Pokémon Alpha Sapphire & Omega Ruby - Spoilers inside

Angron

So, these were confirmed So damn excited! Out this November, 3DS (naturally).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGSON9tNq0

cloud493

Atavan-Halen

Oh god yes

I'll also hopefully be in japan in November so it'd be awesome to be at the pokemon centre for launch.

Angron

I'm just so damn excited!

Atavan-Halen

R/S/E is my favorite generation so yep, definitely waiting with bated breath.

Angron

Kinda looks like those could be Megas for Groudon and Kyogre (Kyogre doesn't have that design on its head normally anyway), and I'd say the starters of this gen could possibly be getting mega-evolutions too. Still, all speculation for now.

TrustedApple

The Return of HM B.itch zigzagoon :eek:

TheChrisD

Shít, now I need a 3DS...

Also, the most important question of all that the games will need to answer: Does Ruby keep his hat?

StaticAge11

I completely missed this generation! Delighted to have the 2nd chance to play it!

Davidius

TheChrisD wrote: »

Shít, now I need a 3DS...

Also, the most important question of all that the games will need to answer: Does Ruby keep his hat?

I haven't got high hopes for these. I fully expect Game Freak to ruin the whole game by making it very obvious that he's wearing a hat and isn't suffering from Werner's hair syndrome.

OiOshawott

I actually cannot wait for these. Never got the chance to play Ruby/Sapphire

TheChrisD

"Davidius wrote: »

I fully expect Game Freak to ruin the whole game by making it very obvious that he's wearing a hat and isn't suffering from Werner's hair syndrome.

I've got news for you, the manga already ruined it :P

_Godot_

I never got to play R/S/E, I started with Diamond. I'll be buying them in a flash once they're released.

PopePalpatine

I started my foray into Pokemon games with Ruby when I was 9 years old. There were many frustrating moments when I kept getting my arse handed to me by May...:o

deathrider

I found this interesting.

cloud493

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_Ko8qrTwE

Angron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DyEDmQ83s

karaokeman

I have said I was bored of Pokemon and it lost its spark, but I might actually get excited now. Loved Generation III, never understood all the hatred for it.

Mr.Nice Guy

I can understand the appeal for those who haven't played this before, but since I bought Ruby when it originally came out I don't get why I should be excited for this. Enhanced graphics?

Angron

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I can understand the appeal for those who haven't played this before, but since I bought Ruby when it originally came out I don't get why I should be excited for this. Enhanced graphics?

More Pokémon, likely to have an expanded storyline, likely to have some of the bells and whistles that come with the later games? FireRed\LeafGreen and HeartGold\SoulSilver were both like that, it's not a simple case of graphic improvement.

Also, won't have to deal with the annoying fact of moves being special or physical cause of type not the move that gen 3 had. Blaze Kick not being physical was just silly.

titan18

Meh, was never a fan of this generation.

Mr.Saturn

titan18 wrote: »

Meh, was never a fan of this generation.

Boo.

It's also the first remakes where you can, however roundaboutly, import the 'mon from its original incarnation.

Well, assuming, of course, that they don't make it incompatible with other gen 6 games. That'd be silly.

Banjo

Hopefully there'll be a nod to that in-game, where a Pokémon showing up in the post-E4 game with the original ribbons (assuming the Bank doesn't open till you beat the game), or beating the E4 to win the ribbon a second time triggers some kind of event. Given that the player character tends to be the greatest trainer of all time for the intents and purposes of the story, the arrival my old team from Emerald should be the second coming of christ and his favourite apostles.

I wonder will they leave Pokémon Bank integration out of it until after you're champ? On the one hand it's better for balancing play, but on the other it's a premium service rather than a convenience (which, arguably, the various transfer systems pre-Gen 6 were) so what right do they have now to block it?

