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| Mystery Dungeon (universe) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Spike Chunsoft (formely Chunsoft) |
| Publisher(s) | Spike Chunsoft (formely Spike and Chunsoft) Square Enix (formely Squaresoft and Enix) Nintendo Sega Atlus |
| Designer(s) | Koichi Nakamura Seiichiro Nagahata |
| Genre(s) | Roguelike Role-playing |
| Console/platform of origin | Super Famicom |
| First installment | Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon  (1993)
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| Latest installment | Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (2024) |
| Article on Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki | Mystery Dungeon (universe) |
The Mystery Dungeon universe (不思議のダンジョン, Mystery Dungeon) refers to the Super Smash Bros. series' collection of properties hailing from the series of roguelike, role-playing games created originally by Chunsoft, now Spike Chunsoft. The player takes the role of a silent protagonist who travels across the world to discover mysterious dungeons; randomly generated rooms who never have the same layouts upon entering into it multiple times, with them accompanied by a group of party members or going alone. Although being popularized by the spin-off series Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, its fanbase can be seen as moderately popular in Japan, and has a smaller following of dedicated fans in the west. Starting as a spin-off of the Dragon Quest series, it eventually grew to include other developers and publishers as it spans to multiple console generations, platforms, and uses both original characters, under the Shiren the Wanderer series, and licensed character as crossovers, including Final Fantasy and Pokémon.
Franchise description
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team is mentioned among the titles listed in the Chronicle in Brawl, while Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness was exclusively listed for the Japanese release of Brawl.
In Super Smash Bros. 4
The Mystery Dungeon universe made its debut in Super Smash Bros. 4 as a dependent universe, depending on Final Fantasy.
Mii Costume
A Mii costume of Chocobo appears as a outfit for the Mii Fighters, whose design was based of the Chocobo spin-off series. Its hat design is based of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Mystery Dungeon universe returned as a dependent universe of Final Fantasy, with only an update of the Chocobo's hat design.
Mii Costume
A Mii costume of Chocobo appears as a outfit for the Mii Fighters, whose design was updated to the Chocobo's latest appearance at the time of its reveal, being Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!.
Media with elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series
The Mystery Dungeon universe has media represented throughout the Super Smash Bros. series with a total of 3 games and medias. The latest game represented in this universe is Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!, released on March 20, 2019.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team
- Playable characters:
Lucario makes his first video game appearance in these games as a cameo.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
- Playable characters:
The Chocobo headgear's design for the Mii Fighters comes from this game.
Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!
- Playable characters:
The Chocobo headgear's design for the Mii Fighters was updated to its latest appearance.
Trivia
- Although the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series have been mentioned in the Chronicle, Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion does not appear in the list in any versions of Brawl despite being also published by Nintendo.
