Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

***Pokémon Ruby*** and ***Sapphire*** are two role-playing games made by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld on November 21, 2002. They are the third main generation of games in the Pokémon series, and increased the number of Pokémon to 386. The games were extremely successful when they were released, although the developers described the games as very difficult and stressful to make.

_Pokémon Ruby_ and _Sapphire_ had a remake called _Pokémon Emerald_, which changed a few things, and added a Battle Frontier. Another remake, _Omega Ruby_ and _Alpha Sapphire_, was released for the Nintendo 3DS on November 21, 2014.

## Gameplay

The games added many new things, such as a new computer storing system. There were also 100 new Pokémon added. The battle system was changed a lot, and added double battles. Abilities and natures were added to make the game more interesting and affect the way Pokémon grow and develop. Pokémon Contests were a new feature in which you perform that are rated on their "condition" by a judge, like a beauty pageant. Sweets called Pokéblocks were added to treat Pokémon as well as raise a certain stat point.

## Plot

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire take place in a region called Hoenn, which is based on an island in Japan. There are 15 cities and many are connected by areas called routes. The main character of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire is a child who has recently moved to Littleroot Town.  The player chooses either Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko as his or her starter Pokémon from Professor Birch. His or her rival May (if the player is a girl) or Brendan (if the player is a boy), is also a Pokémon Trainer.

The story follows the player as they defeat Teams Aqua and Team Magma, crime groups who want to use Pokémon to change the weather in Hoenn. In Ruby, Team Magma, want to use the legendary Pokémon Groudon to dry up the oceans of Hoenn and increase the amount of land; in Sapphire, the Team Aqua are the villains and they try to Kyogre, to increase the Hoenn's water levels.

The player first meets the Team in the Petalburg Woods, where he or she rescues a worker from Devon and recovers a package. Upon arriving in Fallarbor Town, the player finds that Professor Cozmo, an astronomer, has been kidnapped by Aqua or Magma. they find Cozmo in Meteor Falls, but they escape to Mt. Chimney, a volcano, with a meteorite. The player follows Aqua/Magma to Mt. Chimney where they are going to use the meteorite to make the volcano erupt. The player defeats the Team's leader and returns the meteorite to Professor Cozmo. Shortly after, Aqua/Magma again tries to change the region's weather by stealing a Castform, a Pokémon with the ability to change the weather, from the Weather Institute. After the player reaches Mt. Pyre, a large mountain and Pokémon cemetery, Aqua/Magma steal an orb that can control a legendary Pokémon (Groudon in Ruby, Kyogre in Sapphire). Aqua/Magma then steal a submarine from Captain Stern in Slateport City; the player, however, breaks into the team's hideout, but is not able to stop the submarine. The Team then travel with the orb to the Seafloor Cavern, where Groudon or Kyogre sleeps; the team then uses the orb to wake up the legendary Pokémon. Once awakened, the Pokémon travels to the Cave of Origin and causes a drought (Ruby) or rainstorms (Sapphire). When the player beats or catches the Pokémon, Hoenn's weather returns to normal. The player can then collect the rest of the Pokémon in the game.

## Music

The music of _Ruby_ and _Sapphire_ is entirely game music; all speech is on-screen as text. The music was composed and arranged by Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose and Morikazu Aoki, and have no lyrics, apart from for two tracks with vocals, "Trick Master" and "Slateport City". The soundtrack of the game was released by Mediafactory in Japan on April 26, 2003; the album reached #297 on the Oricon charts and was there for one week. Junichi Masuda wrote only  battle tunes, Go Ichinose wrote most of the town, route, fanfare & 'Spotted' tunes, whereas Morikazu Aoki did the remainder. The music of these games is very famous for its too much use of trumpets.

