Now, I'm sure many all of you know about Pokemon.
Hence, you know about it's limited Pokemon storage. Eventually, the Box runs out of space and you keep catching 'em, so what now?
Techniquely, My Pokemon Ranch is just that.... The next-gen Pokemon Box. You can store up to 999 Pokemon in it at max level (1500 when the Platinum update pulls through)
It costs 1200 Nintendo Points to buy from the WiiWare options in the Store.
Now, let's look at the Story... through Haley's (the 'main' character) eyes.
Bring Pokemon into the Ranch to level it up.
Why?
Because I want to.
Don't have Pokemon D/P/Pl?
Well that's alright, I'll bring a new one every day, maybe even two when our ranch levels up!
Where do I catch them?
A Joyful Place.
.....
It's not so great, is it?
You start out with a batch of cute Pokemon and a terrible disfigured Gyarados. I forgot to mention how terrible the Pokemon look.
Here's some pictures.
Shiny Pokemon still look shiny, Event Pokemon lhave sparkles around them, and any Pokemon you trade with Hayley will also have sparkles.
She can trade some pretty crappy stuff for good stuff, but often it will be something out of the ordinary like a level 40 Lickitonge.(?)
She will eventually trade you a Phiione and then a Mew after certain levels have been reached.
The Pokemon Hayley wants will be displayed on a Board, which will have a time limit to about ten days. You can only trade with D/P for now until Platinum Updates happen.
The Gameplay... consists of lifting and moving Pokemon to make them fall on top of others for amusement. Sometimes, they'll attack each other and one will p***y out and run REALLY freaking fast.
Oh yeah, you can even dump Eggs in here.
You can also take... pictures. Why? I'm not sure. And you can only have 20 pictures.
Well, there are some fun parts...
You can cause Explosions, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, and Knockback Hits; all by shaking the Wii mote.
They're fun the first times, but then it gets boring quick.
An annoying feature of the game is Club Look-See. Every now and then, a Mii comes into your ranch and invites you to their's. You can refuse them, their ranches aren't too great either way and you don't benefit from it.
You can dump Miis into this game. It's funny to see Jesus dancing with Darkrai, but it gets old.
Music is just a very repetitive piano tone... Even with musical Pokemon around.
You can also share your Ranch with other Ranch owners, but please. Who owns this s**t besides me?
All in all, this is mainly just a game to dump other Pokemon in and some good things can be accessed.
Oaty gives this game.... a 4/10.
