Pokémon Emerald Version ポケットモンスターエメラルド
Pokémon Emerald Version's boxart,featuringRayquaza.
Basic info
Platform:	Game Boy Advance
Category:	RPG
Players:	up to 5
Connectivity:	Game Link Cable,Wireless Adapter,e-Reader
Developer:	Game Freak
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation IIIcore series
Ratings
CERO:	全年齢 (all ages)
ESRB:	E
ACB:	G8+
OFLC:	G8+
PEGI:	3
GRAC:	Not applicable
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	September 16, 2004[1]
North America:	May 1, 2005[2]
Australia:	June 9, 2005
Europe:	October 21, 2005[3]
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Pokémon.co.jp Nintendo.co.jp
English:	Pokémon.com Nintendo.com Nintendo.co.uk
Japanese boxart Boxart of Pocket Monsters Emerald.

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Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon Emerald Version (Japanese:ポケットモンスターエメラルドPocket Monsters Emerald) is anupper version toPokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and is the fifth and finalGeneration IIIcore series game. Like the previous upper version,Pokémon Crystal, it added many features not present in the earlier paired versions. It was released in Japan on September 16, 2004, in North America on May 1, 2005, in Australia on June 9, 2005, and in Europe on October 21, 2005.

It was the second highest-selling video game of 2005 in North America. It was also the third best-selling game for theGame Boy Advance, behind the other Generation III games,Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire andPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Theplayer starts their journey inLittleroot Town, where the family has just moved from theJohto region after the player's father,Norman, became the leader of thePetalburg Gym. The story starts off with the player riding in themoving truck, which arrives in Littleroot. After exiting the truck, the player's mother explains that they have just arrived at their new home; they then enter the house together, and there areVigoroth movers carrying boxes. The player's mother suggests that the player introduce themselves toProfessor Birch, a friend of Norman's.

Upon arriving at Birch's house, his wife greets the player, and upstairs the player meetsBrendan/May (whichever is the opposite gender as the player), the child of Professor Birch who will become one of the player'srivals. After the introduction, Brendan/May soon leaves to join Birch, who is out in the field. The player then finds Birch onRoute 101, where he is being chased by aZigzagoon. Birch asks the player to take aPoké Ball out of his bag lying on the ground; the player then chooses betweenTreecko,Mudkip, andTorchic as theirfirst partner Pokémon. After choosing, a battle immediately begins with the wild Zigzagoon. After rescuing Birch, he lets the player keep the chosen Pokémon as thanks for saving him. He then tells the player to meet up with Brendan/May onRoute 103 for pointers on how to be a Trainer.

Once the player finds Brendan/May on Route 103, they have their firstbattle, after which they return to Birch's lab, where the player receives aPokédex and somePoké Balls. Outside of the lab, the player's mother gives them theRunning Shoes. Once the player arrives in Petalburg City, they meet with their father at the Gym, where he tells them that he is happy to learn that they have become a Trainer like him. During the conversation, a local boy namedWally enters the Gym and asks Norman to help him catch a Pokémon. Norman loans Wally aZigzagoon and a Poké Ball. He then asks the player to go along and help Wally with his task. OnRoute 102, Wally catches aRalts, and the Trainers then return to the Gym, where Wally gives his thanks before being called home by his mother. Norman then encourages the player to travel Hoenn and challenge the region'sGym Leaders:Roxanne,Brawly,Wattson,Flannery,Norman,Winona,Tate and Liza, andJuan.

The player then travels throughRoute 104 andPetalburg Woods; just before the exit from the woods, the player encounters the nefariousTeam Aqua. After battling, theTeam Aqua Grunt reveals that their team is after something inRustboro City.

At theRustboro Gym, the player battles Roxanne and earns theStone Badge; afterwards, the player runs into the Devon Researcher from Petalburg Woods. He tells the player that he has been robbed by Team Aqua and that the player must get theDevon Goods back from the evil team. The player then heads out ontoRoute 116 and discovers an old man namedMr. Briney who tells them that the villainous team has also taken hisWingullPeeko hostage and gone into theRusturf Tunnel. The player confronts the Team Aqua Grunt inside the tunnel and retrieves the Devon Goods, as well as rescuing Peeko.

