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Key · 03-23-2015, 09:53 AM

part III

In 2003, another Pokemon game was released which quickly and with good reason became one of my all time favorite Pokemon games of all time. There were two released at the time, Ruby, and Sapphire. Ruby having the picture of Groudon, and Sapphire having the picture of Kyogre. I of course went with Ruby because Groundon just looked badass the first time I ever saw him...

Pokemon Ruby Version

For me personally, I find that this generation of Pokemon games was the most groundbreaking Pokemon game releases of it's time. It had everything the fans have been wanting: full color, amazing graphics for the system, fantastically created Pokemon, two amazing standard legendaries with even more to come after them, and a great battle at the elite four. Some would say that this generation felt a lot easier than the ones before it, which to some extent I can agree with. The elite four for instance seemed pretty easy even on my first playthrough, but that probably has more to do with the fact that you end up picking up a pretty strong legendary before you even get to the elite four, which is totally fine since that's the formula it's usually gone with. However, I have always found Groudon to be a little bit more overpowered than Kyogre, which is why I always liked going for him. With that aside, I think the storytelling in this game was one of the best stories of it's time, and it still to this day remains to be one of the best stories in a Pokemon game ever, especially since instead of you fighting the big team by yourself (i.e. team rocket), there were instead two different teams, Team Aqua and Team Magma (depending on the version you played, one was on your side), and as you play through the game, the one on your side tends to help you more than the other, which makes sense. I feel that added a lot of depth as you feel like you are really trying to take the enemy team down and ruin their plans. And instead of it being about a legendary that isn't even on this earth, you're basically having to deal with weather conditions of whichever legendary is causing it making the need to fix this a little more urgent. Overall, this game is in my top 3 pokemon games, with of course Pokemon Yellow keeping the number 1 spot. However, I will always find a way to play through Pokemon Ruby time and time again, and every single time I do, I get more enjoyment out of it.

Of course...you can't go wrong with the legendary music...

Definitely one of the best legendary songs ever made.

03-23-2015, 09:53 AM	#34 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	part III In 2003, another Pokemon game was released which quickly and with good reason became one of my all time favorite Pokemon games of all time. There were two released at the time, Ruby, and Sapphire. Ruby having the picture of Groudon, and Sapphire having the picture of Kyogre. I of course went with Ruby because Groundon just looked badass the first time I ever saw him... Pokemon Ruby Version For me personally, I find that this generation of Pokemon games was the most groundbreaking Pokemon game releases of it's time. It had everything the fans have been wanting: full color, amazing graphics for the system, fantastically created Pokemon, two amazing standard legendaries with even more to come after them, and a great battle at the elite four. Some would say that this generation felt a lot easier than the ones before it, which to some extent I can agree with. The elite four for instance seemed pretty easy even on my first playthrough, but that probably has more to do with the fact that you end up picking up a pretty strong legendary before you even get to the elite four, which is totally fine since that's the formula it's usually gone with. However, I have always found Groudon to be a little bit more overpowered than Kyogre, which is why I always liked going for him. With that aside, I think the storytelling in this game was one of the best stories of it's time, and it still to this day remains to be one of the best stories in a Pokemon game ever, especially since instead of you fighting the big team by yourself (i.e. team rocket), there were instead two different teams, Team Aqua and Team Magma (depending on the version you played, one was on your side), and as you play through the game, the one on your side tends to help you more than the other, which makes sense. I feel that added a lot of depth as you feel like you are really trying to take the enemy team down and ruin their plans. And instead of it being about a legendary that isn't even on this earth, you're basically having to deal with weather conditions of whichever legendary is causing it making the need to fix this a little more urgent. Overall, this game is in my top 3 pokemon games, with of course Pokemon Yellow keeping the number 1 spot. However, I will always find a way to play through Pokemon Ruby time and time again, and every single time I do, I get more enjoyment out of it. Of course...you can't go wrong with the legendary music... Definitely one of the best legendary songs ever made. Last edited by Key; 03-23-2015 at 10:18 AM.