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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

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First release
Mar 06, 2010
Publisher
Nintendo
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy · Action, Fantasy
Platforms
Nintendo DS, Wii U

The third installment in the action-packed Pokemon Ranger series lets players take on the role of a Pokemon Ranger tasked with protecting Pokemon, people and nature. With Ranger Signs to call powerful Pokemon, including Legendary Pokemon, and the addition of multiplayer missions, players investigate the nefarious actions of the Pokemon Pinchers, who have been disrupting the peace by chasing and catching Pokemon.

Also known as Pokémon Ranger: Spuren des Lichts, Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Pokémon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki, Pokémon Ranger : Sillages de Lumière
… See more, Pokémon Ranger: Tracce di luce, Pokémon Ranger: Trazos de luz

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Storyline
In the region of Oblivia, a gang of thieves known as the "Pokémon Pinchers" are stealing wild Pokémon and planning to use them for their own nefarious purposes. Two Pokémon Rangers, Summer and Ben, are sent to investigate. However, after an encounter with the Pinchers, one of them is kidnapped while the other is left stranded on an island. There they meet a Pichu with a ukulele, who teams up with them to help rescue its Pichu friends who have also been captured by then Pinchers. Can you rescue your partner, and save the Pokémon of the Oblivia region?Read more

In the region of Oblivia, a gang of thieves known as the "Pokémon Pinchers" are stealing wild Pokémon and planning to use them for their own nefarious purposes. Two Pokémon Rangers, Summer and Ben, are sent to investigate. However, after an encounter with the Pinchers, one of them is kidnapped while the other is left stranded on an island. There they meet a Pichu with a ukulele, who teams up with them to help rescue its Pichu friends who have also been captured by then Pinchers. Can you rescue your partner, and save the Pokémon of the Oblivia region?

Release dates
Nintendo DS
Mar 06, 2010
Nintendo DS
Oct 04, 2010
Nintendo DS
Nov 05, 2010
All 6 release dates
Nintendo DS
Nov 25, 2010
Wii U
Jun 09, 2016
Wii U
Aug 18, 2016
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
anime, pikachu, pokemon, cricket, virtual console
… All 10, octillery, fictional currencies, dead multiplayer, retroachievements, wii u virtual console

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69
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IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026
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Language data: IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026