My great grandmother actually found a copy of alpha sapphire sealed she forgot to give me (apparently 10 years ago I feel old) and gave it to me the other day lmao
You won’t be disappointed with alpha sapphire that was my first game on the 3ds and it’s just how I remembered playing the og sapphire game just with added stuff from X and y like mega evolutions
Its been 10 years.. bro what happened? Honeslty ORAS was such a fun time. They relased complete and finished. Respected the orginal(somewhat, battlefrontier was a let down) and gave us a real way to catch Deoxys and other legendarys. Soaring on mega Latios/as was so much fun. Now that's a feature that should have stayed in future relases. And finding the mirage island with hoopa rings on them was a great way to catch legendary pokemon. You could get so many in one copy The next year, 2015, they relased all the mythicals and i was so exited to get Jirachi, Mew, and Arceus. Dex Nav was an amazing feature. The PSS was the best online ever. Then Sun and Moon ruined it. Honeslty ORAS was a classic. As far as remakes go its one of the better ones
I love the gen 3 remakes they got me back into Pokemon i played Gens 1-4 and stopped at 5 then saw the remakes of 3 fell in love with them and then played xy and black white. Hoenn is a magical place i love it and gen 3 and grateful for these games
@@analteredone9485 gen 5 and the first half of 6 were the only games i didn’t play on release. I’ve sense gone back and played all 6 games. I loved Black and White 2.
These games are easily in my top 5. It was when I most into VGC, it has one of my absolute favorite OSTs all together and Secret Bases being like a mini gym you could fill with your friends was my favorite feature. People still share there QR codes for bases on r/ORAS and i recently posted mine when I realized I was at over 5000 flags captured. Games were fantastic and my favorite remakes over all
I loved the Cosplay Pikachu you can get through the contests! It's nice to have a customizable pokemon, and each outfit had a signature move that Pikachu couldn't normally learn. Having Icicle Crash on a Pikachu wearing a blue dress was crazy, I really wish we could've brought her over to newer games 😥
I love ORAS so much. My gf is playing it for the first time side by side with me and I'm working on the pokedex in alpha sapphire with my completed omega ruby save. Obviously nostalgia plays a part in my love for this region but gah damn the pokemon designs, region design, music, everything i just love so much. Dont even get me started on how beautiful the region looks in 3D, Meteor Falls blows my mind every time. The delta episode is the best postgame in any pokemon game imo. Nothing is more badass than catching Rayquaza, then no chance to save or heal, right into riding it into space to catch Deoxys. Just incredible. Its also really appreciated to be able to turn off the exp share. I love pokemon amie, super training & the dexnav is an amazing feature. Im finishing the dex for the shiny charm purely so i can dexnav hunt. + I love zooming through the water routes on my sharpedo. ORAS are by far the best remakes in the series, the best way to experience Hoenn in modern day. Emerald is still great yes but, that physical special split gives so many more pokemon viability. Steven Stone ily ❤
About 15 years ago I found out that latias and latios are both post 5th gym roaming legendaries. I figured it was a weird glitch but it makes sense in the context of 5:55
These games are nostalgic to me, Pokemon X was my first game(I was so bad at the game, I had to google how to do the furfrou puzzle at the mansion), but Omega Ruby was the first to hook me. I'd say I am also nostalgic for gen 3 because of my Omega Ruby experience, even though I have never played it. Pokemon Omega Ruby got me into a fan and Pokemon Sword destroyed my trust with the series (Pokemon Sun and Moon put it on thin ice), I recently played Legends Arceus which I had fun with.
I really love Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (: I remember when they first came out, I was working at Target and I picked up a copy of Alpha Sapphire with the strategy guide. I really like going back to those games and playing them (:
I grew up playing Sapphire, and played it before I could even read. I always loved pokemon and then gen 6 came out and I was all in. I put over 300 hours into X and watched every X and Y episode. It was awesome when the remakes of the OG game I played came out and I put over 300 hours into it as well. Good times, can’t believe that was 10 years ago now😭
Everyone talks about how great of remakes HGSS are- and rightfully so- but I feel ORAS often get overlooked as they are excellent remakes in my opinion. Maybe it's because the gen 3 games are still widely played. One thing you didn't really mention were the new mirage islands that can only be reached by flying on Mega Latios/Latias, which is an advantage they have over normal flying
They were both great remakes, but I think HGSS just added a little more to the originals, by including content from the third version, alongside brand new content (unique to HGSS), whereas ORAS didn't add quite as much from the third version. It still added a lot of great stuff though!
@@kryzethx remakes are not suppose to add a lot of stuff since they meant to be remakes. Crystal had almost nothing new compared to Platinum and Emerald so that is why the few things from Crystal was included.
@@JamiePokemonTrainer Imo, the best remake should render all of its predecessors obsolete, and should have all of the content from the originals (including third versions). Even ignoring the story changes of Emerald that would be hard to include, ORAS not remaking the Battle Frontier is still a noteworthy omission. Including the Battle Maison from XY is a downgrade, compared to the Crystal Battle Tower being replaced with the Sinnoh Battle Frontier. (and don't even get me started on all of the non-story-related changes they could have included from Platinum into BDSP, AGAIN beginning with the Battle Frontier)
@@kryzethx Battle Frontier is a waste of time and resources. Only a small percentage of fans use it so it is redundant. BDSP didn't need most of Platinum's stuff aside from maybe the pokedex but we got hideaways as a sort compensation for that. Remakes have to be faithful otherwise they are a disservice. Remakes are more for newer players who never experience the originals and third versions. ORAS didn't need most of Emerald since it was a Ruby and Sapphire remake but it failed at that anyway due to the many changes and additions that was put in. My opinion though. Agree to disagree. I am glad that you enjoyed HGSS and ORAS even though i don't like those two remakes.
