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'''''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team'''''|ポケモン{{ruby|不思議|ふしぎ}}のダンジョン {{ruby|空|そら}}の{{ruby|探検隊|たんけんたい}}|Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Sora no Tankentai|lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}}} is an enhanced version of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]]. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2009; North America on October 12, 2009; Australia on November 12, 2009;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101468|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711110918/http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101468|url-status=dead|title=Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky dated for Australia|archive-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> and Europe on November 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DSi/Pok%E9mon+Mystery+Dungeon:+Explorers+of+the+Sky/news.asp?c=15872|author=Spanner Spencer|title=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky gets European DS and DSi release date|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|date=2009-09-29|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> It has since been re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on July 20, 2016, in North America on June 23, 2016, and in the PAL region on August 18, 2016. The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5.9 million copies as of 2010, then 6.37 million copies after 2010.<ref name="whitepaper">{{cite book |title=CESA Games White Papers |publisher=[[Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association]] }}{{ISBN missing}}</ref>
'''''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team'''''|ポケモン{{ruby|不思議|ふしぎ}}のダンジョン {{ruby|空|そら}}の{{ruby|探検隊|たんけんたい}}|Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Sora no Tankentai|lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}}} is an enhanced version of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]]. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2009; North America on October 12, 2009; Australia on November 12, 2009;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101468|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711110918/http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101468|url-status=dead|title=Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky dated for Australia|archive-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> and Europe on November 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DSi/Pok%E9mon+Mystery+Dungeon:+Explorers+of+the+Sky/news.asp?c=15872|author=Spanner Spencer|title=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky gets European DS and DSi release date|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|date=2009-09-29|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> It has since been re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on July 20, 2016, in North America on June 23, 2016, and in the PAL region on August 18, 2016. The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5.9 million copies as of 2010, then 6.37 million copies after 2010.<ref name="whitepaper">{{cite book |title=CESA Games White Papers |publisher=[[Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association]] }}{{ISBN missing}}</ref> Upon its release, the game received mixed reviews from critics.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
North American cover art with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Developer(s)Chunsoft
Publisher(s)Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
Director(s)Seiichiro Nagahata
Hironori Ishigami
Producer(s)Koichi Nakamura
Designer(s)Hiroshi Nakamura
Fujimi O-nishi
Shinya Yada
Programmer(s)Yuji Fukuda
Artist(s)Fuyuhiko Koizumi
Writer(s)Shin-ichiro Tomie
Emiko Tanaka
Composer(s)Arata Iiyoshi
Hideki Sakamoto
Keisuke Ito
Ken-ichi Saito
Yoshihiro Maeda
SeriesPokémon Mystery Dungeon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: April 18, 2009
  • NA: October 12, 2009
  • AU: November 12, 2009
  • EU: November 20, 2009
Genre(s)Roguelike
Mode(s)Single player

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky[a] is an enhanced version of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2009; North America on October 12, 2009; Australia on November 12, 2009;[1] and Europe on November 20, 2009.[2] It has since been re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on July 20, 2016, in North America on June 23, 2016, and in the PAL region on August 18, 2016. The three games had accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 5.9 million copies as of 2010, then 6.37 million copies after 2010.[3] Upon its release, the game received mixed reviews from critics.

Gameplay

See also: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness § Gameplay

As with its predecessors, the game follows the story of a human who is mysteriously transformed into a Pokémon, determined by a personality test at the game's start-up. Along with the starters from the previous game, five more are included as playable choices; Phanpy, Riolu, Shinx, Eevee, and Vulpix. Some, however, are only available to certain genders; Eevee, Skitty, and Vulpix are always female, while Riolu, Phanpy, and Shinx are always male. However, 2 starters, Munchlax and Meowth were removed and can only be played as the partner.

New features

Many new content were added in Explorers of Sky. Lookalike items will start to appear early in the game, and are meant to do the opposite effect of their original items. They are distinguished by having a letter swapped or changed in the item's name. A new location appears during the story's progression named Spinda Café. It is used as a location to recycle items, find new optional dungeons, obtain rare items and new missions, and meet the player's team besides their partner. After completing the game's main story, Shaymin and the Origin form of Giratina are now present, as they appeared in Pokémon Platinum and released the year after Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. Throughout the entire game, the player is able to unlock music tracks in the Sky Jukebox, which allows players to play the game's entire soundtrack. This feature would be recycled in the Nintendo Switch and Steam port of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate in 2020.[4]

One of the new location, Shaymin Village, along with its dungeon, Sky Peak Mountain Path, references Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer and its main dungeon Table Mountain, as the progress from a village to the top of the mountain, checkpoints in the main dungeon, and a boss at the peak, function equally in both games.

