A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Game is Essential for the Nintendo Switch 2

Alright, here goes nothing. Brace yourself, we’re diving into a swirl of thoughts—kind of like a conversation you’d have with your buddy over coffee.

—

So, get this: Nintendo is cooking up the Switch 2 set to drop on June 5. Big splash, yeah? Among the games, you’ll get a Mario Kart World. No shortage of zoom-zoom excitement there. It’s getting all fancy with games that, well, the old Switch kinda gave the cold shoulder to, like Cyberpunk 2077. Maybe it’s some new era magic. Or just luck. Anyway, there’s this giddy thrill about old games maybe getting a makeover. Remember the revamp of Zelda: Link’s Awakening? Felt like Christmas morning or something. Speaking of magical makeovers, cross those fingers for another shot at Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. I swear, it was the quirkiest thing—a human morphing into a Pokémon. Wild, right?

Okay, picture this: You’re diving into these dungeons, Mystery Dungeon style. Those games spinoff from Spike Chunsoft’s creations, and you battle it out in turn-based combat. Sometimes it was like, wait, what’s my mission? Oh yeah, rescuing Pokémon or delivering stuff. And bumping into Legendaries like Rayquaza—what a throwback. These guys weren’t just pretty faces on a box, they had depth. Like characters in a novel you accidentally fell in love with. Happens, I guess.

Oh man, the first ones in this series—Red Rescue Team, and yeah, Blue Rescue Team—are about two decades old now. Feels like yesterday we were poking around on the Game Boy Advance. Instead of chucking Pokéballs, you took a quiz. Yup, like those awkward ones on DeviantArt back in the day. You’d find out what Pokémon you’d morph into. Was I Pichu or Psyduck? Can’t remember.

So this series hopped through DS to Nintendo 3DS, back in the day. Last new entry? 2015—sounds like forever ago. Then, hey presto, they dropped that Rescue Team DX for the Switch. Same quirky quiz but now you pick who you wanna be. That painterly art style—man, it was like looking through a watercolor dream.

The reception? Mixed bag, y’know, but it flew off the shelves over a million times. Nintendo just keeps doing whatever it wants (like reviving oldies but goodies like Kirby Air Ride). It’s like, Nintendo’s inner rebel child never took a nap.

Gotta admit, since those fresh Mystery Dungeons, The Pokémon Company dished out new generations and even that Legends series. New Pokémon to become, if they revive the series—like Fuecoco the wee apple or Grookey the drumming monkey. Nintendo might keep it on the backburner. Or, if luck’s on our side, that Switch 2 hype might spark an announcement in July’s Pokémon Presents. Fingers crossed, honestly.