What's funny about Rayquaza eating it's mega stone is that it should be completely feasible for other pokemon to do it, like sableye, aagron, or Pidgeot It's just a gastrolith, a rock some reptiles and birds swallow to help with digestion
@@Solokeys-g7o Which game talks about Rayquaza's anatomy? I'd love to check it out The point of the mega stone consumption would be to hold items while being able to mega evolve, which is implied with Rayquaza being the only Pokemon in-game doing both. Pokemon are based on animals, so why wouldn't a bird or reptile pokemon be able to eat a mega stone for the same effect? It would parallel the actual phenomenon
Aaaaand that searchnav feature thing fucking ruled. That plus the random mirage islands netted me a ditto with 4 perfect IVs, making breeding extremely easier, and all of our pokemon can still be transferred to current gens if we had Pokemon Home before it closed. And Wally's final fight music is amazing.
Rather than saying they lowered the levels in this game, I think it'd be more accurate to say they lowered the levels of roughly the first half and raised the levels of the second half. It probably just doesn't feel that way thanks to the Exp. Share (which I'm not complaining tbh).
I played these games for the first time like months ago and did a shiny only play through, got it for Christmas last year and took almost a full year to get starter, final team was blaziken, milotic, gardevoir, aggron, crobat, manectric
I bought omega ruby when it came out and lost it until earlier THIS YEAR. I wasn't worried about it because I didn't like the originals that mech and didn't think I'd like these either, man was I wrong. I loved this game sooooo freaking much that I'm actually mad at myself for not buying alpha sapphire as well
Also in oras, after you stop Groundon and Kyogre, you can get the national dex so you can get mons like Rosarade and legendaries like Ho-oh before the Hoenn League which was awesome 😁
i retired my pokemon alpha sapphire profile and finally moved on to violet. 999:59 hrs on the save. 3k+ hrs realistically on my 3ds. 673 pokemon in my national dex. First game iv played longer than 10 years.
Pokemon games need a "new game plus" feature where you can restart the game at your current level and Pokedex. But the enemies/trainers would be much more difficult and start at whatever your final level was.
The latinas/is flying around feature was dope. Hidden legendaries based off who was in your party, etc. I was able to get all legendaries with just gen 6 games because of it. Ive played since Gen 1 and Gen 3 was always my favorite and it felt like ORAS was my favorite gens HGSS
Actually, according to the game freak data leak recently. It talked about Rayquaza being able to mega evolve without a stone because basically he has like a special appendix and combined with eating the meteorites, reawaken the special appendix and caused him to mega evolve
I prefer Steven but emerald did it that way because in the Manga Wallace was the champion and Steven just held it for him. And Juan was Wallace’s master
Its cuz rayquaza has a special organ called the mikado organ which allows it to mega evolve without the need of a mega stone. Only a keystone is required.
Love these games. The sheer amount of times people comment on how attractive Steven is validates exactly what I thought when playing OG Sapphire. Soaring is amazing, love the Delta episode actually explaining Rayquaza, unlike Ruby and Sapphire. Having Steven's shiny Beldum unlock additional dialog is just chef's kiss. Negative? Changing the Maxie/Archie theme. Totally missed the purpose of that lone trumpet. Just about everyone remix works, but not theirs.
I think the Physical/Special Split is a WAY bigger deal than you seem to. I specifically refuse to play any Pokémon game that doesn't have it. I'd rather have it than held items, abilities, or even the Special Split. Fun Fact: the Digimon Cyber Sleuth games that came out on the PS4 have the Gen 1 version of the Special stat, called INT. They've got ATK, DEF, and INT. I'm not sure why they thought that was a good idea.
I wonder if you enjoyed LGPE then, since that game has the phys/spec split, despite lacking most of the other battle mechanics you mentioned, and would be the only way for you to play through a Kanto storyline (excluding romhacks, of course) I wouldn't go as far as to outright ignore all of the games that don't have the split, since I can enjoy the silly broken mechanics that result from it, like Alakazam being able to use the elemental punches for coverage (which he is SEVERELY lacking after the split), or physical-oriented Pokemon being able to abuse Shadow Ball (because ghost is physical for some reason). It's completely unbalanced and nonsensical, but that's why makes it fun to exploit imo
@@kryzethxI haven't beaten Let's Go PE yet, but I would rather play it than the first games and I would play FrLg over it because I dislike the catch mechanic. The split helped so many old Pokemon that it's laughable that they didn't think about it at the start.
@@JanizMakudomaru I doubt they were looking too far ahead, mostly focusing on the elemental types being.. well, special, I guess. I always thought of it like, if it were the magic itself being used to damage the opponent, so the physical aspect of the Pokemon wouldn't be contributing. Considering it like a classic rpg: mages do magic damage, physical classes do physical damage; makes sense on the surface. They probably only changed it for balancing purposes lol.
I remember getting ORAS with my brother for Christmas, it was so special man I still have both our save files and I have maxed out time 999hrs 99mins, I love the hoenn region and I was so disappointed with BDSP bc I expected that game but in an ORAS fashion.
