Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions

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Pokémon Ruby version

ポケットモンスタールビー

The boxart of Pokémon Ruby

Pokémon Sapphire Version

ポケットモンスターサファイア

The boxart of Pokémon Sapphire

Developer(s): Game Freak Publisher(s): Nintendo Platform: Game Boy Advance Category: RPG Players: 1-4 Predecessor: Pokémon Crystal Successor: Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Release dates N. America: March 19, 2003 Japan: November 21, 2003 Europe: July 25, 2003 Australia: April 3, 2003 S. Korea: N/A

Ratings ESRB: E CERO: N/A PEGI: 3+ ACB: G8+ GRAC: N/A

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Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version are a pair of video games in the popular Pokémon franchise. The games were released on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2003. The games were the start of the Third Generation of Pokémon. The games introduced the Hoenn region, and brought along many new Pokémon species, numbers 252 to 386.

Blurb

"Immerse yourself in the beautiful region of Hoenn, a place of masterful heroes and mysterious teams, of friendship and battles. As the new kid in town, you set off your journey as a Pokémon Trainer. Who knows what wonders and dangers await you? Now it's time to grab your gear and head out on your own..."

Related Games

Related Games
has an updated release game in	Pokémon Emerald on the Game Boy Advance. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire on the Nintendo 3DS.
exports information to	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl on the Nintendo DS. Pokémon Platinum on the Nintendo DS. Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver on the Nintendo DS.
exchanges information with	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen on the Game Boy Advance. Pokémon Emerald on the Game Boy Advance. Pokémon Colosseum on the Nintendo GameCube. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness on the Nintendo GameCube.

Release data

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• A restricted Pokémon Festa 2002 demo; it has modified maps and NPCs for the northern part of Route 104 and the Pretty Petal Flower Shop. Pokémon were not finalized (e.g. Sharpedo had no ability at this time).
• The original Japanese version
• The English, French, German, Italian, Spanish localizations; which fix a number of glitches such as, but not limited to: the Acro Bike land-surfing and Acro Bike game freezing/lag glitches caused by using the Acro Bike continuously in tall grass. Some censorship work was done, such as modification to the eyes of Hex Maniac's sprites to allude less to ghostly/demonic possession.
• The v1.1 revision of the Japanese version, fixes an infamous Berry glitch causing daily events to be frozen after 365 days have elapsed.
  • The patch to the glitch can also be applied digitally from many other media, including Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, Pokémon Emerald Version (using a button sequence on the title screen of these games, and a Link Cable), by linking with Pokémon Colosseum or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokémon Channel, Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon Scoop Winter 2004 e-Reader cards (Japan-only), GameCube Interactive Demo discs in Japan and North America or specially made Game Boy Advance cartridges in the UK (offering unlimited free Shiny Zigzagoon even to the same game), or manually sending the game to Nintendo.
• The v1.1 revision of international versions fixes the Berry glitch but also various typos, text errors. This also includes a fix to a "save backup" error message being rendered incorrectly in the v1.0 revision where it would overlap the screen and corrupt the background and border of the text box.
• The v1.2 revision of the international versions also fixes the Berry glitch, but other changes are unknown.

External links

• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire on Wikipedia
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire guide at StrategyWiki

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