Multi question: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX: When this came out I thought with everything I saw/read... why would I buy it. But is it really as bad as people say? and Would you 'trust' Nintendo to actually do a good job if they remade Explorers, let alone do a good job on the new game coming soonish?
So I'm sure we've all heard the rumors that they're actually going to make a new Mystery Dungeon game... and I can honestly say that when I heard about it, it was the first time I thought 'uh oh, maybe I'll need a Switch 2 someday after all'. But I've seen gameplay and basically done everything with DX other than buy it myself... and it just feels like watered down gameplay compared to the OG game. Is that generally how all fans still view DX on Switch??
What are the chances Nintendo actually gets it right and makes a great Mystery Dungeon game again!? They've all felt kind of downhill since the Explorers games. Obviously those games are freaking legendary, and may never be topped. But nothing has come even kind of close... they just do the same 'hey you were once a human, oops now you're a Pokemon' story over and over!
I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the 3DS games but, Mystery Dungeon "1 and 2" were these amazing emotionally charged stories that we cared so much about, with amazing gameplay mechanics. There has to be some way they can get back to the roots of the series in the future. I mean, maybe I'm alone in these sentiments, let me know how you all feel about the future of the series!!
If they did remake Explorers, it would be amazing but, I'd worry they would just kinda make it a cookie cutter remake, and not really put the heart and soul into it that the original game had. I just see Nintendo as a remake hungry game developer nowadays... and a lot of them just make me say "Why don't I just play the real thing, that we already have mods and romhacks and editing tools for" etc.