I love playing Oras since 2014, as it brings hoenn into 3d which the original weren’t in 3d before. As someone who hasn’t played Gen 3 originally and only which the anime since I was three in 2000 until 2007 when I played a Pokemon mainline game which was Pokemon Diamond in gen 4. I still think the special and physical split in the moves was still a a big change. Since certain moves were physical or special when some of them like shadow ball was physical move but drops special defense and should be a special attack. Plus many dark types in hoenn were physical dark types but couldn’t really use their physical dark type moves in gen 3. The physical and special spilt does help a lot of pokemon and moves. I can’t see Pokemon still using Pokemon moves before the physical and special spilt past gen 3. Oras also has unlimited tms as well which wasn’t a thing in gen 3. As well as hidden abilities as well.
People like to meme the whole "too much water" thing, but that's always been my biggest issue with these games! 😂 Ever since I played the originals as a kid, I hated just how much surfing was required, plus all the additional water-related HMs - Surf, Waterfall & Dive. I still love the games, especially ORAS, but the "too much water" will always ring true for me 😅
I agree with this you need to many HMs. I don’t know about the remakes as I have not played them. I like to plan my team out before playing and using Pokémon I haven’t used before. It is one of the reasons I never go back to the third Gen.
During the Delta Episode, Rayquaza eats the Meteorite that you’ve been carrying since you beat Maxie / Archie on Mt. Chimney. And that Meteorite is actually Rayquaza’s Mega Stone. Moral of the story; if you want to transcend and achieve ultimate power, eat rocks.
I've been saying it for years but Mega Energy, Z-Power, yadda yadda basically all click if you just substitute out Radiation for whatever it's saying. In that sense, Rayquaza is able to mega evolve whenever because it eats meteors and lives above the Ozone Layer, meaning it absorbs the brunt of the sun's radiation directly. Mega stones are Radioactive, thats why they glow and are a byproduct of the Ultimate Weapon. They're also full of screaming ghosts, but lets not worry about it and instead focus on the Radiation idea
I loved ORAS because it made me get over my distaste for the Hoenn region. I remember playing the originals and not liking them compared to either the generation before or the generation after, so I thought it was just a bad region. I think what I disliked were the battle mechanics, which felt like a regression compared to the DS games (which I unfortunately played first) I didn't think I would like ORAS, because I didn't like RSE, but it completely blew past my expectations, to the point where I could even go back enjoy the originals for what they were (and Emerald is still one of the best in the series imo)
DexNav is so much fun. I love it. There's just something neat about finding Pokémon with egg moves, good IVs and especially hidden abilities. Moxie Mightyena is actually good. Brave Bird Taillow is very OP too. There are other things, but man, it's great. I do definitely miss the Battle Frontier. As the huge fan of it, it's just a shame not to bring. There was no reason not to either. But alas. At least they made breeding way way easier in this game. Now that I think about it though, I should do a Shedinja only run in ORAS too. As Emerald was such a huge success. :)
Fair. I don't particularly like the 3DS pokemon games so I don't have a favorite from that specific console. I do consider gen 5 the best but those are DS games and not 3DS exclusive.
glad that you enjoyed these games. I don't like ORAS much but at least it is somewhat better than the Johto remakes. I prefer FRLG and BDSP level of remakes. But that is just me.
One of the best games ever, competitive was fun, smogon rules were fun, the cut scenes were awesome they really gave us that imagination we had as kids
love your videos man, especially gen 3 (totally not biased here and such an unfairly clever way to open up with literally the best 2-3 OST at the start, sly fox)
I loved ORAS its my third favorite pokemon game of all time I still shiny hunt today in these game because dexnav is pretty chill (and its not a dumb sandwitch system) and breeding in the post is litary holding 1 button to move around the island
There is no excuse to why Flygon still can't Mega Evolve, especially when every other Dragon-type Pokémon in Hoenn can Mega Evolve. Even Sceptile is a Dragon-type Mega! Here are some other Gen 3 Pokémon who could also benefit from Mega Evolution; Ludicolo, Shiftry, Swellow, Slaking (mainly to have a better ability), Breloom, Exploud, Hariyama, Swalot, Crawdaunt, Wailord, Grumpig, Zangoose, Seviper, Tropius, and Walrein.
I love how much was added or reused from the original hoenn or expended upon. The ties with hoopa and the legendaries was cool. New megas was epic. The secret bases was so cool even the one in mossdeep city with the secret room that needed the e reader made a comeback with the qr codes from secret bases
Omega Ruby was one of my first proper pokemon games and god i miss it so much. Being able to fly around the world on a legendary was so cool. I'm so sad i lost my copy as a kid
Happy 10th Anniversary ORAS! I remember it was my senior year of high school and being so excited for this game as I was stressed out from college applications.
Rayquaza can mega evolve without a mega stone because it ate its mega stone (the meteorite). The meteorite item actually somewhat looks like a mega stone if you look at it before getting rayquaza. I believe the pokedex in these games even states it eats meteorites to gain the energy it need to mega evolve
I played this game for the first time just a month ago and it's so good. They cut the painful backtracking part. Everything was so good. Mega evolution was the cherry on top
I like how Wally in the omega ruby and alpha sapphire the ruby and sapphire like I thought he going have gavdevoir to Megan evolve but he used a Gallade
You can talk about gen 6 all day (including the 3rd gen remakes) and I will listen to all of it. I love that generation SO MUCH. I've got two copies of each game because I want my "first run" save and a "I can reset this as many times as I want" game. I've done SO many Nuzlockes, it's nuts, but it also makes me really happy. EDIT: Aside from Gen 1, Pokemon Y was the first time I'd ever completed the National Dex. Completed. Because I could trade with a long-distance friend. Aww yeah.
