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Sword and Shield Expansion Pass

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Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass
Developer(s)Game Freak
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Hiroyuki Tani
Producer(s)
Artist(s)
  • James Turner
  • Suguru Nakatsui
Writer(s)Toshinobu Matsumiya
Composer(s)
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
Release
  • WW: June 17, 2020
[1] (The Isle of Armor)
  • NA: October 22, 2020
  • WW: October 23, 2020
(The Crown Tundra)
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor and Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra are the two downloadable content expansion packs that make up the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. They are DLC for the 2019 role-playing video games Pokémon Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch. They were developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. The Isle of Armor was released worldwide on June 17, 2020, followed by the release of The Crown Tundra, which was released on October 22, 2020. The Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass physical bundle pack was released on November 6, 2020.

The addition of the Expansion Pass was used to replace the need for a third version or sequel of Sword and Shield. The two DLCs are set outside of the mainland of the Galar region, the game's main location. The Isle of Armor is set on a coastal island named the Isle of Armor, which is based on the Isle of Man. The Crown Tundra is set in the snowy southern area called the Crown Tundra, which is based on Scotland. The player controls the protagonist during their journey through these areas, where they encounter various new characters and Legendary Pokémon.

Gameplay

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Main article: Pokémon Sword and Shield § Gameplay

The island the expansion pack is set on is one inter-connected "Wild Area", a free-roaming open world with a free moving camera and dynamic weather, which has implications on which Pokémon species appear at a given time.[2] Additionally, "Raid Dens" appear which are small arenas for battling and catching Dynamaxed and Gigantamaxed Pokémon. The game introduces trials, initiated by the island's dojo master and former Galar Champion, Mustard and also the once Master of Current/Former (depending on your progress in the main series) Champion, Leon, and must be completed to advance the story. The trials involving battling Pokémon and collecting items for "Max Soup", used for "Gigantamaxing" Pokémon.[3] These trials grant the players access to Kubfu, a Pokémon that can be trained to be evolved into either a dark type or water type version of Urshifu. There is also the "Cram-o-Matic", a machine that resembles the Pokémon Cramorant. This machine combines items into creating new, and sometimes rare, items. A returning feature from the Pokémon Let's Go games is the player's leading Pokémon can follow them in the overworld.[4] A new form of battling was introduced name "Restricted Sparring", which limits the types of Pokémon the player can bring to a battle. The expansion offers a big side quest involving the hunting of 151 Alolan Diglett, where the player would be awarded different Alolan Forms for certain milestones.[5][6]

The location the expansion pack is set is one inter-connected "Wild Area", a free-roaming open world with a free moving camera and dynamic weather, which has implications on which Pokémon species appear at a given time. The defining of The Crown Tundra are the Dynamax Adventures. The player must travel to an area in the tundra called the Max Lair, where they can be given rental Pokémon to battle through three different Max raid battles.[7] After beating a Pokémon, the player can choose which path to choose next. After battling each raid Pokémon, the player must battle a Legendary Pokémon from previous games. The player can choose to catch the Legendary Pokémon, which have a 100% chance of being caught, or they can choose to leave it, losing out on the chance to catch another one if they decide to catch it.[8][9] These Dynamax Adventures can be played online or single player, and are included as a part of the story.[10] The other big feature for the DLC are Galarian Star Tournaments, which are tournaments where the player and one other character of the player's choice engage in Multi-trainer battles with other characters from Sword & Shield and the expansion pass.[11]

Pokémon

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The expansion introduces the legendary Pokémon Kubfu and its evolution Urshifu. These Pokémon are central to expansion's plot and its themes of growth. Additionally, a regional form of Slowpoke and one of its evolutions, Slowbro have been added.[a][12] The expansion also adds new Gigantamaxed forms for Venusaur, Blastoise, the region's starter Pokémon (Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon), and both forms of Urshifu.[13] The expansion pass includes the Mythical Pokémon Zarude, which is a pivotal character in Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle.[14][15] The island contains 108 returning Pokémon that are not in the base game,[16] though Game Freak had previously stated aversion to adding Pokémon past the release of the base game.[17]

