Meta:Origin of Mystery Dungeon Mechanics

The page aims to cover the Origin of Mystery Dungeon Mechanics. It's a work in progress so only posts with next to them have been properly verified.

Game Mechanics

Adventure Log

For more on adventure logs in Mystery Dungeon titles, see: Adventure Log.

• Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB - Monster of Moonlight Village features an adventure log. It was the first Mystery Dungeon game to do so.

Backtracking

• Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon was the first game in the franchise to feature Backtracking.

Golden Chambers

• Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion released on September 27, 2000, featured Golden Chambers.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness released on September 13, 2007, featured Golden Chambers.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky released on April 18, 2009, featured Golden Chambers.

Great Halls

• Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon was the first game in the franchise to feature Great Halls.

Lookalike Items

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky released on April 18, 2009, featured Lookalike Items.
• Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 5: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate released on December 9, 2010, featured Lookalike Items.

Main Menu Icons

• Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon was the first game in the franchise to feature Main Menu icons. They have been a staple in the franchise ever since.
• Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer was the first Shiren the Wanderer title to feature Main Menu icons.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team were the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles to feature Main Menu icons.

Monster Houses

• Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon was the first game in the franchise to feature Monster Houses.
• Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer was the first Shiren the Wanderer title to feature Monster Houses.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team were the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles to feature Monster Houses.

Rescues

• Template:GameTitle was the first Mystery Dungeon title to feature rescues. They could be done via Game Boy Link Cable or Passwords. They have appeared in the franchise ever since.
  • Rescue Mechanics in Shiren the Wanderer series.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team were the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles to feature rescues.
  • Rescue Mechanics in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

Shops and Shopkeepers

• Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer was the first game in the franchise to feature Shops with super powerful Shopkeepers.

Wind

• Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon was the first game in the franchise to feature Earthquakes.
• Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer was the first Shiren the Wanderer title to feature the Winds of Kron.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team were the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles to feature the Unseen Force.