Wait, American release date or Japanese?

I've played a demo from the Nintendo Channel, and it was kind of fun trying to catch Mew. I'm not really going to get this game, though. I'm going to wait for the 5th gen. version of Pokemon Ranger to release in the US and get that game.

Is it good? I'm hoping to get it for my b-day/xmas.

The game seems pretty good so far but i've never been the biggest "Ranger fan".

I've only played Shadows of Almia, but i consider myself a fan of the ranger games. How are the battles in GS? Just as intense and epic?

They're different but not too different. As Nightlight said before, they're are something called "agitated Pokemon", which are simply Pokemon too upset to be captured yet. If you use the Uklele Pichu, it helps them calm down, but a Pokemon's attack helps too. Instead of drawing the attack with your stylus, you're able to place the Pokemon on the field where ever you like, AND you can keep using the Pokemon even after the attack ended, however, if the Pokemon is hit by an attack, it'll run away.

Along with the Signs of the Legendary Pokemon, you can also get other Pokemon signs from Quests (I have so far). After rescuing some Graveller, I got their sign. Same with Jumpluff. I just thought they were cheap add-ons to keep the game going, but I realized you need these Pokemon. For example, I was in the ruins (I think) and I needed a Pokemon that could do a Crush with 2 power. I happen to have a Mightyena with me, so I didn't need Graveller (and I actually didn't figure this out until after I captured the Jumpluff). If you like the games even a little, it'll be something worth-while to play.

Basically the same phrase about "bound with a rope a smidgeon too tight" or something like that. After I rescued my partner, they don't say it anymore.

I too played the demo and recorded me winning with both demo sign Pokemon, Eevee and Croagunk and succeeded both times. I would get it mainly for the mission Pokemon that can be sent over to any 4th gen main DS game, but I don't have much friends in real life who play as much as me or who even play at all so no buy

I just got Guardian Signs yesterday and I finally get the kinky references, lol.

Smidgeons, Smidgeons everywhere...

Lol, AnathemA, I love you. XD

I finished the game yesterday. Now to the after-story. Right now I'm freeing Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.

If you have any problems, I can help you. :3 I know I had some tough times at certain parts.

"You're nice and dirty I see." - Booker

Screw smidgeons, this is my fave quote.

And yeah sure, il ask if i need any help, lol. Im in the pinchers submarine now, just about to fight Feraligator.

edit: I'm also amazed at how Pichu's song never gets annoying.

I'm amazed how Pichu is never injured! I love it!! Plus, I've gotten awesome at the Poke Assists. You need to wait until the Pokemon you're capturing does its attack, then place the Pokemon behind it. ^_^ It's sneaky, but fun. I LOVE Venusaur's Bullet Seed attack. It's so amusing.

I prefer the old assists :/ but I do love the new flying mode.

I don't remember the old ones. D: I need to break out my Shadows of Almia game and check it out. I do remember I never really used them because they were so horrible.

I did find it amusing after beating the main story, "three months passed" and I still had the Pokemon I had when I beat the game. XD I bet Metang is like "Ugh... Let me go already!"

The old ones added a special ability to your capture line. Normal and Fighting would double and quad the power. While stuff like rock let you flick rocks at Pokemon (wow that sounded cruel..).

The new ones are okay I guess :/ I just dont like most of the grass ones, which require your to put your Pokemon RIGHT NEXT TO THE DAMN ENEMY to hit..

But anyway I should stop playing for a day before I get carpal tunnel. :S

edit: And now would be a great time to use the spoiler tag xD. I'm only about half way through.

Some Grass do suck. Venusaur doesn't. It uses a Bullet Seed and reaches all the way across the screen... The downside is that it's a straight line, so if you miss... you really miss. XD But, thanks for reminding me. I do like the new way. You don't have to draw any loops in order to capture the Pokemon. You can use PokeAssists until the meter gets to 0, then draw one little loop to complete the capture. xD Comes in handy when the Pokemon launches full field obsticles so you can't draw loops. >:3 It's "nice and dirty".