Once the Devon Goods are returned, the researcher asks the player to deliver them to the shipyard inSlateport City. The player then meetsMr. Stone, the president of theDevon Corporation, who asks that the player stop byDewford Town and deliver a letter to his sonSteven; as thanks for the player's earlier work, Mr. Stone gives the player aPokéNav. Outside, the player meets Brendan or May, who explains that Mr. Briney had formerly been a sailor. The player then heads back through the Petalburg Woods to Mr. Briney's house, where he gives the player a ride downRoute 105 to Dewford Town. Just north of Dewford onRoute 106 is theGranite Cave where Steven is exploring. The player obtainsHM05 (Flash) at the entrance, but it will not work without theDewford Gym's Badge. After earning theKnuckle Badge from Brawly, the player can now use Flash to find Steven in the Granite Cave and deliver the letter. Steven rewards the player withTM47 (Steel Wing) and tells the player that they could potentially become the Pokémon League Champion.

After leaving Dewford Town, Mr. Briney takes the player acrossRoute 107 andRoute 108 toRoute 109, just south of Slateport City. When the player arrives in Slateport, there is a noticeable crowd ofTeam Aqua Grunts blocking the entrance to theOceanic Museum. When the player tries to drop off the Devon Goods atStern's Shipyard, they learn thatCaptain Stern is in the Oceanic Museum. Once the player finds Captain Stern, they are confronted by two Team Aqua Grunts, and after defeating them, Team Aqua's leaderArchie appears and tells the player of their plans before warning not to get in the way again.

After giving the Devon Goods to Captain Stern, the player leaves Slateport City and travelsRoute 110; after encountering and battling Brendan or May, the player arrives inMauville City. Outside of theMauville Gym, the player finds Wally and his uncle; Wally challenges the player to a battle to prove to his uncle that he is ready for the Gym. After the battle, Wally's uncle invites the player to visitVerdanturf Town sometime. Once theDynamo Badge has been earned from Wattson, the player heads to Verdanturf Town and usesRock Smash to clear the previously blocked Rusturf Tunnel, earningHM04 (Strength) as a reward. Next, the player returns to Mauville and travels throughRoute 111 andRoute 112 to theFiery Path, on the other side of which the player continues throughRoute 113 toFallarbor Town.

Inside the Fallarbor Pokémon Center, the player meetsLanette, who invites them to her house onRoute 114. At the end of Route 114 isMeteor Falls, where the player findsTeam Magma, who have stolen a valuableMeteorite fromProfessor Cozmo. Suddenly, the scene is interrupted by the appearance of Team Aqua and Archie, which causes theTeam Magma Grunts to retreat toMt. Chimney with the stolen meteorite. At the top of Mt. Chimney, Team Magma and Team Aqua can be found fighting. After defeatingMagma AdminTabitha, the player finds Magma LeaderMaxie using the Meteorite in a strange machine. Maxie then battles the player and retreats once defeated, leaving behind the Meteorite.

Taking the southern path that was blocked by the battling teams, the player exits Mt. Chimney and reachesLavaridge Town, home of theLavaridge Gym. After receiving theHeat Badge from Flannery, the player then meets Brendan or May, who gives them theGo-Goggles and suggests that they challenge their father at the Petalburg Gym. After getting theBalance Badge from Norman, the player visits Wally's father, who gives the playerHM03 (Surf).

As the player then travels throughRoute 118 (just east of Mauville City), they encounter Steven once again. Afterwards, the player continues throughRoute 119, reaching theWeather Institute, which is being attacked by Team Aqua in search of theweather Pokémon that the institute has created. After battling the Grunts and facing off withAqua AdminShelly, the player saves the institute and is given the PokémonCastform as a reward. Shortly after leaving the Weather Institute, Brendan/May appears, battles the player, and gives awayHM02 (Fly) upon defeat.

The player arrives inFortree City but cannot challenge the Gym because something invisible is blocking the entrance. OnRoute 120, the player once again meets Steven, and he gives the player theDevon Scope, which allows them to enter the Gym by revealing the invisible thing to be the PokémonKecleon. After the player defeats Winona and receives theFeather Badge, the quest continues throughRoute 120 andRoute 121 toLilycove City. OnRoute 121, there are some grunts from the evil team discussing their plan to go toMt. Pyre, and upon arriving in Lilycove, the player finds it crawling with more grunts. Outside of theLilycove Department Store, the player battles Brendan/May for the last time, who upon defeat announces his/her intention to return to Littleroot Town.

