Deposit / Withdraw

Depositing Pokémon is the main aspect of MPR, however, you can play this game without depositing Pokémon or having Diamond/Pearl to connect with MPR; though the game experience is, obviously, greatly hindered and I wouldn't recommend playing it that way...

To be clear it is possible to deposit Pokémon from up to 8 different games into the Ranch. The only restriction is that those Pokémon may only be withdrawn by their depositor. That depositor may NOT restart their game. Doing so will strand those Pokémon on the Ranch forever.

To connect to your DS you select the second option on the left-hand side of the menu. The game will save and then give you an important "Warning!" message I'm going to mention here because of its relevance...

!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!!

DO NOT restart your DS Pokémon game until you have withdrawn all Pokémon you wish to save from your Ranch! MPR only works with THAT save file! Once you delete your DS save file the Pokémon still in the Ranch that were deposited by that game are stuck there until you delete the Ranch save file and they're gone forever!

Why it was done this way, I have no idea but in my opinion it greatly detracts from the sole purpose of having a storage facility... I digress.

1. From there you will be prompted to turn on your DS.
2. Select on the title screen and you will be taken to the menu.
3. Wait for the option "CONNECT TO Wii" to appear on the DS menu.
4. Select "CONNECT TO Wii"
5. You'll see the warning I gave above, hit (A) on your DS.
6. A menu will appear with the following options...
7. • - Deposit Pokémon to the Ranch
   • - Withdraw Pokémon from the Ranch
   • - Save
   • - See ya!
8. Scroll to the desired operation and hit (A) on your DS.

Depositing Pokémon

DS View

If you've chosen to deposit you will be taken into the boxes on your DS. You can scroll through these just as you would in the PC. By hitting (Y) the hand for selection will turn orange and allow for quick depositing.

By hitting (Y) again the hand will return to white and you have the option to...

• - Deposit
• - Summary (see the same info you do in the games' PC)
• - Mark (as in the game the Marks are the shapes you can turn on/off)
• - Cancel

Marking is relevant to MPR. You can organize your MPR boxes based on the Mark you've given to Pokémon so if you like to have things organized Marking is one thing to consider utilizing, assuming you haven't already.

At the bottom of your box you have the option to "Deposit All" or "Cancel." Deposit all will deposit all of the Pokémon in the active Box...

The projector-balloon will be pink if the depositing trainer's game is the Pearl version and blue if the depositing trainer's game is the Diamond version.

Wii View

When depositing Pokémon to Ranch your TV screen will first show a balloon with film reels and a projector on the bottom. It will fly over your Ranch and project the Pokémon that are stored in the current box you are viewing on the DS onto the grass of your Ranch. Once you have chosen to deposit a Pokémon to Ranch it will popup and take the 3-D/origami shape that Pokémon have in Ranch.

• * In the top-left corner of the screen you can exit the Deposit operation.
• * In the top-right corner of the screen it will say the OT of the DS game.
• * Scrolling across the top 1/3 of your screen are the current Wanted Pokémon.
• * In the bottom-right corner of the screen it will tell you how many Pokémon you have deposited as a part of the total allowed for your current level. For example - 50/50
• * In the bottom-left corner of the mode is "Deposit."

Withdrawing Pokémon

DS View

If you've chosen to withdraw Pokémon on the DS you will be taken to the boxes that currently hold Pokémon within the Ranch. The boxes on the DS appear Grassy with the title box having a rainbow. The box names on Ranch appear as "Ranch xx" where x denotes a 0-9 number. The maximum box capacity is 30, the same on the Diamond/Pearl games.

The options for operating within the box are simple. Once you have selected a Pokémon with the hand (again, use (Y) to toggle between the orange/white hand for fast withdrawing) you will be given two options...

1. Withdraw
2. Cancel

In addition you have the following options on the lower screen of your DS that allow for reorganization of the Ranch Boxes...

You can use your DS stylus to navigate these menus and choose a different way to organize the boxes within Ranch.

When you are all finished select "Save," and when that is complete select "See ya!" The DS will power-off once you press (A) on the DS one final time.

Wii View

Like with depositing the Wii screen appears the same, except that the boxes you are viewing hold Ranch Pokémon and as a result they appear in their 3-D/origami shape. When they are withdrawn to the DS the projector-ballon will only project the image of that Pokémon on the ground.

* In the bottom-left corner the mode is "Withdraw."

When you are all finished the projector-balloon will fly away and the game will save.