Hey Leafeon, I got a new alert!
What?
*ahem* MIDNIGHT PRINCESS LIKED YOUR WORK: "TOP5 POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON CHARACTERS"
You don't mean...THE Midnight Princess? The one that has over eight thousand likes and is the second most liked Charmer besides Arcaena?
Yes.
OHMIGODOHMIGODokay.
Anyhoo, welcome back to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Month.
Where I gladly skipped Music Tracks because the series has SO MUCH good music I felt too lazy to scout them.
We've reached to the explosive not-so-explosive climax of the month themed around these games.
Before I start, be sure to check out my theory on the Dark Matters in Kirby and Pokemon.
Without further ado, let's get started.
#5
It's about time I put an entry from Rescue Team on here.
Then again, it IS only #5.
Anyway, this game had a great jump start to the series.
Like Superstar Saga was to the Mario & Luigi games.
It didn't offer good music, but it made the most with what it had.
None of the music actually feels climactic, but I don't think that's what they were going for.
Especially the final boss.
People are always complaining about it, saying "It's not climactic!" or "The music isn't even good!".
But I disagree.
What I really like about this game is that you don't know who will actually be the final boss until you're up to that point.
Some people thought Deoxys would be the final boss, with the meteor and all.
But nope.
It's who stands in the WAY of that battle.
Someone who doesn't trust you.
Someone who underestimates your power, being kids.
Someone who wants the same objective as you, but doesn't listen to you because you didn't knock.
#5: Rayquaza's Disbelief, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team
He would listen to you if he knew that you were stronger.
Knew that you could defeat him in battle.
But he doesn't.
You kick his dragon ass in a battle.
And he finally understands.
He shouldn't judge someone because of how they look, or how weak they may seem.
That doesn't mean you should just refuse to listen to them because they look like two Magikarp to you.
I dunno if "Stop Bullying!" was what they were going for, but again, this was a game for kids, so I wouldn't be surprised.
#4
Why is it always the second entry in an RPG series for kids that's always the darkest?
Or third, if you like Paper Mario.
Regardless, Explorers was pretty damn dark.
To just start off the game, time is out of control.
Because there's two dudes taking over the world.
Darkrai and Dusknoir.
Actually, I dunno if they're connected...
But probably.
Anyway, Darkrai and Dusknoir team up and create a dark future, a Dystopian Future.
But the few brave souls stand in their way.
Grovyle, a Shiny Celebi, You, and your Partner.
The four of you set off to the Temporal Tower and fix time.
But instead, you get sent to the Dystopian Future.
And you get a scene of Dusknoir telling "Master Dialga" about you and your partner, and how you're trying to change history.
And you get LOCKED UP IN A JAIL CELL.
#4: The Dystopian Future, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
Holy crap!
Dusknoir and Darkrai worked together to bring everyone into this dark world.
And boy, they succeeded!
He ALSO manages to catch Grovyle!
You know, the ONE Pokemon who you CAN'T catch?
But to know that this is the future of Pokemon, with no humans, that means you'd be the only human left in the universe by the time the universe reaches the Dystopian Future.
Eventually, you DO travel back to the present and save the universe.
But to know THAT'S what monstrosity the world turns out to be...
Jesus!
#3:
Some of the most intense moments happen during the last half.
Mostly the final boss.
Rescue Team wasn't all that intense.
Explorers was just a misunderstood legendary PLEASE NO BLACK HELICOPTERS.
But the last two games weren't legendaries.
They were both unstoppable forces that can only be defeated by positive emotions.
Dark Matter was later accepted by the end...
But the Bittercold?
#3: The Ice Palace, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
The Bittercold was...well...cold.
It hired powerful Pokemon to try and kill you.
It hired Kyurem to FREEZE THE WORLD.
The palace itself froze your whole teammates to pretty much death.
May sound hard to believe, but Espeon, Umbreon, and Virizion didn't come back until...ever.
Sure, they weren't frozen, but they fainted.
But Bittercold is willing to DESTROY ITS OWN PALACE to kill you.
You can't breathe.
You can't move.
You can't attack.
It seems as though the Bittercold already won.
But then the people of your town start to support you in the final battle.
And although that stays in the next game...
you're facing a force that won't speak.
Can't speak.
Doesn't want to speak.
