Pokemon Emerald Version

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  • Summary: Like previous Pokémon games, Emerald challenges you to collect, trade, and battle Pokémon. In this extension of Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, you must stop Team Magma and Team Aqua from expanding and taking over the world of Hoenn. Help maintain the balanceLike previous Pokémon games, Emerald challenges you to collect, trade, and battle Pokémon. In this extension of Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, you must stop Team Magma and Team Aqua from expanding and taking over the world of Hoenn. Help maintain the balance by bringing your strategies and tactics onto all-new battlefields. In addition to single-player challenges, the game features multiplayer trading and battling with up to four players using a wireless adapter.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. VGPub
    95
    A fine addition to the Pokemon line-up. It is able to take everything good about Ruby and Sapphire and improve on it, both enhancing the original Ruby and Sapphire feature as well as adding new ones.
  2. Armchair Empire
    83
    Don't be fooled as I was – Pokémon Emerald is a great strategy RPG.
  3. Games Radar
    80
    Pokemon's winning concept refuses to crumble with age, and Emerald is as much fun as our old friends Red and Blue were back in 1998. [NGC Pocket]
  4. N-Insanity
    78
    If you've heartily devoured Ruby and Sapphire, however, you're probably better off waiting until the next full-fledged new adventure to check out the latest improvements.
  5. Detroit Free Press
    75
    The graphics and sound are GBA standard, which is to say cute but unimpressive (and reasonably tinny).
  6. Nintendo Power
    70
    Groundbreaking? No. A must-buy if you don't own Ruby or Sapphire? Absolutely. [June 2005, p.96]
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  7. G4 TV
    60
    Without a doubt Pokémon Emerald is the best Pokémon RPG to date, but if you've played Ruby and Sapphire and didn't care enough to catch them all and memorize all of their cute little names, then there probably isn't much here for you.

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  1. Positive: 105 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 125
  3. Negative: 5 out of 125
  1. JackS.
    Jul 11, 2005
    10
    Best pokemon game ever!
  2. Bruninho1997
    Oct 13, 2021
    10
    Muito bom!! Definitivamente este é o melhor jogo da franquia Pokémon! Muito completo e divertido!
  4. Wolfie1987
    Mar 24, 2014
    10
    The best Pokémon game for the Game Boy/Game Boy Colour/Game Boy Advance. Once again the critics don't know jack, there's a huge amount ofThe best Pokémon game for the Game Boy/Game Boy Colour/Game Boy Advance. Once again the critics don't know jack, there's a huge amount of content, it's polished to the max, 76/100? Really? For shame. These are the same people who would destroy this game if too many changes were made, "oh it doesn't feel/play like Pokémon anymore".… Expand
  5. SuyaSS
    Jan 27, 2022
    9
    Seriously great and a worthy improvement over Ruby and Sapphire. I think adding more content to the post game would have slightly improved it,Seriously great and a worthy improvement over Ruby and Sapphire. I think adding more content to the post game would have slightly improved it, the battle frontier is fine but there is Pokemon black and white postgame which is amazing. But the postgame in emerald is definetely better than Ruby and Sapphire postgame. Also , I think Steven Stone is a better champion then Wallace but both of them are pretty weak champions. It is great tho and proudly my first pokémon game completed.… Expand
  6. celtqy
    Jun 18, 2013
    9
    Great Pokemon game and especially great game for GBA.
    It had te biggest jump in graphics of all Pokemon titles (from the previous fugly and    Great Pokemon game and especially great game for GBA.
    It had te biggest jump in graphics of all Pokemon titles (from the previous fugly and hideous GSC) and it would be stupid to do a remake of this one.
    Lots of different enviroments, contests, berry blenders it was definitely also the biggest improve in the gameplay with so much added stuff.
    Best Pokemon game for its time after the original games.
    Also the third generation was the last generation that I liked (Pelipper) but that is very subjective.    … Expand
  7. Spered
    Feb 28, 2023
    8
    My favorite main series Pokémon game.
    Too much sea/ocean? It didn't bother me.
    Stupid Enemy Teams? Yes, the dumbest of the main games. I    My favorite main series Pokémon game.
    Too much sea/ocean? It didn't bother me.
    Stupid Enemy Teams? Yes, the dumbest of the main games.
    I have wonderful memories of this game, me on the bed hitting the pillow, bedposts broken several times. A great endgame, the battle park remains the best endgame ever.
    Another good thing about the game? Kyogre!    … Expand
  8. Orenji_Okami
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    La peor gen de la saga, la 5ª es mejor, la 3ª es la cosa mas simplona que he jugado en esta franquicia, villanos simplones, una regiónLa peor gen de la saga, la 5ª es mejor, la 3ª es la cosa mas simplona que he jugado en esta franquicia, villanos simplones, una región monótona y encima con mucho agua, un coñazo lo mires por donde lo mires, en su día entiendo que la gente lo flipase porque los gráficos mejoraron con respecto a la 2ª gen pero han envejecido un poco como el culo.… Expand

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#14 Best Game Boy Advance Game of 2005
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#1 Most Discussed Game Boy Advance Game of 2005
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#1 Most Shared Game Boy Advance Game of 2005