Pokmon Ranger: Guardian Signs (????????? ???? Pokemon Renja Hikari no Kiseki?

, Po kmon Ranger: Tracks of Light) is an action role-playing game video game for the N intendo DS. It is the sequel of Pokmon Ranger and Pokmon Ranger: Shadows of Almia and it is the third installment of its series. It was released in Japan on March 6, 2010, North America on October 4, 2010, and Europe on November 5, 2010. Game play revolves around capturing Pokmon with the Capture Styler by drawing circles around them. The game received mixed or average reviews, with Metacritic and Gam eRankings giving it a 68% and 69% respectively. Gameplay Pokmon Ranger: Guardian Signs is an action role-playing game in which gameplay re volves around capturing Pokmon with the Capture Styler by drawing circles around them. If the Pokmon breaks through the drawn circles by using attacks on them, th en the styler's health goes down, and runs out of energy. When energy reaches 0, the styler breaks and the game resumes from the last save point. However, if, f or example, the Pokmon walks through the styler's line without using an attack, t he styler's line will break, but the styler does not take damage. Capturing Pokmo n and completing missions increases XP, which can lead to styler upgrades, such as power upgrade and energy upgrade. After a certain point, the styler can be ch arged in order to be more effective.[1] One of the new features lets you call ou t your Pokmon for support and to help in captures.[2] The player can use "Guardia n Signs" (also referred to in the game as "Ranger Signs" or "Emblems" by drawing certain symbols, to summon Legendary Pokmon like Entei, Raikou, and Suicune and use them outside of battle. Other features include hb four player cooperative pl ay with unique missions.[1] The game also includes Wi-Fi mission downloads, one of which gives you access to Deoxys, which can be moved to the DS's other Pokmon games.[3] Plot The game takes place on the island region of Oblivia. The player, and a friend a nd fellow Ranger, Ben (Summer, if the player is male), are flying on Staraptors in the clouds, chasing after Pokmon Pinchers after Latias (Latios for male player s). The player allows Latios/Latias to escape by distracting the Pinchers. Howev er, when their squad leader, Red Eyes comes in, the player's partner taunts Red Eyes. He responds by shooting a plasma gun. The player moves forward and shields their partner from the blow, and is sent into the sea below, where the player l oses and eventually recovers their styler. (The player's partner is then kidnapp ed.) The player washes up on a beach- the shores of Dolce Island. The player mee ts a Pichu with a ukulele,[3] who is known throughout the game as the Ukelele Pi chu. This Pichu becomes the partner Pokmon of this game. It will join the player as their Partner Pokmon, after they fix its broken ukulele. As a newly recruited Pokmon Ranger, the player would go on various missions and encounter friends, foe s, and rivals, not to mention hordes of Pokmon. The new enemy, the Pokmon Pinchers , are controlling Pokmon and using them to their advantage. With newly found Pokmo n companions at his side, the player begins his journey to put a stop to the Pokm on Pinchers and restore peace in Oblivia.The player meets 4 people and becomes f riends with them, only to discover that they are behind all the Pokemon Pincher attacks. the newfound enemies raise a giant fortress and destroy Dolce Island, w hich was a homage to Star Wars, with a giant fortress (The Death Star) blowing u p a random island (or planet in Star Wars)to show everybody the power of their n ewfound power. Development Pokmon Ranger: Guardian Signs was developed by Creatures Inc. for the Nintendo DS . It was first revealed on January 13, 2010 by Japan's CoroCoro Comic, which had first details about the games.[3] On January 15, Nintendo Japan made an officia l announcement for the game, and provided screenshots and artwork.[2] It was rel eased in Japan on March 6, 2010, North America on October 4, 2010, and Europe on November 5, 2010.[4] Reception

The game received mixed or average reviews, with Metacritic and GameRankings giv ing it a 68/100 and 69% respectively.[5][6] GamePro rated the game 3/5 stars, st ating "Guardian Signs isn't much of a departure from the last two titles in the series".[7] IGN's Kristine Steimer rated the game 7/10, stating the graphics of "the different environments look really sharp" and "The music depicts the mood o f the story very well".[1] GamesRadar rated the game 6/10, stating "Guardian Sig ns is a great game for small children, but is too simplistic for the rest of us. "[8] GameZone rated the game 6.5/10, and commented "The visuals of Guardian Sign s actually surprised me... both the characters and the world of Oblivia contain more details than the main Pokemon games."[9] It was the top selling game in Japan for the week of March 1 through March 7, se lling 161,000 copies.[11] It stayed at the top the next week, selling 65,000 cop ies.[12] It continued to stay on the charts, selling 360,000 copies in the game' s first month.