Pre-order DS Pokemon titles, get Poke-guide
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 8:46am by Press Release
This press release is really for the serious, Pokemon pre-ordering types only …
PRESS RELEASE (Nintendo) — Two new Pokémon adventures for Nintendo DS are on the way, and Nintendo plans to reward fans for ordering early with guides to help them navigate the games. Starting March 16, fans who place an order for either Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time or Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness will receive a free, limited-edition Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers Guide*. The guide contains an exclusive collection of tips, interviews and an original manga by Ken Sugimori, main art director of Pokémon video games.
In these two new games, players journey through time and darkness as actual Pokémon as they attempt to find out why they’ve been turned into a Pokémon. Their epic quest leads them through countless, randomly generated dungeons, encountering more than 490 Pokémon. Players also have the option to send rescue alerts to their friends via e-mail or mobile text message when they are connected to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. These two new Dungeon games give Pokémon fans another excuse to upgrade to Nintendo DS, which also plays all their favorite Game Boy Advance games in single-player mode.
Pokémon games remain as popular as ever. Last year’s release of Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version for Nintendo DS sold a combined 4.33 million copies to date in the United States alone.
*Deposit may be required. See retailer for details. While supplies last.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I really didn’t like the Dungeon Adventures for Pokémon… The gameplay seemed to violate the Pokémon code, starting from the fact that Pokémon are not supposed to talk with other than each of the monster’s trademark sound.
Plus, I hate game guides! They kind of beat the purpose of playing a game…
March 13th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
When I saw the Cyndaquil picture and “Pre-order” I thought that a pokemon plushie was the bonus.
InvisibleMan, have you seen the original pokemon anime? There’s one episode where Ash’s and Team Rocket’s pokemon are lost and help each other, in which they talk to each other (with subtitles, of course.)
March 14th, 2008 at 4:51 am
I thought the same thing, neko, that a Cyndaquil was also a preorder bonus. Sad.
I liked the first Mystery Dungeon Pokemon game for a bit, although I eventually I grew tired of it, as I typically do any Pokemon game. I beat the storyline, but I didn’t feel up to do anything after the game was over. Rescuing other players that posted their codes on the Nintendo Forums was fun, and I actually really enjoyed playing as a Pokemon. Obviously Pokemon speak to each other; this game just goes a step farther and translates their speech automatically.
I’m not really in the mood for this game right now, but I’m sure at some point I’ll give it a try. Pokemon is one of those franchises I just can’t resist looking in to.