After the battle, the player heads to Mt. Pyre to drive off Team Aqua. At the summit of Mt. Pyre, the player finds the leader of the team, who has taken theRed Orb and proclaims that the young Trainer has arrived too late to stop him; the team then heads for Slateport City. Team Aqua also mentions that Team Magma had been at Mt. Pyre earlier, during which they also stole theBlue Orb. The old couple that watch over the orbs beseech the player to stop the evil teams, and they give the player theMagma Emblem.

When the player arrives back to theJagged Pass, the Magma Emblem reveals the secret opening to theMagma Hideout. Inside the hideout, the player battles against several Team Magma Grunts and Magma Admin Tabitha. After defeating Tabitha, the player continues into the hideout and finds that Maxie trying to awakenGroudon using the Blue Orb. However, upon being awaken, Groudon abruptly flees the cave. Maxie spots the player and battle them, then after being defeated, leave the hideout to pursue Groudon.

Upon returning to Slateport, the player finds that Capt. Stern has discovered an undersea cavern onRoute 128. Team Aqua then suddenly appears and takes over the captain's research submarine. Aqua Leader Archie once again taunts the player, and he mentions that the team's hideout is in Lilycove City. Once the player fights their way through to the center of the hideout, they encounterMatt, who battles the player to stall until Archie takes off in the submarine.

The player must then travelRoute 124 toMossdeep City, where the player challengesTate and Liza of theMossdeep Gym to earn theMind Badge. Meanwhile, Team Magma has invaded theMossdeep Space Center, where they plan to steal rocket fuel to jettison into Mt. Chimney, causing it to erupt. After defeating the Team Magma Grunts, the player teams up withSteven to battle Maxie and Tabitha. After defeating Team Magma, they retreat. As thanks, Steven invites the player to his home and gives themHM08 (Dive).

Heading toRoute 128 and using Dive, the player finds theSeafloor Cavern, where Team Aqua has gone. In the deepest reaches of the cavern, the player has a showdown with Archie, who then uses the Red Orb to awaken the sleepingKyogre. After being awakened, the ancient Pokémon vanishes. Just then, Maxie appears, and Archie finds that he is unable to control the Pokémon. Everyone heads back to the surface, where it's revealed that the weather all over Hoenn is out of control. Maxie and Archie agree to work together, and they head to Sootopolis City.

Back at Sootopolis City, Groudon and Kyogre are fighting. Steven leads the player into theCave of Origin, introducing them toWallace, the city's formerGym Leader. Wallace tells the player thatRayquaza, which can be found atSky Pillar, can put a stop to Groudon and Kyogre's fighting. And in haste, Wallace leaves for Sky Pillar.

At Sky Pillar, Wallace meets the player and unlocks the entrance. Wallace instructs the player to meet Rayquaza at the top of tower while he heads back to check on Sootopolis City. Upon reaching the top, the player interacts with Rayquaza, who awakens and flies off to Sootopolis City. Back at Sootopolis City, Rayquaza descends from the sky and lets out a cry to Groudon and Kyogre, causing the two to retreat. Rayquaza then flies back to Sky Pillar, and the weather in Hoenn returns to normal. Maxie and Archie, acknowledging their mistakes, return to Mt. Pyre to return the stolen orbs. In gratitude, Wallace gives the playerHM07 (Waterfall) and allows them entry into the Sootopolis Gym to challengeJuan, who rewards theRain Badge upon defeat. After this point, the player may return to Sky Pillar at a chance of battling and capturing Rayquaza.

After collecting all eight badges, the player can challenge theElite Four atEver Grande City. After defeating them, it is revealed that Wallace has become the region's Champion. After being defeated, Wallace will induct the player into the Hall of Fame.

After entering the Hall of Fame, various post-game features are unlocked.Latias orLatios (depending on which color the player recalls from the TV report) will begin roaming across Hoenn.Groudon andKyogre can also be found inTerra Cave andMarine Cave, respectively. The location of these caves are frequently changing and can be determined at the Weather Institute. Steven can also be found deep withinMeteor Falls, where he will challenge the player to a battle. Lastly, the player will gain access to theBattle Frontier via theS.S. Tidal.