The core focus of The Crown Tundra centers around various legendary Pokémon like newly introduced Calyrex, resembling a mix of a jackalope, snowy plants and the Crown jewels.[18][19][20] Calyrex has a gimmick where it can fuse with two other newly introduced legendary Pokémon named Glastrier and Spectrier, an ice and ghost horse respectively, in order to regain Calyrex's power.[21] The expansion also introduces two legendary Pokémon that resemble the Regi golem trio from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, with the electric type Regieleki and the dragon type Regidrago.[22][23] Adding onto the first expansion pack, a regional form was given to Slowking.[24] However, additional regional forms were given to the legendary bird trio from Pokémon Red and Blue: Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.[25][26] Likewise more than a hundred Pokémon returned from previous generations that didn't appear in the base game in the form of Dynamax Adventures which including all the non-mythical legendary Pokémon from previous games.[27][28][29]

Plot

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The Isle of Armor

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The player visits the Isle of Armor, where they encounter a student, named Klara (In Sword) or Avery (In Shield) of the local Master Dojo. The player meets the Dojo's master, Mustard. The player joins the Dojo, and is challenged to complete three trials to obtain the Dojo's "secret armor." After the three trials are passed, the player is gifted the Legendary Pokémon Kubfu. Mustard tasks the player with becoming friends with Kubfu. After the player attains maximum friendship with Kubfu, Mustard asks the player to go to either the Tower of Waters or the Tower of Darkness. Mustard waits at the top floor of the player's chosen tower, and battles the player with his own Kubfu. After defeating him, Mustard lets the player evolve Kubfu using a scroll in the tower, with the tower chosen affecting which form of Urshifu Kubfu evolves into.[30]

If the player has completed the main story of Pokémon Sword and Shield, the player will team up with their friend Hop to find a way to let Urshifu Gigantamax. They manage to find a way to do so, and Mustard asks the player to fight him in a no holds barred battle. Upon his defeat, Mustard declares he has nothing more left to teach the player, allowing them to graduate from the Dojo.

The Crown Tundra

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The player visits the Crown Tundra, where they meet a man named Peony and his daughter Peonia. Peonia does not want to join her father on an adventure in the Tundra, and uses the player to distract her father while she goes to the Max Lair. Peony and the player enter the Max Lair, and Peonia has the player take her place in Peony's adventure.

Peony instructs the player to go on multiple adventures featuring Legendary Pokémon. He requests the player hunt down the Galarian forms of the Legendary Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, who scatter to various areas in the Galar region. He also requests the player capture the Legendary Pokémon Regirock, Regice, Registeel, and one of Regieleki or Regidrago. Another request involves uncovering the mystery of Calyrex, a Pokémon who used to rule the Galar region as its king but was reduced to a weakened state. The player and Peony help Calyrex reunite with its steed, either Glastrier or Spectrier, restoring its power. Calyrex willingly joins the player on their journey, letting them capture it after a battle. After all of the Legendary Pokémon are captured, Peonia arrives to join Peony's adventure, but runs off again after Peony informs her of the player's completion of all the adventures he had prepared.

Following this, the player finds a note involving Ultra Wormholes, with Ultra Beasts, Pokémon from other dimensions, appearing in the Max Lair. After Necrozma is captured in the Max Lair, the scientist manning the Max Lair reveals she wrote the note, resolving the plot. Another plot involves Leon, the former Champion of the Galar region, announcing the Galarian Star Tournament, a competition of the best trainers in Galar, which the player can partake in.

Development

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The expansion pass was first announced in the January 9, 2020 Pokémon Direct and again shown briefly in the March 26 Nintendo Direct Mini.[31][32] Following this, the pass was shown off in great detail in the June 17 Pokémon Presents, hours before The Isle of Armor was released worldwide.[33] A follow-up on information was released on September 29, during a DLC livestream presentation.[34]

During interviews, it was mentioned that depending on how far into the game the expansion pack would be entered, the levels of the Pokémon in The Isle of Armor would be scaled accordingly.[35] However, as is in the base game for wild Pokémon, levels instead scale with the number of Gym Badges the player has. At the end of the last presentation before the release of the DLC was a music video for Acacia, the newest song from Japanese alternative rock band Bump of Chicken, which acted as both a celebration of The Crown Tundra as well as the franchise in general.[b][36][37][38]

