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59% Metacritic Artist(s) Hisashi Nagai Initial release date 23 November 2012 Series Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Platform Nintendo 3DS | 59% GameFAQs Distributor(s) Nintendo Writer(s) Shinichiro Tomie Developer Spike Chunsoft Publisher The Pokémon Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director(s) Seiichiro Nagahata
Hironori Ishigami Producer(s) Koichi Nakamura
Takato Utsunomiya
Kunimi Kawamura
Hitoshi Yamagami Composer(s) Keisuke Ito
Yasuhiro Kawagoe Designers Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda Similar Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, Spike Chunsoft games, Roguelike games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pok mon mystery dungeon gates to infinity episode 1
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (ポケモン不思議のダンジョン マグナゲートと∞迷宮, Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Magnagate to Mugendai Meikyū) is a role-playing game in the Pokémon franchise developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The ninth installment in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, it was released in Japan on November 23, 2012, in North America on March 24, 2013, in Europe on May 17, 2013 and in Australia on May 18, 2013.
Contents
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- Nintendo 3ds pok mon mystery dungeon gates to infinity trailer
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Reception
- References
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Gameplay
The game features Unova Pokémon heavily, with Pikachu, Oshawott, Tepig, Snivy and Axew being the starters of the game. The game has a 3D art style and makes use of the 3DS' capabilities. Instead of the usual 2D sprites, the game utilizes more complex 3D models, and also uses the 3DS' camera and sensors for the players to find round objects and turn them into portals. The portals, called Magnagates (hence the title of the game) need to be unlocked, and act as gateways to new dungeons. The game also features "augmented reality options;" by scanning objects in the "real world" additional dungeons may be unlocked. The game features both free and paid downloadable content, in the form of additional dungeons.
Plot
Similar to the older Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, the games starts with the player having a weird dream and waking as a Pokémon. The game's hub area is titled Pokémon Paradise and contains many Pokémon providing services built by the player.
Reception
Gates to Infinity received mixed to poor reception from critics. IGN rated the game 4.5/10, stating "Gates to Infinity fails as both a Pokémon and a Mystery Dungeon game, and reaching its meatiest content requires playing through hours and hours of tedium. Its deep supplementary features can't overcome the fact that its moment-to-moment play feels so watered down as to be completely pointless," and summing it up as "bad." GameSpot also reviewed the game negatively, commenting "it's as cute as a button, but dull, simplistic dungeon exploration drags Gates to Infinity into mediocrity," and scored it a 5/10. GamesRadar stated that there are "moments of fun to be had with the game, particularly when the narrative hits its stride, but with little variety in the quests you’ll be taking on, and no real depth to the combat, the experience grows old very quickly, making it a difficult recommendation," and gave the game 2.5 stars out of 5. EGM scored the game a 3.5/10, and Destructoid 8/10.
The game has sold 374,000 copies in Japan as of January 2013 and 298,000 copies in the United States as of September 2013.