Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

The long awaited third generation remake of Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire is here!
I got my local copy of Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby on November 21 as planned.

  

  

I've completed a playthrough of Alpha Sapphire, so here's a brief review and summary of my ORAS experience. Please proceed at your own risk, no refunds accepted. Enjoy!
  

Pokémon: Top Additions In Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

As you may have heard, it has been announced that the Gen 3 Pokémon games will be remade for the 3DS. Yes, all those hints about Hoenn in X/Y were truly leading up to these remakes which we had been hoping for. This obviously calls for me to revisit my beloved Emerald games and list the top improvements Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald brought to the Pokémon table.

  
  
  

Although my all time favourite Pokémon game is actually Crystal, Gen 3 provided a lot more visual appeal, depth and random fun stuff to do. Therefore as a result, I clocked well over 400 hours on my original Emerald game compared to about 250 hours for Crystal. Below are some reasons why.