I’m not going to post some laboriously lengthy summary of Explorers of Sky’s plot here, but I will say this: it makes Legendary Pokemon matter in a way that few other games do, and it’s a masterclass in establishing a bona fide PokeVillain. Quite an intense term for a kids’ game, isn’t it? Cool, though. As the names of the original two games suggest, it’s all about time and darkness - there’s been a rift in how time works and you can see the past and future via a weird phenomenon known as Dimensional Scream. You fart around for a bit and end up bumping into your soon-to-be partner on the beach, at which point the two of you decide to join Wigglytuff’s Guild. The genesis is similar to Rescue Team DX: you wake up one day and - oh no! - you’re a Pokemon. The main reason I think Explorers of Sky deserves a remake is because of how brilliant its story is. Pokemon is the most successful entertainment franchise of all time, so Nintendo clearly knows what it’s up to. Without going from Town A to Town B to Town C, how are you supposed to slowly build a decent team and take down the Elite Four in a climactic final showdown? I mean, there are rom hacks out there that prove a more conventionally open RPG structure works remarkably well in the mainline games, but whatever. I’m not dissing the core games, mind - it’s just that the narratives are remarkably linear by necessity. 12 years on, I’m still not quite sure why it hasn’t been remade - I reckon it needs a Switch port more so than Diamond & Pearl.Ī few weeks ago, I wrote about how Mystery Dungeon proves that Pokemon is capable of telling compelling stories. Originally launched in 2009, it’s the definitive edition of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, serving as the typical third generational instalment usually seen in the mainline series. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky is an outstanding Pokemon game.
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