Pokémon Ranger
Draw loops with the Capture Styler to befriend wild Pokémon.
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About Pokémon Ranger
In the Pokémon Ranger series you don't catch Pokémon to keep — you befriend them temporarily to help on missions, using the touch-screen Capture Styler to draw loops around them. Set across Fiore, Almia and Oblivia, the trilogy is remembered for its stylus-driven action and for special downloadable missions that unlocked event Pokémon like Manaphy, Darkrai and Deoxys in the main games.
At a glance
- Regions
- Fiore · Almia · Oblivia
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory / Creatures
- Mechanic
- Capture Styler (loop drawing)
- Entries
- Ranger · Shadows of Almia · Guardian Signs
What makes it special
Loop to capture
Circle a wild Pokémon with the stylus to befriend it; tougher Pokémon need more loops without breaking the line.
Manaphy egg
Completing a special mission let players send a Manaphy Egg to the main-series games — a huge draw at launch.
Field Moves
Befriended Pokémon each carry one Field Move — Cut clears fences, Soak douses fires, Crush breaks rocks — and they return to the wild after helping once.
Pokémon that star in Pokémon Ranger
Tap any Pokémon to open its full Pokédex entry.
