Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Playthrough

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Playthrough

This is pretty much my playthrough of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. This will be done by summarizing the main events and posting a small amount of screenshots.

I will do the post-game of this game, unlike the Pokémon Crystal Playthrough. Thank you.

Yay, the Pokemon spin-offs I don't like. XD I'll still go through these because I enjoy your playthroughs, though.

To be fair Zero you can enjoy them more because you see what happens without actually having to play them.

I can't wait to see you play through this game since I never played this version.

Mr. Zero Revolution wrote:Yay, the Pokemon spin-offs I don't like. XD I'll still go through these because I enjoy your playthroughs, though.

Cubone wrote:To be fair Zero you can enjoy them more because you see what happens without actually having to play them.

I never knew that about Zero lol.

And I used an emulator, as usual, this game wasn't released in South Korea due to stupid NoK.

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Part 1: Team Nocturne


The personality classified me as a Timid Person, so my starter is Cyndaquil again. Cyndaquil is my favorite starter Pokemon anyway.


Chapter 1 is pretty much a prologue episode where you will get to experience the game first.

Rule Number 1: All Main Characters in my plays are named Equinox.



My partner is Pikachu, and I named him Solstice. Cyndaquil is Equinox, as usual.


The first dungeon of this game is Beach Cave. Though it is filled with Water-Types, they don't have any water attacks so you won't have a hard time going through here.


And the first boss battle of this game takes place here. It's Koffing and Jubat, who stole Solstice the Pikachu's Relic Fragment. It is painfully easy, just use a Blast Seed or use Tackle to OHKO them.


Chapter 2 is where you get to enter Wigglytuff's Guild.


My Exploration Team's name is going to be Team Nocturne.

We will continue on the next episode where we get our first job as an exploration team. Until then, goodbye.

You don't really seem like a timid person to me. Also, this game seems really similar to Explorers of Time. I'm guessing they were a dual release like the main series Pokemon games?

There's the Time and Darkness dual release then Sky came after them both with all of the extra goodies for post game.

It's nice to see that Pikachu is your partner since he was also mine last time I played one of the games. The first boss also did not seem that bad but, it was only the into so the next one should be harder.

Mr. Zero Revolution wrote:You don't really seem like a timid person to me. Also, this game seems really similar to Explorers of Time. I'm guessing they were a dual release like the main series Pokemon games?

Cubone wrote:There's the Time and Darkness dual release then Sky came after them both with all of the extra goodies for post game.

Yep, that's right. That's why the games share the term 'Explorers of something'.

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Part 2: Wigglytuff: Tom Nook in the Pokemon World


Our first job is to retrieve Spoink's Pearl, which is at Drenched Bluff B7F. I bet Spoink dropped it while it was jumping as usual. Oh well, the Pokedex states that Spoink dies if it doesn't jump.


Drenched Bluff is also a Water Type Dungeon. The Explorer games tend to have quite a lot of Water Dungeons at the start. Just be careful of the Chinglings which could Wrap you, it causes quite a lot of damage and you can't do a thing while you are wrapped.


Anyways, we found the pearl. Now let's go back to the guild.


Yay, we are rich! 2000P is quite a lot of money for an easy job like this, you know.


What? No!

Deja vu? wrote:

And Tom Nook will remodel my house. I hope he doesn't mess it up.


Yes Tom Nook. I highly thank you for expanding my house. Now leave me alone.


Here we go again!!  

And Wigglytuff decided to act like Tom Nook and took 90% of my money. Oh well, Wigglytuff is a nice guy other than that, while Tom Nook is just an evil raccoon.


We will enter Chapter 3 later. This is where the game's story really starts to kick in. Until then, goodbye.

XD

I love the Tom Nook reference. Yeah, he does seem like Tom Nook there.

At least some money is better then no money.

Part 3: The First Bristle


Today is the outlaw catching day. Drowzee will be our first outlaw. He tricked Azurill by saying that he will help the Marill Brothers search for their lost item.


Some time later, he took Azurill into Mt. Bristle. The team got to know this thanks to Cyndaquil's dizzy spell, which is a very important storyline factor in this game. Then the team found Drowzee on the Guild's Outlaw Board, and so, the mission starts.


Mt. Bristle doesn't have a main type. But it is a hard dungeon, so be careful and follow these steps.

1. Level up your team at least up to Level 10 (Even more if you got Ground-Type Phanpy as your starter, there are quite a few Flying-Types around.) before going onto the 6th Floor. Some of the attacks are strong enough that could KO your Pokemon, like Quick Attack or Peck.

2. Get an Escape Orb and quickly use it if you are in a pinch. Also bring some Pecha Berries, there are many Pokemon that could poison you.

3. Be sure to step on Wonder Tiles after getting hit by String Shots, Speed is crucial in Mystery Dungeon Games. It is especially crucial in dungeons like Mt. Bristle, where Pokemon will get to unleash strong attacks on you.

Yeah, this dungeon is hard that it had the longest introduction so far. (Though it won't be that hard if you have Pikachu or Shinx as your starter) But it won't be too hard if you train the Pokemon. If you are using Phanpy, please train a lot before going to the upper floors.


The boss Drowzee will be here at the 10th Floor. Apparently, he used Azurill to make him go into a small hole and retrieve the treasure. Of course, this is unacceptable, so let's beat him. Drowzee won't be too hard if you leveled up you Pokemon (about 11), just use a Blast Seed and use your strongest attacks.


We will be seeing Drowzee later, so you won't have to miss him. Also the Marill Brothers will make a lot of appearance in the game, so yay for that.


At night, Solstice told the story of the Time Gears, which are protected in sacred areas. What will happen if it is gone? No one knows, but maybe the time will stop..


And what's this? Some Pokemon has got one Time Gear already. Is this the end?

Part 4 will come directly after, so scroll down further. Thank you.

Part 4: For your dinner's sake
If you did not see Part 3 including Mt. Bristle, please scroll up and check it.


If you've got up to this point, you will get this episode (exclusive to the Sky version) which has Bidoof as a star. These episodes are actually pretty hard, so I will cover them after the main game. By the way, if you think Bidoof is terrible, play the Explorer Games. Then you will learn that Bidoof isn't the world's ugliest most annoying Pokemon.


The Mystery Dungeon games have these kinds of 'free days' which you don't have to go through the storyline. This is when you will get to pick your jobs and do them. Try to explore a lot on these free days to go through the storyline nicely.


These are the jobs that I am tackling today. I didn't do the Cheri Berry one since I could never find it in the first place.


Well, rescue these Pokemons and get the reward. That is the main goal of these free days. Though doing jobs on Mt. Bristle would net me more EXP, there were only Beach Cave/Drenched Bluff jobs, so I had to go to Drenched Bluff.


Chapter 4 doesn't really have anything to do with the main plot. Instead, you will be introduced into a fun minigame called Sentry Duty.


Normally Diglett would be the Sentry, but he has a different duty to do today. So we have to work with Loudred and do the duty.


The game itself is simple, look at the footprint of a random Pokemon, and get it right. Don't fret, hints will come up after a bit of time, so you will have a fair chance. Don't get hasty, the main goal is to get the answer right, not to finish the duty as fast as you can.


Do the duty well, and you get a lot of rewards.


One Explorer Team on Youtube was unfortunate enough to fail the Sentry Duty and got no dinner. It is sad, considering that the leader of that team was Munchlax. He might never evolve into a Snorlax again.

We will continue Exploring on Part 5. Until then, goodbye.

I guess you where lucky that Pikachu made quick work the Pokemon then. I guess chapter 4 was also a nice break after going through 10 floors.