Reception

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The Isle of Armor

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The Isle of Armor received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpot considered it to be an extension on the best part of the base game being the Wild Area. The length of the expansion, specifically the story, was seen as too short; Álvaro Alonso of Hobby Consolas and Travis Northup of IGN wrote that the expansion's story only lasts a couple of hours and a lack of post-game does not help improve this problem.[47]

One of the highlights according to critics was the giant Wild Area that is spread across the isles, with critics from TouchArcade calling it "the star of the show". Kallie Plagge of GameSpot noted that the expansion doubled down on the idea and made it "bigger and better" than the base game's version, making praises on the diverse scenery and better-suited game elements such as the dynamic weather system. In Alex Olney of Nintendo Life's review, he said that the Wild Area was well thought out and carefully planned, but did mark down the game due to "muddied graphics". He also praised the Pokémon scaling that was originally missing in the base game, such as with the up-scaling the size of Wailord.

Though fairly positive received, the expansion was mainly criticized for not doing much with its gameplay or story. Chris Carter of Destructoid mentioned that the game was solid and worth the price, but that the expansion did not fix the base game's problems nor did it shake up the "Pokémon formula". Other critics said the game didn't offer much. Sam Loveridge of GamesRadar+ concluded that the story and characters may not be enough to excite fans of the series and that the Wild Area was repetitive.[48]

The Crown Tundra

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The DLC received generally positive reviews. On Metacritic it has a score of 75 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics.

Chris Carter of Destructoid gave 7.5 on their review saying "It was small, but it wasn’t bad! The new locale was a breath of fresh air, especially given that Game Freak was doubling down on the Wild Area mechanic, allowing the entire DLC to make use of the feature."... "But given Sword and Shield‘s latent shortcomings, it wasn’t enough for everyone." He felt that the story "feels decidedly like a Pokemon movie, with the main legendary finding a way to telepathically communicate and speak to humans." while also praising the plot noting "It’s more involved than the Isle of Armor plot, that’s for sure." He criticised some environments claiming them to be "generic" as well as stating that the Wild area wasn't "as sprawling or interesting." as the one present in The Isle of Armor DLC. He concluded "Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun."[55]

Travis Northup of IGN gave a score of 9.3 had a mixed review on the addition content saying "Like the harsh and snowy climate it's set in, the final DLC for Pokémon Sword and Shield’s season pass is an add-on designed with the most hardcore Pokémon players in mind. The Crown Tundra puts open-world exploration and legendary Pokémon front and center, taking full advantage of the base game's best innovation: wild areas." While acknowledging the fun gameplay features added he criticised the story saying "its weak story is similarly short-lived – and its exciting legendary hunts end with classic, grindy encounters that will have you praying to lady luck." However praised the execution of the open world aspects saying "Unlike wild areas before it though, The Crown Tundra actually makes much better use of the open-world sandbox by cramming it full of legendary Pokémon to track down and secrets to discover", concluding. "Though there’s only a few hours of legendary-hunting to be had in total, it’s definitely some of the best content in all of Pokémon Sword and Shield."[56]

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

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Pokémon Ruby Version[e] and Pokémon Sapphire Version[f] are 2002 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. They are the first installments in the third generation of the Pokémon video game series, also known as the "advanced generation". After years of Nintendo being the sole publisher of the franchise in all regions, The Pokémon Company co-published the games for the first time since the establishment of the joint-owned company in 1998. They were first released in Japan in late 2002, and internationally in 2003. Pokémon Emerald, a third version, was released two years later in each region. Remakes of the two games, titled Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, were released for the Nintendo 3DS worldwide in November 2014, exactly twelve years to the date of the original Ruby and Sapphire release date, with the exception of Europe, where it released a week later.

