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It's....................................Another Pokemon Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yes, this is yet another game in the Pokemon series. But don't start moaning. This is a much improved version of the already wildly polular game. Some of the new features are as follows: the ability to construct a secret base...and furnish it, the now well known 2-on-2 battles, and contests which judge your Pokemons cuteness, coolness, intelligence, etc. I would heartily recommend this game to anyone even mildly interested in Pokemon.

they took them away!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

one thing about this game that prevents it from getting 5 stars is..NOT EVERY POKEMON IS IN THIS GAME!! about 70% of the pokemon on here are the new ones. they only have a few of the old pokemon, but they TOOK ALL THE GOOD POKEMON AWAY!! no lickitung, no mr.mime, AND NO AMPHAROS!! :'(...and YOU CAN'T TRADE WITH THE OLD GAMES..., BUT THEY IMPROVED A FEW THINGS. the BOX SYSTEM IS BETTER. it takes much less time to change boxes and find a pokemon, and there's also two kinds of bikes now, the acro bike and the mach bike. the acro bike is slower, but can get you through certain obstacles the mach bike can't, and the mach bike is just a fast bike. they have more legendary pokemon in this game than in the past, and ANOTHER REALLY GREAT THING IS there isn't any pokemon that require a gameshark to obtain!! even though they took away my 10 favorite pokemon...you should still buy this if you like the pokemon games

another clasic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game the same day I bought my Gameboy Advanced SP.
I must admit I am not a pokemon fan, I just like the games,any way I got this in a bundle, so I got the game and the players guide [...].
Any who about the game, I'll give it four stars cause it sure is fun and now you don't have to just battle and be the Pokemon Master, cause they now have Pokemon contests in which you give your pokemon berries which bring up one of their stats like cool,tough,cute,and others like that and then they compete for ribons, i'm glad they put that in. Something I did not like is you can't catch most of the pokemon in Gold/Silver and Red/Blue versions but their are new pokemon which kinda makes up for it.
so all together their are about 200 pokemon you can catch but you'll need the ruby version for that.another bad thing about the game is it might be a little bit too easy, but i'm sure you'll still have fun. So if you like the pokemon games i'd recomend buying this game and mabye the players guide too. thanx for reading and hope this was helpful.

Great Pokemon game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My 7 year old son really likes this game. He said this is a really fun game with cool Pokemon. He has both Ruby and Sapphire and likes Sapphire a little more than Ruby, but both are very fun.

Good, but not the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well, Nintendo certainly worked hard to make a better pokemon game, but they didn't do as well as I would have hoped. Like the problem with trading with older versions as many people have mentioned. I was very irritated at the fact that I couldn't bring my level 100 Charizard that I've been working on since blue came out could not be transported into my new version, and half of the pokemon that make up the game are lost to new pokemon that look quite similar to the old b/r/y/g/s/c games but are far worse. I'd say in effort to please the fans of pokemon with an exciting new version, Nintendo has lost sight of its fans' favorites such as the legendaries, and the old favorites.
However, they (being Nintendo) have come up with a few new very good aspects that add to the fun of pokemon game-playing. For instance, weather can change from sunny, to sun with small clouds that you can see in clouds, to rainy gray areas. What's more, you can make secret bases, run fast without a bike (which in my opinion is a serious pro), grow berries, create pokeblocks, and enter contests, not to mention the double battles. Here is a list of the pros and cons:

The PROS:
1. New graphics make the game more enjoyable to play
2. You can be a male or female trainer like in crystal. The male is somewhat scary-looking, and the female, once you get over her huge bangs, is rather cute.
3. You can run, walk, or bike, and this is very good for those trainers who don't have the patience to move like a snail for half the game.
4. There is a Safari Zone, which is good to catch pokemon you can't get elsewhere.
5. There are more legendaries! There are 8 in total for both games. The legendaries are: Kyogre (Sapphire) or Groudon (Ruby); the legendary trio which consists of Regice, Registeel, and Regirock (both R/S); Rayquaza (the mewtwo of the game for R/S); and lastly, Latias (the red female bird, similar to enti/sucine/rikou) that is in Sapphire, and Latios, the blue male which is available Ruby.
6. Latios from Ruby can in fact be accessed by an Eon Ticket and an e-reader. And vice-versa for Ruby, but if you do get the game, I'm sure that you'll read about it on a game walkthrough (for you probably will need some help).
7. You can grow berries for pokeblock ingredients as well as for pokemon battles.
8. You can create a secret base and buy items to decorate it with.
9. The map is easier to use, and flying is easier because you can roam around the map without having to press the "up" or "down" button.
10. You can compete in contests to win ribbons!
11. Breeding is much faster than the older S/G/C versions.
12. There is a new HM called "dive."
13. You can get a stunt bike or a super-speedy hard-to-control bike.
14. The sound and graphic quality are better.
15. Walkthroughs that are being set up are usually very good.

