}}, and {{gen|III}}. An [[Side story episodes|anime special]] loosely based on the game, ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'', first aired in Japan on March 23, 2007 and in the United States on September 8, 2006. A manga series based on the games, ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team]]'', was also released. In South Korea, only Blue Rescue Team was released, but the free PC demo [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team]] was also available.

The second pair, {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness}}, were released on the Nintendo DS in Japan on September 13, 2007, in North America on April 20, 2008, and elsewhere during the rest of 2008. They introduced almost all of the [[Generation IV]] Pokémon into the series, excluding {{p|Shaymin}} and {{p|Arceus}}, which were not officially revealed at the time. Another anime special, ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness]]'', first aired in Japan on September 9, 2007. It aired almost a year later in the United States on September 1, 2008. The manga ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness (manga)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness]]'' were also based on the games.

Their [[Core series#Release model|third version]], {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky}}, were released in Japan on April 18, 2009, in North America on October 12, 2009, and in Australia and Europe in November 2009. This game has several additions to the storyline of Time and Darkness, including the addition of the Pokémon {{p|Shaymin}}. The most recent anime special, ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness]]'', aired in Japan on April 12, 2009, airing in the US a few months later, on October 9, 2009.