The gameplay is mostly unchanged from the previous games; the player controls the main character from an overhead perspective, and the controls are largely the same as those of previous games. As with previous games, the main objectives are to catch all of the Pokémon in the games and defeat the Elite Four and the Pokémon League Champion; also like their predecessors, the games' main subplot involves the player character defeating a criminal organization that attempts to take over the region. New features, such as double battles, Pokémon abilities, Pokémon Contests, and 135 new Pokémon were added.[57][58][59] Owing to the increased capabilities of the Game Boy Advance, four players may be connected to each other at a time instead of the previous limit of two. Additionally, the games can be connected to an e-Reader or other third-generation Pokémon games.

Ruby and Sapphire received mostly positive reviews. Praise was given to the new features and Pokémon designs, though critics were divided in their assessment of the games, especially on the gameplay and graphics. Most of the complaints focused on gameplay not changing much in relation to previous generations. With over 16.22 million copies sold, they were a commercial success and became the best-selling game for the Game Boy Advance; The games sold less than previous generations with Red and Blue having sold nearly 31 million units worldwide, and Gold and Silver selling over 23.10 million units.

Gameplay

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See also: Gameplay of Pokémon

The basic mechanics of Ruby and Sapphire are largely the same as their predecessors. As with all Pokémon games for handheld consoles, the gameplay is in third-person, overhead perspective and consists of three basic screens: a field map, in which the player navigates the main character; a battle screen; and the menu, in which the player configures their party, items, or gameplay settings. Players begin the game with one Pokémon and can capture more using Poké Balls. They can also use their Pokémon to battle other Pokémon. When the player encounters a wild Pokémon or is challenged by a trainer to a battle, the screen switches to a turn-based battle screen where the Pokémon fight.[60] During a battle, the player may use a move, use an item, switch their active Pokémon, or flee, although fleeing is not an option in battles against trainers. All Pokémon have hit points (HP); when a Pokémon's HP is reduced to zero, it faints and cannot battle until it is revived. If the player's Pokémon defeats the opposing Pokémon (causes it to faint), it receives experience points. After accumulating enough experience points, it will level up; most Pokémon evolve into a new species of Pokémon when they reach a certain level.[61]

Apart from battling, capturing Pokémon is the most essential element of Pokémon gameplay. During a battle with a wild Pokémon, the player may use a Poké Ball on them. If successful, the Pokémon will be added to the player's active party, or stored if the player already has the maximum six Pokémon in their party.[62] Factors in the success rate of capture include the HP, status effects such as Paralysis or Sleep, and the strength of the Poké Ball used: the lower the target's HP and the stronger the Poké Ball, the higher the success rate of capture is.[63] Other trainers' Pokémon cannot be captured.

New features

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See also: List of generation III Pokémon

The most prominent change in the battle mechanics is the introduction of double battles, in which the opposing parties each use two Pokémon at the same time. Consequently, certain Pokémon moves can affect multiple combatants at once.[64] Multi battles were added alongside double battles. They are identical to double battles, but there are two trainers to a side, each controlling one of the two Pokémon sent out. Also new to the games are innate abilities and natures; the former is shared by every Pokémon of a certain species, while the latter may vary among a particular species. Abilities grant their holders certain powers in battle, such as immunity against certain types of moves or strengthening a certain type of move. Natures, like innate abilities, affect the strength of Pokémon in battle; however, they affect the stats of the Pokémon rather than directly affecting the strength of the moves.[65] Another stat introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire is Condition, an important factor in Pokémon Contests, mini-games in which participants perform moves before a judge. Both Pokémon and their moves have a Condition, which is increased by using Pokéblocks, which are candies made from berries.[66] Secret bases were added as a one-off feature where players could open up a hole in the world and customize the area with various items picked up in-game. Players who linked up with others who set up secret bases were able to battle an NPC version of that trainer within their secret base.

Like Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire keep track of real-life time; this influences events like tides and berry plant growth. However, unlike their predecessors, Ruby and Sapphire do not differentiate between day and night. Also, due to the differences in the technical specifications of Game Boy link cables and Game Boy Advance link cables, Ruby and Sapphire cannot be linked with Pokémon games of previous generations; one cannot battle with or trade with the previous generations.[67]

Connectivity to other devices

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The Eon Ticket could be scanned in by the e-Reader to go and catch either Latios or Latias, depending on the game.

