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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 in this 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 and Celebi 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 maintain the Assist until they are attacked.
• 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.
• 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.

Plot

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The player and their partner are sent to Oblivia by Professor Hastings to determine why the Pokémon Pinchers which had been operating in the area for some time have suddenly become more organized. While flying there on their Staraptor, they are attacked by two Pinchers chasing after an Eon Pokémon. The Pinchers spot the Rangers, and the Eon Pokémon escapes, but is attacked by the Z.Z. Flyers. Red Eyes appears and attacks the player, and shoots a plasma blast from his eyes at the partner. The player sheilds the partner, and is knocked off Staraptor and falls into the ocean. Upon hitting the water the water, the player's Styler falls off and a Mantyke takes it. After retrieving the Styler, the player washes up onto Dolce Island. Then there is a cutscene the Pokémon Pinchers capture all of the Pokémon on the island. The player continues and is spotted by a Pichu with a ukulele on its back. The Pichu challenges the player, assuming that the stranger is a Pokémon Pincher.

The player continues along and meets Booker, a carpenter who makes boats, who offers to take the player to Cocona Village at Renbow Island. After arriving at the beach, it is found that Booker's boat has washed off the shore. The player pushes the backup boat on the beach with a Pokémon and they ride to Renbow Island. When the player arrives at Renbow Island, a boy rushes over and says that Arley chased after the Z.Z. Flyers in Teakwood Forest and didn't come back. The Pinchers take a glowing image from a stone monument, awakening Raikou, who gets angry at them. After the Pinchers are defeated, Dolce Island must be visited to get wood for Pichu's ukulele, which has been broken.

After the wood is retrieved, Pichu joins the player as a partner Pokémon and the player goes east to Lapras Beach. There, Nema and Nixie are arguing about traveling to the Coral Sea to fetch a Z.Z. Flyer. The player is then coerced by Nema to retrieve it for her.

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.

In other languages

Language Title English Pokémon Ranger: Tracks of Light 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

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