This is the news I have been waiting so long for! Gen 3 was where things began for me with Pokémon, and Emerald is still my favourite Pokémon game to this date (it would be X if there was more to do after the story is completed), so I'm very happy that I get the chance to relive these games in 3D and with all the new Pokémon. Plus, Groudon is still one of my favourite legendaries, so I can't pass up an opportunity to catch it again.

I'M SO EXCITED!!! I've been waiting for this for years!!!! So happy right now.

I honestly remember almost nothing about Gen 3. Probably my least memorable gen. I'll buy one anyways :p.

In case any of you haven't seen this "sneak peek", it came out the other day. Not much to it, but still something to watch!

This needs a revival with all the news that has been released.

Mega Sableye:

Regional Trailer:

Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre artwork:

Mega Sceptile:

Mega Swampert:

Mega Diancie:

New Designs for Brendan and May:

New Team Aqua and Magma Designs:

New Steven:

New Hoenn Map:

R/S/E came out during my Pokemon "dark age" so I don't have the sort of crazy nostalgia that some people seems to have for Gen 3.

I've pre ordered the game regardless. But I really want MY gen (R/B/Y) to be made in glorious 3D.

  On 6/14/2014 at 11:40 PM, simonjedi said:

R/S/E came out during my Pokemon "dark age" so I don't have the sort of crazy nostalgia that some people seems to have for Gen 3.

I've pre ordered the game regardless. But I really want MY gen (R/B/Y) to be made in glorious 3D.

I'd rather not go back to Kanto unless it's a sequel. As classic as R/B/Y are, they're dreadfully boring compared to the colorful stories and regions from Gen 3, 4, and 5. 6 was okay.

  On 6/15/2014 at 12:02 AM, Ultron said:

I'd rather not go back to Kanto unless it's a sequel. As classic as R/B/Y are, they're dreadfully boring compared to the colorful stories and regions from Gen 3, 4, and 5. 6 was okay.

I would love to see Kanto in 3-D! If they did some kind of remake of Pokemon Yellow with some more story add ons (such as a Mew story arc or something along those lines) I would be a happy spider!

  On 6/15/2014 at 12:02 AM, Ultron said:

I'd rather not go back to Kanto unless it's a sequel. As classic as R/B/Y are, they're dreadfully boring compared to the colorful stories and regions from Gen 3, 4, and 5. 6 was okay.

I can see what you're saying, but Gen 2 is still the most "colorful" in terms of the regions in my opinion, but I think Gen 4's story is my favorite.

A remake of Fire Red would be fantastic.

  On 6/15/2014 at 9:10 AM, Mr Man said:

A remake of Fire Red would be fantastic.

I agree! Having those island quests would be pretty great, however I still think they would have to add something more to it. Maybe including the Orange League Gyms and Orange Islands?

  On 6/15/2014 at 10:43 AM, Spider-Man said:

Maybe including the Orange League Gyms and Orange Islands?

That would be good. When I first heard there were islands, I expected it to be the Orange Islands.

  On 6/15/2014 at 2:14 AM, just2good said:

I can see what you're saying, but Gen 2 is still the most "colorful" in terms of the regions in my opinion, but I think Gen 4's story is my favorite.

Team Galactic is my favorite. I especially love the story from Platinum. Johto is a nice region though, especially in HG/SS graphics. Hoenn I think is my favorite geographic region though. It's extremely diverse since it's tropical.

  On 6/15/2014 at 2:06 AM, Spider-Man said:

I would love to see Kanto in 3-D! If they did some kind of remake of Pokemon Yellow with some more story add ons (such as a Mew story arc or something along those lines) I would be a happy spider!

Well they did trademark "Pokemon Water Blue" way back when so maybe we'll see that title used if they remake them. I think they will definitely remake or sequel (I'm praying for a sequel to Platinum) the Sinnoh region before returning to Kanto. Kalos was too similar to Kanto honestly for it to be remade any time soon. The legendary birds and Mewtwo were the only non-kalos legendaries to appear in the game, snorlax was sleeping on a road, you get the Kanto starters, etc. They pretty much covered Kanto. I think they purposely did that so they don't have to go back their again. Just a hunch.

  On 6/15/2014 at 10:43 AM, Spider-Man said:

I agree! Having those island quests would be pretty great, however I still think they would have to add something more to it. Maybe including the Orange League Gyms and Orange Islands?

Maybe in ORAS we'll have some new islands to visit in the postgame? There wasn't much of one in R/S/E except for maybe the Battle Frontier and going around to a few small islands. The orange or Sevii islands would be a nice touch especially since the former haven't even appeared in a game.

