Fun fact: The highest levelled Pokémon of the Elite Four and Champion in Pokémon Platinum is a boss here: Aaron: Drapion Bertha: Rhyperior Flint: Magmortar Lucian: Gallade Cynthia: Garchomp
@@JCDragon2819 Cynthia also had Lucario & Spiritomb, while Infernape was Flint's best Pokemon in DP. Candice & Volkner's Platinum Aces Froslass & Electivire were bosses as well. Probably nothing more than a coincidence with them being chosen for both because of their being powerful Sinnoh Pokemon. You have to wonder what would have been the boss pokemon in a Gen 5 Ranger Game? My guess is Scolipede, Volcarona, Hydreigon, Zoroark, & Legendary Pokemon. A Gen 6 Ranger game would have probably made each of the Mega Evolutions from XY into bosses had it happened. Alas the Ranger games stopped after Gen 4's Guardian Signs so we'll never know.
@@WaterKirby1994 Roark's ace from the games is a Cranidos, which, in the anime, evolved into Rampardos (which he also has in his Platinum rematch team.)
I got so frustrated with that as a kid lol. I think I spent a few days on and off trying to get through the Rampardos because I kept getting so frustrated
Even if I someday will forget that this game exists, I will always get fuckin Vietnam flashbacks whenever I see a Drapion. Fun fact, this game is the reason why it's one of my favorite mons
I'm in your boat. When I had this game when I was 8 years old, I could never get past Toxicroak, so I gave up. But I played it again years later and I finally beat it.
I'm really glad for the plethora of "bonuses" you can get after every capture, it makes getting S Ranks on Boss Pokemon a lot more manageable than you'd first expect;;
Right! I remember I couldn't S Rank Darkrai for the longest until I realized that you get a bonus if you catch a Pokemon with low styler energy so I purposely took hits.
@@Kirx213 Pfft the hype train is done and suddenly the exclusive club is back. Plus dont blame Jaiden for that, she mostly shared her love for the game like most of the ones that actually played it. Just happens to have a big audience that didnt, and yknow what considering how few peop that love those games are still talking about it because nothing new comes for Pkm ranger, opening the decaying exclusive club a bit is prolly for the best
I feel like a major idiot for selling this game. I played it for hours but never seemed to beat it. I have the first one though and surprisingly though it was used, it still had the manaphy egg event. Thanks for making this vid.
Haha I also bought a used Ranger game and the Manaphy Egg is still chillin in my copy. Never figured out how to bring over to gen 4... Thanks for the comment I appreciate buddy! I'm working on a Guardia Signs video but man, does it involve a ton of grinding.
I remember using only quicksaves (since they were convenient) and not using save machines as much, which ended up putting me in an awkward situation. I lost against Drapion (aka the boss a lot of us get stuck at from what I've seen), and you know where i respawned? Right before the Rampardos fight. Needless to say, I used save machines more from that point onward.
Am I the only one still having PTSD with Drapion? This boss is really technical and it hurts a lot if you're not careful. I only managed to beat him very recently when I wanted to play the game again
@@ethan0248910 yeah. 7 year old me missed some dialogue at the end for post game and then thought that it was a good idea to delete all of my save data and replay the game again instead of just looking it up just to catch that dialogue- I haven't been able to beat it since-
I thought of that too actually. It's funny because Kingdra is a boss Pokemon in Ranger 1 and Shadows of Almia, and I think it's even a mini boss in Gardian Signs.
@@MaiZora Omg! Didn't see this for 5 months. I'm sorry. I'm pretty bad at replying to my comments cuz RUclips doesn't notify me and marks them as spam. But yeah, I want to. Never actually beat that game before so that should be fun. As for when I will do it...who knows lol. Hopefully you'll stick around for that ;)
@@ethan0248910OMG you did do Guardian Signs 😭 Sorry for being so late too! Guardian Signs might be my all time favourite spin-off. (Explorer of Sky came close)
OOF man, you give me chills every time you're under 10 hp... also have you tried Shieldon as a pokemon partner? if you use it and spin fast enought you can catch every pokemon in the game without being attacked a single time because it will be already reloaded before his status ends.
Lol I like to live on the edge with low styler health. I haven't used Shieldon as a partner, actually. Maybe I'll try it out in the capture challenge one day!
