pokemon ranger 2 for the DS

[king zell]

[cvxfreak]

Wow, so they're bringing back the Pokemon Ranger angle from the franchise. Interesting.

[TaKeRx]

Wait, so is this like a New Pokemon Pearl/Diamond, or a true sequel to the other one. I mean, I know it's pokemon ranger 2, but that doesn't look even close to the first one.

[painey]

whats that dragonite thing in the bottom left corner? it looks like a proper pokemon game.. the "crystal" version for DS??

[Jonnyram]

whats that dragonite thing in the bottom left corner? it looks like a proper pokemon game.. the "crystal" version for DS??

It's a present for Pokemon Diamond/Silver that the comic is giving away - not related to Ranger 2.

[cvxfreak]

whats that dragonite thing in the bottom left corner? it looks like a proper pokemon game.. the "crystal" version for DS??

It's a giveaway for Diamond and Pearl.

EDIT: Too late.

[clay_ghost]

http://tg-media.net//Scans/54920_pokemon_gold_silver_2_122_68lo.jpg

Hmm Set in johto ?

[cvxfreak]

http://tg-media.net//Scans/54920_pokemon_gold_silver_2_122_68lo.jpg Hmm Set in johto ?

Takes places in the Almia Region.

[clay_ghost]

Takes places in the Almia Region.

:P thanks.
Why gold and sliver then?
Gold and sliver Remake COMING SOON!!!!!!! I hope

[Mr. Pointy]

Well, this is unsurprising.

[Thomper]

:P thanks. Why gold and sliver then? Gold and sliver Remake COMING SOON!!!!!!! I hope

Honestly, a Gold & Silver remake is on top my wanted list for all Pokemon-games. I don't need a new Pokemon Dash/Dungeon/Ranger/Colosseum/Snap, just give me my Gold/Silver remake and I'll buy copies of both versions, on the day they're announced.

[clay_ghost]

Honestly, a Gold & Silver remake is on top my wanted list for all Pokemon-games. I don't need a new Pokemon Dash/Dungeon/Ranger/Colosseum/Snap, just give me my Gold/Silver remake and I'll buy copies of both versions, on the day they're announced.

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[DefectiveReject]

Due March?

Nintendo's going on a short term announcement>Release kinda system.
Well they better be anyway as their schedule is dead after Mario Kart

[true Gek]

another pokemon ranger? ._.
so the next will be pokemon dungeon 3, and pokemon dash 2? -_-'

[Ravidrath]

Is THIS how they're going to make me get Darkrai, Shaymin or Arceus? :\

[Stumpokapow]

another pokemon ranger? ._. so the next will be pokemon dungeon 3, and pokemon dash 2? -_-'

Pokemon Dash is a piece of shit and even Nintendo is embarrassed by it. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is surprising competent and I do hope that Chunsoft does a PMD3 eventually (hopefully 2009/2010).

Pokemon Ranger 2 could be good... but there were a number of serious flaws with the first one. The three main issues I had were: 1) Lack of mission variety, 2) the core mechanic requires substantial improvement; especially near the end where they were just piling obscene numbers of loops on you, and 3) the story was even kiddier than it should have been.

This certainly looks prettier, but I'm skeptical about whether or not the gameplay will be improved.

Due March? Nintendo's going on a short term announcement>Release kinda system. Well they better be anyway as their schedule is dead after Mario Kart

Their schedule is dead, but not their development list.

Eternal Chronicle, Soma Bringer, Fire Emblem DS, Kirby Superstar Deluxe, Disaster: DoC, Wii Music, WiiWare titles, Nintendo Crossword, Mario Baseball Stadium, Wii's Shitty Chess are all known about and not yet scheduled for Japanese release.

Plus, Pokemon DS 3rd chapter and Animal Crossing Wii are unannounced but obviously under development.

[Shiggy]

Plus, Pokemon DS 3rd chapter and Animal Crossing Wii are unannounced but obviously under development.

At least AC Wii is an official 2008 title.

[Stumpokapow]

At least AC Wii is an official 2008 title.

As far as I was aware, we know that but we don't know that. It wasn't on any of the release lists (at LGC, E3, Nintendo World Conference). Nintendo doesn't do forward-looking release lists in earning statements. It's not even "TBA" on any of the internal press release lists.