ORAS is genuinely my favorite remake. Gen 3, for nostalgia reasons, is my favorite region with sapphire being my favorite game (BW2 are my objectively favorites) I felt ORAS did so much for generation 3 and it felt like the most refreshing re-introduction into hoenn again. Will always hold a dear place to me
For me it was surprising how much just having the fixed mechanics like the physical/special split changed the enjoyment of the game. I do love going back to Emerald for nostalgia but just in terms of purely having fun time playing ORAS wins over the original games
i played a buncha original rs and seeing it more vividly in 3d made me super happy. this will always be my favorite pokemon game. sad there r still no GOOD pokemon games tho
its always so weird to me when ppl say "ohh this one is so much better than this one" theyre so similar to each other and its basically the same level of shittiness across the board. u need to hate on whole eras at a time or it doesnt make sense
In ORAS, the motivations of the Team leaders are significantly altered from RSE. *Maxie* is a cynical realist that considers humanity is held back due to the lack of landmass to thrive on. *Archie* is an idealist nihilist that considers humanity as a disease that deserves to be wiped out, so that Pokémon can thrive. Basically, they both want to break the statu quo, either for human or Pokémon to thrive. There are plothole of course. Maxie's plan cannot work, as either volcanic eruption or the drying of the ocean would basically wipe both humans and Pokémon. Yet, you could believe his plans. Meanwhile, Archie's one is rather stupid. Humanity is wiped out either by a tsunami or the rise of the oceans, but the only survivors, if there are any, are just a few sea-Pokémon. The majority of Pokémon would be wiped as well with no landmass, defeating his own plan from the start!
I don't understand why people would *hate* L=A feature; it's not the default, and it's pretty obvious what the intended use case is for it. I personally wouldn't ever use it (I need that LR functionality for faster box management), but it makes sense that it exists.
The level gap isn’t that bad in my opinion but it’s still a flaw that should’ve changed it could’ve been the best pokemon game ever made if the gap was fixed but instead it’s a close second to platinum
My great grandmother actually found a copy of alpha sapphire sealed she forgot to give me (apparently 10 years ago I feel old) and gave it to me the other day lmao
aww that's still awesome tho hahaha
You won’t be disappointed with alpha sapphire that was my first game on the 3ds and it’s just how I remembered playing the og sapphire game just with added stuff from X and y like mega evolutions
@ I’ve played omega Ruby multiple times, I’ve actually played every Pokémon game multitudes of times, my first game was the original sapphire.
Your great grandmother sounds super sweet
Its been 10 years.. bro what happened? Honeslty ORAS was such a fun time. They relased complete and finished. Respected the orginal(somewhat, battlefrontier was a let down) and gave us a real way to catch Deoxys and other legendarys. Soaring on mega Latios/as was so much fun. Now that's a feature that should have stayed in future relases. And finding the mirage island with hoopa rings on them was a great way to catch legendary pokemon. You could get so many in one copy
The next year, 2015, they relased all the mythicals and i was so exited to get Jirachi, Mew, and Arceus. Dex Nav was an amazing feature. The PSS was the best online ever. Then Sun and Moon ruined it. Honeslty ORAS was a classic. As far as remakes go its one of the better ones
I 100% agree!
2015 should’ve been the release date of pokemon Z or XZ and YZ
weren't the mythicals in 2016 for pokemon's 20th aniversary ?
@@adrienchl4265 idk maybe
10000000%
OrAs came out in 2014? Damn I feel old
It's okay. We all want to forget the years of Sun/Moon and UltraSun/UltraMoon.
@@lunayoshi God I hated these games. This gen unironically made me leave pokemon for 2 3 years
I feel old that Emerald came out in 05 😭 it's like I'm frozen in that time
That's hot
@@adrienchl4265yeah gen 6 made me quit. thought, and still think, that megas are such a joke and an excuse not to make new pokemon.
ORAS were great. Gen 3 was my first Pokemon generation and I remember being so excited when ORAS were announced!
I love the gen 3 remakes they got me back into Pokemon i played Gens 1-4 and stopped at 5 then saw the remakes of 3 fell in love with them and then played xy and black white. Hoenn is a magical place i love it and gen 3 and grateful for these games
Exactly the same for me!
You missed gen 5?! That was a legendary gen brother
@@analteredone9485 gen 5 and the first half of 6 were the only games i didn’t play on release. I’ve sense gone back and played all 6 games. I loved Black and White 2.