@@ethan0248910 i greatly recommend it, when you use it, just shoot as much orbs as you can. Shieldon gives the pause status, resulting in an temporary incapacity for the pokemon to attack an this effect stays after the end of the help. So take advantage of this to reload his power while the pokemon can't do anything
ethan0248910 Ah, I see. I was wondering if you had a link to the original piece. I love it so much. She and Ice are two of my favorite characters. This game is my childhood.
@@asuuki2048 I thought of that, so I made a deviant art and I just never uploaded it cuz I forgot my password. I think I can do that. Gimmie some time ight.
Drapion was hardest to capture when I was 12 year old, so was Lucario, Cresselia, and Darkrai. I captured drapion on my third go, Lucario on my third go, Cresselia third go, and Darkrai third or fourth go.
I just started replaying the game and first try I beat Drapion without taking any damage. No joke it was stressful near the end. Love this game, but I'm thinking on playing one of the other installments to the series after I'm done with this one. Which would you recommend, Pkmn Ranger or Guardian Signs? 1 Month later- I have played Guardian Signs and though it is WAY too easy with the poke-assist mechanic, I absolutely loved the story. Next up is the original Pokemon Ranger, I'm ready for a challenge.
I would recommend the 1st one because I like it better but if you're playing shadows of Almia, guardian signs is more similar to that game because the 1st ranger game's capture mechanic is different than the other 2 have because you have to capture the pokemon in a single round (they don't have an HP bar or meter, they have a set amount of numbers you have to loop around)
I thought about how that would be on switch...maybe you do like a circle motion with the joycons, kinda like motion controls on Wii? Would be tight for sure.
Well, most people having trouble against Drapion don't mean everyone has to struggle against it. Spiritomb is a boss i don't remember having difficulty against. But that's my experience.
I played this recently on an Android emulator without a stylus...my thumb was sore HOURS after the final mission (I completed Altru Tower in one sitting) Definitely one of my favourite games ever
been playing the game again, now noticing that these bosses aint nothing if your partner is shieldon, if you know how to use the steel type assist while also looping to regen the partner gauge its easier than it seems
3 things. 1. Regigigas will always be annoying I hated him in guardians signs to death more than every boss but Arceus. 2. You planning on doing this for guardians signs? 3. How do you feel about the little pop up scene with the pokemons name when you fight the bosses.
Hey there! Funny you say that cuz I'm actually editing the Guardian Signs video right now! I didn't find Regigigas to be too annoying in either games. I'm not even gonna do Arceus cuz I was losing my mind grinding levels in the Wireless Missions. And I love the pop up for both Shadows and Signs. The art is really good especially for Guardian Signs.
Spiritomb was my personal HELL So were any "fast" pokemon but the ones that teleports are especially harsh for me because shieldon cant just make them utterly useless lol
Timestamps 0:24 Naming Character & Tangrowth, 1:09 Toxicroak, 1:56 Rampardos, 2:56 Drapion, 4:57 Spiritomb, 7:20 Froslass, 8:32 Lucario, 9:38 Infernape, 10:53 Heatran, 12:45 Kingdra, 13:45 Gliscor, 15:54 Cresselia, 17:20 Magnezone, 18:19 Electivire, 19:24 Garchomp, 20:20 Rhyperior, 21:25 Magmortar, 22:22 Gallade, 23:09 Sinis Trio, 23:51 Dusknoir, 25:35 Darkrai, 28:49 Stats & RegiTrio, 29:40 Regigigas, 31:02 conclusion of video, 31:26 Artwork.
I honestly got stuck so many times against the Rampardos, they always made the rock fall anywhere and dmg my styler
Fun fact: The highest levelled Pokémon of the Elite Four and Champion in Pokémon Platinum is a boss here:
Aaron: Drapion
Bertha: Rhyperior
Flint: Magmortar
Lucian: Gallade
Cynthia: Garchomp
Wow, I never realized that. Good eye!
@@JCDragon2819 Cynthia also had Lucario & Spiritomb, while Infernape was Flint's best Pokemon in DP. Candice & Volkner's Platinum Aces Froslass & Electivire were bosses as well. Probably nothing more than a coincidence with them being chosen for both because of their being powerful Sinnoh Pokemon.
You have to wonder what would have been the boss pokemon in a Gen 5 Ranger Game? My guess is Scolipede, Volcarona, Hydreigon, Zoroark, & Legendary Pokemon. A Gen 6 Ranger game would have probably made each of the Mega Evolutions from XY into bosses had it happened. Alas the Ranger games stopped after Gen 4's Guardian Signs so we'll never know.