[Cocopjojo]

Their schedule is dead, but not their development list. Eternal Chronicle, Soma Bringer, Fire Emblem DS, Kirby Superstar Deluxe, Disaster: DoC, Wii Music, WiiWare titles, Nintendo Crossword, Mario Baseball Stadium, Wii's Shitty Chess are all known about and not yet scheduled for Japanese release. Plus, Pokemon DS 3rd chapter and Animal Crossing Wii are unannounced but obviously under development.

What is "Pokemon DS 3rd chapter"?

I've been out of the loop on Pokemon stuff for a long time... Has there been any news on the next DS installment (actual game, not Ranger-type stuff)? Any official news, I mean?

[Stumpokapow]

What is "Pokemon DS 3rd chapter"? I've been out of the loop on Pokemon stuff for a long time... Has there been any news on the next DS installment (actual game, not Ranger-type stuff)? Any official news, I mean?

By "3rd chapter" I meant Yellow / Crystal / Emerald for this generation. There's no official announcement or information, but it's pretty much a no brainer that it exists. It took 22 months from RuSa to Emerald. It took 13 months from GS to Crystal. So really we could expect the third chapter of the Pokemon DS gen to be anywhere from now until ~September.

Also, Pokemon Ranger 2 is apparently being called "Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage".

[Pureauthor]

By "3rd chapter" I meant Yellow / Crystal / Emerald for this generation. There's no official announcement or information, but it's pretty much a no brainer that it exists. It took 22 months from RuSa to Emerald. It took 13 months from GS to Crystal. So really we could expect the third chapter of the Pokemon DS gen to be anywhere from now until ~September. Also, Pokemon Ranger 2 is apparently being called "Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage".

And we'll probably get a GSC remake somewhere in between.

[Edag Plata]

They should totally do a GS remake. Similar to how Red and Green's remake (originally GB black and white games) ended up on the GBA, GS's remake (GBC games) should end up on DS.

Ahhh....the great memories of gold and silver.

[Jiggy]

As far as Gold and Silver remakes go, I don't see any way they're not happening. Some people claim that FR/LG were only created because they "needed" to be so that the GBA gen could get its hands on all the Pokemon, and since G/S don't "need" to be created they won't. But I think that's a pretty naive way of looking at things (and I'm fairly sure I've never seriously called naivete on anybody on GAF before). FR/LG sold multimillions; I don't see how Nintendo could look at that and say, "Well, you know, it's just too bad that we don't need a Gold/Silver remake, because if we did we could make more money. It's just too bad that we had to settle for tossing references to the Johto storyline all over Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Fire Red/Leaf Green, and Diamond/Pearl."

Edit: "But just in case we do this Gold/Silver remake that has no chance of happening because it's not 'needed,' we'll go ahead and put some code into D/P to show that a Pokemon was sent over from Johto."

Pokemon Ranger 2 could be good... but there were a number of serious flaws with the first one. The three main issues I had were: 1) Lack of mission variety, 2) the core mechanic requires substantial improvement; especially near the end where they were just piling obscene numbers of loops on you, and 3) the story was even kiddier than it should have been.

Basically I agree with you. The ideas of Ranger weren't horrible, but I certainly wouldn't have played it if not for Manaphy; the difficulty got absurd at the end, as you said, and in general there just wasn't much to come back to, nor anything to do on the side apart from achieving main objectives.

I will say I'm sad that they're going back to what seems to be ten-year-old kids. :/ In Ranger 1 at least they were 16 or so (or if they weren't then they sure looked like it), which was a moderately nice change of pace.

[Stumpokapow]

And we'll probably get a GSC remake somewhere in between.

We can only hope. GS remains my fav generation but they're fucking unplayable these days because of the shitty interface. Actually, to be honest, because of the shitty wireless adapter even FiRed/LeGreen are pretty unplayable to their fullest extent.

I just hope whichever future DS installments there are, they fix some of the odd lag / delay / speed issues in the overworld DP engine.

[Pureauthor]

As far as Gold and Silver remakes go, I don't see any way they're not happening. Some people claim that FR/LG were only created because they "needed" to be so that the GBA gen could get its hands on all the Pokemon, and since G/S don't "need" to be created they won't. But I think that's a pretty naive way of looking at things (and I'm fairly sure I've never seriously called naivete on anybody on GAF before). FR/LG sold multimillions; I don't see how Nintendo could look at that and say, "Well, you know, it's just too bad that we don't need a Gold/Silver remake, because if we did we could make more money. It's just too bad that we had to settle for tossing references to the Johto storyline all over Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Fire Red/Leaf Green, and Diamond/Pearl." Edit: "But just in case we do this Gold/Silver remake that has no chance of happening because it's not 'needed,' we'll go ahead and put some code into D/P to show that a Pokemon was sent over from Johto."

