Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs ポケモンレンジャー 光の軌跡
File:Pokémon Ranger GS cover.png Artwork and logo of Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Basic info
Platform:	Nintendo DS
Category:	Action RPG
Players:	1-4
Connectivity:	Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Developer:	HAL Laboratory Creatures, Inc.
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation IV side series
Ratings
CERO:	A
ESRB:	E
ACB:	N/A
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	3+
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	March 6, 2010
North America:	October 4, 2010
Australia:	November 25, 2010
Europe:	November 5, 2010
South Korea:	TBA
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Official Site
English:	Official Site
Japanese boxart File:PokemonRanger3Cover.jpg Pokémon Ranger: Locus of Light boxart

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (ポケモンレンジャー 光の軌跡 Pokémon Ranger: Locus of Light) is a spin-off action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS and the sequel to Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. It is part of the Pokémon Ranger series of spin-off games.

Basic information

• The game takes place on the archipelago known as Oblivia.
• The antagonists are a group of Pokémon kidnappers known as the Pokémon Pinchers, led by Blue Eyes, Red Eyes and Purple Eyes.
• Non-player characters from the first two games, Professor Hastings and Murph, make appearances once again.
• The Go-Rock Quads make another appearance, after finishing the game.
• Players are partnered with the Ukulele Pichu (Japanese: ウクレレピチュー).
• The legendary beasts, the legendary birds, the eon duo, Celebi and Ho-Oh play important roles in the game.
• Special downloadable missions allow players to receive a Deoxys, whose form is determined by how fast it's captured (multiplayer only), a Manaphy egg, a Shaymin met in a fateful encounter, and a Heatran with Eruption to their Generation IV games.

New features

• The Ranger Sign feature allows players to draw runes on the ground to summon Pokémon, such as the three legendary Beasts, an Eon Pokémon and bosses, among others.
• Pokémon now also appear on the field for Poké Assists, and they stay with you until they are hit.
• Certain targets now require the use of Field Moves by multiple Pokémon.
• Up to four players may tackle missions together via a multiplayer mode. These missions are accessible after Celebi takes the player into Oblivia's past for the third time.
• Certain Pokémon now have the Fly Field Move, which allows the player to roam Oblivia's Sky and capture various Template:Type2 Pokémon. By speaking to Supurna in the Aqua Resort, Pokémon captured in the Sky can be added to the player's party. It is also possible to fly directly to locations that the player has already visited.
• Occasionally the DS must be held vertically to chase certain people and Pokémon underwater.
• Sometimes, wild Pokémon will be "agitated" and the player will need to deplete an agitation meter with Poké Assists before it can be easily captured with the Capture Styler.
• Previously encountered bosses can be captured again with the help of one of Nema's inventions, the Many Times Any Time Capture Machine.
• Underwater Pokémon only are in the team if the player goes underwater and the Pokémon that cannot swim stay where the player was before entering the water.

Plot

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The player and their partner are sent to Oblivia by Professor Hastings to investigate on why the Pokémon Pinchers, which had been operating in the area independently for some time, have suddenly become more unified. While flying there on their Staraptor, they encountered two Pinchers chasing after an Eon Pokémon. The Pinchers spot the player, and sent a Pidgey to attack the player. After capturing the Pidgey, the Eon Pokémon escapes. After that, the Pinchers angrily used their Z.Z. Flyers' Plasma Cannon to attack the ranger. The player manages to dodge the attack. The Pinchers decided to ram the player, however, the player's partner appeared. When they wanted to retreat, Red Eyes appears.When the partner mouthed Red Eyes, he shoots a plasma blast from his vehicle at the partner. The player shields the partner, and is knocked off Staraptor and falls into the ocean. Upon landing on the ocean, the player's Capture Styler falls off and a Mantyke takes it. After retrieving the Styler, a submarine passed by and the player fainted. Then, there is a cutscene; the Pokémon Pinchers arrives on Dolce Island and capture most of the Pokémon habiting on the island with their Control Gauntlets. After a while, the player woke up and walks around the island. Then, the player is spotted by a Pichu with a ukulele on its back. The Pichu challenges the player, assuming that the stranger is a Pokémon Pincher. After capturing it, the Pichu calmed down.

