Pokémon Ranger

The storyline follows the player as they start their journey as a Pokémon Ranger to the player becoming a top-ranked Ranger. After saving and capturing a wild Pokémon, the player is taken to the ranger’s base in Ringtown. There, they must complete a series of missions, such as saving Pokémon and completing favors for others. Once the player proves themselves, they are assigned a patrol mission to travel through the Krokka Tunnel.

There, they meet the Go-Rock Squad, the villainous team in the Fiore region. The player reaches Fall City and reports the Go-Rock Squad to the Ranger Leader of Fall City. They are sent on a mission to gain more information about the Go-Rock Squad, and on their expedition, run into a Go-Rock member whose Pokémon tries to destroy buildings in Fall City. The player will continue to upgrade their rank, eventually being needed in Summerland.

Once they arrive there, the player must assist the Ranger Leader of Summerland in finding his lost Pokémon. While traversing through the Olive Jungle, the player meets the Go-Rock Quads, mysterious musicians that inform the player of the Go-Rock Squad’s plans to create a Super Styler. This Super Styler will be able to control all Pokémon, and the Go-Rock Squad wants to use it to destroy the Pokémon Rangers. After returning the Ranger Leader of Summerland’s Pokémon, the player heads back to Fall City.

There, they work on clearing the Krokka Tunnel and run into the Go-Rock Quads again. The player must fight a head member of the Go-Rock Squad and capture the Pokémon they use. They succeed, resulting in them moving up yet another rank. The player must then return to Summerland, where they are encouraged to challenge the Jungle Relic.

There, the player must complete four challenges: the Challenge of Wind, Challenge of Destruction, Challenge of Water, and a secret fourth challenge that they are urged not to complete. They then run into the Go-Rock Quads who urge them to calm a frenzied Pokémon. This causes the player to unknowingly complete the fourth challenge, causing an Earthquake. The Jungle Relic turns into a volcano, where a Go-Rock Squad member challenges them with a battle.

Once the player wins, the Go-Rock member sends a legendary Pokémon after them. After capturing the legendary Pokémon, the player returns to the ranger base. There, they pair up with a Pokémon Professor to go to a factory together. Upon arrival, the pair run into the Go-Rock Squad and must rescue multiple Pokémon that they are using for labor.

The player then travels to Wintown, having to calm down a frenzied Pokémon that was causing small earthquakes. They then find the Go-Rock Squad’s base and infiltrate it. Multiple heads of the Go-Rock Squad attack the player, but are defeated, prompting the heads to set off a self-destruct button. The player must flee the base, returning to the mountains.

While exploring the mountains, they find the leader of the Go-Rock Squad in the Fiore Temple. There, the leader reveals that the Super Styler is complete and sends three legendary Pokémon to attack the player. The player manages to calm the legendary Pokémon, resulting in celebrations from people all over the region and them being awarded the highest rank. This completes the main story line.

In the postgame, the player can continue to explore and catch multiple new Pokémon, including legendries. The special Manaphy mission is unlocked, and once completed, the player will be awarded with a Manaphy egg that can be transferred to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl , HeartGold and SoulSilver , and Platinum . There is a final mission that requires the player to stop the Go-Rock Squad after they angered yet another legendary Pokémon. Once this mission is finished, the plot is completed.

Setting This game is set in the Fiore region, originating from the Italian word for flower. It has no endemic Pokémon, instead being populated by Pokémon seen in the three generations before this game. Traditional Pokémon Trainers are not found in Fiore, but rather Pokémon Rangers, who do not train Pokémon and keep them outside of Pokéballs. Fiore is a small island region.

There are four major settlements in Fiore, being Ringtown, Fall City, Wintown, and Summerland, representing spring, fall, winter, and summer respectively. Ringtown is a small town surrounded by forest and grasslands. North of it lies Krokka Tunnel, which runs to the east, connecting Ringtown to Fall City. Fall City is a port town on the coast, notably larger than Ringtown.

Wintown is a northern town, roughly the size of Ringtown, that lies on the base of the Sekra Range, the coldest area of the region. ” It houses the Go-Rock Squad’s base and the Fiore Temple. Summerland is located on a southern island, occupied by the large Olive Jungle. The Jungle Relic is found deep inside the Olive Jungle.