I’ve been thinking lately about the first time I played Mystery Dungeon. Such fond memories :’)
So I thought I’d ask, what was the first Mystery Dungeon game you played? Which pokemon were you, and who was your partner? What were your favourite moments of the game?
I’m also curious to know how people play. I love hearing about people’s playing styles, and their strategies (or lack thereof :P). Do you recruit a lot of pokemon, or just a select few? Do you level them all, or recruit them just to catch 'em all? Do you name your team members? Do you take a heap of items into a dungeon, or take almost nothing and just use what you find? Do you go into dungeons with a strategy, or just wing it? I’d love to hear how you play :)
For me, I first played PMD Blue Rescue Team, as a charmander. My partner was a chikorita, who was named after a friend of mine a the time. I deleted the save a short time after I evolved though, because I regretted it. I didn’t like charmeleon’s sprite, and I felt like I’d “ruined” myself XD The second time I played, I was a bulbasaur, and had charmander as my partner. But I’ve played through as a few different pokemon now, and I usually stick to being an eevee, because that’s what the quiz gives me most often now. When I played Explorers of Time, I was a Mudkip first, and I think my partner was Chimchar. When I played the second time, I deliberately played as Treecko, because of Grovyle. My favourite part Blue Rescue Team would have to be when we returned to town after the whole thing with Ninetales. It’s just such a lovely moment. And Gengar. By the end of the game, I’d actually really begun to like him as a character.
The first time I played, I recruited every kind of pokemon I could, and named each one. But I never actually used them all that much. All but my favourites just sat there collecting dust most of the time. It annoyed me after a while. So now, I only recruit a small number of pokemon. My very favourites, or ones with sentimental value for whatever reason. And I don’t name them anymore, except maybe a couple. I try to limit what I bring into dungeons, just in case I find something cool along the way. And I almost never have a strategy. Unless that dungeon has royally kicked my tail every time I’ve tried it, in which case my only strategy is to run straight to the stairs without stopping to fight unless absolutely necessary. I don’t choose pokemon based on strength, I play only with my favourites. This also means I won’t evolve a pokemon if I prefer their unevolved form.
So anyway, how does everyone else play the games? I’d love to know :D
I do it too, because I’m paranoid that I’ll lose something, or not have it when I need it. But then when I need it, I don’t bring it because I’m paranoid I’ll need it again another time XD