A way for me to legitly get my hands on Ho-oh and Lugia sounds dandy to me.

Also, maybe I could STOP HUNTING ALL OVER %^u$%#& KANTO FOR THAT &*%#(%^ SUICUNE

Basically I agree with you. The ideas of Ranger weren't horrible, but I certainly wouldn't have played it if not for Manaphy; the difficulty got absurd at the end, as you said, and in general there just wasn't much to come back to, nor anything to do on the side apart from achieving main objectives. I will say I'm sad that they're going back to what seems to be ten-year-old kids. :/ In Ranger 1 at least they were 16 or so (or if they weren't then they sure looked like it), which was a moderately nice change of pace.

I want a new Pokemon Snap that lets us get Arceus. :(

[Jiggy]

A way for me to legitly get my hands on Ho-oh and Lugia sounds dandy to me. Also, maybe I could STOP HUNTING ALL OVER %^u$%#& KANTO FOR THAT &*%#(%^ SUICUNE

Yeah, I'm so convinced the remake is happening that I've got three Master Balls just waiting to be used so I can stand in front of Lugia and Lugia and Lu, I mean, uh, Lugia and Ho-oh soft resetting three hundred times.

Speaking of Suicune, I really hope they use the Crystal storyline in the remakes. I don't want to hunt down Suicune manually, especially when the runners always have 0s in non-HP stats. :/ The only way to get a decent one now is to play through Colosseum, but Colosseum is so mediocre it's not even worth it.

I want a new Pokemon Snap that lets us get Arceus. :(

This would be awesome. :o

[MidnightScott]

Anyone who found Pokémon Ranger hard fails at gaming. That was easy compared to other games out there, seriously. I didn't beat the final boss on my first try but I beat it on my second so. =S

But anyway, I'm excited as I loved the first game. I just found it a bit short, but I will definitely pick up this sequel since I liked the first one so much. It was an interesting concept, but like others have said, hopefully they give various quests and try to make it more innovative. I honestly didn't like the first Mystery Dungeon but I never gave it a chance, but I may give the second games a chance.

~Scott

[A Link to the Snitch]

IMO, Mysterious Dungeon set the standard for all Pokéspinoffs - all 493 need to be in them.

[Nuclear Muffin]

So that's what HAL has been working on...

[Jiggy]

Anyone who found Pokémon Ranger hard fails at gaming. That was easy compared to other games out there, seriously. I didn't beat the final boss on my first try but I beat it on my second so. =S

Well, yeah, so did I. Maybe "difficulty" isn't the right term so much as just annoyance. :( Sort of like the bob-omb puzzles in Mario Galaxy.

[Stumpokapow]

Anyone who found Pokémon Ranger hard fails at gaming. That was easy compared to other games out there, seriously. I didn't beat the final boss on my first try but I beat it on my second so. =S

It's not hard, it's aggravating. "Challenge" does not require thought, it just requires razor-like precision when it comes to the core, relatively boring mechanic. It's not Trauma Center-like skill-driven. It's not tactical. It's not even mindless in a good way like Ninja Gaiden. It's just GRRR.

I did enjoy the game, but it is a flawed gem.

[RiskyChris]

Honestly, a Gold & Silver remake is on top my wanted list for all Pokemon-games. I don't need a new Pokemon Dash/Dungeon/Ranger/Colosseum/Snap, just give me my Gold/Silver remake and I'll buy copies of both versions, on the day they're announced.

Pretty much. I really don't like how many new Pokémon (and how strange they all are). 250 is a nice place to stop.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Another killer app for the DS in 2008.

It looks sweet, and the Pokemon spinoffs lately have been fairly good. I'll probably give this a go when it comes to the US.

But I echo everyone in my desire for a remade Gold/Silver.

[TreIII]

IMO, Mysterious Dungeon set the standard for all Pokéspinoffs - all 493 need to be in them.

Pretty much. Though I'm at least happy that Lucario seems to be a part of the Ranger party. And to think, some people STILL seem to doubt the fact that he IS pretty much the face of the the D/P generation...

[Farore]

Dragonite FTW! The old Pokemon are so much better looking...

Most of D/P designs are so damn ugly, even the legendaries (fire one, I'm looking at you)...

[BishopLamont]

We'll see a Gold/Silver remake before the next main Pokemon games since it's going to be a long wait.