Ruby and Sapphire have limited e-Reader support. Nintendo released Battle-e Cards, a set of e-Reader cards that contained trainer battles in which the player could see previously hidden Pokémon.[68] A special e-Reader card called the Eon Ticket was also released; obtained through the Mystery Gift function, the Ticket allows the player to reach a place called Southern Island. There, the player faces either Latios or Latias, depending on which version of the game is used.[69]

Ruby and Sapphire are also able to connect to the GameCube games Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire. In the former two, once players reach a certain point in the game, they are able to transfer Pokémon between Colosseum / XD and Ruby / Sapphire.[70] Additionally, those who pre-ordered Colosseum were able to access the Pokémon Jirachi and see a preview of the movie Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker. Pokémon Box allows players to store and organize their Pokémon on the GameCube.[71] Also, in the European version of Pokémon Channel, players could receive a Jirachi at a certain point in the game, which they could then transfer over to Ruby or Sapphire.

Plot

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Setting

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Kyushu island, Japan

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire occur in the Hoenn region, some distance from the Kanto and Johto regions featured in previous games. The design of Hoenn was based on the Japanese island and region of Kyushu; however, Hoenn is rotated 90° relative to Kyushu, as Junichi Masuda felt that it would provide a better gameplay balance.[72] Like Kyushu, Hoenn possesses many smaller islands, and part of the region is dominated by sea routes, several of which contain areas where the player can dive underwater.

Story

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See also: List of Pokémon characters and List of Pokémon

Like other Pokémon games, Ruby and Sapphire's gameplay is linear; the main events occur in a fixed order.[73] The protagonist of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are Brendan and May, who have recently moved to a small town called Littleroot Town. At the beginning of the games, the player chooses either Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip to protect Professor Birch, the regional professor, from attacking Poochyena. After defending Birch, the player is taken to his lab and receives the chosen Pokémon as their starter Pokémon. After that, the player encounters May/Brendan, the child of Professor Birch. The player's rival, who appears as the professor's child, is also a Pokémon Trainer and occasionally battles the player.[74] The games' two main goals are defeating the eight Gym Leaders, proving oneself worthy of challenging the Elite Four and Hoenn Pokémon League Champion to become the new Hoenn Pokémon League Champion and completing the Pokédex by capturing, evolving, and trading to obtain all 202 Pokémon available between Ruby and Sapphire. It is possible to obtain all 386 Pokémon, but this requires trading with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum.[75]

In addition to the main quest of defeating the Gym Leaders, there are side quests in which the player can aid NPCs by fulfilling tasks, usually by obtaining items. The most prominent subplot involves Team Aqua and Team Magma, crime syndicates who want to use Pokémon to alter the climate of Hoenn: in Ruby, the villains, Team Magma, want to use the legendary Pokémon Groudon to dry up the oceans of Hoenn and increase the region's landmass; in Sapphire, Team Aqua are the villains and they try to use Groudon's counterpart, Kyogre, to flood the landmasses of Hoenn and increase the region's ocean.[76] Prior to facing the eighth Gym Leader, the player has a showdown with Magma or Aqua where the team's leader uses a mystical orb that awakens the slumbering Pokémon, believing it has the power to enthrall their respective target, only for the Pokémon to become enraged and cause catastrophic, region-wide climate changes—a drought in Ruby, and heavy rainfall in Sapphire—until it is defeated or captured by the protagonist.[77] The player's father also introduces them to Wally, a sickly young boy whom the player helps capture a Pokémon to be his companion as he moves away from the big city. Wally eventually overcomes his illness and becomes a successful Pokémon Trainer, ultimately becoming the final challenger the player must face before the Elite Four.

