The Almia Times

The Almia Times (Japanese: アルミアタイムズ The Almia Times) is a newspaper featured in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. It covers news for the Almia region and occasionally Fiore. There are 13 volumes of this newspaper.

Almia Times, Vol. 01

Uses

The newspaper itself is simply a plot device. Other characters will usually "show" the player the latest volume. It often reports major events from the storyline, while other times it has articles about other key concepts and characters from the game. The text appears as blurry lines, so only the headlines and the pictures are readable. Some of the pictures of events like the player fighting Ice's Froslass, couldn't have been taken as there was nobody else around. Early pictures of Team Dim Sun were also blurry.

Viewing

Oftentimes after an important event, other characters will comment on the subject of the latest issue, and then "show" the player the issue. Previous issues can be viewed again on the second floor of a building in southwest Pueltown, where they are stored in bookshelves.

Headlines

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	Volume one The Ranger Union Chairperson Erma The Command Center
	Volume two Altru Inc. Blake Hall
	Volume three The region of Fiore Keith's accomplishments in Fiore Black-clad men and women that have been seen The rise in abnormal Pokémon behavior
	Volume four The Vien forest fire and how the player stopped it Odd Machines being found at the site
	Volume five The player's mission to stop the strange Pokémon behavior at Pueltown Team Dim Sun
	Volume six Top Rangers The Fine Styler Top Rangers Sven and Wendy
	Volume seven The Region of Fiore Keith breaking up a team of no-goods Gigaremo Machines
	Volume eight Team Dim Sun's ship beaching near the Ranger school Team Dim Sun's mystery boss The player becoming a Top Ranger
	Volume nine The player and Keith becoming Top Rangers
	Volume ten Team Dim Sun and Gigaremo Machines
	Volume eleven Team Dim Sun and Miniremo Machines The player's encounter with Ice and his Froslass
	Volume twelve Blake Hall's appearance at Altru Park
	Volume thirteen Operation Brighton The reform of Altru inc.

Trivia

• In volume 7, it describes a showdown at the Fiore Temple, the image being Keith facing Lavana and her Infernape. This is probably a reference to the first Pokémon Ranger game.

In other languages

Language Title French Les Echos d'Almia German Das Almia-Journal Italian L'Eco di Almia Spanish La Voz de Almia

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