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About the Game

Pokémon Ranger: Vatonage is an action/role-playing video game developed by Creatures Inc. for the Nintendo DS video game console. It is the sequel to the Pokémon Ranger video game, also for the DS. It was announced in the January 2008 issue of CoroCoro and was released in Japan on March 20, 2008. It was announced at E3 2008 that the game would be released in the United States under the title Shadows of Almia on November 10, 2008. It was announced on September 25 that the game would be released in Europe under the title Shadows of Almia on November 21, 2008.

The game features 270 Pokémon, including new Pokémon which were not featured in the original Pokémon Ranger, from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

Gameplay

 
The game takes place in the Almia region. The player begins as a Pokemon Ranger-in-training at the Ranger School and quickly graduates to a rookie Ranger and must advance from there. The player may choose their character’s gender, but unlike in the original Pokemon Ranger, this choice does not affect their partner Pokemon.

Much of gameplay is similar to the original game. Players must capture/befriend wild Pokemon to aid them by circling them with their Nintendo DS stylus (known as a Capture Styler in the game).

There is a major change from the original capture method. Instead of having to complete certain number of loops without lifting the stylus, the player must fill up a Pokemon’s Friendship Gauge by drawing loops around the Pokemon, but can lift the stylus to avoid attacks. However, the power in Friendship Gauge will decrease over time if the player stops drawing loops for too long. The amount of power in the gauge filled by each loop also increases as the player levels up their styler.

Shadows of Almia also introduces Quests, which are mini-missions not essential to the plot that involve the player completing requests from Almia citizens and earning new partner Pokemon and power-ups for their styler as rewards.

Unlike the original, Shadows of Almia allows the player to choose their partner Pokémon. In the previous game, the partner was decided based on the players chosen gender (Minun for male, Plusle for female). Players start with either Pachirisu, Munchlax, or Starly, and the other 14 partners (as well as the two partners that were not chosen at the beginning) are obtainable either through sub-quests or in-game events, and once captured, can be switched to be the player's partner at any time. There are 17 possible partners, one for each Pokémon type.

In this game, the player can take part in sub-missions, also known as quests, which are rewarded with the player receiving new Power-Up Data. Power-Up Data upgrades the player's Capture Styler by helping to reduce the damage taken from certain types of attacks, or by enhancing the Styler with additional abilities, such as increased damage for consecutive loops, defense against certain Pokemon groups, or longer capture lines.

Shadows of Almia offers a new way to capture Pokémon. Instead of circling a Pokémon a certain number of times without stopping (as in Pokémon Ranger, when if you stopped circling before the capture was completed, the capture failed, and you were required to start again), whenever a Pokémon is circled, its Friendship Gauge fills. When the Gauge is fully filled, the capture is successful. This effect can be upgraded by the use of various Power-Up Data, to increase damage per circle, or increasing damage for consecutive loops.

Shadows of Almia also includes 4 different types of stylers: the School, Capture, Fine and Vatonage stylers. The School styler is a simplified version of the capture styler, while the Fine Styler has a charge feature (which can be upgraded) which when the styler is held down and charges up, the amount of feelings conveyed to the pokemon increases, enabling for quicker captures. The Vatonage styler is a Fine Styler that can capture Team Dim Sun's Pokemon to use them (in target clears, etc). The Fine Styler transforms into the Vatonage Styler when the player is going inside Altru Tower during Mission 16: Execute Operation Brighton.