These games are easily in my top 5. It was when I most into VGC, it has one of my absolute favorite OSTs all together and Secret Bases being like a mini gym you could fill with your friends was my favorite feature. People still share there QR codes for bases on r/ORAS and i recently posted mine when I realized I was at over 5000 flags captured. Games were fantastic and my favorite remakes over all
I loved the Cosplay Pikachu you can get through the contests! It's nice to have a customizable pokemon, and each outfit had a signature move that Pikachu couldn't normally learn. Having Icicle Crash on a Pikachu wearing a blue dress was crazy, I really wish we could've brought her over to newer games 😥
I love ORAS so much. My gf is playing it for the first time side by side with me and I'm working on the pokedex in alpha sapphire with my completed omega ruby save. Obviously nostalgia plays a part in my love for this region but gah damn the pokemon designs, region design, music, everything i just love so much. Dont even get me started on how beautiful the region looks in 3D, Meteor Falls blows my mind every time. The delta episode is the best postgame in any pokemon game imo. Nothing is more badass than catching Rayquaza, then no chance to save or heal, right into riding it into space to catch Deoxys. Just incredible. Its also really appreciated to be able to turn off the exp share. I love pokemon amie, super training & the dexnav is an amazing feature. Im finishing the dex for the shiny charm purely so i can dexnav hunt. + I love zooming through the water routes on my sharpedo. ORAS are by far the best remakes in the series, the best way to experience Hoenn in modern day. Emerald is still great yes but, that physical special split gives so many more pokemon viability. Steven Stone ily ❤
8:22 Lance was more like a Flying Type Specialist Region Champion until Heart Gold and Soul Silver.
rayquazas reason is that it ate its mega stone lmao
Was thinking the same thing in the story it eats the meteorite that has its mega stone in it so it doesn’t need the mega stone to mega evolve lol
Doing TotK draconification way before lol
@@domdude64ddI was about to make this joke myself, great minds and all that lol
@@chooongusbug724 lol cheers buddy
About 15 years ago I found out that latias and latios are both post 5th gym roaming legendaries. I figured it was a weird glitch but it makes sense in the context of 5:55
I first started with Y, but didn't get into the games till I played Alpha sapphire in 2015. Even now ORAS has my most hours.
Best remakes and the golden standard for me
although I don't agree, I at least like it more than HGSS. There were more positives in ORAS than there was in HGSS.
Dexnav and PSS were the best interface Pokémon have had.
Agreed! I miss PSS sm
Undertale is gonna be 10 years old next year
Shut up, I'm not old! You're old!
Would smash
That gives me a good reason to finally start my copy of Undertale on Steam next year
These games are nostalgic to me, Pokemon X was my first game(I was so bad at the game, I had to google how to do the furfrou puzzle at the mansion), but Omega Ruby was the first to hook me. I'd say I am also nostalgic for gen 3 because of my Omega Ruby experience, even though I have never played it. Pokemon Omega Ruby got me into a fan and Pokemon Sword destroyed my trust with the series (Pokemon Sun and Moon put it on thin ice), I recently played Legends Arceus which I had fun with.
been watching your vids for years now, and the improvement in your speaking and production is awesome to see. keep it up papa
2:40 but oras came out before sun and moon were even announced?
I really love Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (: I remember when they first came out, I was working at Target and I picked up a copy of Alpha Sapphire with the strategy guide. I really like going back to those games and playing them (:
This is the ONLY game I’ve played where I 100% completed the Pokédex
Alpha sapphire was my first pokemon game, I can't believe it's been ten years already
I grew up playing Sapphire, and played it before I could even read. I always loved pokemon and then gen 6 came out and I was all in. I put over 300 hours into X and watched every X and Y episode. It was awesome when the remakes of the OG game I played came out and I put over 300 hours into it as well. Good times, can’t believe that was 10 years ago now😭
Everyone talks about how great of remakes HGSS are- and rightfully so- but I feel ORAS often get overlooked as they are excellent remakes in my opinion. Maybe it's because the gen 3 games are still widely played.
One thing you didn't really mention were the new mirage islands that can only be reached by flying on Mega Latios/Latias, which is an advantage they have over normal flying
I don't like ORAS but it is at least somewhat better than HGSS.
They were both great remakes, but I think HGSS just added a little more to the originals, by including content from the third version, alongside brand new content (unique to HGSS), whereas ORAS didn't add quite as much from the third version. It still added a lot of great stuff though!
@@kryzethx remakes are not suppose to add a lot of stuff since they meant to be remakes. Crystal had almost nothing new compared to Platinum and Emerald so that is why the few things from Crystal was included.
@@JamiePokemonTrainer Imo, the best remake should render all of its predecessors obsolete, and should have all of the content from the originals (including third versions).
Even ignoring the story changes of Emerald that would be hard to include, ORAS not remaking the Battle Frontier is still a noteworthy omission. Including the Battle Maison from XY is a downgrade, compared to the Crystal Battle Tower being replaced with the Sinnoh Battle Frontier.
(and don't even get me started on all of the non-story-related changes they could have included from Platinum into BDSP, AGAIN beginning with the Battle Frontier)
@@kryzethx Battle Frontier is a waste of time and resources. Only a small percentage of fans use it so it is redundant. BDSP didn't need most of Platinum's stuff aside from maybe the pokedex but we got hideaways as a sort compensation for that. Remakes have to be faithful otherwise they are a disservice. Remakes are more for newer players who never experience the originals and third versions. ORAS didn't need most of Emerald since it was a Ruby and Sapphire remake but it failed at that anyway due to the many changes and additions that was put in. My opinion though. Agree to disagree. I am glad that you enjoyed HGSS and ORAS even though i don't like those two remakes.
