Pkmn:Unanswered Lore Questions

Unanswered Lore Questions in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.

Rescue Team

What happened to humans?

Did Gengar come from the human world?

Gardevoir explains Gengar used to be Ninetales' trainer. A Nintendo Power issue explains humans and trainers don't exist in the Pokémon world, but in-game text explains that they at least used to exist.

Explorers

Who does the personality test at the start of the game?

How many Time Gears are there?

Grovyle collects five Time Gears to bring to Temporal Tower to restore time. The location of one of those Time Gears is not shown. The exact locations of four Time Gears are shown in Explorers of Time and Darkness, plus a fifth one in Explorers of Sky. A Time Gear is alleged to exist in a volcanic area.

If there are more than five Time Gears, why does Temporal Tower only need five?

Why weren't the Time Gears in Temporal Tower in the first place?

Why was at least one of the Time Gears unguarded?

What are the Hidden Land murals?

Why does the hero have the Dimensional Scream?

How does the planet's paralysis work?

How did Coronet Rocks end up in the Pokémon world?

The description of the Coronet Rock explains that it comes from Mount Coronet, a place nobody knows anything about. This is the name of a location in the Sinnoh region as seen in other Pokémon media.

Adventure Squad

Where does the game take place on the map?

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon shows a full world map, but nothing seems to hint at where Adventure Squad takes place, unlike the other games.

Gates to Infinity

Who are the other Voices of Life?

Hydreigon mentions the existence of Voices of Life other than himself. Who are they?

Is Mt. Travail the same as the one in Explorers?

This is likely, but not confirmed, as the location of DLC dungeons isn't shown on the map.

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Did Mew become a different species entirely?

In other Pokémon material, Mew is shown to be able to change species at any moment, regardless of circumstances. During the main story, is the partner still a Mew who is just unaware of this ability? If so, once the epilogue is completed, can the partner still become any other species at will? If not, how did Mew become a different species?

Who lived in the Prehistoric Ruins?

The inhabitants of the Prehistoric Ruins seem to have had a lot of knowledge of the Voidlands, possibly being among the Pokémon trapped there in the past.

How did the Prehistoric Ruins fall?

Why didn't the hero need to leave the Pokémon world?

Why does the partner leave at the end of the main story?

How can Dark Matter petrify Pokémon?

Yveltal is under Dark Matter's control during the events of the game. All Pokémon under Dark Matter's control are able to turn Pokémon to stone. Yveltal is often shown to be able to turn Pokémon to stone in other Pokémon material. It's possible Dark Matter obtains this power by controlling Yveltal.

What is the hidden landmass?

Mawile is studying a mysterious Hidden Landmass.

Why do so many Pokémon close their businesses?

What happened to Felicity Bank?

Why is Destiny Tower in a different place?

A possible explanation is that there are multiple Destiny Towers.