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Artwork by Ken Sugimori
Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire
Developer: Game Freak
Publishers: Nintendo
Platforms: GBA
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Spending an extra two months in development to implement online play TLL’s version contains a few notable changes.
Day/Night Cycle
The Day/Night Cycle from Gen 2 is kept, besides the visual effects of the Day/night shift some Pokemon like Tailow are more plentiful during the morning while Poochyena is found more frequently at night.
Days of the Week
Each day of the week has a random chance of either harsh sunlight or rain on certain areas. These areas include Mauville City, Lilycove City, Mossdeep City, Sootopolis City, Ever Grande City, Route 110, Route 118, Route 123, Route 124, Route 125, Route 126, Route 127, and Route 128, Route 129, Route 130, Route 131. Route 119 and Fortree City rains every 4 out of the 7 days of the week. Dewford Town, Route 105, Route 107, Route 108, Route 109 and Slateport City have harsh sunlight every 4 out of 7 days of the week.
Another mechanic of the day of the week system is every 2 out of 7 days random areas will have their wild encounters be double battles for the whole day. These double battles give you a chance to capture a Pokemon from the other version. For example, in Ruby version encountering a wild Solrock during a double battle gives you a 3% chance of encountering a wild Lunatone.
Due to how late in the game this feature was added in there's a development oversight. If an area has double battle wild encounters activated for the day and you encounter the roaming Legendary Pokemon Latias or Latios then it's possible to encounter both of them in a double battle. Though due to how wild Pokemon double battles work it's not possible to capture both of them, one must be KOed before the other can be captured. Though this effectivly allows you to "pick" between them. But due to the incredibly slim odds of it happening, encountering both Latias and Latios was little more than playground rumor and urban legend until years later when ROM hackers discovered the glitch. Later versions of the Ruby and Sappire fixed this oversight.
Online Mode
The Pokemon Communication Center is located in the southeast of Rustboro City and requires the Stone Badge in order to enter the building. It is here that online battling and trading take place. The two main features are the Trading Network and the Battle Network. The Trading Network works exactly like the Global Trade Station in Gen 4 and the Battle network allows you to battle with random people.
Many ideas were thought of to shake up the battle formula such as giving Pokemon more than 4 moves and having more than 6 Pokemon. One idea that stuck was a new type, the Sound Type. All Sound Type attacks are special until Gen 4 introduced the Physical/Special Split.
The Sound Type
Super Effective Against: Ghost, Steel, Water
Not Very Effective Against: Bug, Grass
Resistant Against: Ghost, Water
Weak Against: Poison, Bug
Immune to: Sound
List of Sound Type Pokemon - Gen 3
Jigglypuff - Normal / Sound
Wigglytuff - Normal / Sound
Igglybuff - Normal / Sound
Politoed - Water / Sound
Misdreavus - Ghost / Sound
Swellow - Sound / Flying
Whismur - Sound
Loudred - Sound
Exploud - Sound
Vibreon - Sound
Wailmer - Water / Sound
Wailord - Water / Sound
Chimecho - Psychic / Sound
Chimiko - Psychic / Sound
Sound Type Moves - Gen 3
Grass Whistle
Growl
Heal Bell
Howl
Hyper Voice
Metal Sound
Perish Song
Roar
Screech
Sealing Chant
Sing
Snore
Supersonic
Uproar
Unique Pokemon / Moves from TTL
Pokemon
Vibreon – A New Eveelution designed to show off the Sound Type. It evolves from Eevee while inside a dark cave where the HM Flash would be used such as Granite Cave in Hoenn and Rock Tunnel in Kanto. In order to give players an opportunity to obtain Vibreon, Lannete will give the player an Eevee if they talk to her inside her house on Route 114.
Chimiko – A Pokemon based off of a Shinto shrine maiden. It evolves from Chimecho at level 32. It has a signature move called Sealing Chant.
Moves
Sealing Chant – A 60 Base Power Sound Type move that prevents the opponent from using whatever move it selected on that turn for 2-3 Turns. Only one move can be “sealed” at a time, but the attack still does damage if used repeatedly. It hits both Pokemon in a double battle.
“A mystical chant blocks an opponent’s move” – In Game Description
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Screw online trading every freaking offer is a level 100 legendary! - A Frustrated Player
Did anyone else encounter both lati twins? - Post on Serebii.net Forums
Too much Water - IGN Review
