Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version

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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (ポケットモンスター ルビー・サファイア Pocket Monsters Ruby and Sapphire) are the first two games introduced for Generation III series. This set of games takes place in the Hoenn region and features new Pokémon in comparison to the previous versions.

Locations

• Littleroot Town
• Oldale Town
• Petalburg City
• Slateport City
• Pacifidlog Town
• Battle Tower
• Southern Island
• Ever Grande City
• Mossdeep City
• Sootopolis City
• Lilycove City
• Fortree City
• Mauville City
• Rustboro City
• Verdanturf Town
• Lavaridge Town
• Fallarbor Town

Game Info

Changes

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire featured a number of upgrades and differences from the previous games.

• The game takes place in a new region, Hoenn.
• An additional 135 Pokémon were introduced.
• Brand new Moves and TM's were made available.
• Double Battles were introduced.
• The player can participate in Pokémon Contests.
• Pokémon now have abilities.
• Separate icons for each Pokémon.
• Running Shoes were introduced.
• Weather effects were introduced.

Starter Pokémon

As is tradition, the player can choose one of three different Starter Pokémon at the start of the game. The player will need to choose either Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko of his/her choice to save Professor Birch, who was being attacked by a Poochyena. Also, in tradition, the three Pokémon are Fire, Water or Grass types, respectively.

• Torchic - The Fire-Type
• Mudkip - The Water-Type
• Treecko - The Grass-Type

Team Magma and Team Aqua

Both Team Magma and Team Aqua are featured in the Ruby and Sapphire games. Depending on which game it is though will determine which Team the player will need to fight against. Ruby will feature Team Magma as the antagonist and Team Aqua as the allies and Sapphire is vice versa.

Legendary Pokémon

As in every other main series Pokémon game, there are a set of Legendary Pokémon which were first featured in Ruby and Sapphire.

The Golems

• Registeel
• Regirock
• Regice

The Eon Pokémon

• Latias
• Latios

The Super-ancient Pokémon

• Groudon (Ruby)
• Kyogre (Sapphire)
• Rayquaza

Version Exclusive Pokémon

Pokémon Ruby Version No. Sprite Pokémon Type #273 Seedot #274 Nuzleaf #275 Shiftry #303 Mawile #335 Zangoose #338 Solrock #381 Latios #383 Groudon

Pokémon Sapphire Version No. Sprite Pokémon Type #270 Lotad #271 Lombre #272 Ludicolo #302 Sableye #336 Seviper #337 Lunatone #380 Latias #382 Kyogre

Gym Leaders

Roxanne Rustboro City	Brawly Dewford Town	Wattson Mauville City	Flannery Lavaridge Town
Norman Petalburg City	Winona Fortree City	Tate and Liza Mossdeep City	Wallace Sootopolis City

Elite Four and Champion

Sidney

Phoebe

Glacia

Drake

Steven Stone

Reception

Ruby and Sapphire received mostly positive reviews, though critics were divided in their assessment of the games, especially on the gameplay and graphics. Most of the complaints focused on the fact that the gameplay had not changed much since previous generations. With the popularity of Pokémon on the decline and the rising popularity of Yu-Gi-Oh! at the time, the games sold less than previous generations. However, they were still commercial successes; with around 16 million copies sold according to IGN, they are the best-selling games for the Game Boy Advance.

Trivia

• Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald are the first Pokémon games where the player can not choose the name of their rival at the start of the game.
• These two games are the first games of the main series where Professor Oak isn't encountered.
• These games are also the only games where the player will encounter your rival's starter at the arena where the player battled Steven.
• These games are the first main series games where the player can't access Kanto.
• Ruby and Sapphire are the first games to not have the slogan, "Gotta Catch 'em all".
• Ruby and Sapphire have the least in game trades.
• Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald are the only main-series Pokémon games in which the protagonist speaks (other than answering "yes" or "no"). He/she says "Where did he go?" and "Why did he go?", referring to the Magma/Aqua leader in the hideout.
• Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are the first and only Pokémon games with the starting point not being the player's bedroom. Rather, the starting point is the moving truck.
• Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are the first Pokémon games to feature automobiles.
• Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald are the only games to have the protagonist have a father.
• Ruby and Sapphire are the only Pokémon games to contain uncensored swear words.
• Ruby and Sapphire are the first games where the rival is based off what gender you choose, it was later used again in Pokémon X & Y.
• Ruby and Sapphire were the first games to include Dragon types that weren't Pseudo Legendary, Semi-Pseudo Legendary or a previous evolution of a Pseudo Legendary Pokémon.

Gallery

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Boy (Brendan) and Girl (May)

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