Around two years ago, Pokemon Ranger gave the Nintendo DS owners an brilliant Pokemon game on the DS, which the unique touch-screen controls, it turned out to be a very enjoyable game for all ages. With Pokemon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia, you get the same feel, although with some weclome improvements.
You start the game as a new student at a ranger school, where you have to learn about Pokemon, taming and helping Pokemon creatures in the wild. Like in the first Pokemon Ranger, there is no battling here, it’s still quite important to listen to it because it provides you with most of the information which you need to be able to start the game.
As you complete your school school, you become a full Pokemon ranger and you take on a job stopping “Team Dim Sun”, which is a criminal organization from brain washing Pokemon, you are really coming out of the school and jumping right into the game, something I like about this game, you don’t waste time doing nothing and straight away you have something to do.
One of the key features in this game, is the Pokemon capture system, by this I mean, when you want to capture a Pokemon to train yourself, you have to draw a circle around the Pokemon on the touch-pad, this may sound easy, but a small bump in the line can been the Pokemon will get away.
Any Pokemon which you capture can be used for its special ability during any other battle / capture attempt, for example you can use a grass type Pokemon to slow down the Pokemon you are trying to capture, so it doesn’t react as fast when you attempt to capture it.
Any Pokemon which you do capture may be useful during the game, for example a large boulder in your way on a path, a strong-Pokemon may be able to crush it / move it out the way so you can carry on with your adventure!
Along with the main adventure, there are also a number of side-quests along the way, this means you can take a break from the main adventure and complete some fun-side quests, which may be things like, find, rescue or calm down Pokemon and other tasks similar to this.
The world of Almia is well presented in 2D graphics and quite large sprites, each area you travel has a different feel to it and unlike in the previous Pokemon Ranger, you are also now able to go underwater and explore the deep-sea with your Pokemon.
Nintendo has made some great improvements on Pokemon Ranger, although I was quite disappointed the fact the game took two years to release and it’s nothing over the top special, overall it provides a fun, rather-long game to complete, taking at least 24 hours, it’s a nice game for all ages!
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