Development

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Development director Junichi Masuda

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were developed by Game Freak and Nintendo under the direction of Junichi Masuda. As with its predecessors, Ken Sugimori was the art director, although these were the first games in which he did not single-handedly produce all of the art.[78] When asked where his design team came up with the ideas for all of the new Pokémon, Sugimori stated that they got their ideas from past experiences in their childhood involving nature, animals, and the media and then base them on insects. Even looking at the world in a different perspective sometimes provided inspiration for the creatures. "First we select an insect and after that we add essential elements to the insects to make it more like Pokemon, such as adding some hard shape to it, to be more like steel," Sugimori said, describing the process of creating a Pokémon.[79]

As the Game Boy Advance was able to handle enhanced graphics, Ruby and Sapphire were the first games in the series that allowed up to four people to share information at one time, as opposed to the previous limit of two. However, the development team used a more basic graphics engine to keep the game simple and not overly confusing. The team wanted the games to appeal to a large audience, so the game was designed to be easy enough for younger generations of children to play, but new features were added to bring the veteran gamers back.[79]

Masuda stated that the basic philosophy of all Pokémon games is communication; in the Pokémon series, this is manifested in trading and battling with other people. When asked about the new concept of double battles, the developers noted that they tried to focus more on the original one-on-one battles as the main type of competition and only added the double battles as a "new challenge". They stated that if they receive positive feedback about the double battles, the feature may appear more in future generations.[79]

The games were the first in the series that did not contain all of the Pokémon from previous generations. Sugimori stated that the team tried to include all the new Pokémon as well as some from previous generations. When asked about any features that could not be included due to technical restrictions, Masuda noted that he wanted each individual Pokémon to make up to three different cries depending on its mood.[79]

Audio

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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire soundtrack
Studio album by
Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki
ReleasedApril 26, 2003
GenreVideo game music, soundtrack, audio
LabelMedia Factory
ProducerUnknown

The audio of Ruby and Sapphire consists entirely of game music and sound effects; all dialogue is on-screen. The music, composed by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki, is completely instrumental except for two tracks with vocals, "Trick Master" and "Slateport City". The soundtrack of the game was released under the Mediafactory label in Japan on April 26, 2003; the album reached #297 on the Oricon charts and charted for one week.[80] Junichi Masuda wrote only battle tunes, Go Ichinose wrote most of the town, route, fanfare & 'Spotted' tunes, whereas Morikazu Aoki did the remainder.

The soundtrack is noted for its heavy use of trumpets,[81] but it also makes heavy use of French horns, strings ensembles, and even pianos.

Release

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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were released in Japan on November 21, 2002,[82] in North America on March 19, 2003,[83] in Australia on April 3, 2003,[84][82] and in Europe on July 25, 2003.[82] Nintendo did not promote Ruby and Sapphire at E3 2002;[85][86] however, it launched a US$ $7 million promotional campaign that lasted from March to May 2003.[87] In July and August 2002 they were promoted through a tour across Japan at Pokémon Festa 2002.[88] In addition to rewarding pre-orders of the games with merchandise, Nintendo held a contest in which participants submitted videos of themselves singing the Pokémon theme song with their own re-written lyrics; the grand prize for that event was a Lugia PT Cruiser.[89][90] Later that year, Nintendo launched the EON Ticket Summer Tour, in which 125 Toys "R" Us stores across the United States offered the Eon Ticket e-Card in stores from July 19 to September 1.[69][91] Nintendo aired two television advertisements, "Faces" and "Names", on prime-time network, cable, and syndication. "Faces" featured Pokémon juxtaposed with human look-alikes; "Names" featured people shouting out the names of Pokémon and emphasized the fact that the games introduced 100 new Pokémon.[87] Additionally, Nintendo collaborated with United Kingdom beverage brand Vimto to promote the games.[92]

Pokémon Emerald

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Main article: Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon Emerald Version[g] is a third version after Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, developed by Game Freak, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It was first announced in Coro Coro Magazine.[93] It features compatibility with the Nintendo e-Reader and 83 cards launched for Emerald on October 7, 2004.[94] It is the third version of Ruby and Sapphire and follows a tradition of third releases, e.g. Pokémon Yellow for Pokémon Red and Blue.[95] The wireless adapter was bundled with Japanese copies of Emerald; this was removed from English versions of the game.[96] It was first released in Japan in 2004, and was later released internationally in 2005.[97]

