Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Developer(s)	Game Freak
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release Date(s)
3DS	NA: November 21, 2014 JP: November 21, 2014 EU: November 28, 2014 AU: November 21, 2014 KO: November 21, 2014
3DS	NA: November 21, 2014 JP: November 21, 2014 EU: November 28, 2014 AU: November 21, 2014 KO: November 21, 2014
Platform(s)
Classification(s)	This game uses the Nintendo Network
Genre(s)	Role-Playing game
Rating(s)
ESRB	03
PEGI	02
CERO	01
ACB	02

Pokémon Omega Ruby <sup>(JPJapanese: ポケットモンスターオメガルビ

Romaji: Poketto Monsutā Omega Rubī

Meaning: Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby)</sup> and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire <sup>(JPJapanese: ポケトモンスターアルファサファイア

Romaji: Poketto Monsutā Arufa Safaia

Meaning: Pocket Monsters Alpha Sapphire)</sup> are remakes of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire of the Pokémon series for the Nintendo 3DS. They were released simultaneously worldwide, with the exception of Europe, in November 21, 2014.

Changes

New Mega Evolutions

• Mega Swampert
• Mega Sceptile
• Mega Diancie
• Mega Sableye
• Mega Metagross
• Mega Altaria
• Mega Salamence
• Mega Lopunny
• Mega Audino
• Mega Slowbro
• Mega Rayquaza
• Mega Beedrill
• Mega Pidgeot
• Mega Steelix
• Mega Glalie
• Primal Groudon*
• Primal Kyogre*

*Technically not Mega Evolutions so they do not clash with Mega Evolution restrictions

Demo

Prior to the game's release, Game Freak released a special limited demo of the game. This demo starts off in Mossdeep City where Steven Stone takes the player on Latias or Latios to fly to a special island where the player battles Team Magma and Team Aqua members and finds new Mega Evolutions including Mega Glalie and Mega Steelix.

Gallery

OmegaRuby North American Logo

AlphaSapphire North American Logo

Trivia

• This is the first game with a full 360-degree movement. Pokémon X and Y had an 8 direction grid and the games before that had a 4 direction grid.
• In all territories except Europe, these games were released on the twelfth anniversary of the Japanese release of Ruby and Sapphire.

• Also, these games were released the same day the Advanced Generation series first aired on Japan.
• These are the only pair of remakes in which:

• The games' names are not written as compound words.
• There are no location previews.
• All methods of evolutions that were introduced after the original games are possible. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon that evolve based on time cannot evolve because there is no time of day clock, while in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pokémon that evolve by training in a certain location cannot evolve because none of those areas are in those games.
• Pokémon from the original games can be transferred to the remakes.
• An accessory is not bundled with the games.
• The game does not include any HMs that were introduced after the generation of the original games.

• No new player characters are introduced.
• The Pokédex entries of certain Pokémon were changed entirely from the original games.

• Nearly all Pokémon recycle their Pokédex descriptions from previous entries instead of receiving new ones or, in the case of post-Generation III Pokémon, ones from a previous generation.
  • The games combined have only eight new Pokédex entries for four Pokémon (Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, and Hoopa), the fewest out of any core series game. All other Pokémon use entries from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, X, or Y, with some entries receiving minor alterations.
• The in-game appearances of obtainable Pokémon are recycled from the generation's main pair of games.
• New held items and moves were introduced that were not in the generation's main pair of games.
• The TM list is slightly different than the generation's main pair of games. (While HeartGold and SoulSilver did alter the HM list as to make Whirlpool an HM again, its list of TMs was otherwise untouched from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.)
• Not all of the artwork for the Pokémon introduced in the games being remade was renewed.
• The events of the game do not run concurrently with the events of the main installment in the generation, instead, being implied to run around the same time as the original Ruby and Sapphire, while Pokémon X and Y takes place around the same time as Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
• These Pokémon games currently offer the greatest number of unique in-game:
  • Starter Pokémon, with four (1 from Hoenn, 1 from Johto, 1 from Sinnoh, and 1 from Unova), exceeding the three offered in numerous games before. This excludes the Friend Safari, where the player can potentially obtain all of the Kanto and Kalos starter Pokémon.

Videos

Videos
North American Announcement	E3 2014 trailer
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