This article is about the game. For the special anime episode, see Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (Japanese: ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊 Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon Sora no Tankentai) is a game developed by Chunsoft, and a sister game to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. The game was first announced in CoroCoro, which released the first details in January 2009. It was officially released in Japan on April 18, 2009 and is set to be released in North America on October 12th, 2009.

New features

• Players can now play as four new starter Pokémon: Phanpy, Vulpix, Riolu, and Shinx. Munchlax and Meowth are no longer playable, but Eevee returns from Pokémon Red and Blue Rescue Team. Moreover, every playable Pokémon, plus Meowth and Munchlax, is now available as a partner.
• Players can now play the music used in the game with the Sky Jukebox.
• There is a new place called Spinda's Café where the following can be found:
  • Spinda's Juice Bar grants access to the Unexplored Land, and it also allows players to make their own food.
  • Recycle Shop allows players to exchange excess items for other items. The more items exchanged, the better the items available will be. Players may also get Prize Tickets to obtain items.
• The player's team recruits can now be found in Spinda's Cafe
• There is a new location called the Secret Bazaar which is found randomly in dungeons. It is run by a Kirlia. The bazaar has several stalls found inside.
  • Mime Jr.'s stall restores the player's health and also feeds them.
  • Swalot's Grab Bag Shop gives players Grab Bags. They may hold useful items inside them.
  • Lickilicky's will help players clean items in their inventory.
  • Shedinja's gives players a chance to escape the dungeon sooner.
• Players can find a statue of Arceus in a new dungeon called Destiny's Tower. The story here involves a new item called the Time-Space Orb.
• Players only lose half of their money when defeated in a dungeon, instead of all of it.
• Using DS Download Play, the player can send their friends a demo of the game.

Special episodes

During the course of the game, players can engage in various scenarios that expand upon the story of some of the different characters.

• Bidoof's Wish: The first episode features the past of the Bidoof in the Wigglytuff Guild just after it entered the guild. It goes to the Star Cave to have its wish granted by a Jirachi.
• Igglybuff the Prodigy: The second episode features Wigglytuff as an Igglybuff. It explores his past and explains how he became an explorer.
• Today's Scream: The third episode features the Sunflora in the guild. It was given a mission to seek out a Haunter but it was apparently unprepared for what it as about to face.
• Charm's Arrival: The fourth episode featured Team Charm and their past. Team AWD can also be found here.
• In the Future of Darkness: The fifth episode is set in the dark future. Grovyle and Dusknoir work together when Primal Dialga tries to get rid of them.

Gallery

Special Episodes Gallery
Episode 1	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5
File:MD Sky episode 3.png		File:MD Sky episode 5 Team Charm.png	File:Pmd grovyle dusknoir.jpg
Bidoof	Sunflora	Team Charm	Grovyle & Dusknoir

Connectivity

This game is capable of trading items with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. Other features, if any, are currently unknown.

Gallery

• EoS Wigglytuff Guild.jpg

  The new starters and Skitty

• Pmd3 grovyle.jpg

  Grovyle and a Time Gear

• PMD3 explore.jpg

  Exploration

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  Chimchar and Phanpy helping an Oddish

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  Squirtle and Vulpix standing before a crystal

• Pmd sky giratina.png

  Giratina (Origin Forme), Riolu, and Pikachu explore a dungeon

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  Sky Jukebox

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  Using the jukebox

• MD Sky m in a bottle.png

  A message in a bottle

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  Destiny's Tower

• Pmd sky arceus.png

  Riolu and the Arceus statue

See also

Bulbanews has multiple articles related to this subject:

Articles relating to Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

External links

• Japanese game site
• English game site
• E3 09 page.

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