Blurb

TheHoenn region is unstable — Rayquaza has awakened! Your skills as a Trainer will be challenged like they've never been challenged before as you try to maintain balance betweenKyogre &Groudon. Prove your skill by earning Badges & gaining access to theBattle Frontier — the front line of Pokémon battling that offers a whole new level of competition. Never-before-experienced battles await you!

• The third adventure with new episodes in the Hoenn region!
• Tons of new features, including surprising plot twists and changes to where and how often you can catch certain Pokémon!
• Use the Game Boy AdvanceWireless Adapter to trade & battle between Pokémon Emerald andPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions.
• Expand your collection when you trade with a friend. Using a Game Boy Advance Game Link™, link up withPokémon Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen, or connect withPokémon Colosseum using aNintendo GameCube® Game Boy Advance cable. See instruction booklet for more details.

Changes from Ruby and Sapphire

Gameplay

• e-Reader support is removed from the international releases, requiringplayers tomix records with a Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, or LeafGreen cartridge containing e-Reader-exclusive items in order to obtain them.
• Groudon and Kyogre are now respectively captured at the new locationsTerra Cave andMarine Cave and at higher levels.
• The entrances to the Team Magma and Team Aqua Hideouts are not sealed after defeatingTate and Liza.
• ThePokémon roaming acrossHoenn,Latias orLatios, can be selected right after entering theHall of Fame. The one that is not selected is available onSouthern Island, requiring the promotionalEon Ticket.
• Thelegendary giants' puzzles are slightly different, though the same in principle.
• Multi Battles are available outside link-cable battling, being featured in theBattle Tower with a computer player (or, using the Wireless Adapter, a human player), as well as through an in-game plot event at theMossdeep Space Center, battling alongsideSteven.
• Double Battles are more common as different Trainers can team up if the player is able to be spotted by two Trainers at once.
• Gym Leaders may be rebattled in Double Battles, with new Pokémon on their teams that are not normally found in Hoenn.
• The Trainer's Eyes in thePokéNav is replaced by Match Call, which integrated a calling system similar to thePokégear cellphone.
• Chikorita,Cyndaquil, orTotodile may be acquired from Professor Birch after obtaining every Pokémon in theHoenn Pokédex (excludingJirachi andDeoxys).
• Deoxys is in its Speed Forme.
• Abilities have newfield effects. For example, Abilities also have a role in breeding asMagma Armor andFlame Body speed up the hatching process if a Pokémon which has either Ability is in the party.
• Pickup has a new item list; Pokémon pick up items based on theirlevel.
• Having afemale Pokémon orDitto of the breeding pair hold anEverstone grants a 50% chance of passing down theirnature to the hatched Pokémon when breeding.
• Raisingfriendship and loweringeffort values can be done with certainBerries.
• Battle Tents replaceContest Halls inVerdanturf Town,Fallarbor Town, andSlateport City. Instead,Pokémon Contests of all fourranks take place inLilycove City.
• UnlikeRuby and Sapphire, trade restrictions between games are in place. Trading with Ruby and Sapphire as well as with another Emerald only allows trading of Pokémon indigenous toHoenn while the player possesses only the country'sregional Pokédex, while theNational Pokédex is required to trade withFireRed and LeafGreen andXD: Gale of Darkness. This restriction also includesPokémon Eggs from Ruby or Sapphire regardless if it contains a regional Pokémon. However, trading withColosseum only requires theHoenn Pokédex regardless of the Pokémon being traded.
• All theGym Leaders from Ruby and Sapphire, including former Gym LeaderWallace, have upgraded Pokémon teams. Changes include the addition of Pokémon they did not have in Ruby and Sapphire, or in rare cases the removal of some of their previous Pokémon.
• When encountering either of the villainous team leaders, the game will now play the encounter theme and battle animation of their respective team, unlike in Ruby and Sapphire in which they had no encounter theme and used the standard battle animation.
• Brendan andMay now use different Pokémon in their battles compared toRuby and Sapphire.

