Ruby or Sapphire?

[Jonbo298]

I'm thinking about maybe getting a Game Boy Player in the next couple of days and I need an opinion on which Pokemon game to get. (I need something to last a good amount of time since this will be my first GBA game purchase.) I've been playing a little bit of Sapphire on Rom and it seems good, but I noticed there are only 70 something pokemon. But I haven't looked into both games and seeing which is the better one. Any GT'ers have an idea of which one is better or which one you would recommend for purchase?

[Jason1]

I dont like Pokemon. If I were you, I'd get something like Wario Ware(great replay value) or...maybe Golden Sun or something if your into RPG's.

[TheGame]

I got sapphire and it's pretty good... It has about 200 pokemon in all (out of the 389 created) which isn't bad. The story is pretty weak, even though it's miles ahead of the older pokemon games. For the most replay value you may need to have some friends with the games so you can trade, update records, and make berries (you will understand when you play it)

[Jonbo298]

I have a friend who has Sapphire. Maybe I should get Ruby so that trading would make more sense. And I partially understand the whole berry thing. I've got some from what I have played so far in the Sapphire Rom.

[ominub]

if i had to choose one i would pick ruby just becuase i have a freind with Sapphire

[One Winged Angel]

if i had to choose one i would pick ruby just becuase i have a freind with Sapphire

I really want to play Wario Wares. I bought LInk to the Past instead because I never managed to finish the game on the SNES. I almost beat it already though =\

[GameMaster]

I got Sapphire because my favorite color is blue.

[Jonbo298]

Well, I got the GBP and Ruby. I love the GBP:D. Tomorrow will be a day of Pokemon since I want to kick my friends ass. In 2 or 3 days I will close the thread (if I can) since any bashing or praising can be used in these next 2 or 3 days.:p

[GameMaster]

You're lucky these versions weren't online or else I'd take you out hard!

On a sidenote, who and what level are your Pokémon?

[Jonbo298]

I havent done much yet like I said, but I have a Torchic as my starter Pokemon. I think its Level 10. but I've only played for an hour and I want it to soon evolve into a Combuskin because it looks more bad ass.

[GameMaster]

What level are your friend's Pokémon at?

[Jonbo298]

I'm not sure. Next time I see him I will check. Hopefully 1 day I have them all without cheating. But hats a long time away:unsure:

[Dragon-Fly]

Id pick none, it's getting to old, and it's always the same old thing. saphire, or ruby, whatever, nope. old ones are better but i'am no fan of pokemoping team.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

go blue :D,
i only played blue and red and yellow, all of them were pretty good IMO, but i kinda lost interest when all the new pokemon came out :unsure:

[Dyne]

Shoot! I'm too late.

If you have friends, FORCE them to buy Ruby! I fell victim! I only figured it out when I realized Sapphire's legendary pokemon creams Ruby's because of the Water/Groung thing.

Yes, I got screwed! I guess you did too! Sorry to hear. :(

But aside from that, they're the exact same.

[Jonbo298]

Are you talking about the Pokemon on the cover of Sapphire? If you are, I have it:D My friend is kind of obsessed with Pokemon, and after I got Ruby, he said he was going to restart Sapphire. So he said I could "trade" any Pokemon he has. So I took whatever I thought looked to be the best. I would tell you what I got, but I'm not going to turn on the GC/GBP to find out since I'm too lazy at the time. If you mean a different Pokemon, tell! Then I can just tell my friend when he gets it to give it to me since I know he'll eventually start over again because he gets bored after getting the good pokemon and beating the game.

[Dyne]

Kyogre's the one on the front, that's who I mean. And if you got him... well, that's excellent. ;)

[GameMaster]

Forget Kyrogue and Groudon, it's Rayquaza you want to capture. In the right hands, he's very powerful.

