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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team flipped the premise by turning the player into a Pokemon and made rescue work hit harder than gym badges.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team launched in 2005 on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. It flipped the premise by turning the player into a Pokemon and made rescue work hit harder than gym badges. By turning the player into a Pokemon and swapping badges for rescue work, it gives the franchise a much softer, sadder, and often more emotional point of view.
Example
The 2005 Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS release swapped gym badges for rescue jobs and turned Pokemon themselves into the emotional point of view.
Why it matters
Mystery Dungeon is the clearest proof that Pokemon works even when the core formula disappears. For a lot of fans, this subseries is where the writing hit hardest.
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