It is ranked 41st on the list of best-selling Nintendo Switch video games as of August 21, 2021. Over 360,000 copies had been sold in Japan and over 890,000 copies overseas, for a total of over 1.26 million copies sold by the end of March 2020. It placed first in the United Kingdom and France sales charts during the first week. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX was the bestselling game in Japan during its first week of release, with 138,548 physical copies being sold. Giving the game a score of 6/10, IGN's Travis Northup called the game an "unremarkable, grindy experience," while GameSpot's Cian Maher stated the dungeons can "still be a tad annoying at times" and gave the game an 8/10. The game was seen as an overall improvement from the original games because of its improved art style, but criticized for its repetitive dungeons and the lack of enemy HP bars. The game received "mixed or average" reviews based on seventy-four critic reviews, according to the review aggregator Metacritic.
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A free demo was made available on the Nintendo eShop on Januprogress in the demo can be transferred to the full game. The game was announced in a Pokémon Direct on Januand was released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch on March 6, 2020. Players are able to encounter shiny Pokémon during the game, which only appear as "strong foes." Unlike the original games, being defeated in a dungeon will only make the player control the next Pokémon in their team, until all three main Pokémon are defeated. Completing missions can also allow a Pokémon to join your team. Pokémon can join your team during dungeons and can either permanently join your team or be dismissed after the dungeon. While going through the dungeon, the player gets hungry and has to eat food, either found in the dungeon or bought in advance. Pokémon fight using the four moves they know, or using projectiles and other items. These battles are turn-based, and take place in the dungeon map. In the dungeon, there are wild Pokémon that battle with the player's team. The objective is to either finish a job or go through all the floors to find the exit. These jobs take place in dungeons, the layout of which are randomized.
If the player successfully completes a job, they receive a reward and Rescue Points, which increase a team's rank. The game is mission-based with many jobs, which can be found on the bulletin board, requested by mail, or initiated through story events, and include rescuing Pokémon, delivering items, and escorting clients. The player chooses a partner Pokémon from the same list, excluding Pokémon of the same type as the player. The Pokémon that the player begins as is determined by a personality quiz taken at the beginning of the game. ( Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Meowth, Psyduck, Machop, Cubone, Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Skitty). The player starts out as a human who turned into a Pokémon, which can be one of sixteen Pokémon from the series' first three generations. See also: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team § Gameplay