Edited June 15, 201410 yr by Ultron

I adore Hoenn, but mostly because of the way they had TWO villainous teams in Emerald--that was brilliant, and it's the main reason I'm secretly hoping for a 3D Emerald remake (even though I know it's not going to happen). If it's just one real villainous team per version...eh. It's not like it'd be bad, but even though I have a real soft spot for a lot of the Hoenn Pokemon, it wouldn't be enough to make AS a day-one purchase for me.

(That said, I'm a total sucker for Sinnoh stuff since that's where I met the franchise, so if that ever gets remakes there's like a 90% chance I will be all over that. )

  On 6/19/2014 at 3:42 AM, Flipz said:

I adore Hoenn, but mostly because of the way they had TWO villainous teams in Emerald--that was brilliant, and it's the main reason I'm secretly hoping for a 3D Emerald remake (even though I know it's not going to happen). If it's just one real villainous team per version...eh. It's not like it'd be bad, but even though I have a real soft spot for a lot of the Hoenn Pokemon, it wouldn't be enough to make AS a day-one purchase for me.

(That said, I'm a total sucker for Sinnoh stuff since that's where I met the franchise, so if that ever gets remakes there's like a 90% chance I will be all over that. )

Unfortunately it's just the one evil team like in R/S which means no awesome Groudon vs Kyogre scene in Sootopolis Both Evil teams will still be in each game though, except one will be evil and the other are good. Still should be great though. Yeah I'd love to go back to Sinnoh. Platinum sequel with Cyrus returning, anybody?

Seeing as no one had posted it yet, I just thought I'd throw Mega Sableye into the mix.

Who knows, maybe Sableye could be bumped up to OU again!

As for remakes, I would like to see a Kanto remake, but Game Freak will probably wait 2 or 3 years for that. I think a Platinum remake would be great as well, but it also probably won't be until 2 or 3 years from now.

After Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire I would think we would see another Kalos based game before going to another remake.

  On 6/19/2014 at 9:40 PM, Lego Spy said:

Seeing as no one had posted it yet, I just thought I'd throw Mega Sableye into the mix.

Who knows, maybe Sableye could be bumped up to OU again!

As for remakes, I would like to see a Kanto remake, but Game Freak will probably wait 2 or 3 years for that. I think a Platinum remake would be great as well, but it also probably won't be until 2 or 3 years from now.

After Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire I would think we would see another Kalos based game before going to another remake.

I actually did post that above at the beginning of my post in a link But it was revealed Mega Sableye has Magic Bounce and gets a boost in Special Attack and Defense, but a decrease in speed. Here's the official picture:

I love it's face refracted (I think) in the gem Rupee!

  On 6/21/2014 at 3:44 AM, Ultron said:

I actually did post that above at the beginning of my post in a link But it was revealed Mega Sableye has Magic Bounce and gets a boost in Special Attack and Defense, but a decrease in speed.

Oops! Sorry about that, I missed the link.

I can definitely see some possible Stealth Rock countering strategies for this guy. (Especially since only one other Pokemon can have it as its ability, and three with it as a hidden ability.)

Edited June 21, 201410 yr by Lego Spy

  On 6/21/2014 at 7:03 PM, Lego Spy said:

Oops! Sorry about that, I missed the link.

I can definitely see some possible Stealth Rock countering strategies for this guy. (Especially since only one other Pokemon can have it as its ability, and three with it as a hidden ability.)

It's all good It looks like they're trying to make Sableye offensive. It's too bad it doesn't have Prankster but I suppose Magic Bounce isn't awful. Although I was kinda hoping for Wonder Guard (Which was never gonna happen).

I preordered my Omega Ruby on Friday. I have played every generation and have really enjoyed Y. My all time favorite Pokemon is Bulbasaur. I am currently running a Psychic team in Y.

New megas:

Secret Bases were also confirmed along with contests.

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Edited December 9, 20204 yr by Nimrod

  On 8/9/2014 at 6:11 PM, Nimrod said:

There are also rumors of an event involvinag a shiny beldum and its mega stone. Looks like I wasted my time breeding one last year...

EDIT: Scratch that, it's confirmed. http://www.gamnesia.com/news/shiny-beldum-event-announced-for-omega-ruby-and-alpha-sapphire#.U-ZkgCjDM5R

Aw that's stinks you bred one! I wonder if this will be the only way to get the metagrossite, kinda like the blazikenite for X&Y. Hopefully they don't release a shiny swablu too though..Altaria is my most prized wild shiny that I've found!

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Edited December 9, 20204 yr by Nimrod

Breeding itself in Pokemon is terrible. Since IVs are set and unchangeable it just makes you get rid of all of your old Pokemon. It's odd that a game that is about the bond you're supposedly supposed to have with your Pokemon encourages you to ditch them for a genetically superior specimen.

I don't usually condone cheating but I cheat for my Pokemon :P. Max out the IVs. EVs are at least much more editable now though. They really need a way to train your IVs so Pokemon stops being a Eugenics War.

Now shiny I can live with. They make no different in battle.