Nintendo has done several promotions related to Emerald. Nintendo held a competition for players based on Emerald where players compete to be the "Pokémon Emerald Ultimate Frontier Battle Brain". The competition took place in seven areas across the United States and Canada, where 14 finalists, two from each area, competed in Seattle, Washington's Space Needle for a trip for two to the Pokémon Park in Nagoya, Japan. People could also enter to win a trip to the Space Needle to watch the competition. The competition centered around trivia about characters from Pokémon and their abilities.[98][99] Nintendo also introduced a pre-order program that would give those who pre-ordered the game exclusive access to a Pokémon website, a collector's tin holder, and a guide to the Battle Frontier.[98] A limited edition Game Boy Advance SP was released by Nintendo which featured a silhouette of the Pokémon Rayquaza. It was distributed by Nintendo in Japan exclusively on their website "Pokémon Trainer Online" and was never released outside of Japan.[100][101] It was featured in the Official Nintendo Magazine's list of rare Pokémon consoles.[101] Players who brought their Game Boy Advance with a copy of Emerald and a wireless adapter to Booth 2029 of the 2005 Comic-Con International were given an in-game item called the Mystic Ticket which allows players the opportunity to capture Lugia and Ho-oh.[102]

Reception

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Critical response

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The games met with mostly positive reviews. IGN gave them an "Amazing" 9.5 out of 10 rating and awarded them the Editor's Choice Award; in 2007, the games were collectively named the tenth best Game Boy Advance game of all time in an IGN article.[113] GameZone also gave the games a 9.5 out of 10 rating and awarded them an Outstanding Award. GamePro gave the games 5 out of 5 stars and named them Editor's Choices.[114] ComputerAndVideoGames.com gave the games a 9 out of 10, and GameSpot gave the games 8.1 out of 10, naming it the best Game Boy Advance game of March 2003.[115] Eurogamer and 1UP.com were less enthusiastic about the games, however; Eurogamer gave the games 7 out of 10, and 1UP.com gave them a B−.

Reviewers were divided in their critiques of the games, especially concerning the gameplay and graphics. IGN praised the "deep design" and noted that the addition of features such as double battles greatly increased the strategic aspect of the games. GamePro also thought that the addition of double battles "add[ed] challenge" and "made the harder battles far more strategic than before—the way the game should be".[114] Likewise, ComputerAndVideoGames.com called the gameplay "incredibly compelling and addictive". GameZone noted that the gameplay was more refined and challenging than that of previous titles. However, GameSpot called the games "a cakewalk from start to finish" and claimed that Ruby and Sapphire "don't offer much of a challenge". Eurogamer also felt that the mechanics "[get] very tired, very fast". 1UP.com also felt that the games were formulaic and that double battles were underused.

ComputerAndVideoGames.com was enthusiastic over the graphics, calling them "gorgeous". Other reviewers were less enthusiastic, however. GamePro felt that the graphics were only "a fair bit prettier" than those of the Game Boy Color games;[114] GameZone said that the games "still [use] the simple animations and basic character designs that were created for the original, color-less Game Boy". IGN and 1UP.com noted that the graphics had received only a minor upgrade,[116] and Eurogamer felt that the graphics had been upgraded to a "functional level at best". The audio was generally well-received: GameZone and GameSpot both felt the audio was catchy; GameZone gave the audio an 8 out of 10 score, saying that while the music "was annoying at times, [...] it's also very good. [...] I found myself humming the music when I wasn't playing". Other complaints included the removal of the time system of Gold and Silver and the inability to import Pokémon from the games of previous generations.[116]

Emerald
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Pokémon Emerald received generally positive reception and holds aggregate scores of 76/100 and 76.65% on Metacritic and GameRankings respectively. It received an award for excellence at the ninth annual CESA game awards.[122] IGN's Craig Harris stated that while he was not enthused by Emerald, he admitted that it was a solid game and that it was the best version to get for people who hadn't played Ruby or Sapphire yet. 1UP.com's Christian Nutt felt that it was the definitive version of Pokémon at the time yet was also a rehash. GameSpy's Phil Theobald felt that it was a good game in its own right but felt like the same game as Ruby and Sapphire.[123] GameSpot's Ryan Davis noted that it was a quality experience despite being similar to Ruby and Sapphire and that hardcore fans may appreciate its changes. Eurogamer's Corey Brotherson felt that it was a good game in its own right but was lacking in compelling additions. He added however that it was a better game for players new to the series.[124] Nintendo Life's Laurie Blake performed a retroactive review of Emerald; she felt that the Pokémon games have aged well but still feel like they did in 1996. She further stated that the similarities between it and Ruby and Sapphire prevented it from being a must-have while still being good.[125] Allgame's Julia Reges felt that the game had a lot of value for younger players but that older players may be uninterested. She compared Nintendo's remakes of the Pokémon games to the various Star Wars remakes.[126]

