Ranger Net
Ranger Net (Japanese: レンジャーネット Ranger Net) is a feature in the games Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia and Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs. It allows players to play and replay special missions that are normally not found in the game. The Ranger Net missions are still available if the save file is deleted.
Pokémon Ranger
In the first Ranger game, it unlocks after finishing the game. Special missions could be downloaded locally via GBA cartridge (SLOT-2) or wireless distribution in the Japanese version. The game boots within the Ranger Net and unlocks it automatically (even if there is no save data), but the downloaded missions can't be played before finishing the game.
A Manaphy Egg can be transferred to any Generation IV game using Mystery Gift, which must have been unlocked already after finishing the specific missions. In the Wii U Virtual Console version of the first Ranger game, the Mystery Gift cannot be transferred.
Special Missions
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Recover the Precious Egg!
(Japanese: だいじなタマゴを とりもどせ！)
Prof. Hastings obtained a Manaphy Egg, but it was stolen by the Go-Rock Squad! Before they can do any harm with the precious Egg, recover it from the criminals!
Gain Deoxys’s Trust?!
(Japanese: デオキシスと わかりあえるか?)
An extremely rare Deoxys has been discovered. However, it has turned aggressive for some unknown reason. Capture and becalm it before it harms other Pokémon or people!
| Location | Start of Availability | End of Availability |
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| Ito-Yokado Jusco Aeon Supercenter SATY Toys“ R" Us Hellomac Apita Uny Alplaza Pokémon Center |
June 17, 2006 | August 31, 2006 |
Rescue Celebi!
(Japanese: セレビィを すくいだせ！)
There have been reports that Go-Rock Squad holdouts are after Celebi, which appeared in Lyra Forest. To protect this rare Pokémon, capture it before the Go-Rock Squad can!
| Location | Start of Availability | End of Availability |
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| Port Messe Nagoya | July 20, 2006 | July 23, 2006 |
| Kyocera Dome Osaka | August 3, 2006 | August 7, 2006 |
| Pacifico Yokohama | August 11, 2006 | August 20, 2006 |
| Makuhari Messe | August 29, 2006 | September 3, 2006 |
Find Mew, the Mirage!
(Japanese: まぼろしのミュウを さがせ！)
Mew, the Pokémon said to be a mirage, has been sighted in the Olive Jungle. Capture Mew for Prof. Hastings’s research and for the honor of a ranger.
| Location | Start of Availability | End of Availability |
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| Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall 1 | August 8, 2006 | August 13, 2006 |
| Chitose Airport Haneda Airport Chubu International Airport Itami Airport Kansai International Airport Kobe Airport Fukuoka International Airport Okinawa Airport |
July 20, 2006 | August 31, 2006 |
Passwords
In the localized versions missions can't be downloaded, instead the missions are included in the game. "Enter the password" has to be unlocked by holding R + X + Left" on the Ranger Net screen.
On January 20, 2007, Pokémon.com revealed a password to unlock the special missions in American versions of Pokémon Ranger. On June 2, 2007, GAME stores revealed the code in the European versions. Each mission is unlocked after finishing the previous one.
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| American | P8M2-9D6F-43H7
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| UK* | Mg35-Cpb8-4FW8
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| French* | DY4g-k28S-QB9F
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| German | R3d4-cv2S-WC7W
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| Spanish | C58f-t3WT-Vn79
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| Italian | FH38-fwD8-5S2a
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Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
In the second Ranger game, Ranger Net does not need to be unlocked, but missions do. Missions could be downloaded via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection during specific periods.
Special Missions
They allow players to send certain Pokémon to their Generation IV games after its completion.
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| Manaphy | Become a Ranger |
| Riolu | Finish the story and become a rank 10 Ranger |
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Recover the Manaphy Egg!
A Happiny has found Manaphy's Egg and the player needs to go to her in order to get the Egg. The Egg can be transferred after doing this mission.
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| Japanese | March 20, 2008 December 1, 2008 |
June 15, 2008 January 15, 2009 |
| American | November 10, 2008 | January 31, 2009 |
| European | November 21, 2008 | February 14, 2009 |
Rescue Kidnapped Riolu!
Team Dim Sun manages to take control of Kyle's Riolu which knows Aura Sphere, a move it cannot normally learn. It is the player's job to rescue it. The player will eventually fight Riolu in the place where they fought Gliscor. This special Riolu can be transferred after doing this mission. Note that this Riolu cannot have a different Nature, gender or Ability and cannot be Shiny.
| Version | Start of Availability | End of Availability | OT | ID No. |
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| Japanese | March 20, 2008 December 1, 2008 |
June 15, 2008 January 15, 2009 |
カイト | 03208 |
| American | November 10, 2008 | January 31, 2009 | Kyle | |
| English | November 21, 2008 | February 14, 2009 | ||
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| Italian | Carlo | |||
| Spanish | Kiko |
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♂ | Dex No. | 0447 | Serious nature. | Fighting | Aura Sphere | 
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Liberate the Tower!