The player meets Booker, a shipbuilder, who happens to see the Pinchers from afar, not knowing their identity. He then offers to take the player to Cocona Village at Renbow Island. After arriving at the beach, Booker found out that his boat has washed off the shore. Booker asks the player to push a boat that he just built, with a Pokémon. Then, they got ready to head for Renbow Island. The ukelele Pichu appears, and wants to go to Renbow Island along with the player and Booker. When they arrives at Renbow Island, several children came to greet Booker, and was surprised to see a Ranger who wore a different uniform than the one they knew. The player was introduced to Nick, Booker's apprentice, who have a wild imagination. The player explained to Booker about what happened. Soon, a boy rushes over and says that the UFOs have returned and that Arley chased after the Pinchers into Teakwood Forest and didn't come back. The player and Ralph heads to the forest and encounters a Pincher pinching a Pokémon. They headed in to Rasp Cavern and saw Arley, who stopped the two from going deeper into the cave. After the ukelele Pichu rushed in, they followed Pichu. The Pichu saw the Pinchers and remembered that its friends have been taken by them. It jumped onto one of the Pincher but the Pincher knocked Pichu off, breaking its ukelele. Then, the three saw the Pinchers. One of the Pincher take a glowing image from a stone monument, while another used a Pokémon to attack the player. After capturing the Pokémon, the Pinchers have already taken the involiths. However, an angered Raikou appears and attacked the Pinchers. The Pinchers managed to escapes. The Raikou chased after them. After this, the player must go to Dolce Island to get wood to repair Pichu's ukulele. After the wood is retrieved, Pichu joins the player as a partner Pokémon and the player continues for his investigation in the Oblivia region.

The Pinchers' plan is to get the Involiths from different stone monument from around the Oblivia region. However, this angers the legendary beasts. The player must calmed down the legendary beasts, while trying to foil the Pinchers' plan. The Pinchers wanted to use the involiths to capture the legendary birds, which will complete their plan to rule the whole world.

Trivia

• The localized versions of this game use the japanese terms for the legendary Pokémon: "maboroshi" and "densetsu" are translated as "rare" and "legendary", the first being the ones only obtainable through events, such as Celebi and Shaymin, while all of the others are "legendary".
• This game brought the final proof of Phione's lack of legendary status, due to it being found in the wild just as any other common Pokémon, also without the "rare" or "legendary" denomination.
• This game bears slight similarities to The Power of One, taking place in an archipelago, and the plot involves waking the legendary birds which causes havoc and a member of the Tower Duo (in this case Ho-Oh) is needed to quell the birds. The birds even dwell on their own islands. Faldera Island houses Moltres like Fire Island does in the movie, Sophian Island houses Articuno just like Ice Island, and Zapdos dwells within Layuda Island in the game, similarly to how its home was Lightning Island in the movie. The main antagonist is also encountered in a large airship. The main protagonists of both (Ash and Summer or Ben) are also identified as The Hero of an Ancient Legend.
• It is the only Pokemon game to have an area that is inaccessible after completion (Dolce Island).

In other languages

Language Title European French Pokémon Ranger: Sillages de Lumière German Pokémon Ranger: Spuren des Lichts Italian Pokémon Ranger: Tracce di Luce European Spanish Pokémon Ranger: Trazos de Luz

External links

• Official site
• Official Japanese site

Side series games

Stadium series

Stadium (Japanese) • Stadium • Stadium 2

Storage software

Box RS • My Pokémon Ranch • Bank (Poké Transporter) • HOME

Orre games

Colosseum • XD: Gale of Darkness

Other games

Battle Revolution • Pokéwalker • Dream World • Dream Radar

Pokémon games

Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Standalone spin-offs • Betas • Demos

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