Pokémon world (Mystery Dungeon): Difference between revisions

|image=Mystery Dungeon World PSMD.png

|caption=Map of the Pokémon world from [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]

|villain=[[Team Meanies]]<br>{{mdc|Team Skull}}, [[Primal Dialga]], {{OBP|Darkrai|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}}<br>[[Bittercold]]<br>[[Dark Matter]]

|series=N/A

|season=''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!]]'', ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness]]'', ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness]]''

|generation={{gen|III}}, {{gen|IV}}, {{gen|V}}, {{gen|VI}}, {{gen|VIII}}

|games=[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Red Rescue Team]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Blue Rescue Team]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Darkness]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Explorers of Sky]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)|Blazing Adventure Squad]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)|Stormy Adventure Squad]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)|Light Adventure Squad]]<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity]]<br>{{pkmn|Super Mystery Dungeon}}<br>[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]]

The '''Pokémon world''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン世界''' ''Pokémon world''), also referred to as the '''Earth''', is a land in which only {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} live and the setting of the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]. Pokémon live in pleasant areas such as [[Friend Area]]s or larger settlements such as [[Pokémon Square]], [[Treasure Town]], [[Pokémon Paradise]], or [[Lively Town]].

Spread out across the world are many [[Mystery Dungeon|mystery dungeons]], labyrinthine structures with several floors that the {{player}} must traverse to complete {{OBP|Job|Mystery Dungeon|jobs}}. They are home to many [[Wild Pokémon|hostile Pokémon]], although some Pokémon are not as hostile, such as {{DL|Kecleon Shop|In dungeons|Kecleon}} and the Pokémon in the [[Secret Bazaar]]. They change their layout every time they are entered, making it impossible to predict how to get through beforehand.

The relationship between this world and [[Pokémon world|the world in which the core series games and anime take place]] is currently unknown. However, they appear to be separate, with travel between the two worlds seemingly being possible. One piece of evidence is the {{DL|Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items|Coronet Rock}}, a rock from [[Mount Coronet|Mt. Coronet]] in the [[Sinnoh]] region.

[[File:Tree of Life.png|thumb|left|250px|The Tree of Life]]

In the ancient past, the world was threatened by [[Dark Matter]], an embodiment of the negative feelings in all living things. It attempted to attack and absorb the energy of the [[Tree of Life]], which would result in the planet crashing into the sun. Through the combined effort of many Pokémon led by a {{p|Mew}} and a sole [[human]], Dark Matter was defeated; however, they failed to completely destroy it, allowing it to rise again in the future.

In the present day, the world is primarily inhabited by Pokémon. Some of these Pokémon have organized into rescue and exploration [[team]]s, exploring mystery dungeon and rescuing Pokémon needing help. In addition to Pokémon, only a few humans are known to live in this world, leading to their existence being mostly relegated to fairy tales, myths, and legends. Despite this, some of these humans have become [[Pokémon Trainer|partners]] with Pokémon, such as {{mdc|Gardevoir|1}} and {{mdc|Grovyle|2}}.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]], the player is a human who has been transformed into a Pokémon. Having lost their memory, the player enters a world affected by an imbalance in nature, resulting in a growing number of natural disasters. Meeting their {{mdc|Partner Pokémon||partner}} soon after their arrival, they form a rescue team to assist Pokémon in need of help. Together, they find that the [[Ninetales legend]] foretold that a greedy {{pkmn|Trainer}} would be reborn as a Pokémon in a thousand years, resulting in these disasters. This human is determined to not be the player, but rather {{p|Gengar}} of [[Team Meanies]]. However, it is ultimately revealed that a falling star heading towards the planet is the true cause of the disasters, and that the player came from the human world to save the Pokémon world, having chosen to erase their memory of being a human. Upon saving the world with the assistance of {{p|Rayquaza}}, the player briefly returns to the human world before deciding to return to the Pokémon world.