The player will find Darkrai in the place where they fought it before, but this time it will help them. Darkrai will use its Ability, Dark Power, to send some Team Dim Sun members to the Dark Void. Darkrai can be transferred after doing this mission.
Notably, this Darkrai knows the move Dark Void, which it normally learns at level 66.
| Version | Start of Availability | End of Availability | OT | ID No. |
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| Japanese | April 26, 2008 December 1, 2008 |
June 15, 2008 January 15, 2009 |
アルミア | 03208 |
| American | December 1, 2008 | January 31, 2009 | Almia | |
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Extra Missions
These missions do not allow Pokémon to be sent to other games.
| Mission | Version | Start of Availability | End of Availability | Requirements |
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| Dialga | Japanese | June 16, 2008 | May 19, 2014 | Finish the game and become a rank 10 Ranger |
| American | January 5, 2009 | |||
| European | January 12, 2009 | |||
| Palkia | Japanese | June 16, 2008 | ||
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| European | January 12, 2009 | |||
| Shaymin | Japanese | July 19, 2008 December 1, 2008 |
August 31, 2008 January 15, 2009 | |
| American | March 1, 2009 | April 30, 2009 | ||
| European | March 31, 2009 |
Dialga in Hia Valley!?
Dialga has disrupted the flow of time, sending the player and Wendy back in time to before the player's family has moved to Chicole Village. Apparently, the injured Dialga used Roar of Time on the player and Wendy to protect itself. Dialga is found in the Almia Castle, right by the Riolu statues. This is where Wendy and the player must go in order to capture it so that they could treat it and go back to their own time. However, Dialga will use Roar of Time once again if the capture takes too long (about 60 seconds), sending the player back to Chicole Village. After the capture, Professor Hastings would claim that the player took 10 seconds to capture Dialga.
Palkia in Haruba Desert!?
Palkia's presence starts to distort the fabric of space in Almia. This causes the Pokémon to appear in places they usually don't and other odd things, such as fishermen fishing by sand and lava. This also causes people to go to a different place when they enter things such as doors. The player will have to capture Palkia in the basement of Hippowdon Temple so that it could be treated and the distortions could be fixed. Sven and Henry join the player during this mission.
For the Bride and Shaymin!
Erma and Professor Hastings receive an invitation on behalf of the player. It turns out that Ollie and Elaine are getting married! The player, Hastings, and the other rangers come and celebrate, but Team Dim Sun Remnants show up, trying to steal the bride's bouquet. It turns out the bouquet is none other than a Shaymin! Team Dim Sun wants to get it in order to sell the rare Pokémon for a huge amount of money to buy new weapons for the team.
Shaymin flees, and the player is assigned to return Shaymin, whose tendency is to hide with flowers. To make things more difficult, there are flowers all over the town shaped like Shaymin! The player, Hastings, and the other rangers leave the couple behind. They are not the only ones looking, though, as Team Dim Sun also wants to find it. During the first encounter of the scared Shaymin, the player will have to capture an Absol and Umbreon. On the second encounter, the player will have to capture a Roserade and two Bellossom. After that, Team Dim Sun manages to corner Shaymin on the bridge, who, out of anger, attacks them. The player then has to capture it to calm it down. After that everyone returns to the wedding, Shaymin will shower the place with flowers as a sign of gratitude and disappear.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Special Missions
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| Manaphy | Finish the mission "Salvage the sunken UFO" |
| Deoxys | Finish the mission "Investigate the Old Mansion" and unlock multiplayer mode |
| Heatran | Finish the story |
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Deoxys and the Odd Temple
(Japanese: デオキシスとナゾのしんでん)
The mission ends with the player having to capture Deoxys, who challenges them in all four of its Formes. Once the player has defeated it, they will have the ability to transfer it to any of the Generation IV core series Pokémon games. This mission can only be completed in multiplayer mode, since there are two buttons that require each player to push at the same time. Each mission has a group leader, and the group leader is the only one who may download the Deoxys.
The Forme of the Deoxys received depends entirely upon how much time remains when the mission is cleared. All Formes know the move Psycho Boost, which Deoxys normally learns at level 89.
- S rank (5:00 or more remaining): Attack Forme with Meteor Mash, which Deoxys cannot normally learn.
- A rank (3:00 - 4:59 remaining): Defense Forme with Detect, which Deoxys cannot normally learn.
- B rank (1:00 - 2:59 remaining): Speed Forme.
- C rank (0:59 or less remaining): Normal Forme.
The Deoxys can be encountered and transferred an infinite amount of times, but each core game can only receive one Deoxys, regardless of its Forme.
| Version | Start of Availability | End of Availability |
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| Japanese | March 6, 2010 | May 17, 2010 |
| American | October 4, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
| European | November 5, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
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Dex No. | 0386 | Random nature. | Psychic | Psycho Boost |
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| OT | Oblivia | Apparently had a | Ghost | Night Shade | |||||||||||
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Dex No. | 0386 | Random nature. | Psychic | Psycho Boost |
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| OT | Oblivia | Apparently had a | Normal | Hyper Beam | |||||||||||
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Protect the Blue Sphere!