[Dyne]

Where do I catch him? I was looking at my poster, and I was like, "Green Dragon! =o"

I thought he was only in Emerald.. but where can we catch him in these games? And I've been looking for Latios and Latias forever =\

[GameMaster]

Rayquaza is atop Sky Pillar in Pacifilog Town, but the Pillar only becomes existant once you become the Pokémon League Champion.

[Dyne]

Thanks. :)

Shoot, I better get my GBA back soon Dylflon! I lent it to him today.. and now I learn this. :shakehead

[GameMaster]

Don't you have the GB Player?

[Dyne]

No, I was though. I signed an agreement with my brother so we would both pay half for each. But he, being the *** he is, cut me off.. so now I don't think I'm going to get one anymore. =\

I need to raise funds for other things though. Being multi-platform is hard on your wallet.

[Jonbo298]

I also have Rayquaza:D But my person hasn't beat enough gyms to use him without any worries. But I haven't played much Pokemon on the GBP lately just because I don't feel like it. I need another GBA game I can play for a good time.
Aaaannnddd....I found out something interesting/very awesome. Ruby/Sapphire does have all the original Pokemon. From #1 to #386. I saw some Gameshark Saves on Gamefaqs.com and they said such and such file has all 386 Pokemon. And since I play Sapphire sometimes on VBoy, I decided to import the save file. And voila! All 386 Pokemon were in my inventory. They weren't "hack hacks" either. The Pokedex had a description along with their actual cry. Did anyone else know that Ruby/Sapphire technically has all the Pokemon?

[Dyne]

I wouldn't be suprised. They didn't put "Gotta catch 'em all" on there for nothing. ;)

People are saying that you can get them through Pokemon Colloseum.

Well if you want some more action, check out either Sonic Advance 2 or Metroid Fusion. I play both games as breaks from Pokemon. :)

[TheSlyMoogle]

I don't know if anyone has ever suggested this to nintendo, (Though I'm sure they've gotten like a hojillion suggestions for this.), but wouldn't an online Pokemon game be just the greatest thing ever? I'm talking MMORPG. Like it could be done. You could join parties and stuff, you could have 2 on 2 battles, because it can be done. Anyway, even if it's not online, I just wish they would make a Pokemon game for the GCN that isn't some stupid puzzle game, or something dumb like "Pokemon Snap" Blagh.

[Jonbo298]

The closest your probably going to get to 2 on 2 battles from Nintendo might be a LAN setup on Colloseum. If that does happen, then just wait for GameSpy to release the software to tunnel it online.

To Dyne: I didn't even know you posted a reply after my question until now!:p My friend also seems to think that because when I talked to the person that checks my pokemon, he said I've seen and caught 386 on a Nationwide basis. I've enclosed 2 images from the ROM just because I feel like it.

[Typhoid]

I chose other. The game i chose is nothing, and the reason is because the gimmick is over, they pumped out too many too fast, it was a fad, and now its dead. remember the Kids and scooters? That lasted a whole 4 months. But back to the topic at hand, i look at it this way, if they pumped out basically the same Mario game each year, the exitement and anticipation levels would possibly stedily drop.

(And im in no way compareing anything to our lord Mario)...

[Canyarion]

Who revived this thread?

I say pick the one that your friends don't have, so you can trade.

[Jonbo298]

My decision was made July of last year. In the fall I traded it in for MK: DD because I never played it anymore.

[Jason1]

Of all the threads to revive, you choose this one? Heh heh whatever...Im just glad there's more going on in this forum.

[Canyarion]

Ban him!! Are you a mod or what? :mad:

[mickydaniels]

I never saw what the problem was with reviving threads. I always thought it was cool it to see what was going on before...

[GameMaster]

I started playing Sapphire again, I'm continually challeneging the Elite 4 until I can beat them.

[Dyne]

I should sit down and finally beat Ruby. It's been more than a year now. Christ! I saved in front of the Pokemon League with all my pokemon at Lv. 50, after buying a hell of a lot of potions and revives. Do you think I'll make it? Or should I train some more?