It's just a giant snowflake.
And although that might be obvious...
it's not cliche.
It's not a dark force.
A lot of thought was put into this fight, and that's what I like about it.
Moving on.
#2
No state.
No country.
No continent.
No planet.
No galaxy.
No universe.
Is safe from Dark Matter.
#2: The Partner's Acceptance, Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
That's all I have to say.
Dark Matter is made of all the negative emotions in the universe.
It seemed unstoppable.
But you believed in yourself.
For the sake of the Tree of Life.
For the sake of Pokemanity(?)
You stood.
And fought the force everyone fears.
Your own negative emotions.
You can't stop Dark Matter.
Dark Matter will always be there.
There is no good without the bad.
There is no positive without the negative.
The world would be out of balance if there was just positivity.
We'd have no will to live.
And by the end of the Dark Matter fight, your partner comes to realize that.
You didn't stop Dark Matter because you defeated it.
You defeated Dark Matter because you accepted it.
Everyone deserves to be accepted.
Think of all the misfits in culture.
Auggie Pullman.
Shaggy.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
The Power Rangers.
They were all accepted by the end of their adventures.
I would've put this at the Number One spot...
but there's still one more that's even more emotional than this.
Vaminos.
#1
Here's how it goes.
You're washed up at shore, transformed into a human.
Your partner finds you, and you go on a great adventure, and become Team Pals. *SNORT*
You become a rescue duo and find out time itself is corrupted.
You find Grovyle and Celebi.
You go on an adventure to save time.
Go to a Dystopian Future.
To hell and back.
To save the world from a giant snowflake, to store all negative emotions.
A meteor destined for destruction.
Time itself.
A dark force made of everyone's fear.
And when everything's done and done...
it's time to say goodbye to the one you've kept your whole life. Pretty much.
This is no 5-year-old's game.
This is no Pokemon game.
This is a feels trip.
This is Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
#1: The Partner's Goodbye, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Series)
You know as a human you've had to leave.
Or because everyone from the future must be erased.
Or your partner is Mew.
Every generation of kids couldn't get through these moments without crying.
And that's all I really have to say.
This is being the Dopest of Leafeon!
And we're almost near the conclusion...
What?
*ahem* MIDNIGHT PRINCESS LIKED YOUR WORK: "TOP5 POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON CHARACTERS"
You don't mean...THE Midnight Princess? The one that has over eight thousand likes and is the second most liked Charmer besides Arcaena?
Yes.
OHMIGODOHMIGODokay.
Anyhoo, welcome back to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Month.
Where I gladly skipped Music Tracks because the series has SO MUCH good music I felt too lazy to scout them.
We've reached to the explosive not-so-explosive climax of the month themed around these games.
Before I start, be sure to check out my theory on the Dark Matters in Kirby and Pokemon.
Without further ado, let's get started.
#5
It's about time I put an entry from Rescue Team on here.
Then again, it IS only #5.
Anyway, this game had a great jump start to the series.
Like Superstar Saga was to the Mario & Luigi games.
It didn't offer good music, but it made the most with what it had.
None of the music actually feels climactic, but I don't think that's what they were going for.
Especially the final boss.
People are always complaining about it, saying "It's not climactic!" or "The music isn't even good!".
But I disagree.
What I really like about this game is that you don't know who will actually be the final boss until you're up to that point.
Some people thought Deoxys would be the final boss, with the meteor and all.
But nope.
It's who stands in the WAY of that battle.
Someone who doesn't trust you.
Someone who underestimates your power, being kids.
Someone who wants the same objective as you, but doesn't listen to you because you didn't knock.
#5: Rayquaza's Disbelief, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team
He would listen to you if he knew that you were stronger.
Knew that you could defeat him in battle.
But he doesn't.
You kick his dragon ass in a battle.
And he finally understands.
He shouldn't judge someone because of how they look, or how weak they may seem.
That doesn't mean you should just refuse to listen to them because they look like two Magikarp to you.
I dunno if "Stop Bullying!" was what they were going for, but again, this was a game for kids, so I wouldn't be surprised.
#4
Why is it always the second entry in an RPG series for kids that's always the darkest?
Or third, if you like Paper Mario.
Regardless, Explorers was pretty damn dark.
To just start off the game, time is out of control.
Because there's two dudes taking over the world.