(Japanese: でんせつのあおいたまをまもれ！)
The second mission features the Pokémon Ranger staple, the Manaphy Egg. In this mission, the Manaphy Egg appears in the Oblivia Region. However, the Pokémon Pinchers want to get their hands on it so the player has to prevent them from doing so, even going Underwater to do it. Once the player has retrieved the Egg, it can be sent to any handheld Generation IV game.
| Version | Start of Availability | End of Availability |
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| Japanese | March 6, 2010 | May 17, 2010 |
| American | October 4, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
| European | November 5, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
Investigate the Odd Eruption!
(Japanese: なぞのふんかをちょうさせよ！)
The third mission features the Pokémon Heatran. In this mission, players will get notified of massive eruptions in a volcano in Oblivia which has been disturbing the nearby tourists. The player's task is to investigate the cause, which turns out to be Heatran. By capturing it and completing the mission, players will be able to transfer Heatran over to any core series Generation IV Pokémon game.
Notably, this Heatran knows the move Eruption, which it cannot normally learn; Magma Storm, which it normally learns at level 96; and Earth Power, which it normally learns at level 73.
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| Japanese | March 18, 2010 | May 17, 2010 |
| American | October 14, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
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♂ | Dex No. | 0485 | Quiet nature. | Fire | Eruption |
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Rescue the Lost Shaymin!
(Japanese: まよえるシェイミをほごせよ！)
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The fourth mission features the Pokémon Shaymin. In the mission, players will be notified that a Shaymin has arrived in Oblivia. Naturally, the Pokémon Pinchers are eager to capture Shaymin. This mission requires players to protect it, and even take to the skies, when Shaymin transforms into its Sky Forme. Capture the Shaymin and the player will be able to transfer it to their Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold or SoulSilver games. This Shaymin can also activate the Gracidea event in Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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| Japanese | March 18, 2010 | May 17, 2010 |
| American | November 15, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
| European | November 15, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
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Dex No. | 0492 | Random nature. | Normal | Growth |
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| Giratina | Japanese | April 15, 2010 | May 19, 2014 | Finish the game |
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Find Giratina's Griseous Orb!
(Japanese: ギラティナにはっきんだまを！！)
This extra mission features Giratina in both of its Formes, and takes place in the Oblivia Ruins. The mission requires the player to capture Giratina, in its Altered Forme. Then, the player must search the ruins for its Griseous Orb. Upon finding the Orb, the player must take it back to Giratina and capture it again, now in its Origin Forme.
Pledge to Arceus
(Japanese: アルセウスへのちかい)
This extra mission features the Pokémon of Myth and their creator. The mission requires the player to venture around the Sky Fortress and capture Dialga, Palkia and Giratina in order to stop spacial distortions around the area. Once the player has done so, they must capture Arceus as well to calm its rage. No mystery gift is given with this mission.
Trivia
- When the player plays through two extra missions in Shadows of Almia, Dialga in Hia Valley!? and Palkia in Haruba Desert!?, many new areas open up inside Almia Castle and Hippowdon Temple. These areas are not found in normal gameplay.
- Also, as stated by the designers, the player cannot save inside the extra missions in Shadows of Almia. Therefore, all exits capable of getting out of Haruba Desert or Almia Castle are blocked. The Save Machines read: "It says 'Undergoing Adjustments' on the screen".
- In the special mission, Rescue the Lost Shaymin!, Shaymin uses its Land Forme's cry, even when it's in its Sky Forme.
- Both Deoxys and the Odd Temple and Pledge to Arceus are connected to Guardian Signs’ multiplayer mode and accompanying side story. The Deoxys mission, after being downloaded, is accessed in the past in the same way as other Temple missions and is treated similarly, being the only mission located in the Odd Temple. The Arceus mission directly ties back to the end of the multiplayer mode’s story, where Arceus is subjugated by Ellios and Sabios. Arceus lashes out at humanity in the present in part because of this, but also due to the events that happen after the missions in the past, where Sabios uses the Golden Armor and creates the Sky Fortress, and the events in the present, where the Societea resurrects the Sky Fortress.
- Despite the latter, Pledge to Arceus does not require playing any multiplayer missions beforehand.
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- Shaymin Extra Mission announced for American Pokémon Ranger
- Shaymin Ranger event begins in U.S., EU
| Pokémon Ranger | |
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| Main | Ranger • Top Ranger • Operator • Mechanic Partner Pokémon • Poké Assist • Field Move • Obstacle Ranger Sign • Ranger Rank • Mission • Quest • Ranger Net |
| Locations | Fiore • Almia • Oblivia Ranger Base • Ranger Depot • Ranger Union • Ranger School |
| Capture Stylers | Capture Styler • Super Styler • Power Styler |
| Antagonists | Go-Rock Squad • Team Dim Sun • Team Debonairs • Pokémon Pinchers |
| Misc. | The Almia Times • The King of Almia and the Three Princes • Glossary |
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