Pokémon Ranger (ポケモンレンジャー, Pokemon Renjā) is an action role-playing video game developed by HAL Laboratory and Creatures Inc. and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS video game console.

The game was released in Japan on March 23, 2006, in North America and Australia during 2006, and in Europe in April 2007.

The styler has an energy bar that is similar to an HP counter for Pokémon in the other Pokémon adventure games, when the energy bar of the styler is completely depleted, the player is transported to the last save terminal.

Temporarily caught Pokémon can be used in the field to accomplish tasks and solve puzzles by cutting, tackling, shooting fire, blowing water, etc.

There are four major settlements in Fiore, each named after the season it constantly experiences: Ringtown (spring) to the west, Fall City (fall) to the east, Wintown (winter) at foot of mountains to the north, and Summerland (summer) on an island to the south.

From there, one can also get to the Panula Cave—which is also accessible from Summerland's harbor via water vehicle (aka the AquaMole)—the coldest spot of the Fiore region, hence ice Pokémon appearing there, including the legendary Regice.

The Sekra Range is a 6,500-foot-high (2,000 m) mountain range that is notable for having a waterfall that can "fill the Capture Arena 23 times in one minute"; housing the Go-Rock Squad's base; a house high up where the residents inside will recharge the player's Styler; "Shiftree", a tree where five Shiftry live in and will attack the player all at the same time; and the Fiore Temple, an ancient temple mountain currently home to a lot of wild Pokémon, but with a strange door that will only open when you capture the three wanted Pokémon, where the game's climax takes place, located at the very summit of the Sekra Range.

Numerous Bug- and Grass-type Pokémon live here, and in the center is a ruin, with the same symbols on Kyogre, called the Jungle Relic.

In these missions, the main character is required to capture three legendary Pokémon not seen anywhere else in the game: Deoxys, Celebi, and Mew.

The storyline revolves around a single Pokémon Ranger, Lunick or Solana, depending on the player's choice.

The player is then required to prove their worth in three extra post-ending missions and capture the enraged legendaries; Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza.

Information regarding Pokémon Ranger was published in the July 2005 issue of CoroCoro Comic magazine.

A direct-to-DVD animated film adaptation Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea premièred on Cartoon Network on March 23, 2007, and released on DVD the succeeding month.

[7] In terms of games reviews, Pokémon Ranger received fairly positive reaction, with a 70% ratio from GameRankings.

Fellow Retronauts contributor Justin Haywald criticized HAL Laboratory, which he says is normally a good developer, for making Ranger.

It was announced at E3 2008 that the game would be released in the United States under the title Shadows of Almia on November 10, 2008.

It was announced on September 25 that the game would be released in Europe under the title Shadows of Almia on November 21, 2008.