@@WaterKirby1994 Roark's ace from the games is a Cranidos, which, in the anime, evolved into Rampardos (which he also has in his Platinum rematch team.)
Man, I miss the Pokémon Ranger series. I remember 100% the whole game. That Rampardos was the bane of my existence.
I swear steel pokeasists are *required* for that fight
Try the 1st game if you found rampardos to be a challenge you’ll shit your pants
Toxicroak was the bane of mine.
Haha yes I remember it took me like a month to beat Rampardos as a kid 😂
Heatran was the hardest for me
1:56 that rampardos was the death of me with those random falling boulders.
Dude same
I got so frustrated with that as a kid lol. I think I spent a few days on and off trying to get through the Rampardos because I kept getting so frustrated
@@aceris5874 its so tedious as a kid lmao
That's what I keep hearing...many people struggled with Rampardos. I never played this game as a kid though.
@@aceris5874I think the idea was it was designed to force the players to use Pokeasist, because it’s impossible otherwise
Drapion still gives me ptsd to this day
Also I find it funny that Ice has a Garchomp, a pokemon that’s 4x weak to ice type attacks.
Those poison clouds are obnoxious aye?
Even if I someday will forget that this game exists, I will always get fuckin Vietnam flashbacks whenever I see a Drapion. Fun fact, this game is the reason why it's one of my favorite mons
When I was like 9 years old I continuously lost to the Ramparados and gave up. Now 10 years later I tried again and the game was so much fun.
Rampardos is a tricky capture for sure!
I'm in your boat. When I had this game when I was 8 years old, I could never get past Toxicroak, so I gave up. But I played it again years later and I finally beat it.
One of my favorite games ever thank you for making this
I'm glad you enjoyed it buddy :]
I'm really glad for the plethora of "bonuses" you can get after every capture, it makes getting S Ranks on Boss Pokemon a lot more manageable than you'd first expect;;
Right! I remember I couldn't S Rank Darkrai for the longest until I realized that you get a bonus if you catch a Pokemon with low styler energy so I purposely took hits.
I feel like knowing this game is like being in an exclusive club.
(Also darkrai was pretty anticlimactic)
Welcome to the club. We've been expecting you 😅
No but for real, I know what you mean.
My older brother finished this game before his DS broke
But jaiden animations had to come and ruin this little exclusive club 😔
@@Kirx213 Pfft the hype train is done and suddenly the exclusive club is back.
Plus dont blame Jaiden for that, she mostly shared her love for the game like most of the ones that actually played it.
Just happens to have a big audience that didnt, and yknow what considering how few peop that love those games are still talking about it because nothing new comes for Pkm ranger, opening the decaying exclusive club a bit is prolly for the best
For me, Drapion was the hardest boss for me in this game, had me stuck for a very long awhile.
That Spiritomb was deadly,almost lost there when i played
I defeated them in the end but Drapion and Rampardos left a scar.
That's what I keep hearing. That Drapion was among the worst!
fr drapion was a freaking nightmare
Roandonahue48 first game’s easiest boss was harder than drapion
Who's that? @@StevoVolGreeno
@@Prince_Eva_Huepow Muk
Lavana gonna make me act up
She's a baddie ❤️🔥
Watching shadows of almia videos for the nostalgia
Shadows of Almia is tight! Thanks for stopping by the channel, means alot!
not nostalgia trauma that is AHAHAHAHA
I feel like a major idiot for selling this game. I played it for hours but never seemed to beat it. I have the first one though and surprisingly though it was used, it still had the manaphy egg event. Thanks for making this vid.
Haha I also bought a used Ranger game and the Manaphy Egg is still chillin in my copy. Never figured out how to bring over to gen 4... Thanks for the comment I appreciate buddy! I'm working on a Guardia Signs video but man, does it involve a ton of grinding.
The only Pokémon ranger I have ever played in the past😍
> Shadow's of Almia box
> Pokémon Ranger manual
> Mega Man Battle Network Blue cartridge inside
> Inserts game into WiiU
That's one hell of a start.
When I played this game 10 years ago, I had no problem with capturing a pokemon, but Lucario.
I maybe lose 15 times to Lucario, and 0 to others.
That's pretty impressive. Lucario is annoying because he jumps around alot. Similar to how Scizor and Scyther jump around in the first Ranger game.
I could never get past Heatran as a kid
I remember using only quicksaves (since they were convenient) and not using save machines as much, which ended up putting me in an awkward situation.