PopePalpatine

If only I didn't give my copy of Emerald to my brother...*le sigh*

Angron

So, seeing as the Latios/Latias mega evolutions probably won't be released until these games are out, are there any pokémon you'd like to get megas that haven't gotten one yet? I'd kinda like to see a mega for Nidoking, just cause it's one of my favourite pokémon.

gnfnrhead

Angron wrote: »

So, seeing as the Latios/Latias mega evolutions probably won't be released until these games are out, are there any pokémon you'd like to get megas that haven't gotten one yet? I'd kinda like to see a mega for Nidoking, just cause it's one of my favourite pokémon.

I'd rather they dont go giving everyone a mega evolution. I thought X and Y had too many in the first place.

raze_them_all_

SO the two starters, legendaries and diance are getting mega evos

Angron

Yup. The starters doesn't surprise me seeing as Blaziken had one from XY, and I thought the legendaries would get one (the box art kinda looked like they're megas)

Machismo Fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ma2CBnBlXs

November 28th release date.

MartinTWD_

November 21st for Japan, Australia/NZ, and US.
November 28th for Europe.

avoiding spoilers for a week. nice...

gnfnrhead

MartinTWD_ wrote: »

November 21st for Japan, Australia/NZ, and US.
November 28th for Europe.

avoiding spoilers for a week. nice...

Weren't X and Y released globally on the same day? Wonder why they changed.

MartinTWD_

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Weren't X and Y released globally on the same day? Wonder why they changed.

Yeah, it was a global release for X and Y. if I remember correct, the first trailer said worldwide release, no idea why they changed it.

TheChrisD

Absolutely fúcking retarded delayed release bullshít.

Atavan-Halen

Ah feck, I was hoping to be in japan for the release but I think I'll be coming back on the 18th.

gnfnrhead

Can only think the issue with the Bank scared them off doing something like that again. Bit crap if everyone else gets it a week earlier though, fair enough if it was a staggered release again.

Mr.Saturn

New Hoenn map from Serebii......which is the same as the old one, I'm guessing. They're keeping my one harboured resentment with gen III, that being the over-reliance on sea-routes. Yes, I get it's meant to make sense based on the Japanese region it's based on, but even then, my high-enjoyment of Emerald always had that slight cloud of dread when getting to the sea-portions; they just go on a bit long, regardless of having the odd nice idea involved, like the abandoned ship, or the underwater routes.

The clouds are concealing some new tasties, I guess/hope. If I'm not mistaken/informed wrong, they're obscuring the Battle Frontier as it is.

gnfnrhead

One of my big problems with XY was how they blocked off routes. With all those water routes it's going to be a tonne of unnatural obstacles.

Mr.Saturn

Wonder what that nasty looking dungeon-thing is on the North of the pic.

A Neurotic

Mega Sableye. Looks interesting!

http://youtu.be/GhBSCthYTLE

deathrider

I'm sure you've probably all seen the craic with the Primal evolutions/de-evolutions of Groudon and Kyogre by now, but if you haven't, HERE you go.

gnfnrhead

Seen on reddit that it's only 151 days to release, which means 158 for us. That's a lot sooner than I thought. While I'm not thrilled about a remake, I'll still get Sapphire (it's what I got first when the originals came out, my brother got Ruby) because of how much I liked X and Y.

Angron

I'm still annoyed about us getting in 7 days later than the rest of the world.

Angron

Secret bases are confirmed for the remake, though that's not really surprising.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/9/5883203/pokemon-omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire-secret-bases-street-pass-feature

Interesting description of what's gonna be in there.

gnfnrhead

Such a waste of time. Never got why they were so popular.

Angron

They'll be slightly more useful now with streetpass features, before they were kinda just a thing that was there.

PopePalpatine

One thing I loved about secret bases in RSE was that their owners were inside with their team ready to battle - handy for XP if you pass by someone who's beaten the game!

Angron

I didn't really have any friends that were still into pokémon at that stage, so I never got to experience that :P

PopePalpatine

Having a brother with another GameBoy and having all three RSE games helped.

gnfnrhead

Everyone I knew hated the originals and stopped playing.

Angron

Yeah, we've been over that one before :P

gnfnrhead

Angron wrote: »

Yeah, we've been over that one before :P

I still finished them

Nobody I knew was bothered, that was how much they hated it. One of them started playing again recently with X, but I dont think anybody else has.