Areas

• The passage betweenVerdanturf Town andRoute 117 was widened.Route 118 was also modified slightly.
• The layouts of the puzzles in theTrick House were changed.
• The Fossils (Root Fossil,Claw Fossil) in the desert are now found in a short-lived tower calledMirage Tower that sinks into the ground once a Fossil is chosen. However, the other Fossil can now be acquired after entering the Hall of Fame.
• TheBattle Tower has been replaced by theBattle Frontier, which includes sevenbattle facilities, one of which is the Battle Tower.
  • The Battle Frontier is the only place to find wildSmeargle (insideArtisan Cave) andSudowoodo (only one) in the Generation III handheld games.
• TheDesert Underpass was added, which allows the player to obtain the Fossil they did not choose, and allows the player to encounter wildDitto.
• New areas are added to theSafari Zone, introducing 16 evolutionary lines first discovered inJohto. For many of these Pokémon this is the only handheld game in which they are available, although several of them are also available in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Terra Cave andMarine Cave, accessible only after entering the Hall of Fame, are home to Groudon and Kyogre, respectively. Thecaves are not fixed to one location, and in order to track them, it is necessary to investigate the unusual patterns concluded by theWeather Institute.
• Mew appears onFaraway Island, an island that is located remote from Hoenn. Reaching the island requires a special promotional item, theOld Sea Map, which was only distributed to Japanese players for a limited time.
• While Team Aqua'shideout is still inLilycove City just like inSapphire, Team Magma'shideout has been moved toa hidden cave atJagged Pass and has been given a completely new design. Also, Magma Hideout is now where Groudon is first encountered.
• TheCave of Origin has two floors instead of five.
• When visited for the first time, theSky Pillar appears intact with almost no cracked floors to speak of. It returns to its incarnation fromPokémon Ruby and Sapphire complete with cracked floors and debris onceRayquaza becomes catchable.

Storyline

• BothTeam Magma andTeam Aqua are featured as the villainous teams, each stirring trouble at different stages in the game. The objective of each team, to awakenGroudon andKyogre, respectively, is eventually fulfilled.
  • All encounters fromPokémon Ruby and Sapphire except for the one atMt. Chimney feature Team Aqua as the villains,the hideout next to Lilycove City is also theirs. In addition to appearing at Mt. Chimney, Team Magma are also featured in two new events: the one attheir new hideout and the one at theMossdeep Space Center. Both teams also steal the respective Orbs atMt. Pyre, leaving none to the player.
  • Instead of a drought or a downpour, the weather crisis in this game is a phenomenon where the two alternate. The background music played during the crisis is a slowed down version of the downpour theme fromPokémon Sapphire.
• Rayquaza is prominent plot-wise, awakened in order to stop the destructive battle between Groudon and Kyogre. It is now the one out of the three ancient Pokémon that can be caught prior to entering the Hall of Fame, while still at the same place and at the same high level as in Ruby and Sapphire.

Characters

• Brendan andMay have slight changes to the design of their outfits, primarily from the change in color scheme from red to green (tying into the game being named "Emerald").
• Vigoroth move boxes into Brendan's or May's house instead ofMachoke (though the cries are not changed in the Japanese version due to an oversight, but this was corrected in the localizations).
• AZigzagoon chasesProfessor Birch instead of aPoochyena. In contrast, the firstPokémon Trainer fought after therival has a Poochyena instead of a Zigzagoon.
• Pokémon Center ladies now wear hats with a cross on them.
• Contest Lady, Quiz Lady, or Favor Lady appear in Lilycove Pokémon Center.
• NewMove Tutors added, including most of the ones in FireRed and LeafGreen (all butFrenzy Plant,Blast Burn andHydro Cannon), along with 15 others that teach moves previously acquired throughGeneration IITMs.
• A new Gym Leader in theSootopolis Gym,Juan, while its former Gym Leader Wallace is now the Pokémon Champion.
• The former ChampionSteven can be fought inMeteor Falls after entering the Hall of Fame, with all of his Pokémon at exactly 20 levels higher than in Ruby and Sapphire.
• Scott, a new character introduced in Emerald, will meet the player numerous times throughout the game, ultimately inviting the player to theBattle Frontier after they enter the Hall of Fame.

