Pokemon Ranger Joins North American’s Virtual Console Library

Only one Virtual Console game is joining the North American eShop today. Nintendo Wii U owners will be able to purchase and play Pokemon Ranger on their consoles. This is the first entry in a spin-off series that also includes Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia and Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs.

Pokemon Ranger was originally released on the Nintendo DS in 2006. Players follow a newly graduated Pokemon Ranger, either Lunick or Solana. Rather than capture Pokemon, these people explore their natural environments and protect them, temporarily befriending wild Pokemon to aid them in their exploits. The Go-Rock Squad is attempting to influence Entei, Raikou, and Suicune for their own plots, and it’s up to the player to stop them.

Pokemon Ranger is $9.99 on the Nintendo Wii U eShop.