Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

In the second in the Pokemon Ranger series, you once again play as a Pokemon Ranger, working to help people, Pokemon and nature in a new area called the Almia Region. Starting out as a Student Ranger, you…

50 20 March 2008 ESRB E

What Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is an adventure game developed by Creatures Inc. and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the second in the Pokemon Ranger series, you once again play as a Pokemon Ranger, working to help people, Pokemon and nature in a new area called the Almia Region. Starting out as a Student Ranger, you quickly earn the title of a full-fledged Pokemon Ranger. As you succeed in more and more missions, you will aspire to become the highest Ranger rank: Top Ranger. Along the way you meet and capture all kinds of different Pokemon. Capture wild Pokemon and create a team to clear obstacles and puzzles encountered along the way. After using a Pokemon’s ability, it will leave your team; however, you will have a Partner Pokemon that will always stay by your side. As you progress through Missions…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia is the 147th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was My Pokémon Ranch in 2008. Its critic score of 50 is 24 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average. Players rate it 61, 11 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 42 hrs.

What it launched against

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia launched on 20 March 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.

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