History YMMV / PokemonRanger

** [[SiliconBasedLife Porygon-Z]] can be found in the past in the third game. ''Porygon-Z!''

** ''Porygon-Z'' can be found in the past in the third game. ''Porygon-Z!''

* ThatOneBoss: Drapion. Not only Drapion hits quite hard, but low on HP he turns red, spamming with gas cloud giving not much time where you can freely circle him. Additionally, the fight's preceeded by two Rhyhorn and [[GoddamnedBats three Stunky]], and you have to do all three ''in a row''. And this is before you get the handy Shieldon. Even these Drowzee[[hottip:*:As Drapion is classified as being Poison-type, therefore being weak to Psychic-type Assists.]] on the ship may not be enough of help and you may need to repeat fight.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Purple Eyes in the third game. His beating up of both Rand and Nema should give you an idea of how few moral restrictions this guy has, and he only gets worse. And then there's his goal in the last Extra Mission...]]
** Put this into perspective: [[spoiler: Purple Eyes is a sadistic high ranking henchman to the main villainous group who ends up unexpectedly betraying his masters and becoming the BigBad / FinalBoss, and then becoming a MisanthropeSupreme NietzscheWannabe who wants to kill everyone alive. So yes, he is pretty much the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} answer to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka!]] ]]
** A big case of YMMV, but some fans think that [[spoiler:Purple Eyes is even ''worse'' than Ghetsis from VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite! Well, if you think about it, not even Ghetsis was deemed unsafe enough to be whisked off to a different dimension, and at that to be personally judged by ''God''...]]

** Early in the third game, you can catch a Xatu. Its assist is extremely powerful, and briefly prevents the opponent from attacking. Just put it in a corner or behind an attacking Pokémon, and you've basically won.

** A big case of YMMV, but some fans think that [[spoiler:Purple Eyes is even ''worse'' than Ghetsis from VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite! Well, if you think about it, even Ghetsis wasn't deemed unsafe enough to be whisked off to a different dimension...]]

* FakeDifficulty: Attempting to play Guardian Signs' multiplayer mode alone (Which you likely will have to unless you know more people with the game) is just brutal, but not in a way that's fun or challenging. There's simply not enough time to deplete the boss's massive health reserves unless you grind a ton, and even at max level it can be too difficult. If you have friends to play with it can be a blast, though.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Most'' people think that both the story and gameplay were improved in the second and third games; Shadows of Almia replaced the capture system with a friend meter (at the cost of some of the game's difficulty; hence the "most"), and Guardian Signs allowed the reuse of friend Pokémon over and over again under certain conditions.

** Put this into perspective: [[spoiler: Purple Eyes is a sadistic high ranking henchman to the main villainous group who ends up unexpectedly betraying his masters and becoming the BigBad / FinalBoss, and then becoming a MisanthropeSupreme NietzscheWannabe who wants to kill everyone alive. So yes, he is pretty much the {{Pokemon}} answer to [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka!]] ]]
** A big case of YMMV, but some fans think that [[spoiler:Purple Eyes is even ''worse'' than Ghetsis from PokemonBlackAndWhite! Well, if you think about it, even Ghetsis wasn't deemed unsafe enough to be whisked off to a different dimension...]]

** It becomes a little more Fridge Horror-esque when you think about it. [[spoiler:The Societea are all in their 60's, at least,(Well, Kasa HAS aged quite well, but still...) so they have experience of being thieves and generally being evulz for some time now. (Granted, they're rather AffablyEvil) Then take into account Purple Eyes. Red Eyes and Blue Eyes look like they're in their late teens, eighteen at the most, and Purple Eyes only looks a little older. Which means Purple Eyes, MisanthropeSupreme and CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon line twice, could be in his ''early 20's.'']]

** A big case of YMMV, but some fans think that [[Purple Eyes is even ''worse'' than Ghetsis from PokkemonBlackAndWhite! Well, if you think about it, even Ghetsis wasn't deemed unsafe enough to be whisked off to a different dimension...]]

* It becomes a little more Fridge Horror-esque when you think about it. [[spoiler:The Societea are all in their 60's, at least,(Well, Kasa HAS aged quite well, but still...) so they have experience of being thieves and generally being evulz for some time now. (Granted, they're rather AffablyEvil) Then take into account Purple Eyes. Red Eyes and Blue Eyes look like they're in their late teens, eighteen at the most, and Purple Eyes only looks a little older. Which means Purple Eyes, MisanthropeSupreme and CompleteMonster who crossed the MoralEventHorizon line twice, could be in his ''early 20's.'']]

** Put this into perspective: [[spoiler: Purple Eyes is a sadistic high ranking henchman to the main villainous group who ends up unexpectedly betraying his masters and becoming the BigBad / FinalBoss, and then becoming a MisanthropeSupreme NeitzscheWannabe who wants to kill everyone alive. So yes, he is pretty much the {{Pokemon}} answer to [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka!]] ]]

** Put this into perspective: [[spoiler: Purple Eyes is a sadistic high ranking henchman to the main villainous group who ends up unexpectedly betraying his masters and becoming the BigBad / FinalBoss, and then becoming a MisanthropeSupreme NeitzcheWannabe who wants to kill everyone alive. So yes, he is pretty much the {{Pokemon}} answer to [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka!]] ]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Go-Rock Quad]] in the first game. They even reappear in both subsequent games as guest stars, though they're DemotedToExtra in the third.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Go-Rock Quad]] in the first game. They even reappear in both subsequent games as guest stars.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Purple Eyes in the third game. His beating up of both Rand and Nema should give you an idea of how few moral restrictions this guy has, and he only gets worse. And then there's his goal in the last Extra Mission...]]

* MoralEventHorizon: The [[spoiler:Societea]] cross this when they [[spoiler:''VAPORIZE'' Dolce Island!]] And where to ''begin'' with [[spoiler: Purple Eyes...]]