Pokémon Ranger

"Ultimately, Pokemon Ranger’s positive qualities outweigh its flaws, but only barely. It’s good to see Nintendo keep trying new things to refresh an aging title, and taking advantage of the unique opportunities the DS offers. But by putting a little bit more thought into the music and graphics, they could have made a pretty good game, instead of one that is merely okay."

"This time around in Pokemon Ranger the wizards at Nintendo’s HAL Laboratories have pulled out all the stops and whistles of touch screen gameplay and have integrated them into one of the best Pokemon games to date."

"Pokémon Ranger has a similar look and feel to all the other lighthearted Pokémon games, but invites you to capture all those critters in a rather exciting new way."

"Pokémon Ranger is a pretty solid (if fairly linear) adventure game that does a good job of expanding the mythos of the Pokémon universe."

"...while the game is obviously a spin-off from the normal production (old character art and Pokemon sounds are used, rather than giving each monster audio bits from the show or new portraits) it is still a ton of fun. The presentation is a bit on the basic side, and the quest seems to be far smaller than the 80 hour expeditions we expect from the main games, but it's still a ton of fun to play."