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Title screen of Victini's V-Spin Dungeon
Title screen

Victini's V-Spin Dungeon (Japanese: ビクティニのVルーレットダンジョン, Victini's V-Roulette Dungeon) is a Flash minigame that can or could be found on official Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity websites beginning on October 17, 2012. Completing the game rewards the player with five Wonder Mail passwords.

Gameplay

The game begins after the player chooses which Pokémon to play as. A wheel consisting of 6 slots appears in the middle of the screen. On the left side of the screen are ten rectangles showing different environments, each one representing a floor of the dungeon. The goal of the game is to reach the tenth floor, at the bottom of the screen. The player can progress to a lower floor by winning a turn while losing or drawing brings back to upper floors. At the start of a turn, the player is shown an opponent Pokémon alongside a value, 1, 2, or 3, which indicates the number of floors jumped at the end of the turn.

The wheel has nine slots, and each of them can be yellow, green, black, blue, orange, or pink. At the start of a turn, the wheel will always have three yellow slots, three green slots, and three black slots. The order of the slots and the starting position of the wheel depends on the chosen Pokémon. After starting to spin the wheel, the game asks the player to wait a few seconds before allowing to stop it. The result of the turn depends on which slot the wheel stops on. Yellow slots mean the turn results in victory, green slots mean the turn results in a draw, and black slots mean losing. Winning increases the current floor by the amount specified on-screen while drawing or losing decreases it. Additionally, losing a turn results in the player's Pokémon losing HP by that same amount. Reaching 0 HP results in a game over unless the player obtained a Reviver Seed.

Every time the wheel stops, there is a random chance that it will jump to the next slot instead of stopping where it normally would. Starting from the seventh floor, the wheel spins faster.

Strategy

When stopping the wheel at normal speed, look at the slot ahead of the one the wheel is centering for better precision.

Stopping the wheel as soon as the game allows guarantees that it stops on the same slot where it started unless the wheel randomly skips to the next slot. This trick makes Pikachu, Tepig, and Axew the easiest Pokémon to win the game with.

Playable Pokémon

Portrait Pokémon HP Initial card Wheel type Wonder Mail Code
English Japanese Start Max Japan North
America
Europe
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Pikachu portrait.png Pikachu ピカチュウ 5 None Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Pikachu Wheel type.png C646T5CK

Limber Flag (1)

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All Protect Orb (5)

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All Protect Orb (5)

Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Tepig portrait.png Tepig ポカブ 12 Reviver Seed Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Tepig Wheel type.png CQP342QH

Clarity Flag (1)

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Reviver Seed (3)

95WFXMQR

Reviver Seed (3)

Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Oshawott portrait.png Oshawott ミジュマル 4 12 Recover HP Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Oshawott Wheel type.png 2HN9KXHF

Immunity Flag (1)

JTN34N92

Joy Seed (1)

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Joy Seed (1)

Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Axew portrait.png Axew キバゴ 5 10 Increase MAX HP Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Axew Wheel type.png HK3JHWW9

Tough Flag (1)

KQM4W3H2

Gold Scope (1)

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Gold Scope (1)

Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Snivy portrait.png Snivy ツタージャ 6 Extra win Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Snivy Wheel type.png SP38XJ35

Insomnia Flag (1)

P326J5WX

Joy Ribbon (1)

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Joy Ribbon (1)


Snivy and Tepig have additional special characteristics. When playing as Snivy, the number of floors jumped when winning a turn is doubled and when playing as Tepig the wheel always spins at regular speed.

Cards

At the end of each turn, there is a chance to obtain a random card. Pokémon other than Pikachu already have a card at the start of the game. Cards currently on hand can be seen on the right side of the screen, where they can be selected by the player at the start of a turn before spinning the wheel. Using a card changes a slot in the wheel to a different color and effect. Special Cards (Recover HP, Increase MAX HP, and Reviver Seed) change the slot to an effect that isn't otherwise available on the wheel, while the only regular card, Extra win, adds an extra yellow victory slot. Once a turn ends, the wheel is reset. If the wheel stops on a Special Card slot, the current floor stays the same, and the opponent changes.