What's funny about Rayquaza eating it's mega stone is that it should be completely feasible for other pokemon to do it, like sableye, aagron, or Pidgeot
It's just a gastrolith, a rock some reptiles and birds swallow to help with digestion
Yeah but you also need a special organ called the mikado organ in order to mega evolve at will. Also the others could just.. eat other stones
@@Solokeys-g7o Which game talks about Rayquaza's anatomy? I'd love to check it out
The point of the mega stone consumption would be to hold items while being able to mega evolve, which is implied with Rayquaza being the only Pokemon in-game doing both. Pokemon are based on animals, so why wouldn't a bird or reptile pokemon be able to eat a mega stone for the same effect? It would parallel the actual phenomenon
@EpicShaymin oras actually. You could just use bulbapedia though
These games are my favorite since gen 3 is my favorite Gen
Still the best games in the series
And the best era of poketubers
I respect your opinion. However I don't agree as my opinion is that gen 5 has the best games in the series. But my opinion. To each their own.
I missed the post, but it's sick as fuck that we can pretty much catch every single legendary up to that point via the wormholes.
Aaaaand that searchnav feature thing fucking ruled. That plus the random mirage islands netted me a ditto with 4 perfect IVs, making breeding extremely easier, and all of our pokemon can still be transferred to current gens if we had Pokemon Home before it closed.
And Wally's final fight music is amazing.
As a life long shiny hunter I fully support you shiny hunting in every video
Rather than saying they lowered the levels in this game, I think it'd be more accurate to say they lowered the levels of roughly the first half and raised the levels of the second half. It probably just doesn't feel that way thanks to the Exp. Share (which I'm not complaining tbh).
I played these games for the first time like months ago and did a shiny only play through, got it for Christmas last year and took almost a full year to get starter, final team was blaziken, milotic, gardevoir, aggron, crobat, manectric
I bought omega ruby when it came out and lost it until earlier THIS YEAR. I wasn't worried about it because I didn't like the originals that mech and didn't think I'd like these either, man was I wrong. I loved this game sooooo freaking much that I'm actually mad at myself for not buying alpha sapphire as well
Also in oras, after you stop Groundon and Kyogre, you can get the national dex so you can get mons like Rosarade and legendaries like Ho-oh before the Hoenn League which was awesome 😁
Yeah before the Elite Four and Champion fight which is crazy.
ORAS was a solid remake, needed Emerald's team set ups for the Gym leaders but other than that it did great for designs and story.
Love the thumbnail art, sick job GroovyToons!
oh hey that’s me LOL
@@gravytoons You did a great job
ORAS were the newest games when I first got into Pokemon, man that feels like a lifetime ago
Lotad is the man. I did a Grass-only run of Omega Ruby and had to trade for Lotad because I needed a surfer. Ludicolo with Surf + Ice Beam was clutch.
i retired my pokemon alpha sapphire profile and finally moved on to violet. 999:59 hrs on the save. 3k+ hrs realistically on my 3ds. 673 pokemon in my national dex. First game iv played longer than 10 years.
Pokemon games need a "new game plus" feature where you can restart the game at your current level and Pokedex. But the enemies/trainers would be much more difficult and start at whatever your final level was.
The latinas/is flying around feature was dope. Hidden legendaries based off who was in your party, etc. I was able to get all legendaries with just gen 6 games because of it. Ive played since Gen 1 and Gen 3 was always my favorite and it felt like ORAS was my favorite gens HGSS
@8:20 Lance is actually a flying type champion
Actually, according to the game freak data leak recently. It talked about Rayquaza being able to mega evolve without a stone because basically he has like a special appendix and combined with eating the meteorites, reawaken the special appendix and caused him to mega evolve
I prefer Steven but emerald did it that way because in the Manga Wallace was the champion and Steven just held it for him. And Juan was Wallace’s master
Its cuz rayquaza has a special organ called the mikado organ which allows it to mega evolve without the need of a mega stone. Only a keystone is required.
Love these games. The sheer amount of times people comment on how attractive Steven is validates exactly what I thought when playing OG Sapphire. Soaring is amazing, love the Delta episode actually explaining Rayquaza, unlike Ruby and Sapphire. Having Steven's shiny Beldum unlock additional dialog is just chef's kiss.
Negative? Changing the Maxie/Archie theme. Totally missed the purpose of that lone trumpet. Just about everyone remix works, but not theirs.
I don't know why but when PaPaSea was explaining L=A it sounded a bit like a maths lesson (or is it just me)
ORAS had the unfortunate flaw of being based on a game with a million Rom Hacks that let it keep it's nostalgia whilst doing the same and more.
I think the Physical/Special Split is a WAY bigger deal than you seem to. I specifically refuse to play any Pokémon game that doesn't have it. I'd rather have it than held items, abilities, or even the Special Split. Fun Fact: the Digimon Cyber Sleuth games that came out on the PS4 have the Gen 1 version of the Special stat, called INT. They've got ATK, DEF, and INT. I'm not sure why they thought that was a good idea.
I wonder if you enjoyed LGPE then, since that game has the phys/spec split, despite lacking most of the other battle mechanics you mentioned, and would be the only way for you to play through a Kanto storyline (excluding romhacks, of course)
I wouldn't go as far as to outright ignore all of the games that don't have the split, since I can enjoy the silly broken mechanics that result from it, like Alakazam being able to use the elemental punches for coverage (which he is SEVERELY lacking after the split), or physical-oriented Pokemon being able to abuse Shadow Ball (because ghost is physical for some reason). It's completely unbalanced and nonsensical, but that's why makes it fun to exploit imo
@@kryzethxI haven't beaten Let's Go PE yet, but I would rather play it than the first games and I would play FrLg over it because I dislike the catch mechanic. The split helped so many old Pokemon that it's laughable that they didn't think about it at the start.
