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March
- March 23, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC
- 16:13 - The Moonlight Village PC website and internet features will be unavailable on Saturday, March 27, 2005, from 9:00 - 16:00.[1]
June
- June 30, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC
- Sales of Moonlight Village PC have officially ended.[2]
July
- July 1, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC, Asuka the Swordswoman PC, 1Click Content Shop, VShiren
- The One Click Content Shop website, and the online service for
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden - Asuka the Swordswoman for Windows, and
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - Monster of Moonlight Village (PC/Internet Version) will end on September 30, 2005.[3]
- Books and CDs can be purchased until the site closes, but sales of the games ended on June 30, 2005.
- Licenses for Asuka the Swordswoman can still be purchased until September 1, 2005. Online services will be terminated on October 1, 2005.
- Books and CDs can be purchased until the site closes, but sales of the games ended on June 30, 2005.
- Another new Keitai game,
Mystery Dungeon: V Shiren the Wanderer
has been released in Japan.
- July 15, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC
- 11:16 - The Moonlight Village PC website and internet features will be unavailable on July 25, 2005, from 8:30 - 13:00.[4]
August
- August 9, 2005 - Rescue Team
- The first official mention of
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team was revealed in the September 2005 issue of CoroCoro. The game's title is changed to ポケモン 不思議のダンジョン 青の救助隊 and ポケモン 不思議のダンジョン 赤の救助隊, lit. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team. The pair are set to have a Nintendo DS and a Game Boy Advance release and ready for Winter; in between December 21, 2005 and March 20, 2006.[5][6][7]
- August 27, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Both versions of
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team are reminded to have a release date on Winter 2005 this time; which is between December 21 and December 31, 2005.[8]
- August 29, 2005 - V Shiren
- Dwango has started V Phone "
Mystery Dungeon: V Shiren the Wanderer
" support for 3G devices for Vodafone Live.[9][10]
- August 30, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC
- 16:32 - The Moonlight Village PC website and internet features will be unavailable on September 7, 2005, from 14:00 - 16:00.[11]
September
- September 1, 2005 - Rescue Team
- In a release schedule from Nintendo of Japan,
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team got an estimated release date set for November 17, 2005.[12]
- September 3, 2005 - Rescue Team
- The release schedule for
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team was removed from Nintendo of Japan.[13]
- September 9, 2005 - Shiren WANA
- Dwango will begin distributing
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - WANA
on October 17, 2005.[14] Dwango and Chunsoft will be exhibiting a number of i-mode content at the DoCoMo booth at the Tokyo Game Show 2005. It's unknown if Shiren will be among them, however, players can currently download the demo version of the game.[15]
- SEGA has announced a publishing agreement with Chunsoft in Japan.[16]
- September 14, 2005 - Rescue Team, Shiren WANA
- In a Famitsu article, the release date of
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team is officially set for November 17, 2005 in Japan.[17]
- Starting this 'Fall', Docomo will be adding 49 games from 16 companies to their FOMA-compatible i-appli games list. The only relevant one is
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - WANA
. 26 titles are set to be exhibited at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show. It's unknown if any Shiren titles will be exhibited.[18][19]
October
- October 8, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Ten pages of information about
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team was revealed by Pokémon Daisuki Club and more information in Pokéani.[20][21]
- According to a pamphlet distributed at the "Toys R Us Carnival 2005" (Japanese: トイザらス カーニバル 2005) today, there's reportedly not many differences between the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance releases of
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team.[22]
- October 20, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Three pages of more information about
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team was revealed in Famitsu.[23]
- October 28, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Players can demo
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team at "Pokemon in Toyota Stadium 2005" (Japanese: ポケモン in 豊田スタジアム2005) tomorrow from 12:00 to 15:00.[24]
- October 29, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Players can demo
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team at "Pokemon in Toyota Stadium 2005" today![25][26][27]
November
- November 4, 2005 - Rescue Team
- A Japanese news site has shared a "play report" (first impressions) of
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team.[28][29]
- November 15, 2005 - Rescue Team
- The The Pokémon Company's C.E.O. Tsunekazu Ishihara (Japanese: 石原 恒和) is set to release an introductory message to
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team on November 17, 2005.[30][31][32]
- November 16, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Nintendo's Rescue Team Official Website has released a new introductory video/commercial for
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team.[33][34]
- November 17, 2005 - Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team have been officially released in Japan and Taiwan!
- The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team/Red Rescue Team Official Guidebook has been released in Japan. It's a collaborative effort between Chunsoft and Studio Bent (Japanese: スタジオベントスタッフ).[35][36]
- November 24, 2005 - Rescue Team, Shiren WANA
- In an article from Media-Create from November 14 to 20, 2005,
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team sold over 237,000 copies in Japan; 124,000 copies for Blue Rescue Team and 113,000 for Red Rescue Team respectively. Later in a forum post from Gaming-Age, Blue Rescue Team has sold over 153,000 copies and Red Rescue Team over 130,000, which results to over 283,000 copies sold in Japan, one week after its official release.[37]
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - WANA
has been released in Japan.
- November 25, 2005 - Rescue Team
- It has been discovered that version 1.0
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team carts will wipe save data from non-Red Rescue Team cartridges. Nintendo of Japan is offering a replacement service for players affected by this.[38][39][40][41]
December
- December 6, 2005 - Shiren EZ
- Starting on December 8, Dwango will begin distributing
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - EZ
on Keitai devices that support EZ apps (BREW). Shiren EZ will be available on all 3 major carriers.[42][43]
- December 8, 2005 - Shiren EZ
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - EZ
has been released in Japan.
- December 19, 2005 - Moonlight Village PC, Shiren WANA
- 18:01 - Online services for
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - Monster of Moonlight Village (PC/Internet Version) will end on Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Players are asked to set their games up for offline use.[44][45]
- Game downloads, Bulletin Board messages, internet rankings, rescue status of the Wanderer Rescue Team, end of the Download Corner, and Fay's Square.
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - WANA
adds the Trap Armband mechanic to the Keitai lineup.[46]
- December 25, 2005 - Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team: Both games sold over 500,000 copies in Japan each, which results to over 1,023,758 copies sold overall. It has surpassed the amount of copies sold of every other Mystery Dungeon title.[47]
- December ??, 2005 - Rescue Team
- Nintendo DS Official Magazine (France) featured a write-up on
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team this month.[48]