Rescue Team:News Archive
This page consists of news and archives for 
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team. It includes leaks and early mentions of the titles.
Timeline
2003
- Around November
The game enters development.[1]
2004
- August 7
The earliest mention of Rescue Team comes from a leak of information regarding Chunsoft in a 2channel thread, three months before the release of the Nintendo DS on November 21, 2004. The game was temporary titled 不思議のダンジョン ポケモンワールドピカチュウの大冒険, lit. Mystery Dungeon: Pokémon World: Pikachu's Great Adventure
and was said to be a Nintendo DS exclusive game.[2]
- October 10
The temporary title is mentioned more often on the Internet, in Japan.[3][4]
2005
- August 9
The first official mention of the game was revealed in the September 2005 issue of CoroCoro. The title of the game 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]
- August 27
Both versions of the game are reminded to have a release date on Winter 2005 this time; which is between December 21 and December 31, 2005.[6]
- September 1
In a release schedule from Nintendo of Japan, both versions of the game got an estimated release date set for November 17, 2005.[7]
- September 3
The release schedule was removed from Nintendo of Japan.[8]
- September 14
In a Famitsu article, the release date is officially set for November 17, 2005 in Japan.[9]
- October 8
Ten pages of information about the game was revealed by Pokémon Daisuki Club and more information in Pokéani.[10][11]
- October 20
Three pages of more information about the game was revealed in Famitsu.[12]
- November 17
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are officially released in Japan and Taiwan.
- November 24
In an article from Media-Create from November 14 to 20, 2005, the game 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.[13]
- November ??
Nintendo warns against a bug in the Blue Rescue Team version involving its connectivity with its GBA counterpart, Red Rescue Team, which would completely erase the contents of any other Game Boy Advance games besides Red Rescue Team that was loaded into the system.[Citation needed]
- December 25
Red and Blue Rescue Team 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 titles, besides Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, at this time.[14]
- December 8
Nintendo patched the save file erasing bug and issued a new shipment of replacement DS cards with the patch.[Citation needed]
2006
- February 18
Five new Pokémon games are scheduled for release; it includes both Red and Blue Rescue Team.[15]
- May 10
Reported on Nintendo's Official E3 2006 website, both versions of the game had an official release date set for September 19, 2006 in North America.[16]
- July 17
In the release list from Nintendo of Europe, both versions of the game were given a release date on November 10, 2006 in Europe, and on September 28, 2006 in North America.[17]
- September 18
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are officially released in North America.
- September 28
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are officially released in Australia.
- November 10
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are officially released in Europe.
2007
- August 30
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team is officially released in South Korea.
2016
- February 9
Announcement of a Wii U Virtual Console port Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team for Europe and Australia.
- February 11
The Wii U Virtual Console port of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team are released in Europe.
- February 12
The Wii U Virtual Console port of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team are released in Australia.
- March 17
Announcement of a Wii U Virtual Console port Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team for Japan.
- March 23
The Wii U Virtual Console port of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and the version 1.1 of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are released in Japan.
- June 22
Announcement of a Wii U Virtual Console port Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team for North America.
- June 23
The Wii U Virtual Console port of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red & Blue Rescue Team are released in North America.
See Also
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051124040645/http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/ds/dungeon_special.html
- ↑ https://game8.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1080403545/662 【神様】チュンソフト総合スレッド三階【悪魔】 - 5channel
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041028002616/http:/www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Spade/5114/ Web Archive
- ↑ https://pdline.exblog.jp/1152233/ 不思議のダンジョン！ - pdline.exblog.jp
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/6_games_slated_for_release_in_next_18_months 6 games slated for release in next 18 months - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/This_week_in_Japan:_August_20_-_August_27,_2005 This week in Japan: August 20 - August 27, 2005 - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon:_Dungeon_of_Mystery_release_date_revealed Pokémon: Dungeon of Mystery release date revealed - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/This_week_in_Japan:_August_28_-_September_3,_2005 This week in Japan: August 28 - September 3, 2005 - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Further_scans_reveal_more_on_Dungeon_RPG Further scans reveal more on Dungeon RPG - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/More_Pok%C3%A9mon:_Dungeon_of_Mystery_details_revealed More Pokémon: Dungeon of Mystery details revealed - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/This_week_in_Japan:_October_1_-_8,_2005 This week in Japan: October 1 - 8, 2005 - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/More_Dungeon_of_Mystery_details_made_available More Dungeon of Mystery details made available - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Dungeon_of_Mystery_games_among_top_sellers_of_its_release_week Pokémon Dungeon of Mystery games among top sellers of its release week - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon:_Red_Rescue_Team_and_Blue_Rescue_Team#Japanese_sales Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team#Japanese sales
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/2006_National_Championships_details_specified 2006 National Championships details specified - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Ranger,_Mystery_Dungeon_receive_coverage_at_E3 Pokémon Ranger, Mystery Dungeon receive coverage at E3 - BulbaNews
- ↑ https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_dated_for_Europe Pokémon Mystery Dungeon dated for Europe - BulbaNews