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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX proved the rescue-team template still worked once you wrapped it in watercolor nostalgia.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX launched in 2020 on Nintendo Switch. It proved the rescue-team template still worked once you wrapped it in watercolor nostalgia. 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.
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The 2020 Nintendo Switch 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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