Graphics

• The Lv text next to Pokémon's names in battle was adjusted to look neater.
• Animated Pokémon entrance sprites return for the first time sincePokémon Crystal. This feature was defined as standard for the core series Pokémon games ever since. Emerald is also the first game to have animated back sprites.
• The stats window that appears on level up was changed to cover up the HP bar instead of being pushed to the top of the screen.
• The dialogue box border changes from blue to green. The background in the introduction, where the player chooses their gender and name, is also filled with green instead of yellow. These were made primarily to match the game's theme color.
• The cave floor design has slightly changed.
• Brendan's house has blue rugs, while May's has pink rugs. In Ruby and Sapphire, both houses had red rugs.
• EveryGym has received at least a slight renovation due to the addition of Trainers for the option of Double Battles. Some of these Gyms received complete overhauls in their designs, such as theMossdeep Gym, which was given a new, rearranged puzzle that theplayer must navigate through. All Gyms now have the Badge mounted on the wall behind the Leader.
• The color of theChampion's room at the Pokémon League was recolored from its original shade of purple to blue.
• The text and required actions inSealed Chamber have changed slightly.
• TheLegendary Pokémon battle intros include a different animation before moving into the battle scene. This animation involves the body patterns of thesuper-ancient Pokémon and thelegendary giants's braille eye patterns.
• A young girl now blocksRoute 101 instead of a young boy.

Incorporated from FireRed and LeafGreen

Although Emerald is a modified version ofRuby and Sapphire, a number of changes occurred to make it more similar toFireRed and LeafGreen.

• All items have icons, which can be seen in the Bag and the PC.Held items can also be moved in the Pokémon Storage System.
• Wartortle uses its updated design with a light purple-blue color instead of bright blue,Poliwhirl uses its updated design with mitten-like hands, andMr. Mime uses its updated design withfive-fingered hands. As such, they are the only Pokémon that have different sprites to Ruby and Sapphire. Outside of battling and trading with FRLG, Poliwhirl can be seen in rematches withJuan, and all three can be seen in theBattle Frontier.
• Wireless linking withUnion Room, as in FireRed and LeafGreen.
• TheMystery Gift system from FireRed and LeafGreen is added, and relies on bothe-Reader andGame Boy Advance Wireless Adapter in Japan (e-Reader support was removed from overseas releases), being available alongsideMystery Events in the Japanese version.
• A new battle area,Trainer Hill, which is similar toTrainer Tower found in FireRed and LeafGreen. Has support for the e-Reader in the Japanese version.
• The wireless minigamesPokémon Jump andDodrio Berry Picking were added and are found on the Game Corner inMossdeep City, which replaces the e-ReaderTrainer house from Ruby and Sapphire.
• ThePokémon List interface was updated to match the one in FireRed and LeafGreen. The background color was changed but other elements like the largerHP bar and colon-lesslevel indicator are unaltered.Field move entries also appear in the Pokémon List's menu after the entry for thePokémon's status screen, as in FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • This creates some inconsistencies, however: theHP bar shown during thebattleHUD is the smaller one from Ruby and Sapphire, and in the Japanese version, the HUD's level indicator also uses a colon for levels lower than 100 like Ruby and Sapphire (e.g.:Lv:45 as opposed toLv45).
• The text font has been changed to one very similar to that of FireRed and LeafGreen.
• ThePP counter for a move now changes color depending on how many points are left.
• The two event locations from FireRed and LeafGreen,Navel Rock andBirth Island, make a return.
• Altering Cave, from FireRed and LeafGreen, appears in Emerald.
• Stars pop out of aPoké Ball after a successful capture, rather than no animation happening.
• All of the music tracks from FireRed and LeafGreen were inserted into Emerald, but only a handful are actually used:
  • Thecaught Pokémon fanfare was changed to the one from FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • Navel Rock playsSevii Islands.
  • Altering Cave playsCaves of Mt. Moon.
  • Battles with the non-HoennLegendary PokémonHo-Oh andLugia in Navel Rock playBattle! (Legendary Pokémon) from FireRed and LeafGreen. Encountering and battlingDeoxys in Birth Island also playsDeoxys Appears andBattle! (Deoxys), respectively, like in FireRed and LeafGreen. The battle withMew inFaraway Island plays a new theme exclusive to Emerald,Battle! (Mew), which is a more intense version of the aforementionedBattle! (Legendary Pokémon).

Missing Pokémon

TheseHoenn Pokédex Pokémon are missing from Emerald and must be traded to the game from another Generation III game to be obtained. WhilewildSurskit can appear in Emerald, the player needs tomix records with a copy of Ruby or Sapphire in order for Surskit to appear by way ofswarming; otherwise, Surskit cannot be legitimately caught without the aid of another game.