IGN's Audrey Drake praised the game for utilizing both of the villain groups and called it a "marked departure" from Ruby and Sapphire. She felt that the ability to re-battle Gym Leaders created an "exciting challenge" for players.[127] She also included Emerald, alongside Ruby and Sapphire, in a list of Game Boy Advance games that she wanted to see on the Nintendo 3DS' eShop.[128] 1UP.com's IGN's Lucas M. Thomas bemoaned the fact that he had to play through the whole game before he could play the Battle Frontier.[129] Jeremy Parish listed Emerald as one of the best games to bring onto a plane.[130] Fellow 1UP.com editor Kat Bailey included it in her list of remakes that "left the originals in the dust". She praised the Battle Frontier and its fixes for flaws found in Ruby and Sapphire.[131]

Sales

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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were highly anticipated.[132][133] In Japan, they sold 1.25 million units within the first four days of release and were the best-selling games of the 2002 holiday season;[134] sales totaled around 4.4 million within six weeks of release.[135] They also became the first games to sell 2 million copies in Japan since 2001's Final Fantasy X and the first games for a handheld console to do so since 2000's Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4.[136][h]

In North America, Nintendo sold 2.2 million units by April 2003, less than one month after the games' release in that region.[135] In the United States, Ruby and Sapphire were the second- and third-best-selling games of 2003, respectively.[137][138][139] The games enjoyed success in Europe as well.[140] Even before release, European retailers imported cartridges from the United States to meet the high demand.[141][142] Upon release, 500,000 copies were sold in its first weekend and sold 1.5 million within eight weeks.[143][144] They were the second-best-selling games of the holiday season in 2002.[145] The games were brought up at E3 2003 by Satoru Iwata as a symbol of how successful the Game Boy Advance was at the time.[146]

With 16.22 million units sold worldwide as of 2023, they are the best-selling games for the Game Boy Advance.[147][148] However, analysts noted that with "young kids...gravitating toward Yu-Gi-Oh!" at the time, Pokémon's popularity was waning even before the American release of Ruby and Sapphire.[149][150][151][152][153] This was reflected in the games' sales compared to those of previous generations: Red and Blue sold nearly 31 million units worldwide,[154] and Gold and Silver sold over 23 million units.[155][156]

Emerald
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Emerald launched in the top spot in Japan with 791,000 copies sold in its first week and 372,000 copies sold in its first day.[157] It was the fourth best-selling game in Japan for 2004. It sold 1.4 million for the year and ranked behind Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (combined), and Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.[158] The list of the top 1000 best-selling video games in Japan for 2010 featured Emerald at 779 with 7,724 copies sold for a total of 1,916,505 sold since release. It was the only Game Boy Advance game on the list.[159][160] More than 146,000 people pre-ordered copies of Emerald in the US.[161] Emerald launched in the United States at the number one position in May; it followed in June by falling to the number two spot below Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Xbox with 265,000 copies sold in that month.[162][163] It had sold 1.72 million copies worldwide by June 1, 2005.[164] It was the second best-selling game for the first half of 2005.[165] In a poll conducted by IGN, readers ranked Emerald as the most popular Game Boy Advance game for the 2005 holiday season.[166] It ranked second for the whole year of 2005 below Madden NFL 06.[167] By the end of 2005 it had sold 1.2 million in Europe and nearly 5 million worldwide.[168] To date it is one of the three best-selling Game Boy Advance games.[169] Its life-to-date sales totaled 6.32 million by the 2007 fiscal year.[170] In November 2005, Nintendo Power erroneously reported that "Total sales [from Emerald] would exceed the value of an actual emerald the size of Neptune."[171]

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