what did you know.. 3 people actually liked the game :/ I guess some still enjoyed the game, alright. they're all females though (sorry if i appear sexist, my apologies if i offend).. what i mean is I guess dungeon is cute with tiny non-evolved pokemon running around attempting the rescue other pokemon, but it's not for me. I found it repetitive after the second mission though and the story was definitely lacking and the gameplay was very boring.. I mean you run into pokemon and you just keep hitting it. there was no strategy or whatever because wild pokemon usually faint within 2-3 hits, sometimes not even if you spend you time exploring the dugeons(even though they're not really worth exploring) and level up. it was a big yawn.
the missions in pokemon ranger were nothing(certainly not long enough or hard enough to tie you down). they were generally quite easy(and a lot of fun), even the extra missions where you capture celebi, mew, deoxy after you beat the game were pretty easy too. yeah, it's different, but hey, it fully utilizes the capabilities of DS which is excellent. I mean DS comes with an interactive touchpad, why not utilize it? using it to capture pokemon was definitely a breath of fresh air. if you didn't want to be tied down they always give you time off to do your own thing in between missions. pokemon rangers was, in my opinion, an excellent game. if only it were longer! i mean they only had 10 missions and they were all quite short, and i beat the game in just over 10 hours, 12 including the extra missions....