Icon Card Slot color Effect
English Japanese
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Recover HP icon.png Recover HP HPアップ Blue Restores 1 HP
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Increase MAX HP icon.png Increase MAX HP MaxHPアップ Orange Increases the maximum HP by 1
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Reviver Seed icon.png Reviver Seed ふっかつのたね Pink Gives the player a Reviver Seed, which is automatically used on defeat
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Extra win icon.png Extra win WINプラス Yellow Adds an extra winning slot to the wheel

Opponents

Portrait Pokémon Value
English Japanese
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Toxicroak portrait.png Toxicroak ドクロッグ 1
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Chandelure's Portrait.png Chandelure シャンデラ
Victini's V-Spin Roulette - Vullaby's Portrait.png Vullaby バルチャイ
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Purugly portrait.png Purugly ブニャット 2
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Whirlipede's Portrait.png Whirlipede ホイーガ
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Mienshao's Portrait.png Mienshao コジョンド
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Pawniard portrait.png Pawniard コマタナ
Victini's V-Spin Roulette - Excadrill's Portrait.png Excadrill ドリュウズ 3
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon - Carracosta's Portrait.png Carracosta アバゴーラ
Victini's V-Spin Roulette - Golett's Portrait.png Golett ゴビット

Music

The game uses music from the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Soundtrack. "What's Wrong with Everyone?" plays at the title screen menu and all menus other than the player Pokémon selection screen, where "Main Menu" is used instead. "Stony Cave" is used for the game, but "Beartic Slide" plays while spinning the wheel.

Gallery

Errors

The English translation of the minigame contains many mistakes and inconsistencies.

  • Victini's V-Wheel, as it's known in the English version of Gates to Infinity, is referred to as V-Spin instead.
  • In the Pokémon selection screen Recover HP card, Increase MAX HP card, and Reviver Seed card are referred to as "HP Up", "Max HP Up" and "Revival Seed" instead.
  • When hovering the Reviver Seed card in the list of cards currently on hand the description says "Chance for receiving Speed", which is completely wrong.
  • The card to add an extra winning slot to the wheel is confusingly called "Win an extra card".
  • When the player's HP decreases, Victini suggests to "revive" instead of healing.

Version differences

  • In the Japanese version, the game stops after three turns, and the player needs to wait for the next day to keep playing. In the other versions, the game can be played three times a day.
  • The translated versions of the game rearranged the Pokémon in the Pokémon selection and Wonder Mail screens from Pikachu, Tepig, Oshawott, Axew, and Snivy to Pikachu, Snivy, Oshawott, Axew, and Tepig.
  • The Wonder Mail codes obtained when winning aren't necessarily equivalent between versions, giving different in-game rewards when entered.

Trivia

  • In the files of Gates to Infinity an image related to the unused minigame Lone Diver contains graphics that are used in Victini's V-Spin Dungeon.

In Other Languages

Language Name
English Flag of the United Kingdom
Flag of the United States
Victini's V-Spin Dungeon
日本語 Flag of Japan ビクティニのVルーレットダンジョン
français Flag of France le Donjon rotatif de Victini
español Europe Flag of Spain Territorio Ruleta V de Victini
Latin America Flag of Mexico Victini's V-Spin Dungeon
Deutsch Flag of Germany Victinis V-Rad-Dungeon
italiano Flag of Italy Ruota dei dungeon di Victini

See Also

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Games
Official WebsitesOrigin of Localized Video Game Titles
Titles Game Boy Advance/Nintendo DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue TeamNintendo DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and DarknessNintendo DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of SkyWii Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing, Stormy, and Light Adventure Squad(NT) - This name may be officially used elsewhere, but this media hasn't been officially translated.Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to InfinityNintendo 3DS Pokémon Super Mystery DungeonNintendo Switch Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Side Games Victini's V-Spin DungeonTreasure Hunting Game(UT) - This is an unofficial translation. Nintendo 3DS
Demos Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team DemosPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team -Challenge the Gold Rank!-Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky DS Download Play DemosPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Kiosk DemosPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity DEMO VERSIONPokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX Demo

References

  • [1] The official website (Japanese).
  • [2] The official website (English) (redirects to the site for the newest game).
  • [3] Archived .swf files, all languages.