Don't you cry

Disclaimer: Huge-ass spoiler alert for those who haven't finished Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, the picture doesn't really give much away (bruh, if you've played a pmd game, you expect that before the game even starts), but the description sure does. Scroll down below at your own risk.




Aaaaaand holy shit. I actually haven't seen that much fanart for this game yet, so what's up with that? Wake up, artists, this is some good shit right here.
I gotta say something first, though. This... isn't my team D: It will be, but I have the great privilege of living in Europe, so I still have to wait like an idiot for it to come out I watched an online walkthrough, though, because I couldn't resist to find out about the story. And boy, it didn't disappoint. The first half of the game takes FOREVER to kick off, but once you get to Lively Town, it gets intense really fast.

Gotta say though, the plot is amazing. It's well foreshadowed and just well executed. It does not hammer the morals down your throat like Gates to Infinity, and it makes you feel the urgency and epicness of your quest. But one thing this game mastered to perfection are the plot twists. OMFG, Nuzleaf DDDDD: I was so genuinely upset upon finding out he's evil, he was this sort of chill farmer dude that took you in and cared for you, he even had that reoccuring catchphrase "Watch out for them Beheeyem", yeah watch out my ass, they worked for you DDDD: That was the biggest shock to me in the game, because there was literally no foreshadowing, and just... come on

The ending, tho. Way to go, game developers, fooling long-time pmd fans like that. You assholes. We all know how pmd games usually end, right? You and your partner save the world, everyone is happy, but you have to return to the human world and leave your partner behind in a shower of mantears and yellow bubbles. Well, guess what? Fuck you and your expectations! You're going nowhere, son, your partner is! And you know why? Because he's fucking Mew! Yes, remember that thing that was mentioned, like, ONCE in the game? Yeah, that's your partner. Reincarnated. Who erased your memories. 

Wat.

It wasn't really as shocking as the Nuzleaf reveal, but it was such a cool way to catch everyone by surprise up to the very end. People knowing the franchise expected such an ending from the start, and the game doesn't even try to conceal your inevitable departure by constantly hammering it down your throat after you defeat the final boss. And, well, you DO get separated, but with the small difference that it's not you, but your partner who goes away. It was so cruel and morbid that you can't help but admire the audacy to fuck us up and add this plot twist literally two minutes before the credits. It did feel kind of random, but if you maybe ignore the "Mew reincarnated" part, the ending does not fail to deliver. The game made you care about these characters, and parting ways is still sad, wether it's you or him who's got to go away.
The hero also has a much more active role and a lot more interactions with other pokemon. He's still vague enough that you can give him whatever personnality you want, but he's more than a customizable avatar, and I really liked that.

Overall, I think I still love Explorers of Sky more (sue me but it's just too perfect), but psmd was, story-wise (I don't want to comment on the gameplay without experiencing it first-hand) really, really good. Give it a try.