History YMMV / PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon

** Mawile SpottingTheThread notices the imposter's use of {{Japanese Pronoun}}s rather than grammar.

** Well, [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja's favorite place to be pet]] is its tongue, so...

** When it comes to the actual ''species'' of Pokemon that get ship, expect to see a ''lot'' of Riolu X Fennekin pairs, thanks to the personality of the player and partner easily being able to transfer to either or.

*** The first camp has also pointed out that because the portion of the game that takes place in Serene Village drags on for so long, the rest of the game suffers a result. For literally the first half of the story you're stuck in "Tutorial Village" and completely disconnected from the larger narrative, so once the story ''finally'' picks up it comes off as incredibly rushed, because half of the game is already over.
*** Outside of Pikachu (admittedly was a main in ''Yellow''), and Riolu, the non traditional starters like Meowth, and Eevee[[note]]Unless if you count it as TheRival's starter in ''Yellow''[[/note]] are absent again which is a point of contention. Adding an insult to injury, Riolu isn't a starter in mainline games after all.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The reinstatement of many features that were removed, such as the PlayerPersonalityQuiz, as well as the announcement that ''every'' known Pokémon as of the game's release will be available, have done a lot to raise people's hopes for this game after the lackluster reception of ''Gates to Infinity''. Whether it ''succeeded'' at winning back the crowd... [[ContestedSequel depends.]]

** For some people, [[spoiler:the player themselves]] is this. [[spoiler:Since the player has no special abilities unique to themselves (like the [[PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Dimensional Scream]]), and since their amnesia and backstory as Mew's human partner from the past isn't explored much, their impact and relevance to the plot can feel strangely minimal. While this seems to have been deliberate, in order to focus on the partner instead, it also resulted in the player feeling very flat and boring for some.]]

** Nuzleaf's weird ([[FunetikAksent implied]]) Texas accent can make him kinda' hard to take seriously, particularly after TheReveal.

** The battle with [[spoiler:Yveltal, Nuzleaf, and the two Beeheeyem]] is probably the hardest boss in the main story. The bulk of the difficulty comes from [[spoiler:Yveltal himself]], who uses the aforementioned ThatOneAttack to hit from across the room, damaging ''several'' allies in the process, and heal himself. Woe betide anyone with a Grass-type as a player or partner, as it may one-shot you. You admittedly come into the fight with a plethora of allies... all but one of whom are Psychic-types, and therefore weak to Dark-type attacks. Guess what type [[spoiler:Yveltal]]'s ''other'' damaging move is? He can also use [[spoiler:Roost]] to heal his HP by a greater amount than [[spoiler:Oblivion Wing]] and often spams it when his HP is getting low. The other enemies--[[spoiler:Nuzleaf and the Beeheeyem]]--love to spam status effects and gang up on your guest party members. Since the enemies either resist or are immune to Psychic-type attacks and you have Psychic-type allies, your numbers advantage quickly means very little.

* CounterpartComparison: The FinalBoss, [[spoiler: Dark Matter]], tends to get a lot of comparisons to the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'''s neutral a good endings. Both are {{Eldritch Abomination}}s of incredible power who [[spoiler: more or less kill all the beings in their world and attempt to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt because of feelings of malice]]. Similarly, they're both eventually "beaten" by [[spoiler: a character (the partner in SMD, the main character in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'') accepting them, which leads to them to eventually making the right choice and saving everyone. They both are also far more sympathic than they appear on the surface.]]

*** Outside of Pikachu(admittedly was a main in Yellow), and Riolu, the non traditional starters like Meowth, and Eevee are absent again which is a point of contention.

* BaseBreaker:

** It's very clear certain Pokemon models were given higher priority when it came to expressions over other Pokemon models. As explained on the main page, major Pokemon like Pikachu and Riolu have model reactions that generally fit the mood of the scene. Other, lesser popular Pokemon, however, have reactions that [[TheyJustDidntCare make you wonder if the development team was even trying]]. A special note goes to [[http://i.imgur.com/jFvfod6.jpg Chikorita's "shock" and "surprise" reaction though]]...

* EightPointEight: [=GameXplain=]'s [[SoOkayItsAverage "meh"]] review by Ted from WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries garnered a lot of criticism, mostly because he admitted to never really liking the sub-series in the first place and criticizing its core elements. It doesn't help that he admitted to never even ''playing'' any games in the series before apart from a brief part of the first.

* FriendlyFandoms: Oddly enough, this game has one with the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fandom of all things. Possibly because of some similar themes, and the FinalBoss of both games involving [[spoiler: forgiving them despite looking like hellfire incarnet on the surface, and that deep down, they're more sympathetic than they seem at first glance.]]

** Resilient Looplet and emera. It prevents the user's stats from being lowered by ''all moves'', yes, ''including'' self inflicted moves (ie. Draco Meteor, Shell Smash, Close Combat, etc.).

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The game has gotten flack for rehashing ''Gates To Infinity''[='=]s antagonist and for reusing some assets, such as the music.

** In post-game, [[TeamDad Carracosta]]. Some players noticed the absence of Carracosta, and were bothered by it, due to him being the parent of the [[HappilyAdopted partner Pokemon]]. Though we see the player Pokemon going through emotional turmoils at the loss of their partner, we don't get to see Carracosta's reaction with the loss of his child, which could've added more interesting scenes between himself and the player Pokemon in regards to the partner. Plus, when the player Pokemon and [[spoiler:Mew]] get to Serene Village, we don't see how Carracosta could've reacted at seeing a child that acts a lot like his own.