🔥 About the Game
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Release Date: March 6, 2020
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Platform: Nintendo Switch
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Type: Roguelike dungeon crawler (remake of 2005's Red/Blue Rescue Team)
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Key Features:
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Play as a Pokémon (with personality quiz or free choice)
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Recruit all 493 Pokémon from Gen 1-4
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Stunning watercolor-style visuals
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Local & online rescue missions (via Rescue Team Password system)
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🔄 Gameplay Breakdown
Feature | Details |
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Dungeons | Randomly generated floors with traps/weather |
Combat | Turn-based (move in 4 directions) |
Rescues | Save NPCs or other players' teams |
Camp | Manage recruited Pokémon |
Evolution | Unlocked post-game |
🎮 Key Mechanics
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Personality Quiz
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Determines your starter Pokémon (e.g., Mudkip = Loyal, Charmander = Fiery)
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Can skip and choose freely
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Type Advantages
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Super effective moves deal 2x damage (unlike main series' 1.6x)
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IQ Skills
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Passive abilities like "Trap Seer" or "Item Catcher"
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Wonder Mail
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Generate codes for rare items/recruits
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📊 Starter Pokémon Tier List
Best Starters | Challenges |
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Cubone (Bonemerang) | Magikarp (Splash) |
Charmander (Range) | Eevee (Frail) |
Machop (Early Bulk) | Psyduck (Confusion) |
💎 Post-Game Content
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Sky Tower (fight Rayquaza)
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Purity Forest (brutal 99F dungeon)
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Recruit Legendaries (Mewtwo, Celebi, etc.)
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Shiny Hunting (1/100 odds in dungeons)