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Get set to put your skills to the test as Pokémon Ranger
launches across Europe on 30th March, 2007, only for the NintendoDS.
For the first time ever, fans finally get the chance to fill the
 coveted role of a Ranger, an elite task force who protect Pokémon.
Players can become a fully-fledged Pokémon Ranger by being invited
to Fall City to learn from Spenser, one of the top Ranger leaders.
As they embark on the life of a licensed Ranger, players will learn
to use the powers of captured wild Pokémon to solve problems, help
people and protect nature from adverse effects.
As a player begins the adventure they select either Lunick (male) or
Solana (female) as their chosen character. They are then transported
to the Rangers Base where they will receive a series of exciting and
challenging Missions to complete. As experience is gained, the
Missions increase in importance. The Ranger is pitted against the
Go-Rock Squad in an attempt to recover Professor Hastings’ stolen
Super Styler – the newly developed version of the Capture Styler
used to hold wild Pokémon.
The Rangers don’t embark on their epic journey alone. To help them
along their way they are also accompanied by a single partner
Pokémon. This helpful friend will remain with them at all times
aiding the all important relationship between the Ranger and
captured wild Pokémon, whose power they will need to harness in the
challenges ahead of them.
For the first time in a Pokémon game, players can control the
Pokémon Ranger using only the NintendoDS Touch Screen. To capture a
valuable wild Pokémon the player must draw circles round their
target with the Stylus, though this challenge varies depending on
the size and power of the Pokémon. Once captured, the Ranger’s
partner Pokémon facilitates the use of the wild Pokémon’s powers to
solve problems and clear obstacles that they might encounter.
A wild Pokémon’s powers aren’t available forever though. The player
must choose the right moment to use the power because once used, the
Pokémon is released back into the wild. A captured Pokémon can help
a player by providing either a Poké Assist or a Field Move. In a Poké Assist a player can use an already captured Pokémon to capture
another. In Field Move the Pokémon is used to clear an obstacle in
the new Ranger’s path.
As the game progresses, the Ranger’s Capture Styler, used to hold
the wild Pokémon, becomes more powerful. This provides more energy
(Meter) allowing more Pokémon to be held with them at any one time.
The wild Pokémon captured all provide different powers, depending on
the group they belong to. Groups available include Grass, Fire,
Electric, along with many more. As the game progresses, the
challenge of capturing the correct Pokémon becomes increasingly
strategic with various group match-up advantages and disadvantages
influencing their assistance to the player.
The fun doesn’t end with the main Mission either, with numerous
Sub-Quests available giving players the opportunity to meet and
capture legendary Pokémon like Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza. With
these and over 200 other Pokémon waiting to be caught, completing
your Browser will be no easy task. |
