Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: One of the more noted weakness of this set of games is that both the rival (who doesn't fully evolve his/her starter and is the only one who can't be battled infinitely) and the Aqua/Magma Bosses (who only use a mere three Pokémon, all of them ones that ''every one'' of their grunts use) are really pathetic compared to the rivals and evil team leaders in the rest of the series. Them getting Mega Sharpedo and Mega Camerupt respectively may rectify this, but only time will tell.

* [[Breather Boss]]: Tate and Liza are fairly easy in ''Ruby and Sapphire'', only having 2 Pokemon between them, both of which are easily taken down by Surf which is required to get to their Gym in the first place. In ''Emerald'' though, they really stepped up their game.

* [[Demonic Spiders]]: Whismur. WHISMUR used UPROAR! Half of your team's health meters are yellow (or possibly red) thanks to it doing a lot of damage. And if you're not careful, it can result in a couple Pokémon fainting.

* [[Disappointing Last Level]]: The last quarter of the game requires an immense amount of surfing. Hope you like [[Goddamned Bats|Tentacool and Wingull]] (Though lots of repels will certainly help).

* [[Discredited Meme]]: After the "Do you liek Mudkips?" meme came out in full force, a lot of people became sick of it pretty correctly.

** Among the humans, Flannery gets a lot of love. [[Fiery Redhead|Can't]] [[Ms. Fanservice|imagine]] [[Bare Your Midriff|why,]] though.

* [[Junk Rare]]: Chimecho, found only in one area with a measly 2% encounter rate. Not ''terrible'' per se, but still nothing special compared to other easier caught Psychic types.

** Berry farming could be aggravating, since it lacked any means of finding where you planted your berries and a dead battery (For the game cartridge, not the system) makes berries completely impossible to grow.

* [[That One Boss]]: Tate and Liza in ''Emerald'' really step up their game thanks to not being stuck exclusively with Lunatone and Solrock. In fact, their new strategy makes Surfing them to death a lot less effective thanks to Sunny Day, Light Screen, and Solarbeam on Solrock to handle your water types. Add in Calm Mind which boosts both Special stats, and you realize that they earned their nickname of the "Murder Twins" handily.

** Norman in general is this, thanks to having TWO Slakings, both of which have ungodly stats and are only stopped from completely flattening your team thanks to their hindering Truant ability. He's ''slightly'' less of a [[That One Boss]] in Emerald, though, since he only has one Slaking, possibly to make up for Tate and Liza. He's still got that other Slaking, though...

** Despite being only the second Gym Leader, Brawly can be nasty if you're unprepared. His Makuhita is at level nineteen, four levels higher than Roxanne's ace, and is fought almost directly after her too, making quite the level jump. It's all around nice and bulky, getting even buffer and bulkier thanks to Bulk Up. Get ready to be manhandled by this little fat bastard over and over again, even with a decent flying type on your hands.

** Wattson is even worse, ''especially'' in Emerald thanks to having access to not one, but two Pokémon that are fully evolved earlier than they should be. His Voltorb has access to Self-Destruct (Which is an almost guaranteed one-hit KO this early in the game), his Magneton resists almost everything you throw at it, and his Manectric is powerful in general. And to make things worse, his Pokémon's signature move is Shockwave, meaning all of them are capable of nailing you with a decently powerful STAB move that ''never misses'' early in the game. And to make things worse, if you didn't start with Mudkip (gains a ground type upon evolving, making the nightmarish Wattson a pathetic joke)? Better hope you picked up a Geodude at Dewford, because that's the ''only'' other Ground type you'll have at this point!

** Flannery is also pretty bad, but downright ''nasty'' in Emerald. Her Torkoal is ridiculously bulky at this point in the game, hits frighteningly hard with Overheat (a ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BASE POWER FIRE ATTACK, and that's not even factoring in STAB!), Attract to make to where your male Pokémon will have a hard time (Or more accurately, never) attacking, Body Slam to likely (or always) paralyze them, and Sunny Day to weaken water types. To make things, worse, a lot of Flannery's other Pokémon know support moves like Reflect and Light Screen, meaning that if you don't floor them with one hit, by the time Torkoal comes out, you are ''SCREWED.''

** The Sky Pillar. Anyone who doesn't have good finger-reflexes and control over the Mach Bike is going to pull their hair out ''trying to get to'' Rayquaza, let alone catching the bastard. The good news is if you do catch him, the trip down is trivial since falling down is probably what you've been doing in the pillar. Thankfully, it's ''so'' much less of a hassle in Emerald... though the Mirage Tower takes it's place as infuriatingly annoying to navigate.