Pokemon Ranger-does it have a future?

Lowkey the only reason I got Pokémon Ranger was so I could get a Manaphy egg... XD I was thoroughly disappointed when I found out that the egg was one per cartridge and not one per restart.

 

*It was a Latias/Latios (depending on gender, male got Latios, girl got Latias), not Lugia
I enjoyed Ranger, however I admit that it had a very small fan-base among Pokémon fans. Add on stories/reports of players hurting their hands/wrists due to all the looping...

 

The games could be underrated because people just aren't as hooked on the gameplay and stories as the main series. The main series games aren't much about the story- people just wanna beat up bad guys with their awesome mons. As you mentioned, the gameplay isn't exactly thrilling, so that was probably a huge turn off for most people.

 

I used to play all the Pokémon Ranger games, and I have fond memories of working with a friend in high school to get that one special Deoxys with Meteor Mash.

Sadly, the series didn't exactly get marketed all that well, which is why the fan base for these games is so small. I'm not keeping my hopes up, but if they do decide to reboot the series somehow, I'd be pretty content with that.

 

As much as the ranger games were cool, I do not think they'd have as much of a future when it comes to the Switch which is where the franchise is moving too. Although they could use the 3DS as a place for side games like Ranger, so who knows for certain. Maybe with this shift we might see more side games being released.

 

bluntly speaking: no

Ranger had an okay run I think; I was never interested in the games personally but it was always intriguing how those games would keep up side-by-side with the more popular PMD games.

I think it's time to put the games to rest though. We haven't even had a Gen VII PMD yet, which worries me about there ever being a future for that much less Ranger.

 

There hasn't been a new Ranger in a while, so I really doubt it's coming back. I guessed that would probably be the case when the release price for the last game was only $20. I don't think it was expected to do very well.

 

I never really liked it, but I mean, where were the physics of Pokeballs? I mean, sure, you were a ranger, you rounded up Pokémon. But what does making circles around a Pokémon have to actually do with, well, Pokémon?

 

I’ve said multiple times on here that I won’t rest before we have a 3D ranger game.

That aside though, I doubt we’re getting a new one. Especially after reading some of the things said in here. It’s sad because they were good games, but I guess I can add it to the list of games I really want but probably won’t happen.

 

Probably not, unfortunately. I wish it did (I mean, I think Pokémon Rangers: Guardian Signs was my first Pokémon game ever), but the money probably just isn't in it.

 

They really stopped caring about Ranger after Guardian Signs. Although the concept is great, it didn't really have a lasting impression because it was difficult to build relationships. Yes, we had partner Pokémon, but we didn't really get a chance to truly interact with them (besides Ukulele Pichu, which is honestly the best out of all of them). There just wasn't personality to get invested in.

 

They might? I only say this because of one thing.

Spoiler

They mention Rangers in Detective Pikachu and I haven't seen that mentioned in a long while. This might be some sort of hint or something.

 

I really liked the Rangers series, but it has no future. The fan base is small and honestly, where would the series go from here? Guardian Signs was a good concept but the money wasn't behind it. If we do get another ranger game how much money will it be working with? The only way the series would come back is if Nintendo puts in good money into marketing and replaced the circle making mechanic to appeal to a wider audience. It does take away a bit of the magic but that's the only future I can see it succeeding and I don't see any of this happening.