Darkrai and Dusknoir.
Actually, I dunno if they're connected...
But probably.
Anyway, Darkrai and Dusknoir team up and create a dark future, a Dystopian Future.
But the few brave souls stand in their way.
Grovyle, a Shiny Celebi, You, and your Partner.
The four of you set off to the Temporal Tower and fix time.
But instead, you get sent to the Dystopian Future.
And you get a scene of Dusknoir telling "Master Dialga" about you and your partner, and how you're trying to change history.
And you get LOCKED UP IN A JAIL CELL.
#4: The Dystopian Future, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
Holy crap!
Dusknoir and Darkrai worked together to bring everyone into this dark world.
And boy, they succeeded!
He ALSO manages to catch Grovyle!
You know, the ONE Pokemon who you CAN'T catch?
But to know that this is the future of Pokemon, with no humans, that means you'd be the only human left in the universe by the time the universe reaches the Dystopian Future.
Eventually, you DO travel back to the present and save the universe.
But to know THAT'S what monstrosity the world turns out to be...
Jesus!
#3:
Some of the most intense moments happen during the last half.
Mostly the final boss.
Rescue Team wasn't all that intense.
Explorers was just a misunderstood legendary PLEASE NO BLACK HELICOPTERS.
But the last two games weren't legendaries.
They were both unstoppable forces that can only be defeated by positive emotions.
Dark Matter was later accepted by the end...
But the Bittercold?
#3: The Ice Palace, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
The Bittercold was...well...cold.
It hired powerful Pokemon to try and kill you.
It hired Kyurem to FREEZE THE WORLD.
The palace itself froze your whole teammates to pretty much death.
May sound hard to believe, but Espeon, Umbreon, and Virizion didn't come back until...ever.
Sure, they weren't frozen, but they fainted.
But Bittercold is willing to DESTROY ITS OWN PALACE to kill you.
You can't breathe.
You can't move.
You can't attack.
It seems as though the Bittercold already won.
But then the people of your town start to support you in the final battle.
And although that stays in the next game...
you're facing a force that won't speak.
Can't speak.
Doesn't want to speak.
It's just a giant snowflake.
And although that might be obvious...
it's not cliche.
It's not a dark force.
A lot of thought was put into this fight, and that's what I like about it.
Moving on.
#2
No state.
No country.
No continent.
No planet.
No galaxy.
No universe.
Is safe from Dark Matter.
#2: The Partner's Acceptance, Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
That's all I have to say.
Dark Matter is made of all the negative emotions in the universe.
It seemed unstoppable.
But you believed in yourself.
For the sake of the Tree of Life.
For the sake of Pokemanity(?)
You stood.
And fought the force everyone fears.
Your own negative emotions.
You can't stop Dark Matter.
Dark Matter will always be there.
There is no good without the bad.
There is no positive without the negative.
The world would be out of balance if there was just positivity.
We'd have no will to live.
And by the end of the Dark Matter fight, your partner comes to realize that.
You didn't stop Dark Matter because you defeated it.
You defeated Dark Matter because you accepted it.
Everyone deserves to be accepted.
Think of all the misfits in culture.
Auggie Pullman.
Shaggy.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
The Power Rangers.
They were all accepted by the end of their adventures.
I would've put this at the Number One spot...
but there's still one more that's even more emotional than this.
Vaminos.
#1
Here's how it goes.
You're washed up at shore, transformed into a human.
Your partner finds you, and you go on a great adventure, and become Team Pals. *SNORT*
You become a rescue duo and find out time itself is corrupted.
You find Grovyle and Celebi.
You go on an adventure to save time.
Go to a Dystopian Future.
To hell and back.
To save the world from a giant snowflake, to store all negative emotions.
A meteor destined for destruction.
Time itself.
A dark force made of everyone's fear.
And when everything's done and done...
it's time to say goodbye to the one you've kept your whole life. Pretty much.
This is no 5-year-old's game.
This is no Pokemon game.
This is a feels trip.
This is Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
#1: The Partner's Goodbye, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Series)
You know as a human you've had to leave.
Or because everyone from the future must be erased.
Or your partner is Mew.
Every generation of kids couldn't get through these moments without crying.
And that's all I really have to say.
This is being the Dopest of Leafeon!
And we're almost near the conclusion...