Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA)

...so we all know that Pokemon went out of fashion a LONG time ago, but it doesn't make the games any less addictive, does it? So start saving, buy this game and have a go at it. You won't regret it! Unless maybe the coolest person you know sees it when they go round to your house, but just keep it hidden well! Like everyone who has played this game and had other Pokemon games before will understad, the biggest con is that it's not compatible with ...
...have kept all the old Pokemon in AND added new ones! It would make it more challenging and, I don't know about you, but I find it nice to meet my old favourites all over again. As for the gyms and just general battles, they are just as much more advanced as the rest of the game, and MUCH harder. You will have to train and think about tactics for what seems like forever, but, trust me, if you stick at it you'll eventually get there! They have taken ...

Mipsie 05.10.2004 (03.11.2007) · Read full review
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I've clocked up 26 hours so far - not consecutively, I hasten to point out - and I doubt I'm even halfway there. Pokémon game cartridges have always been coloured to match their name - Red, Blue, Gold, Silver - and Ruby is no exception, coming in a nice tranlucent red that really makes the cartridge stand out among its black or grey brethren. The manual is much thicker than most. You could dive straight in without reading it, as characters and signposts ...
...I'd recommend a thorough perusal to get maximum enjoyment out of the game. As well as giving you your character's backstory and telling you how to set options like text speed, the manual contains the Braille alphabet (which apparently turns up in the game though I haven't encountered it yet) and tells the reader 'you could even find Braille in your home town'. How brilliant is that? For a game with a target audience of children at an age when new ...

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Pokémon Sapphire was the third Pokémon game to be released on the handheld console of the Gameboy and much like the 2 series before, it marked a new series for a new model of Gameboy – the first series being on the original handheld console, the second on the colour version and this one the first to be released on the new Gameboy Advanced, enabling not only for it to have pretty colours and better graphics, but a more versatile game all in all. ...
...worldwide phenomenon surrounding the brand well and truly peaked, this game was surely not going to match the quality of its previous 2 versions due to the sheer hype buzz, and atmosphere surrounding it no matter what the in game content was like. This third series was known as the “advanced” generation and follows the previous versions almost identically in the gameplay, setting and story – it is a different land from the previous, there are a whole ...

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...situation, chosing one of three Pokemon in three Pokeball to rescue the professor from wild-dog Pokemon named Poochyena.Those three are Treeko, Mudkip, Torchic which comes from three elements: wood, water and fire.After beating the dog and rescue Birch, you'll then be given one of three that you chose to take care of and carry out the most important mission: to collect all the information about pokemons on Hoenn region(Pokemon's world) and put it ...
...to release your pokemon.Then your pokemon appear with several statistic: Life point, EXperience point,Skill, and info. Your pokemon's life point is very important, if they run out of life point, they'll die and you'll have to either coming back home or to the hospital to heal them.You can use berry or portion to recover the life point during the battle or use medicine to improve it. The life point will not only go down when your enemy attack but ...

minhhon 18.07.2007 (22.07.2007) · Read full review
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...plushies of that ever annoying Pokemon Pikachu. With the craze that has swallowed the world the public eye perceives Pokemon as childish and simple. While some of the merchandise do little to dispel that viewpoint it is the games that started off Pokemon and it is because of these that the mania started off. So they must have been doing something right. For those people who have yet to hear about Pokemon and the lucky parents that have not had their ...
...little explanation of what Pokemon actually is all about might be wise. Put simply Pokemon is a bug catching game. You play a young, wide-eyed Pokemon Trainer who goes around your little world where humans and Pokemon live together. You aim, apart from ‘catch ‘em all’ is to defeat various other Trainers and Gym Leaders of towns around your little world in order to progress and meet your ultimate battle. Doesn’t sound all that special but it is wildly ...

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== Pokémon Ruby Review == Pokémon Ruby is part of the very successful Pokémon series which has included trading cards, a rubbish TV show, movies and video games! This is one of the video games for the Game Boy Advance. Pokémon games are role playing games (RPGS) and are developed by Nintendo. The story is similar to other Pokémon games where you start off as a rookie trainer in Hoenn (the region) You then get your first Pokémon and you go on a quest ...
...the way you will come across the bad guys: Team Magma and Team Aqua who are both trying to destroy the world. Aqua are going to do this with a legendary water Pokémon while Magma using a fire Pokémon. The game also adds lots of new Pokémon so your quest to catch them all will become a little bit harder. The new Pokémon are in general quite good and all of them look interesting! This game also has Pokémon contests where you try to amaze judges by ...

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...you import your super hard pokemon that have seen more elite four battles than you've had hot dinners. You are immediately put off the game because let's face it... you've spent the best part of 5 years training these guys against pidgeys, rattatas and goodness knows what else and now it's like the slate has been wiped clean and it all counted for nothing. The days of the weeks have gone... it's daylight all the time... there's no team rocket and ...
...perpetually light actually) ages of pokemon and you think some graphics tweaks are going to save you? But before you aim the cartridge for the basketball hoop above your bin and return to crystal for some comforting familiar faces I urge you to stop. Calm down. Breathe deeply and give this game a go. Stick it in your GBA or SP, switch it on, watch the amazing intro and pick your character's name. Explore your house, set the clock (it does play ...