Version exclusives

Many new locations are available in both the main story and its special episodes, along with new items and lookalike items, and Pokémon and items who were available exclusively in Explorers of Time or Explorers of Darkness now present in the same game. As Explorers of Sky had noticeable differences with the original games, content such as Wonder Mail, now named Wonder Mail S, were not cross compatible.

Plot

See also: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness § Plot

Explorers of Sky expands on the plot of Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and explores the background of several characters. The game also features the event Pokémon Shaymin, located in a new location called Shaymin Village, and a new side story for Shaymin available after finishing the main story and graduate from the Guild.

Through completing the main storyline of Explorers of Sky, five new Special Episodes will be gradually unlocked at certain points in the game which add unique stories expanding on side characters of the game. They involve playing as the specified characters of the episode as opposed to your main player and partner; namely Bidoof, Igglybuff, Sunflora, Lopunny, and Grovyle.[5]

Development

With the success of Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness worldwide, and the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series selling over 10 million copies sold by the end of 2008, a sister game would be announced half a year after the release of Shiren the Wanderer 3 for the Wii in Japan. On January 20, 2009, 4gamer teased Explorers of Sky with a pending release date set for Spring 2009. Like Pokémon Platinum was the sister game of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl at the time, Explorers of Sky was shown as the sister game of Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, and featured additional content such as additional Pokémon available at the start and side stories centered for a few side characters in "Special Episodes".[6] Nearly a month after its teasing, the game received a release date set for April 18, 2009 in Japan.[7] A day before its initial release, more info were dropped for the game, along with a website, and the presence of Shaymin and its new location, Shaymin Village.[8]

Reception

Explorers of Sky received mixed reviews, with the game receiving a score of 54 out of 100 on Metacritic.[9] However, fan reception has been notably more positive, with many considering it a cult classic and one of the best games in the series, many praising the game for its gameplay and story-writing.[17] In an interview held in 2022, Shin-ichiro Tomie claimed he was not aware of the western fanbase, but was able to receive messages from Japanese fans of the series via letters, with some of them claiming Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, and its sister game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, his "magnum opus".[18][19]

1.40 million copies of Explorers of Sky had been sold by March 31, 2010, bringing the total sales of the three games to over 5.90 million copies.[20] Later, combined worldwide sales for the three Explorers games passed over 6.37 million copies according to Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association; 4.88 million for Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and 1.49 million for Explorers of Sky.[3] They are currently the best-selling games in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, surpassing their predecessors. They are also the best-selling games in the Mystery Dungeon series in general; surpassing Squaresoft's Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon and Enix's Torneko: The Last Hope, both accumulating 1.34 million and 759,000 copies respectively.[21][22][23]

Anime tie-in

A sequel episode, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness,[b] was first broadcast in Japan on April 12, 2009, also as part of Pokémon Sunday.[24]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team (Japanese: ポケモン不思議(ふしぎ)のダンジョン 空(そら)の探検隊(たんけんたい), Hepburn: Pokémon Fushigi no Danjon Sora no Tankentai, lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team)
  2. ^ ポケモン不思議のダンジョン　空の探検隊　時と闇をめぐる 最後の冒険, lit. "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: The Final Adventure Crossing Time and Darkness"

References

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  2. ^ Spanner Spencer (2009-09-29). "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky gets European DS and DSi release date". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. ^ a b CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association.[ISBN missing]
  4. ^ Midorisato, Takayuki (December 3, 2020). "Nintendo Switch/Steam「不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン5plus フォーチュンタワーと運命のダイス」本日発売". Game-watch (in Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Special Episodes". www.serebii.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  6. ^ "新エピソードを収録，主人公＆パートナーポケモンが増えた「ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊」が2009年春に発売". 4gamer (in Japanese). January 20, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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