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The third set of games in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' series, ''Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'' were released for the [[Game Boy Advance]], with ''[[Updated Rerelease|Emerald]]'' arriving a few years after. Along with ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|FireRed]]'', ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|LeafGreen]]'', ''[[Pokémon Colosseum|Colosseum]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Colosseum|XD]]'', they are known collectively as the 3rd Generation. It introduced many changes to the gameplay, such as: natures, abilities, double battles, contests, and over 100 new Pokémon to collect. Along with massive graphical improvements over its predecessors, it also brought a complete overhaul of the data structure, resulting in the games being incompatible with the previous two generations. The games took place in Hoenn, which is based on the Kyushu region of Japan rotated ninety degrees<ref>Of course, since the world is round and we never see Hoenn on a map along with any other regions, this rotation doesn't matter much</ref>.

 

These games may be the biggest case of [[One Game for the Price of Two]] in the franchise, as there is literally no way to legitimately collect all 386 Pokémon without aid from ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|FireRed]]'', ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|LeafGreen]]'', ''[[Pokémon Colosseum|Colosseum]]'', and ''[[Pokémon Colosseum|XD]]'' (Oddly, only ''Ruby'' '''''or''''' ''Sapphire''). <ref> The [[Game Boy Advance]] had backwards-compatability for the [[Game Boy Color|GameBoy Color]], but its link cables were unable to connect the two systems; coupled with the aforementioned data structure redesign, there was no method for importing or trading Pokémon from ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Gold]]'', ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Silver]]'' or ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Crystal]]'' to ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'' or ''Emerald''. The ''Red'' and ''Blue'' [[Video Game Remake|remakes]] provided all 150 Kanto Pokémon and a small pool of Johto's, with ''Colosseum'' and ''XD'' having several from all three regions; together, they had all but the event-only Pokémon. Between ''Emerald'' and ''Ruby/Sapphire'', only Zangoose and Lunatone respectively are missing and both are found in ''XD''</ref>. Due to being released after the "Pokémania" phase of Generations I and II, and before the "It prints money" phase of the [[Nintendo DS]], ''Ruby and Sapphire'' were the least successful (though were still ''greatly'' profitable) "main pair" of games.

 

[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Characters|Has a character sheet.]]

 

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* [[After Combat Recovery]]: 5/7 of the Battle Frontier facilities (the exception being the Pike [although subverted when certain conditions are met] and the Pyramid).

* [[An Interior Designer Is You]]: The Secret Bases, which can get addicting. You can also decorate your bedroom at home, though to a lesser extent than the Secret Bases.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: The weather trio starts as an in progress Class 0, but stated that if it is not stopped, will become a Class 4 (Groudon bringing harsh heavy everlasting sun, leaving desert wildlife, or Kyogre flooding the world, which allows purely aquatic life to remain).

* [[Bag of Spilling]]: This generation is the only one to be incompatible with previous generations, which is one among various reasons behind the hatedom towards these games.

** A replica of Submarine Explorer 1 can be seen in the museum when you first visit it.

** There's one that may go unnoticed in ''Emerald'' thanks to how subtle it is. Thanks to the Match Call feature, trainers that you register will randomly call you for stuff that never really matters. At one point, your rival calls and remarks on seeing a flying, green Pokémon in the sky. Most players just take it to be another silly adventure. But when Groudon and Kyogre are clashing in Sootopolis City and Wallace asks you where one might find Rayquaza, the big green, flying legendary Pokémon, suddenly your rival's phone call seems a little more useful.

** There's also a man in Fortree City who remarks on seeing a gigantic green dragon.

*** Even funnier after you manage to capture/defeat Rayquaza: He will ask "By the way, you smell singed. Were you at a volcano or something?"

** The internal batteries that handled clock-based events in the initial ''Ruby and Sapphire'' weren't the longest lived either, so there was a good chance they would fail (with the same effects as the Berry glitch), and unlike the Berry glitch, as it is a hardware issue and not a software one, it can't be fixed. Fortunately, unlike ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Gold, Silver, and Crystal]]'', the battery isn't used to retain save data as well (which is stored using flash memory; ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen'' don't have batteries at all), so the game can still be played; just without the time-based events.

** And of course, the [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pomeg_glitch Pomeg Berry glitch] in ''Emerald''.

* [[Just Add Water]]: the Pokéblocks.

* [[Large Ham]]: "GORGE your eyes on this! It's a SILK SCARF!!!!"

** Honestly, a great number of the NPCs, especially trainers, are this.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: There is a large desert, with a constant sandstorm raging, so you need goggles to get across it.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Young Couple [[Malcolm in the Middle|Lois and Hal]]; interestingly, they're absent from ''Emerald''.

* [[Sidequest]]: New Mauville. Also, the Pokémon Contests, which were first introduced in this generation.

* [[Tree-Top Town]]: Fortree City, naturally.

* [[Wasted Song]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsUBDLTrZ0 Maxie/Archie Boss Battle theme] is over a minute long and really impressive sounding, but only plays during the rather short, pathetic fights against Maxie and Archie.

** Not to mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5d75MwT8Ow Deoxys' battle theme], which only plays when you encounter Deoxys via a difficult-to-attend/get Nintendo event.

 

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