I lost against Drapion (aka the boss a lot of us get stuck at from what I've seen), and you know where i respawned? Right before the Rampardos fight.
Needless to say, I used save machines more from that point onward.
Oh man, that sounds awful! I feel for that. To be honest, I never used the quicksave feature.
Am I the only one still having PTSD with Drapion?
This boss is really technical and it hurts a lot if you're not careful.
I only managed to beat him very recently when I wanted to play the game again
As i'm watching this, i'm continuously asking myself how tf I beat this game at the age of *7* and why tf I deleted my save data-
There's hardly a reason to delete save data in ranger games huh. They don't really offer the same replay value that the main series does.
@@ethan0248910 yeah. 7 year old me missed some dialogue at the end for post game and then thought that it was a good idea to delete all of my save data and replay the game again instead of just looking it up just to catch that dialogue-
I haven't been able to beat it since-
I hated Drapion, but I thought Darkrai was a walk in the park.
Man... drapion was such a pain in the ass
Omg thank you
Matthew Toad
Darkrai was fairly difficult for me. Drapion?
Dear lord...
Is it just me or was kincaid the man with the hardest boss battles drapion is a bit of trouble but dear god gliscor was a nightmare
Harry Mounce
Gliscor was fairly difficult for me. It was Drapion that tortured me during my playthrough. Kincaid really doesn’t screw around, huh
that darkrai battle was clutch
I did that battle many times over. It seemed the only way I could S rank it was by having low styler energy.
Let's face it every single one of us absolutely hate that drapion
I never made it past Drapion, strangely enough. That thing was ridiculously hard
It's a bit strange that Kingdra is the only boss not to debut in Generation IV.
I thought of that too actually. It's funny because Kingdra is a boss Pokemon in Ranger 1 and Shadows of Almia, and I think it's even a mini boss in Gardian Signs.
The Drapion boss was a boss a struggled with so I had to save as much steel type Pokémon as I could just to beat him
I didn't have any good assists when catching it. Those poison clouds are annoying for sure.
Thanks for making this
You are very welcome pal!
Will you do Guardian Signs too ?
@@MaiZora Omg! Didn't see this for 5 months. I'm sorry. I'm pretty bad at replying to my comments cuz RUclips doesn't notify me and marks them as spam. But yeah, I want to. Never actually beat that game before so that should be fun. As for when I will do it...who knows lol. Hopefully you'll stick around for that ;)
@@ethan0248910OMG you did do Guardian Signs 😭
Sorry for being so late too!
Guardian Signs might be my all time favourite spin-off. (Explorer of Sky came close)
OOF man, you give me chills every time you're under 10 hp... also have you tried Shieldon as a pokemon partner? if you use it and spin fast enought you can catch every pokemon in the game without being attacked a single time because it will be already reloaded before his status ends.
Lol I like to live on the edge with low styler health. I haven't used Shieldon as a partner, actually. Maybe I'll try it out in the capture challenge one day!
@@ethan0248910 i greatly recommend it, when you use it, just shoot as much orbs as you can.
Shieldon gives the pause status, resulting in an temporary incapacity for the pokemon to attack an this effect stays after the end of the help.
So take advantage of this to reload his power while the pokemon can't do anything
@@lusio1579And reloads faster than the better paralysis Pachi.
Wish you could redo every partner pokemon capture cause i wanted to try and get a full S rank capture browser
Nice job, now try doing them damageless
Thank you so much for uploading this. I’m sorry to ask, but... I would love that Lavana art in the thumbnail (:,,,
You're very welcome. Lavana actually is on the thumbnail, but the picture is sideways lol. Tired my best to make everyone fit.
ethan0248910 Ah, I see. I was wondering if you had a link to the original piece. I love it so much. She and Ice are two of my favorite characters. This game is my childhood.
@@asuuki2048 I thought of that, so I made a deviant art and I just never uploaded it cuz I forgot my password. I think I can do that. Gimmie some time ight.
ethan0248910 That’s awesome! May I know the name of your page? (: I can’t wait!
@@asuuki2048 www.deviantart.com/aircalibur2/art/Pokmon-Ranger-Shadows-of-Almia-Ice-840476244
Try this link. Idk if I did it right. I'm new to this.
Drapion was hardest to capture when I was 12 year old, so was Lucario, Cresselia, and Darkrai. I captured drapion on my third go, Lucario on my third go, Cresselia third go, and Darkrai third or fourth go.
