Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Nintendo DS game card
- Case with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Nintendo DS
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness are a matched pair of Pokémon games developed by Chunsoft and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The two games were released in Japan in September 2007, and in North America and Europe in 2008.
Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness are a matched pair of Pokémon games developed by Chunsoft and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The two games were released in Japan in September 2007, and in North America and Europe in 2008. A third version, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, was released for the same hardware in 2009.
As a sequel to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, new features include the addition of Generation IV Pokémon, improved Wi-Fi functionality, and more touch-screen options. The games feature 491 of the 493 Pokémon, as Shaymin and Arceus were not officially revealed at the time of the game's launch.
In terms of gameplay and premise, the Explorers installments are largely similar to their Rescue Team predecessors, where a human-turned-Pokémon joins an Exploration Society and explores shifting dungeons, fighting hostile Pokémon through turn-based combat. The games received mixed reviews from critics, receiving praise for their storyline, soundtrack, and Wi-Fi functionality, but were criticized for its graphics and repetitive gameplay. The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5.9 million copies as of 2010, then 6.37 million copies after 2010.
Official trailer
TV Commercial (Japanese). Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - Longplay (No Commentary), Blizzard0199. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
- Developer
- Chunsoft
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- Yes
- Age ratings
- CLASS IND
- L
- ESRB
- E
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | Japan | 2007-09-13 |
| Nintendo DS | North America | 2008-04-20 |
| Nintendo DS | Europe / PAL | 2008-07-04 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
The whole adventure still plays; online rescues ended in 2014.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Nintendo DS game card |
| Ever released in the store | No Never sold digitally. |
| In the store to buy today | No Never sold digitally. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist Never sold digitally. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | Yes Rescue requests between players over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. |
| Online servers running today | Shut down Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection closed on 20 May 2014. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single-player. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist Single-player. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic DS 60 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Eurogamer 7 10 GameSpot 6.5 10 GameSpy 4 5 GamesRadar 2.5 5 IGN 6.5 10 Nintendo Power 7.5 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Chunsoft Publisher Nintendo (outside Japan), The Pokémon Company (Japan) Directors Seiichiro Nagahata, Hironori Ishigami Producers Koichi Nakamura, Hiroaki Tsuru, Hiroyuki Jinnai, Kunimi Kawamura, Hitoshi Yamagami Designers Hiroshi Nakamura, Fujimi O-nishi, Shinya Yada Programmer Yuji Fukuda Artist Fuyuhiko Koizumi Writers Shin-ichiro Tomie, Emiko Tanaka Composers Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, Kenichi Saito
Notes for collectors
- Released alongside Explorers of Darkness; Explorers of Sky followed as an expanded version.
- A human turned into a Pokémon joins an Exploration Guild and explores dungeons that change each visit.
- Defeated teams can wait for another player to rescue them.
- Over 4.5 million copies of Time and Darkness sold by March 2009.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Chunsoft
- Director
- Seiichiro Nagahata, Hironori Ishigami
- Released
- 2008-04-20
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
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