Pokemon Emerald Version
Pokemon Emerald is an extension of Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire — you’ll travel to an all-new region and explore as you face off against Team Aqua and Team Magma. An aspiring Pokemon trainer moves to tiny Littleroot Town and discovers all-new Pokemon to train and compete with — now he’s on the road to being a great trainer!
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Pokemon Emerald Version
This game is addictive, and it has great replay value. Hours of fun can be expected. Once it is beaten, there is still more to do.
3 Stars Not worth $94.98
This game is OK, but I just looked at the new price tag: $94.98? DON’T BUY THIS GAME AT THAT HIGH A PRICE. It’s not worth almost a hundred dollars. Christ…
4 Stars Pokemon Emerald
I love pokemon. Great game. Alot of fun and very addicting. I just wish they would make a game like this for the bigger systems. One that you can actually go and catch pokemon like on the TV show. Until they get smart enough to do that, I will continue to have fun with what they have out.
5 Stars Great game!!
I did get far with in the span of three days but I really love this game! It has a lot of action. I would buy it again( oh wait I did) sorry, muggers got the first one!! But I still love this game!
4 Stars One of the Best Pokemon Games
Now, I have to admit that I never played Ruby and Sapphire. I got on the “Gameboy Advance” bandwagon a bit late, and had to buy my gaming system used from the local gaming store, and bought Emerald at the same time. The last games I had played were Gold and Silver, and i was completely blown away.
I will say right now that my biggest gripe with pokemon Emerald was that I missed the original 150 pokemon, plus no in-game Eevee acquisition, which did ruffle my feathers a bit. However, the addition of Fire Red and Leaf Green to the Advance lineup mostly clears that up for me, even if I do lack a friend to trade with. Unfortunately, most pokemon gamers have moved on from the Game Boy Advance, which leaves me in a bit of a rut, but this, obviously, is not the point of the review.
Aside from the lack of a great number of kanto and johto pokemon, another gripe I had with this game was the lack of perception of time. The addition of weather was nice, but what’s the point in having an ingame clock when neither day or night is recognized? While not a huge deal, it does make evolving an eevee into Umbreon on Emerald impossible, and negates the nocturnal habits of some wild pokemon as well. Again, not anything big.
While the storyline itself is fun, “beating” the game itself is not all that hard, especially is one chooses to take Rayquazza to the Pokemon League with them. But for me, the work before the Elite Four is not really the *fun* part about the game.
The best part about this game, IMO, is the Battle Frontier. I find myself spending most of my hours logged on this game breeding and raising pokemon specifically to be on my Battle Frontier teams. While your Blaziken might have served you well before in the game, you might find that he simple doesn’t cut it in the Battle Dome, when he needs to have a wide range of moves to be able to match any opponent, or in the Temple, where you must rely on his nature in order to get through battles.
After the Elite Four, new johto pokemon appear in the Safari Zone, which also increases your pool of available pokemon for Frontier play.
All in all, I believe that this is a wonderful game, and well worth the money for any gamer, despite the small drawbacks.