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Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Best Price: $29.99

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Product Features

• This is the first game in the Pokémon Ranger series to feature Pokémon from Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl.
• Your journey to become a Top Ranger takes you to the new region of Almia. This game has a larger world, more Missions, more adventure and more to do than the previous Pokémon Ranger game.
• Now you can partner with a variety of different Pokémon of each type to complete Missions—giving you many options on how to approach different challenges.
• Pokémon Ranger is a unique action-adventure series that features a fun, different way to capture Pokémon with the Nintendo DS stylus, which controls an item called the Capture Styler in the game.

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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description

In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, you once again play as a Pokémon Ranger, working to help people, Pokémon and nature in a new area called the Almia Region. Starting out as a Student Ranger, you quickly earn the title of a full-fledged Pokémon Ranger. As you succeed in more and more missions, you will aspire to become the highest Ranger rank: Top Ranger. Along the way you meet and capture all kinds of different Pokémon. A new way to play Pokémon Use your stylus to Capture Pokémon. View larger. Play as a boy or girl ranger. View larger. Pokémon follow your lead. View larger. Gameplay Capture wild Pokémon and create a team to clear obstacles and solve puzzles encountered along the way. After players use a Pokémon's ability, it will leave the player's team; however, you will have a Partner Pokémon that will always stay by your side. As you progress through Missions and Quests, your Capture Styler becomes more powerful, giving your Styler more Energy and eventually advancing you to the level of Top Ranger. Characters Harness the power of hundreds of different Pokémon. In addition, players can choose to be a boy or girl Pokémon Ranger. Key Game Features

• Pokémon Ranger is a unique action-adventure series that features a fun, different way to capture Pokémon with the Nintendo DS stylus, which controls an item called the Capture Styler in the game. Players circle the Pokémon they want to catch by drawing circles around them on the touch screen. When you complete certain Quests, the Ranger Union awards you with power-ups, which add new upgrades and functions to your Capture Styler, allowing you to advance as you work to eventually become a Top Ranger (the most revered Ranger of all).
• Now you can partner with a variety of different Pokémon of each type to complete Missions-giving you many options on how to approach different challenges. Every Pokémon is different, and capturing a Pokémon allows you to use its abilities to overcome various obstacles and challenges you will face along the way. The job of a Pokémon Ranger is never done: your duties will include fighting wildfires, rescuing people or even delivering an important package.
• Your journey to become a Top Ranger takes you to the new region of Almia. This game has a larger world, more Missions, more adventure and more to do than the previous Pokémon Ranger games. It has a storyline full of adventure and the ability to travel to and explore many exciting new areas in Almia, including oceans, forests, deserts and more with the help of your Partner Pokémon.
• This is the first game in the Pokémon Ranger series to feature Pokémon from Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl.

Special Powers, Weapons, Moves & Features Use the Capture Styler to capture wild Pokémon. Once they are captured, wild Pokémon will follow the player around until their powers are used (either in a Poké Assist or a Field Move).

• A Poké Assist is when the player uses an already captured Pokémon to help capture another wild Pokémon.
• A Field Move is when the player uses a captured Pokémon's power to clear an obstacle that blocks his way or perform any another helpful function with it.

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Customer Reviews

Bethany M. Hall Said: Fun but tricky ( Sep. 20th 2009 )

Hubby bought me this game with my ds so it was one of the only games I had to play. I have since beaten most of the game and find it interesting but really tricky. You have to be super careful with your stylus to make sure your circles work properly. And it's frustrating not to know what pokemon have useful abilities and which don't. And I refuse to spend [...]or more on a massive book to go with the game. I did find that gamefaqs had the walk through which helped immensely. The people talk way to much and once they've said something good luck getting them to tell you a second time! If you like the original pokemon and want to explore another realm of it then go for it. If you prefer the old game I don't think you'll like these as much!

Adrienne B. Said: Surprisingly addictive ( Jun. 29th 2009 )

*Just a side comment, I havent ever played the first Pokemon Ranger game, so this review is going to be strictly about my feelings of Shadows of Almia* Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia was one of the first games I bought for my DS. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by it. First off I'd like to say that I originally got into Pokemon when it first came out about 10 years ago. The show was awesome and the Pokemon Red and Blue versions were so innovative and fun to play. So it is pleasantly surprising for me to tell you how much I enjoy the spin off this game takes from the "regular" pokemon games such as red, blue, gold, silver, sapphire, etc. Instead of becoming a pokemon trainer who's ultimate goal is to collect every pokemon in the known universe as well as becoming a Pokemon Master, the player is allowed to choose between a boy or girl character who instead chooses to become a Pokemon Ranger. Pokemon Rangers are different from Pokemon Trainers in the fact that instead of capturing pokemon with a pokeball to use to advance your team and work with to make stronger, a Ranger captures pokemon with a poke disc, befriends them, uses their abilities to help them take care of certain situations, then releases them to go back to wherever it was they came from. However Rangers still have a special "partner pokemon" that travels around with them constantly. There are many partner pokemon a ranger can use throughout the game, but a ranger can only keep one partner pokemon with them at a time. The basis of the Shadows of Almia is to become the best Pokemon Ranger you can manage by completing missions and quests given to you by random characters throughout the game. The game is a lot of fun and very addicting. However the only negative things I can think of about this game are that it does end up becoming very repetative after a while. Especially if for some reason you make a mistake somewhere and have to back track to capture a pokemon you need with a specific poke assist so that you can advance to the next area. And the constant circling with the stylus to capture pokemon can make your wrist hurt after a while, so if you notice your arm getting tired make sure to take a break. Also I feel the game is relatively short and pretty easy to get through.(Which I guess could be a positive or negative feeling depending on how much you enjoy the game.) It only ended up taking me around 36 hours to beat as opposed to 100+ hours on the other pokemon games. Regardless, when I picked up this game it was hard for me to put down. I just had to continue and get as far as I could in one sitting before finally tearing myself away long enough to get some sleep. Overall I feel this is a great game for anyone who enjoys a little bit of Pokemon in their lives.

T. Lin Said: Very Fun ( Jun. 21st 2009 )

Compared to basically most of all the other pokemon games, this is definitely something out of the routine. And I really like that. With the missions and quests that you get, it's just sort of something new every time~ and it's great being able to see the pokemon before you have to battle it, that way you can avoid them (the slower ones anyway) and not have to spend time fighting or running away when you don't want to do that in the first place. I just really enjoy this game, but I warn! If you don't have something protecting your touch screen, you really should get it, because doing all the "capturing" will seriously wear out your screen faster. I've been playing the game for a few days now, and my protection seal already has a lot of circular scratches on it hahah. That is the only downside of this I see.

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