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Pokémon Ranger: Battonage is an action/role-playing video game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo DS video game console. It is the sequel to the Pokémon Ranger video game, also for the DS. It was announced in the January 2008 issue of CoroCoro and was released in Japan on March 20, 2008. It features Pokémon from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The game utilizes the Nintendo WiFi Connection.

The game takes place in the land of Almia and you start out the game as a rookie ranger who has just graduated from Ranger School. Like in the previous game one can choose to be male or female.

This game also allows one to choose one's partner, unlike in the previous game, where one's partner was decided by one's gender (Minun for male, Plusle for female). There are 17 possible partners (one for every element). The possible partners are:

Pachirisu (Electric)
Munchlax (Normal)
Starly (Flying)
Turtwig (Grass)
Chimchar (Fire)
Piplup (Water)
Misdreavus (Ghost)
Snover (Ice)
Mime Jr. (Psychic)
Gible (Dragon)
Croagunk (Poison)
Kricketot (Bug)
Sneasel (Dark)
Cranidos (Rock)
Shieldon (Steel)
Machop (Fighting)
Hippopotas (Ground)
However, due to new information, it was revealed that the starters are really either Starly, Munchlax, or Pachirisu. The other 14 partners are obtainable either through sub-quests or in-game events, and once captured, can be switched to your partner at any time.

This game takes place in a new region - Almia (アルミア地方, Arumia-chihō?), far from Hoenn, Kanto, Johto, and Orre. It is apparently mountainous.

Chikore Village: A village located in the southern area of Almia.
Vien Town: A town in central Almia. The Ranger Base is located here, and the Ranger School, a Beach, and a Forest surround the town.
Vien Forest: The forest to the north Vien Town. A wide variety of Pokemon can be seen here.
Pueru Town: A town in Almia. It is referred to as the "heart" of Almia. A harbor is located at the eastern edge of the town. The harbor leads to more areas, such as Boil Land and the Haruba Desert.
Boil Land: Located near a volcano.
Haruba Desert: A desert in Almia. No information as of yet.

Guards
In this game, players can do some sub-missions, also known as side-quests, which increases the chance of the player receiving a Guard, which upgrades the player's capture styler by increasing its damage or helping to reduce damage from certain types of attacks etc.


HP Bar
Ranger Battonage offers a new way to capture Pokémon. Instead of circling a Pokémon a certain number of times (as in Pokemon Ranger), whenever you circle a Pokémon, its HP bar drops. This effect can be enhanced by the game's various Capture Cards(depending on the Pokémon's type), making this even easier.