These Pokémon can all be obtained inPokémon XD: Gale of Darkness alone.

Missing Pokémon
0283 Surskit Bug Water RS 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying RS 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic RS 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic RS 0315 Roselia Grass Poison RS 0335 Zangoose Normal R 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic S

Connectivity

Emerald maintained similar levels of compatibility as its companion gamesPokémon Ruby and Sapphire andPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. This utilizes the traditionalGame Link Cable, or alternatively, theGBA Wireless Adapter if connecting with FireRed and LeafGreen. The game is also able to trade withColosseum andXD: Gale of Darkness using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Game Link cable. Emerald cannot trade for Pokémon outside the Hoenn Pokédex (unless Colosseum is trading these Pokémon to Emerald) and cannot trade Pokémon with FireRed, LeafGreen, or XD Gale of Darkness until the player reaches theHall of Fame and the National Pokédex is unlocked, while Colosseum/XD Gale of Darkness must beat the main storyline and FireRed/LeafGreen must fix the Network Machine in order to trade with Emerald.

Trading between each of these games is possible, but not with games from GenerationsI andII.

While Emerald cannot trade directly with theGeneration IV gamesPokémon Diamond, Pearl,Platinum,HeartGold, and SoulSilver, a player's Pokémon may be permanently transferred viaPal Park, and some of theGeneration II Pokémon introduced into theHoenn Safari Zone extension can be found using thedual-slot mode.

Localization changes

• In Emerald, a portion of the fourth room in Trick House has been altered in international versions, to make it harder for player to trap themselves and be forced to start the puzzle from the beginning.
• InTrainer Hill, the international releases had e-Reader battle card compatibilities removed as those cards were never released outside of Japan due to the poor sales of the e-Reader in the US. The player is instead offered a number of predefined layouts to choose from, making a number of rewards only obtainable in the Japanese version.
• TheOld Sea Map was only distributed in Japan and Taiwan, both for the Japanese version of Pokémon Emerald. This item grants access toFaraway Island, where a level 30 wildMew can be found.
  • In languages other than Japanese, Mew was distributed directly inseveral other events for theGeneration III games. Since the Old Sea Map was never distributed for those language versions, the Faraway Island is not legitimately accessible. This event is still able to work as intended if the player obtains the Old Sea Map by usingcheating methods.

Dialogue changes

• In the language versions other than Japanese, there is a non-player character onRoute 111 who claims that theHM06 (Rock Smash) is obtained from his uncle. In the Japanese version, that character simply refers to theRock Smash Guy which includes the word 「オヤジ」 meaning either "old man" or "uncle", not specifically his uncle.
• As a result of adialogue oversight in the French and Spanish versions of Pokémon Emerald, inside the house to the west of thePokémon Center inMossdeep City, there is aSkitty identified asDelcatty.
  • This was also the case in all language versions ofPokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but it was fixed in the English, Japanese, German, and Italian versions of Pokémon Emerald.

Localization changes shared by Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Main article:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions → Localization changes shared by Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Localization changes shared by Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire

Main article:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions → Localization changes shared by Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire

Reception

Many reviews criticized Emerald for being too similar to Ruby and Sapphire, withGame Informer stating that "there simply aren't enough changes to make this a must-buy."^[4] However,IGN gave the game a "Great" rating of 8.0/10, stating that there are "special, newly-created treats sprinkled throughout the experience to make experiencing this repeat worthwhile."^[5] Gaming magazineFamitsu gave Pokémon Emerald a score of 34 out of 40. It holds a rating of 76.65% onGameRankings, based on 29 reviews.^[6]

Sales

As of March 31, 2007, Pokémon Emerald has sold 6.32 million copies worldwide, making it the lowest selling core series Pokémon game on the Game Boy Advance.^[7]

Japanese sales

Pokémon Emerald sold 790,527 units on its first week on the Japanese market,^[8] with asell-through of 91.37%. By January 2, 2011, the end of its 329th week, it had sold 1,916,505 copies.

Staff

Main article:Staff of Pokémon Emerald

Music

Main article:Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire: Super Music Collection

The soundtrack contains all of the background music used in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (the basis for a majority of the music in Pokémon Emerald), composed byJunichi Masuda,Gō Ichinose, andMorikazu Aoki. However, the soundtrack does not includethe remastered music fromPokémon Gold, Silver, andCrystal or the other unused music, all of which are present in the internal data of Ruby and Sapphire, as well as Emerald.

