Nintendo gamers surprised with GBA classic you can try this month

Nintendo just announced that a new, fan-favourite game is hitting the Nintendo Switch's Game Boy Advance library on the 9th, and it's an absolute banger.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, the first of two entries into the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, is dropping on the Nintendo Switch this month. The Game Boy Advance title first released alongside Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team back in November 2005, both of which were developed by Chunsoft (prior to them merging with Spike to become Spike Chunsoft in 2012).

Nintendo recently announced the news on Twitter, much to the delight of Mystery Dungeon fans everywhere.

For those curious as to why Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team is seeing a release on the Nintendo Switch but Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team is not, Blue Rescue Team was a Nintendo DS title. A few DS titles have seen release on the Switch however, so there's a good chance we might see it on there someday.

Although the titles received relatively mixed receptions when they first released, they certainly sold well and have since amassed a loyal following.

The series has also had multiple entries over the years, the latest of which (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX) released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch back in 2020.

Potentially unbeknownst to some, the Mystery Dungeon series didn't actually start with Pokémon. Torneko's Great Adventure was the first entry in the series in 1993, and it's seen multiple different spin-off titles such as Etrian Mystery Dungeon in 2015 and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon in 2007.

The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games see you taking on the role of an actual Pokémon (well, a human who has been turned into a Pokémon anyway), as you progress through dungeons and recruit several different Pokémon along the way to add to your party.

The Pokémon you control is determined by a cute little quiz you take at the start of the game, so make sure you Google the right answers ahead of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team's release on the Nintendo Switch so you can play as the best starter of all time: Cyndaquil.