Spiritomb and Drapion were the hardest for me
I just started replaying the game and first try I beat Drapion without taking any damage. No joke it was stressful near the end. Love this game, but I'm thinking on playing one of the other installments to the series after I'm done with this one. Which would you recommend, Pkmn Ranger or Guardian Signs?
1 Month later- I have played Guardian Signs and though it is WAY too easy with the poke-assist mechanic, I absolutely loved the story. Next up is the original Pokemon Ranger, I'm ready for a challenge.
I would recommend the 1st one because I like it better but if you're playing shadows of Almia, guardian signs is more similar to that game because the 1st ranger game's capture mechanic is different than the other 2 have because you have to capture the pokemon in a single round (they don't have an HP bar or meter, they have a set amount of numbers you have to loop around)
ethan0248910 Ok, I'll get Guardian Signs next then end with the first game as a little challenge. Thanks
The first game was the only good one
Even to this day, I'm still salty about the rampardos boss fight, it doesn't help the fact that the boulders keep falling in random times
9 months later, still hate that rampardos.
I think it was purposely designed to force the player to utilize Pokeasist
A remake on the switch would be a literar dream come true
I thought about how that would be on switch...maybe you do like a circle motion with the joycons, kinda like motion controls on Wii? Would be tight for sure.
Too bad they didn't made it to later versions... Would have love to see it with new graphics and mechanics..
Rampardos still gives me nightmares...
I hear that😂
I love this game
Same!
I swear I think I'm the only one who didn't struggle at Drapion.
Spiritomb tho...
He is a different story
Spiritomb kicked my ass a couple times too, yeah. You’re a legend for not struggling against Drapion’s poison clouds of death though
Well, most people having trouble against Drapion don't mean everyone has to struggle against it.
Spiritomb is a boss i don't remember having difficulty against. But that's my experience.
I didn’t struggle too much with Drapion, Rampardos however...
Me fighting Drapion: 'This isn't as difficult as I remember'
Me fighting Spiritomb: 'Stand still so I can loop you!'
@@lotusvaporeon2473 seriously!
I played this recently on an Android emulator without a stylus...my thumb was sore HOURS after the final mission (I completed Altru Tower in one sitting)
Definitely one of my favourite games ever
Omg you mad man haha! Thanks for sharing your story.
What was that android emulator ?
You can cheese the regi capture with electric supports that’s what i did
Sick strategy! I'll try that.
You can cheese most battles with electric assist
Ahem...
DRAAAAAPIOOOOOOOOOOON
That is all.
been playing the game again, now noticing that these bosses aint nothing if your partner is shieldon, if you know how to use the steel type assist while also looping to regen the partner gauge its easier than it seems
Im playing this on my phone and with the buttons on screen it's going to be hard to draw circles
3 things. 1. Regigigas will always be annoying I hated him in guardians signs to death more than every boss but Arceus.
2. You planning on doing this for guardians signs?
3. How do you feel about the little pop up scene with the pokemons name when you fight the bosses.
Hey there! Funny you say that cuz I'm actually editing the Guardian Signs video right now! I didn't find Regigigas to be too annoying in either games. I'm not even gonna do Arceus cuz I was losing my mind grinding levels in the Wireless Missions. And I love the pop up for both Shadows and Signs. The art is really good especially for Guardian Signs.
@@ethan0248910 on the topic of it. Do you know the theme that plays when the pop art thing happens for guardian signs?
I looked for it, but it doesn't seem to be a music track. It's more of a sound effect or a fanfare. It's does sound kinda cool though.
@@ethan0248910 alright it’s okay but yeah the legendary one sounds really nice
I'm crying
Ngl rampardos was hard until i relized the rocks did have a pattern.
Wow, for real? I didn't know that.
Spiritomb was my personal HELL
So were any "fast" pokemon but the ones that teleports are especially harsh for me because shieldon cant just make them utterly useless lol
Yeah Spiritomb was pretty hard for me too haha
30:00 XD
You know, I always wondered what other people looked like playing Pokemon Ranger haha.
This is painful to watch at times.
Wait, does that thing you did with the Wii U at the beginning actually work? I’m not expecting it to, of course.
Sadly no, it'd be cool if there was some kind of add on to the Wii U to play Nintendo DS games similar to the GameBoy Player for the GameCube.
Emulation
Rampardos was easy for me
ラムパルドとドラピオン勝てなくて泣いた
Pokemon ranger is terrible
no u
😂
Ranger isn't for everyone haha
@@ethan0248910 I'm glad that pokemon ranger died