Main article:Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen: Super Music Collection

The entire soundtrack is present in the internal data of Emerald; however, only select pieces of music are used during gameplay.

Main article:Pokémon Black 2 & Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection

Several music tracks exclusive to Emerald went officially unreleased until 2012, when they were included with the official soundtrack ofPokémon Black 2 and White 2. These Emerald-exclusive tracks comprise tracks 1-17 of Disc 4 of the soundtrack.

Development cycle

Main article:Pokémon Emerald beta

Internal battery life

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Clock-based events in this game as well asPokémon Ruby and Sapphire are controlled by a CR1616 lithium battery in the game cartridge. When starting up a file, players may receive a notification that the internal battery has run dry, and that clock-based events will no longer occur. This does not affect the save file or progress in the game, only events that happen in real-time, such as berry growth or theShoal Cave tides.

Even after replacing the battery, symptoms may persist in existing save files. This is because as soon as the battery runs dry, the timestamp associated with real-time events (that had been increasing steadily since the file was created) reverts to its initial value. This means that if the game was played for 5 years before the battery ran dry, it would take 5 years with a new battery for the new timestamp to catch up to the old value and for time to "progress" once more.Furlock's Forest details this issue and possible solutions.

Starting a new save file after the battery is replaced will fix the problem because all events will be triggered relative to a new timestamp.

Gallery

Logos

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  English logo
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  Japanese logo

Title screens

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  English title screen
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  Japanese title screen

Boxart

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  UK cover

Promotions

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  2005 promotional poster for Pokémon Emerald.

Trivia

• Pokémon Emerald is the last game where it is not mandatory for the player to encounter the box art Legendary in battle.
• Groudon andKyogre appear inFiore afterPokémon Ranger's ending. The two seem to have been injured in a battle, which took place inHoenn, according to Emerald.
• Along withPokémon Ruby and Sapphire, this was the only Pokémon game to feature a clock that does not have a day/night system.
• The game uses a faulty implementation of thepseudorandom number generator used inGeneration III andIV games, which allows literally identicalpersonality values for a Pokémon even after multiple resets. The game neglects to reseed the PRNG on startup (only doing so when the adventure is begun), which means that the personality values of an encountered Pokémon follow a predictable sequence once the seed is found and/or forced.
• Pokémon Emerald has many similarities withPokémon Platinum:
  • Both are the third versions of their respective storylines.
  • Both add aBattle Frontier in the place of the regionalBattle Tower.
  • Both are represented by the final member of aLegendary trio which was not confirmed to be part of it beforehand.
  • Both share features with theremakes of their generation that are not present in the original paired games.
  • Both added the ability to rematchGym Leaders after obtaining theNational Pokédex.
  • Both allow the player to capture both of thegame mascots from the original paired games.
• Emerald is the onlyupper version where other core series games released between it and the paired versions it improves upon, asFireRed and LeafGreen's release directly followedRuby and Sapphire's.
• Emerald was the last Nintendo game with a specially coloredcartridge.
  • However, sinceNintendo DS cartridges that include a built-in infrared sensor are black,Pokémon Black 2 is technically the last Pokémon game to have the color of its cartridge match its name.
• Pokémon Emerald is the final core series game released on theGame Boy line ofNintendo handheld video game consoles.
• Once this game was released, it became possible to complete theNational Pokédex in all theGeneration IIIcore series games entirely with Pokémon obtained in those games. Before the release of Pokémon Emerald, completing the National Pokédex in this generation would require some trades withPokémon Colosseum.
• Various retailers had a special tin with aFrontier Pass as apre-order bonus with Pokémon Emerald.^[9]
• During rematches withRoxanne,Flannery andWinona, their Pokémon are male instead of female. This is due to an oversight or limitation in the code where double battles can't match the gender of the Pokémon to the Trainer.
• No Generation ILegendary Pokémon can be encountered in this game, although, the only Generation IMythical Pokémon,Mew, can be encountered.
• This is the last core series games to utilizewired communication.

In other languages

References

Related articles

• Staff of Pokémon Emerald
• Emerald walkthrough
• Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

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