The CONS:
1. Double battles are not common; you need to find trainers with siblings or partners in order to have a double battle, and they usually only have a pokemon each, so they usually don't last very long.
2. You can't trade with the older versions! This is really bad for trainers such as myself who have worked hard to train their beloved pokemon from up to eight years ago (b/r/y).
3. No cell phone, radio, or clock that played a major role in G/S/C versions. You do get a clock in the beginning of the game, but it's useless.
4. The beginning of this game is very slow. Don't be surprised if you want to drop your game and take a nap.
5. Your "rival" is irritating beyond all understanding: instead of being like Gary, he/she (whatever gender is your opposite) is like a dream man/woman! (S)he is very nice and doesn't even try to make it up to the pokemon league, but instead helps Professor Birch (the new Oak/Elm) with the pokedex!
6. Latios and Latias are VERY hard to find; you don't see them until you run into them, and unless you have a pokemon that knows a move or has a quality that prevents running away, Latias/Latios will run away and then it's a wild goose chase, and it is highly recommended to keep your master ball until then!
7. I have yet to find any good cheats without the use of a gameshark, like the rare candy code for pokemon blue/red/yellow, or the masterball cheats. Those might appear later however.
8. There is no "whirlpool" HM.
9. For those who would like to be a male, the female is a faster runner.

Overall I gave it four stars for the fact that the pros are better than the cons. I would recommend this to a more-skilled pokemon trainer that knows the ropes of the game, but there are walkthroughs for the less-skilled trainers out there. Try to have fun with the game!

Great Addition to the Pokemon Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Cool. Thats what I thought when I first saw this game. Then I got it for Easter and my mind automatically shifted to wow. Seriously, I thought that Nintendo would kill the series with this game, but believe me, they didn't. At first I thought, "How will we be able to catch 351 Pokemon?". But what they really did was lower it down to 200 by taking some of the old pokemon out. Ingenious. So, heres my overview of the game:

Graphics: 5/5
Nice, colorful visuals.
Sound:4.5/5
Squeaky little noises get annoying sometimes, but good overall.
Control: 5.5/5
Duh. It's Pokemon.
Story: 4.5/5
OK story. Could've been better.
Overall: 4.75/5 (9.5/10)
Great addition to series, and great RPG overall.

Not just for the kids...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm lucky. My kids will share. But then, they know quite well if they argue, mom won't share the rest of the video game consoles with them. (And I have more then they do!)

I'm enjoying this game as a role-playing game. Granted, the graphics are geared towards children, as opposed to the Final Fantasy style--- but the storyline and gameplay is just as good. And it's nice to have variety.

I really appreciate that the Pokemon series are much more kid-friendly than most oher RPGs... the pokemon "faint" instead of "die." I am VERY careful about what my children are exposed to- seems like a lot of people my age (27) think me too strict... and I'm not. Strict was my best-friends household, where there was no regular TV programming allowed, and only "G" rated movies allowed. That is strict. So I consider myself fairly middle-of-the-road... and about 95% of parents out there way to lax. These little Pokemon guys fit into that pretty well.

We like both Ruby and Sapphire, though haven't traded Pokemon yet. Looking forward to doing so. We encourage you, if you like Pokemon, plan to add both to your collection at some time. But get at least one in the meantime.

THE BEST POKEMON GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I prefer this game for ages 10 and up. This is a EXTREMELY good game for advance game players. The goal of this game is for you to try to get all 8 gym badges , stop team Aqua and defeat the Elite Four. If you don't like this game you must be drunk. This game has a great replay value and has a lot of strategy in it. I really prefer Pokemon Sapphire and it is a good game to get.

pokemon sapphire

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

bought this game for my grandson's birthday.
it was just what he wanted and he loved it.

Pokemon 4ever!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: February 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best pokemon game yet!! Now you can battle with two pokemon at once!! and there are over 100 new pokemon to catch and train!! And since its on GBA, the graphics and the detail will be so much better than the previous games! and theres a whole new world to explore!!! and I have heard that all the pokemon from red, blue, yellow, silver, gold, and crystal version will be on Pokemon ruby and sapphier!! That means 1-386!!
This game is a must buy for any anyone!!!!!!!
You must buy this game!!!

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