@@JanizMakudomaru I doubt they were looking too far ahead, mostly focusing on the elemental types being.. well, special, I guess. I always thought of it like, if it were the magic itself being used to damage the opponent, so the physical aspect of the Pokemon wouldn't be contributing.
Considering it like a classic rpg: mages do magic damage, physical classes do physical damage; makes sense on the surface. They probably only changed it for balancing purposes lol.
I remember getting ORAS with my brother for Christmas, it was so special man I still have both our save files and I have maxed out time 999hrs 99mins, I love the hoenn region and I was so disappointed with BDSP bc I expected that game but in an ORAS fashion.
I love playing Oras since 2014, as it brings hoenn into 3d which the original weren’t in 3d before. As someone who hasn’t played Gen 3 originally and only which the anime since I was three in 2000 until 2007 when I played a Pokemon mainline game which was Pokemon Diamond in gen 4. I still think the special and physical split in the moves was still a a big change. Since certain moves were physical or special when some of them like shadow ball was physical move but drops special defense and should be a special attack. Plus many dark types in hoenn were physical dark types but couldn’t really use their physical dark type moves in gen 3. The physical and special spilt does help a lot of pokemon and moves. I can’t see Pokemon still using Pokemon moves before the physical and special spilt past gen 3. Oras also has unlimited tms as well which wasn’t a thing in gen 3. As well as hidden abilities as well.
These games get better for me the more I play them. I think they are becoming my favorite in the entire series
People like to meme the whole "too much water" thing, but that's always been my biggest issue with these games! 😂
Ever since I played the originals as a kid, I hated just how much surfing was required, plus all the additional water-related HMs - Surf, Waterfall & Dive.
I still love the games, especially ORAS, but the "too much water" will always ring true for me 😅
I agree with this you need to many HMs. I don’t know about the remakes as I have not played them. I like to plan my team out before playing and using Pokémon I haven’t used before. It is one of the reasons I never go back to the third Gen.
During the Delta Episode, Rayquaza eats the Meteorite that you’ve been carrying since you beat Maxie / Archie on Mt. Chimney. And that Meteorite is actually Rayquaza’s Mega Stone.
Moral of the story; if you want to transcend and achieve ultimate power, eat rocks.
So _that’s_ why Steven is so confident in his strength
I've been saying it for years but Mega Energy, Z-Power, yadda yadda basically all click if you just substitute out Radiation for whatever it's saying. In that sense, Rayquaza is able to mega evolve whenever because it eats meteors and lives above the Ozone Layer, meaning it absorbs the brunt of the sun's radiation directly. Mega stones are Radioactive, thats why they glow and are a byproduct of the Ultimate Weapon. They're also full of screaming ghosts, but lets not worry about it and instead focus on the Radiation idea
I loved ORAS because it made me get over my distaste for the Hoenn region. I remember playing the originals and not liking them compared to either the generation before or the generation after, so I thought it was just a bad region. I think what I disliked were the battle mechanics, which felt like a regression compared to the DS games (which I unfortunately played first)
I didn't think I would like ORAS, because I didn't like RSE, but it completely blew past my expectations, to the point where I could even go back enjoy the originals for what they were (and Emerald is still one of the best in the series imo)
I still have my 10 years old Omega Ruby save file, that's crazy to think about...
We should all tag Pokemon on social media asking when Soon is in relation to the Battle Frontier picture
ORAS easily my favorite remakes (maybe the games I enjoyed most for Pokémon games)
DexNav is so much fun. I love it. There's just something neat about finding Pokémon with egg moves, good IVs and especially hidden abilities. Moxie Mightyena is actually good. Brave Bird Taillow is very OP too. There are other things, but man, it's great. I do definitely miss the Battle Frontier. As the huge fan of it, it's just a shame not to bring. There was no reason not to either. But alas. At least they made breeding way way easier in this game. Now that I think about it though, I should do a Shedinja only run in ORAS too. As Emerald was such a huge success. :)
The best and last good Pokémon games on the 3DS.
Fair. I don't particularly like the 3DS pokemon games so I don't have a favorite from that specific console. I do consider gen 5 the best but those are DS games and not 3DS exclusive.
These are by far my favorite games. I have played through them many times. Every remake should be on the same level
glad that you enjoyed these games. I don't like ORAS much but at least it is somewhat better than the Johto remakes. I prefer FRLG and BDSP level of remakes. But that is just me.
@@JamiePokemonTrainerI also like BDSP.
5:00 the double music is killing me
One of the best games ever, competitive was fun, smogon rules were fun, the cut scenes were awesome they really gave us that imagination we had as kids
love your videos man, especially gen 3 (totally not biased here and such an unfairly clever way to open up with literally the best 2-3 OST at the start, sly fox)
0:20 I do, so if you throw them away like I only have Shining Pearl. Would appreciate the game a lot cuz I love gen 4 + the remakes
L=A mentioned! Let’s go!!!
Keep randomly shiny hunting each video. Do it more than once per video. It rocks.
