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Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon swung the pendulum back toward denser systems and a much more celebratory all-star cast.
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon launched in 2015 on Nintendo 3DS. It swung the pendulum back toward denser systems and a much more celebratory all-star cast. 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 2015 Nintendo 3DS 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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