Apart from most of the grass ones, the only other ones I don't like are the straight line ones, and not-empoleon-bubble :/

Ah, if carpal tunnel dosen't stop me, I'm pretty I'll ragequit due to evil Claydol.

BTW - How mutilated is your touch screen?

My DS's screen pretty much died with Animal Crossing... so I upgraded with a pretty pink DSi. And I use the + Control Pad. The stylus control is too iffy. And the Claydol was a little difficult. You just have to chance it when you run and hide out in the little safe spots until the coast is clear. The very last part is the trickiest, since I think three Claydol are shuffling around that door. x_x The worse part about that place... They're still there after you beat the game. Grr! I guess I'm grateful they're not that aggressive anymore.

I just got GS 2 days ago, and the latest anime episode is all about the Ranger from Guardian Signs. Well isnt that a nice coincidence..

But anyway.. I really should try and take a picture of my DS' screen. Its got a face that would make even a mother gag herself. Thank god for screen protectors.


Edit for anyone that reads this: If you thought the dialogie in the Ranger games was cheezy, go watch the latest english anime dub. I'm laughing harder than when I heard Seadra's cry in the anime.

2nd edit: Even Ash and co. dissaprove of Ranger Ben's. Thats how awesome the dialogue is.

Seadra: Doo-dooo!! :3 Love it.

I miss every Pokemon. It's on too damn early! I only catch them when they run all-day marathons.

I need to bank some Quests so I can upgrade my Stylus. :3 I need a longer line.

So, is this one good as the other two, I have the other two and I'm considering to get this one as well, regardless of how good or bad the gameplay is.

IMO, it's better. You just have to play it to find out. With the new PokeAssists, the Bosses aren't really challenging, but overall, I was happy with the game.

It ius epic and i love how you can summon latios/ latias to help you fly instead of staraptor like in the other games, also suicune on water instead of flotzel and all that stuff. this game is just so much better than the other two.

I haven't got the latios sign yet :l. And you can watch the anime on YouTube. Just search for sinnoh league victors episode 20. About 15 people regularly upload episodes every week.

Nice. Thanks.

I just found out you can supercharge the signs! XD I saw how to do it on YouTube. I need help capturing Togekiss and Honchkrow. x_x It sucks when you have the general location aka "the sky".

I always charge my signs when calling the beasts. Stops annoying pokemon from jumping at you. And yay honchkrow

XD So I guess I was the only one that didn't know. I stopped reading what was said in the game when it took FOREVER to get into some action.

I have a question: how long do the events for these games usually last for? If I get this game at christmas, can I still get Deoxys and Manaphy?

I need to beat the final boss now but i don't feel like beating the rest of the group before him

Too lazy to read all posts, but I did see you say I punish myself -.-, you need to chill…
I got the game recently and am doing a walkthrough on YouTube, the easiest ranger game to get into and the best of the 3 so far. If I were to rank the Ranger series games in order from best to worst it'd go; 3, 1, 2.

I'm sorry, but is Ranger 3 easier or harder than Ranger 2?

I personally found it easier, the only two Pokemon that put me in danger of losing were the final boss and one of the bosses right before the final boss (the former nearly defeated me, since I didn't realize while recharging your styler, a Pokemon could be knocked out, having never needed to do it until that point, so I finished with around 11 out of 100-something power on my styler. The latter brought me to around half my styler energy.)

HOWEVER, the past multiplayer missions are extremely difficult without any other players to take them on with you. I'm currently stuck on Abomasnow. I had to speed up my loop-forming so much that I'm now able to wear down boss Pokemon's Anger guage without using an assist (though Abomasnow is too difficult, even with the increased speed. I physically can't go any faster, so my only option is to try powering up my partner Pokemon and styler).

Ranger 2 was a great game, I only ever had trouble with Heatran and Cresselia, but I found the boss battles interesting, at least. Plus, there was a 3-way boss fight near the end, which was really awesome. Ranger 2 is probably my favourite, but I really like the other two for different reasons.