Ok that bit at 14:30 was fucking hilarious 😂 please more of that in future vids
I loved ORAS its my third favorite pokemon game of all time
I still shiny hunt today in these game because dexnav is pretty chill (and its not a dumb sandwitch system) and breeding in the post is litary holding 1 button to move around the island
Fun fact: If you win a master beauty contest with Wallace and Lisia in it you get a unique cutscene where they interact.
My favorite pokemon games! I played both and enjoyed them so much
There is no excuse to why Flygon still can't Mega Evolve, especially when every other Dragon-type Pokémon in Hoenn can Mega Evolve. Even Sceptile is a Dragon-type Mega!
Here are some other Gen 3 Pokémon who could also benefit from Mega Evolution;
Ludicolo, Shiftry, Swellow, Slaking (mainly to have a better ability), Breloom, Exploud, Hariyama, Swalot, Crawdaunt, Wailord, Grumpig, Zangoose, Seviper, Tropius, and Walrein.
I love how much was added or reused from the original hoenn or expended upon. The ties with hoopa and the legendaries was cool. New megas was epic. The secret bases was so cool even the one in mossdeep city with the secret room that needed the e reader made a comeback with the qr codes from secret bases
SHUT UP! IT HAS NOT BEEN 10 YEARS!!! LALALALALALAALA IM NOT LISTENING!
I can’t believe it either. I actually just recently started playing Omega Ruby again using traded Pokémon.
10:40 l=a debuted in ruby and sapphire
Omega Ruby was one of my first proper pokemon games and god i miss it so much. Being able to fly around the world on a legendary was so cool. I'm so sad i lost my copy as a kid
Happy 10th Anniversary ORAS! I remember it was my senior year of high school and being so excited for this game as I was stressed out from college applications.
Flying around to secret islands was a great experience
Would of being better to take more stuff from Emerald including the Battle Frontier, could of there in addition to the ORAS post story
Omega Ruby is my childhood! :D
Rayquaza can mega evolve without a mega stone because it ate its mega stone (the meteorite). The meteorite item actually somewhat looks like a mega stone if you look at it before getting rayquaza.
I believe the pokedex in these games even states it eats meteorites to gain the energy it need to mega evolve
I played this game for the first time just a month ago and it's so good. They cut the painful backtracking part. Everything was so good. Mega evolution was the cherry on top
I like how Wally in the omega ruby and alpha sapphire the ruby and sapphire like I thought he going have gavdevoir to Megan evolve but he used a Gallade
You can talk about gen 6 all day (including the 3rd gen remakes) and I will listen to all of it. I love that generation SO MUCH. I've got two copies of each game because I want my "first run" save and a "I can reset this as many times as I want" game. I've done SO many Nuzlockes, it's nuts, but it also makes me really happy. EDIT: Aside from Gen 1, Pokemon Y was the first time I'd ever completed the National Dex. Completed. Because I could trade with a long-distance friend. Aww yeah.
ORAS is genuinely my favorite remake. Gen 3, for nostalgia reasons, is my favorite region with sapphire being my favorite game (BW2 are my objectively favorites) I felt ORAS did so much for generation 3 and it felt like the most refreshing re-introduction into hoenn again. Will always hold a dear place to me
I feel like I have seen a video like this every year XD love the content tho
ORAS set the bar much higher than just nostalgia alone, but then GF stopped caring and outsourced the disaster that is BDSP
Love you Papa
For me it was surprising how much just having the fixed mechanics like the physical/special split changed the enjoyment of the game. I do love going back to Emerald for nostalgia but just in terms of purely having fun time playing ORAS wins over the original games
i played a buncha original rs and seeing it more vividly in 3d made me super happy. this will always be my favorite pokemon game. sad there r still no GOOD pokemon games tho
its always so weird to me when ppl say "ohh this one is so much better than this one" theyre so similar to each other and its basically the same level of shittiness across the board. u need to hate on whole eras at a time or it doesnt make sense
You look like Steve from American Dad in the thumbnail.
The meteorite that Rayquaza swallows IS its Mega Stone, that's why it doesn't hold one, it exists within its body.
In ORAS, the motivations of the Team leaders are significantly altered from RSE.
*Maxie* is a cynical realist that considers humanity is held back due to the lack of landmass to thrive on.
*Archie* is an idealist nihilist that considers humanity as a disease that deserves to be wiped out, so that Pokémon can thrive.
Basically, they both want to break the statu quo, either for human or Pokémon to thrive. There are plothole of course. Maxie's plan cannot work, as either volcanic eruption or the drying of the ocean would basically wipe both humans and Pokémon. Yet, you could believe his plans. Meanwhile, Archie's one is rather stupid. Humanity is wiped out either by a tsunami or the rise of the oceans, but the only survivors, if there are any, are just a few sea-Pokémon. The majority of Pokémon would be wiped as well with no landmass, defeating his own plan from the start!
I don't understand why people would *hate* L=A feature; it's not the default, and it's pretty obvious what the intended use case is for it. I personally wouldn't ever use it (I need that LR functionality for faster box management), but it makes sense that it exists.
This video's title inflicted emotional damage.
Was about to boot up my copy of omega ruby when I saw this lmao
I thought I was the only that I'm playing this video game 10 years later ❤😂
The level gap isn’t that bad in my opinion but it’s still a flaw that should’ve changed it could’ve been the best pokemon game ever made if the gap was fixed but instead it’s a close second to platinum
Currently playing Pokémon omega ruby myself L O L
am I the only one who sees groudon as pre Y and kyogre as pre X?
Currently playing it for the first time i love it