|style="width:12em; text-align:left;"|**Disc 1**|||||
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|1|タイトルデモ～ホウエン地方の旅立ち|Title Demo: Travels around Hoenn|Go Ichinose|0:36||
|2|タイトルデモ２～ダブルバトル～|Title Demo 2: Double Battle|Go Ichinose|0:15||
|3|タイトル～メインテーマ～|Title: Main Theme|Go Ichinose|1:42||
|4|オープニングセレクト|Opening Selection|Morikazu Aoki|1:13||
|5|ミシロタウン|Mishiro Town|Go Ichinose|1:28||
|6|オダマキ研究所|Odamaki Research Institute|Morikazu Aoki|0:52||
|7|ハルカ|Haruka|Go Ichinose|1:00||
|8|たすけてくれ！|Help Me!|Go Ichinose|0:22||
|9|戦闘！野生ポケモン|Battle! Wild Pokémon|Junichi Masuda|1:29||
|10|野生ポケモンに勝利！|Wild Pokémon Defeated!|Morikazu Aoki|0:23||
|11|１０１番道路|Route 101|Morikazu Aoki|0:59||
|12|コトキタウン|Kotoki Town|Morikazu Aoki|1:05||
|13|ポケモンセンター|Pokémon Center|Go Ichinose|1:03||
|14|回復|Recovery|Morikazu Aoki|0:05||
|15|視線！たんぱんこぞう|Look! Youngster in Shorts|Morikazu Aoki|0:29||
|16|視線！ミニスカート|Look! Miniskirt|Go Ichinose|0:27||
|17|戦闘！トレーナー|Battle! Trainer|Junichi Masuda|2:19||
|18|トレーナーに勝利！|Trainer Defeated!|Go Ichinose|0:31||
|19|レベルアップ|Level Up|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|20|トウカシティ|Touka City|Morikazu Aoki|1:04||
|21|連れて行く|Come with Me|Go Ichinose|0:47||
|22|１０４番道路|Route 104|Go Ichinose|1:10||
|23|トウカの森|Touka Forest|Morikazu Aoki|1:04||
|24|マグマ団登場！|Team Magma Appears|Go Ichinose|0:45||
|25|戦闘！アクア・マグマ団|Battle! Team Aqua/Magma|Junichi Masuda|2:33||
|26|アクア・マグマ団に勝利！|Defeated Team Aqua/Magma!|Go Ichinose|0:26||
|27|カナズミシティ|Kanazumi City|Go Ichinose|1:42||
|28|トレーナーズスクール|Trainers School|Go Ichinose|1:03||
|29|海を越えて|Crossing the Sea|Go Ichinose|0:55||
|30|ムロタウン|Muro Town|Go Ichinose|1:51||
|31|視線！うきわガール|Look! A Girl|Morikazu Aoki|0:32||
|32|カイナシティ|Kaina City|Go Ichinose|1:55||
|33|海の科学博物館|Museum of Oceanography|Morikazu Aoki|1:47||
|34|１１０番道路|Route 110|Morikazu Aoki|1:03||
|35|サイクリング|Cycling|Go Ichinose|1:25||
|36|ゲームコーナー|Game Corner|Go Ichinose|1:44||
|37|当たり！|You Got It!|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|38|残念|Regret|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|39|ＢＤタイム|BD Time|Morikazu Aoki|0:22||
|40|大当たり！|You Hit the Jackpot!|Morikazu Aoki|0:05||
|41|シダケタウン！|Shidake Town!|Go Ichinose|1:14||
|42|１１３番道路|Route 113|Go Ichinose|1:38||
|43|ふたごちゃん|Her Twins|Go Ichinose|0:25||
|44|ハジツゲタウン|Hajitsuge Town|Go Ichinose|1:25||
|45|ロープウェイ|Rope Way|Go Ichinose|0:14||
|46|えんとつやま|Mt. Chimney|Go Ichinose|1:50||
|47|視線！やまおとこ|Look! Hiker|Go Ichinose|0:35||
|48|１１１番道路|Route 111|Go Ichinose|1:13||
|49|ジム|Gym|Morikazu Aoki|0:59||
|50|戦闘！ジムリーダー|Battle! Gym Leader|Junichi Masuda|1:46||
|51|ジムリーダーに勝利！|Gym Leader Defeated!|Morikazu Aoki|1:12||
|52|バッジゲット|Get Badge|Morikazu Aoki|0:07||
|53|わざマシンゲット|Get Work Machine|Morikazu Aoki|0:05||
|54|なみのり|Surfing|Morikazu Aoki|2:13|}|
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|1|１１９番道路|Route 119|Go Ichinose|1:48||
|2|ヒワマキシティ|Hiwamaki City|Morikazu Aoki|0:55||
|3|１２０番道路|Route 120|Morikazu Aoki|1:32||
|4|インタビュアー|Interviewer|Go Ichinose|0:28||