[[File:Temporal Tower cutscene TDS.png|thumb|left|250px|Temporal Tower]]

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Explorers of Sky]], the player washes up unconscious on a beach following a [[Time travel|time-traveling]] accident that turned them from a human into a Pokémon, having lost their memories. The player is found by a Pokémon who eventually becomes their partner, forming an exploration team and joining [[Wigglytuff's Guild]]. The flow of time is being disrupted by the theft of the [[Time Gear]]s and the collapse of [[Temporal Tower]]. The player and Grovyle came from a dark future ruled by [[Primal Dialga]] to prevent the paralysis of the planet. After successfully bringing the Time Gears to Temporal Tower, the player disappears from existence, but is brought back to life by Dialga as thanks. It is later revealed that {{p|Darkrai}} had masterminded a plan to cause the collapse of Temporal Tower, as well as transforming the player into a Pokémon and erasing their memories.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]], the player has a strange dream hearing a Pokémon call for help and is transformed into a Pokémon. In the Pokémon world, the player encounters the partner Pokémon, who has a dream of building a [[Pokémon Paradise]]. {{mdc|Hydreigon|gti}}, an embodiment of the Voice of Life, called upon the player to save the Pokémon world from the [[Bittercold]], a creature made of Pokémon's negative emotions that is trying to destroy the planet. Upon defeating it, the player departs for the human world, rising to the sky in a ball of light. The player's partner heads to the [[Worldcore]] to make a wish at the Hill of Universal Order in order to let the player return to the Pokémon world and freely travel between the two worlds.

In [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]], the player has been transformed from a human into a Pokémon, losing all memory of being a human. Soon after, {{mdc|Nuzleaf|smd}} takes the player into his care, and enrolls them in the [[Serene Village]] school. With the partner, the two Pokémon eventually leave the village and join the [[Expedition Society]] in [[Lively Town]]. Across the world, Pokémon have mysteriously been turned to stone, causing the Expedition Society to begin investigating it. However, they themselves are turned to stone and sent to the [[Voidlands]], where it is revealed that Dark Matter has resurfaced, aiming to possess the Tree of Life once again. With the help of many other Pokémon, Dark Matter is defeated for good. The player realizes that they may have to return to the human world, but after their partner learns that they are a reincarnation of Mew and have fulfilled their role, the partner disappears, rising to the sky in a ball of light. The player eventually demonstrates their desire for the partner to return at [[Purifying Cave]], restoring the partner to existence.

==Geography==

[[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]] establishes that each of the previous games take place on continents that together make up the Pokémon world.

===Continents===

====Air Continent====

{{main|Air Continent}}

The Air Continent is a continent introduced as the setting of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]], making it the first continent to appear in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. It was not given a proper name until its later appearance in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. There are two known settlements on the continent: [[Pokémon Square]] and [[Baram Town]]. It is located in the northeast of the Pokémon world.

Mystery Dungeon World RTRB.png|The Air Continent in Red and Blue Rescue Team

Air Continent.png|The Air Continent in Super Mystery Dungeon

Mystery Dungeon World RTDX.png|The Air Continent in Rescue Team DX

 

====Grass Continent====

{{main|Grass Continent}}

The Grass Continent is a continent introduced as the setting of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Explorers of Sky]]. It was not given a proper name until its later appearance in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. There are three known settlements on the continent: [[Treasure Town]], [[Shaymin Village]], and [[Capim Town]]. It is located in the southeast of the Pokémon world.

 

Mystery Dungeon World PMD2.png|The Grass Continent in Explorers of Time and Darkness

Mystery Dungeon World Sky.png|The Grass Continent in Explorers of Sky

Grass Continent.png|The Grass Continent in Super Mystery Dungeon

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====Mist Continent====

The Mist Continent is a continent introduced as the setting of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]]. It was not given a proper name until its later appearance in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. There are three known settlements on the continent: [[Post Town]], [[Pokémon Paradise]], and [[Noe Town]]. It is located in the northwest of the Pokémon world.

Mystery Dungeon World GTI 1.png|The Mist Continent in Gates to Infinity

Mist Continent.png|The Mist Continent in Super Mystery Dungeon

====Water Continent====

{{main|Water Continent}}

The Water Continent is a continent fully introduced as the starting continent of [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. There are two known settlements on the continent: [[Serene Village]] and [[Lively Town]]. Its easternmost island was first featured in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], containing the dungeons [[Wish Cave]], [[Joyous Tower]], and [[Purity Forest]]. It is located in the north central part of the Pokémon world.

Water Continent.png|The Water Continent in Super Mystery Dungeon

====Sand Continent====

{{main|Sand Continent}}

The Sand Continent is a continent introduced in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. [[Sahra Town]] is the only known settlement on the continent. It is located in the southwest of the Pokémon world.

Sand Continent.png|The Sand Continent in Super Mystery Dungeon

====Sea of Wonders====

{{main|Sea of Wonders}}

The Sea of Wonders is an area fully introduced in [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]]. It contains many islands, including one on which the [[Tree of Life]] is located. The two easternmost islands are featured in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Explorers of Sky]] as the [[Hidden Land]] and [[Blizzard Island]]. It is located in the south central part of the Pokémon world.