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...and most people who hear Pokemon will just scream because they've heard it mentioned so much. I would be willing to say that more than half of these people have never actually played a Pokemon game in their lives. Pokemon isn't a game for kids, it's a very good series of role-playing games which have just been aimed at children. In fact, teenagers and young adults can probably enjoy the game too. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire is different from the other ...
...there must be about 250 Pokemon in total in this game. Okay, some of them are simply remakes of older Pokemon but a lot are new and exciting. The world of Pokemon has been revamped and now all of the Pokemon are presented to you in full glorious colour! Their "cries" still need a bit of working on though, they still sound like Gameboy sound effects, a bit rusty. The gameplay however, is excellent! At the beginning you get to choose whether you want ...

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One of the many forms that the Pokémon game has taken over the last decade, Ruby and Sapphire are pretty much more of the same. The games are sister titles, by the way, meaning that they have exactly the same gameplay experience but some of the Pokémon that you are trusted to collect are different. Like all Pokémon games, if you want your trainer to be able to capture 'em all, you need a friend with the other version of the game. You buy Ruby, he'll ...
...not sure what Pokémania is all about, the game is a basic role-playing experience. Your character has only one desire in life - to collect, train and breed a variety of pocket monsters. To do this, they must explore their world, taking on rival trainers and wild monsters. The whole world is obsessed with Pokémon, it seems, and it's all anyone will ever talk about, so there will be trainers, rivals and experts all over the place. It's more advanced ...

RayWhitney 30.07.2008 (02.09.2008) · Read full review
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...the best addition to the pokemon series so far , they feature up to about 124 pokemon on each version with roughly about 20-30 of these pokemon unique to each version . This game also features the breeding option although it is more difficult as there is no Ditto , however when you obtain a male and female of a few certain species you will be awarded with a baby(generation before the first Pokemon in an evolution series). The breeding option can ...
...wants to trade there starting pokemon with your starting pokemon(You get a choice of 3 at the beginning of the game from your towns proffesor as in the other Pokemon games , then you have to trade to get the rest) you can make a baby of yours and go ahead with the trade . Storyline - 8/10 The storyline is just as good and virtually identical to the other pokemon games in many ways here are a few : To complete the game you need to defeat ALL the ...

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...that you pick a starting Pokemon out of a choice of 3 as with all the other games then you raise them by fighting others and making them stronger. You have to battle Gym Leaders to earn badges with which you can use some of the HM moves (such as Surf) and get to other places. Your aim is to defeat the Elite 4 and become a Pokemon Master and catch all the Pokemon. There's a whole new challenge of catching all the original Pokemon again and the new ...
...added features including contests for Pokemon including cute and tough and berry crushing which is pretty good fun actually. Team Rocket have been replaced with Teams Magma and Aqua who are so much cooler and tougher than Rocket ever were. Some people may see this as changing the game too much but I think it brings in a fresh new challenge. In previous games the TVs never really had much point except for decoration but in this game a TV crew sometimes ...

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When the interactive world of Pokemon was first introduced to us, all those years ago, with Red, Blue etc., it was amazing. I think many would agree that at some points, you would feel as though you were actually in side the world. Although this same feeling is present with Ruby/Sapphire, it isn't quite as strong as with the original games. Perhaps this is because the graphics are so, well graphic, that little is left to the imagination. The sound ...
...is dissapointing. -Only 202 Pokemon avaliable on this game, and it does not compell you to buy Ruby, as there are only a few edition specific Pokemon this time round. - Only one world. But hey, I'm not knocking Hoenn, its a big, interesting region, that has been well designed to keep you interested for a very long time. The plus points on this world : -This time you can grow and raise your berries, instead of waiting for them to come back daily, ...

CSImojuntaineer 30.04.2004 · Read full review
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The introduction of pokemon ruby and sapphire was a big change from the games the preceeded them. Other than silver, all the games had had the same pokemon. These newer versions, however, include a whole array of unseen pokemon. Not only this, but some of them can only be found by trading with another person who has the other version (so if I have sapphire, I have to trade with someone with Ruby). ** The general idea of pokemon is to walk around, ...
...offer hints as to where pokemon are, not precise locations. ** The graphics have been dramatically improved from the previous games, making battles more 3D. The sound has been changed, but I do not think it makes much difference. **Overall, it is a good game, but repetition and frustration will probably come out if you try to complete it. ...

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...same way as the other pokemon games, you start in your home town, get given a pokemon and have to gradually improve it's condition and catch others by battling other trainers, gym leaders and then eventually the elite for and the champion. I found that the graphics for this game were vastly improved from the other games (due to its move to the game boy advance) and added features such as reflections in the water,changeable wether and footprints in ...
...of the different kinds of pokemon to catch, as well as the day-care centre where they can be bred and a few special pokemon. After the game ... Go to the SE of Route 134 among the currents and dive in the only place that you can. Read the brail and then surface. Go into the last room and use dig. Then put a Relicanth (found underwater nr 8th gym) as the first pokemon in your party and a wailord (evolve from wailmer) as the last one (I know it sounds ...

Zoe.e 13.09.2003 · Read full review
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Ok Pokemon how many pokemon games have there been, oh yeah 8 games, pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, gold, Crystal and now the new ones Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire and that’s only on Gameboy. Oh yeah I forgot about Pokemon Trading Card game.Who likes pokemon oh yeah there’s Sam South and some 10 year olds. Red and Blue were good and so was silver and gold. But how many pokemon can there be. Don’t Nintendo know when to stop? Pokemon went out ages ago ...
...with tree’s every professor in Pokemon is named after a tree? Have to travel through lots of towns collecting 8 badges and then battling the elite 4 or whatever their called. All in all I hate Pokemon there’s been too many Pokemon games. Nintendo I’m begging you please stop making them, I’ve nothing against your other games they’re brilliant. Please stop Making them, please. ...

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