|5|サファリゾーン|Safari Zone|Go Ichinose|0:52||
|6|視線！ジェントルマン|Look! Gentlemen|Go Ichinose|0:42||
|7|ミナモシティ|Minamo City|Go Ichinose|1:27||
|8|美術館|Art Museum|Morikazu Aoki|2:09||
|9|わざ忘れ|Forget Technique|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|10|ユウキ|Yuuki|Go Ichinose|0:53||
|11|戦闘！ユウキ・ハルカ|Battle! Yuuki/Haruka|Junichi Masuda|1:44||
|12|進化|Evolution|Morikazu Aoki|0:33||
|13|進化おめでとう|Congratulations on Your Evolution|Morikazu Aoki|0:05||
|14|フレンドリィショップ|Friendly Shop|Go Ichinose|1:16||
|15|おくりびやま|Okuribi Mountain|Go Ichinose|1:38||
|16|視線！サイキッカー|Look! Psychic|Go Ichinose|0:30||
|17|視線！オカルトマニア|Look! Occult Maniac|Go Ichinose|0:50||
|18|おくりびやま外壁|Okuribi Mountain Outer Wall|Go Ichinose|1:49||
|19|アジト|Secret Base|Go Ichinose|1:04||
|20|どうぐゲット|Get Tool|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|21|アクア団登場！|Team Aqua Appears!|Go Ichinose|0:50||
|22|戦闘！アクア・マグマ団のリーダー|Battle! Team Aqua/Magma's Leader|Junichi Masuda|2:12||
|23|目覚める超古代ポケモン|Awakening the Super-Ancient Pokémon|Morikazu Aoki|0:13||
|24|日照り|Drought|Go Ichinose|1:05||
|25|大雨|Heavy Rain|Go Ichinose|0:55||
|26|ダイビング|Dive|Go Ichinose|1:55||
|27|ルネシティ|Rune city|Go Ichinose|1:32||
|28|めざめのほこら|Small Shrine Mezame|Morikazu Aoki|1:18||
|29|戦闘！超古代ポケモン|Battle! The Super-Ancient Pokémon|Junichi Masuda|1:29||
|30|視線！ビキニのおねえさん|Look! Bikini Girl|Morikazu Aoki|0:31||
|31|サイユウシティ|Saiyuu City|Go Ichinose|1:34||
|32|きのみゲット|Get Berry|Morikazu Aoki|0:04||
|33|コンテストロビー|Contest Lobby|Go Ichinose|0:55||
|34|コンテスト！|Contest!|Go Ichinose|1:08||
|35|結果発表|Announcement of the Results|Go Ichinose|0:37||
|36|コンテスト優勝|Contest Championship|Go Ichinose|0:32||
|37|おふれのせきしつ|Ohure No Sekishitsu|Go Ichinose|1:04||
|38|戦闘！レジロック・レジアイス・レジスチル|Battle! Regirock, Regice, and Registeel|Junichi Masuda|1:28||
|39|カラクリ屋敷|Trick House|Go Ichinose|1:10||
|40|すてられぶね|The Abandoned Ship|Morikazu Aoki|1:11||
|41|バトルタワー|The Battle Tower|Morikazu Aoki|1:10||
|42|チャンピオンロード|Champion Road|Go Ichinose|1:21||
|43|視線！エリートトレーナー|Look! Elite Trainer|Go Ichinose|0:49||
|44|四天王登場|The Elite Four Appear|Go Ichinose|0:47||
|45|戦闘！四天王|Battle! The Elite Four|Junichi Masuda|1:47||
|46|チャンピオンダイゴ|Champion Daigo|Go Ichinose|0:51||
|47|決戦！ダイゴ|Decisive Battle! Daigo!|Junichi Masuda|1:51||
|48|ダイゴに勝利！|Daigo Is Defeated!|Morikazu Aoki|0:53||
|49|栄光の部屋|Hall of Fame|Go Ichinose|0:59||
|50|殿堂入り|Induction into the Hall of Fame|Go Ichinose|1:09||
|51|エンディング|Ending|Go Ichinose|2:26||
|52|The End||Go Ichinose|2:16||
|53|Trick Master||Kenji Tominaga|2:20||
|54|Slateport City||Horiko Takano|3:27||
|55|Steven Stone||Junichi Masuda|3:16|}|

## Infobox (video game)

- **image**: Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Logos.png
- **developer**: Game Freak
- **publisher**: Nintendo
- **series**: Pokémon
- **genre**: Console role-playing game
- **modes**: Single player, multiplayer game, multiplayer
- **platforms**: Game Boy Advance
- **composer**: Go Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Morikazu Aoki