They are underrated imo. People shit on it so hard just for the battle frontier when it improves the original ruby and sapphire in every way along with the delta episode being one of the best post games
I always felt like soaring made up for the lack of battle frontier. Soaring made Hoenn feel like the first open world Pokémon region looooong before Paldea.
The biggest issue i have are the Gym Leader teams: certain gym leaders have significantly better teams in Emerald compared to what they had in Ruby/Saphire. Wattson for exemple uses a Magnemite, Magneton and a Voltorb VS Voltorb, Magneton, Electrike and Manectric. He used ZERO Hoenn pokemon in the originals, something that Emerald fixed. As an older fan, it's really frustrating to see GF completely disregard EVERYTHING from Emerald.
@@primal9688 hgss had the Suicune sequence and battle tower/ poké athelon. The battle tower and suicune sequence where from crystal even though hgss are remakes of gold and silver. Because of this oras is not the best remakes, hgss are.
ORAS is one of those remakes where you appreciated it after it was released, similar to Gen 5. I don't remember why people didn't like these, but I found these to be solid and they have fun graphics that is like an in between from X & Y and what they were going to do with Sun and Moon.
I think this game gets a lot of hate because Emerald was so good. No matter what it is a hard comparison when you have something so good and you remake it. :D
I think while ORAS did have alot of fantastic improvements, it did regress from emerald in some key parts which makes it difficult to see them as the most definitive hoenn experience whereas HGSS is currently the objective definitive version of Johto. If those key areas from emerald were present and refined then ORAS would have been seen as the pinnacle of modern 3d era Pokémon no questions asked.
@@mectainea5575Crystal VC is definitive Johto, HGSS doesn't even have celebi when ORAS has deoxys. "Key areas" you mean battle frontier which HGSS doesn't actually have the same of as it's missing mainly pyramid whereas ORAS has triple and rotation in Maison and TONS of new areas in hoenn like the entirety of mirage spots.
Literally started playing AS 2 weeks ago. This is my first Pokémon game since playing Sapphire back in 2003 and it is amazing. Bought all the DS games back when X&Y came out but never got around to playing them, guess im in for a good time.
@@daethmer7834 i had an amazing time playing AS! Finished it 2 weeks ago, Pokédex is complete aside from trade evolutions and version exclusives. Although had an issue once I got the Battle Maison - after I spoke to the NPC inside there was nobody to battle/I couldn’t figure out how so that’s why I stopped playing
ORAS are, in my opinion, the best pokemon games made to date with the normal formula. My personal favorite is Arceus, but there was just something really special about ORAS for me as a kid. The starters are all perfect and I can never decide which is my favorite, the region is amazing and I love how much water there is, MEGA EVOLUTION, and it was one of the first games I played against my friends as a kid.
The best remake ever made!! Actually havent played HG/SS so im not sure, but i remember being able to ride on latias’ back and fly around the entire region, super cool mechanic that new games kinda lacks
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* They had all QoL improvements from gens IV-VI (Day-Night cycle, Physical/Special Split, online functions, Triple and Rotation Battles, unlimited TMs, Super Training, Pokemon Amie), made Shiny hunting way more enjoyable with different methods (Masuda, Shiny Charm, chain fishing) and had a way easier approach for competitive game. * Story, characters and world were vastly improved (you get a true final battle with your rival, Delta Episode is great, Team Magma and Aqua have better motivations, Wally becomes a more prominent character, you get some extra scenes from characters like Norman and your rival); while they expanded areas like Scorched Slab, Abandoned Ship, and the "Mirage Island" thanks to Soaring. * They added every Pokemon and move up to Gen VI; more Mega Evolutions, having ~50 options, or twice as many as XY had; and overall giving quite a lot of possibilities. DexNav, Soaring, updated Contests and Secret Bases, Delta Episode... these games were truly a thing. They are only hated due to the games being easier and the lack of Battle Frontier. I get that it had its moments, but for me it's not THAT great as people usually say.
They were perfect besides being slightly too easy but that was not just this game, a lot of the later titles have been really easy so i dont get the hate it gets for the difficulty :D
These games gave Mega Evolution much better representation than X and Y did. In those games, during the main game, only Lysandre and Diantha utilized it, with one of your rivals getting it as well during the post-game, and that's it. In ORAS, it's utilized by the evil team leader of your version, Steven, Zinnia, both of your rivals, and the Elite Four. Much better representation.
They’ll always be more underrated in my opinion. Both tend to get compared to Emerald a lot, but the truth is ORAS is a more up to date and modern version of what Ruby & Sapphire were, and in a lot of ways Emerald too. They have mega evolution, a full national dex with more pokemon, an amazing post game with the Delta Episode, and some awesome new features with DexNav. They honestly are the most refined remakes with HGSS being possibly the only other contender.
lack of battle frontier was dissapointing but graphics and performance were top notch and i dont know why they changed the engine again for s/m/us/um...those pixelated clouds were an eye sore every damn time...
I love this game I just think the only thing missing for me is character customization for me. I loved the introduction of it in x and y and am a bit disappointed they didn’t keep it going until sun and moon.
Yes ORAS was like that. Way better than sun and moon imo when my friends in the 4th grade heard that there would be no gyms we immediately called Gen 7 the worst lol
It is a good thing that the overworld Ability effects have been featured, which first appeared in Emerald, but Emerald still should have been remade. ORAS would be the last good Pokémon game.
This was my first modern Pokemon game and I absolutely loved it. I played Red as a kid then Fire Red a few years prior to playing this. So this was one hell of a pleasant surprise. I kept getting told by my friends to play Emerald because it's the best one but never made time for it. I kind of wished I played it first so I would of appreciate this experience even more.
I feel like people always talk about the gameplay or the battling and such but never seem to notice the art style. The outline of every pokemon fits so well to define the pokemon from it's back ground. New-er pokemon mesh too much with the background, and dont seem to POP like XY, SM, And OR/AS. The full on cutscenes as well are something I missed in the new-er games. Your telling me we could do rayquaza flying to space... groudon awakening and having you ride on him/ kyogre in 2013-2015 but we barely get shit now adays? It's simply insane to me. As for gameplay, The flute, the exploration, the cool little sneak feature, and the hidden details in this game, small events, interesting lore. This game is one of the last love letters from game freak to pokemon.... This was one of my first games growing up to enjoy pokemon and I realized later on that I got a love letter I never understood until now. Like getting a letter from your grandma as a kid and reading it as an adult and realizing it wasnt for your kid self but for future you to read and hold on to. Anyway I didn't watch the video because I know the answer. Have a good one : )
Only issue with this game is the extremely easy difficulty and the missing content (battle frontier , trainers hill) other than that this is a masterpiece
Am I the only one who liked how easy it was ? Sure having some games have 12 hours of story and 40 hours of post is fun, but sometimes having just a 8 hours game is fine. Not every entry needs to be hard. And I’ve been playing since 2003
I liked it honestly, i think it was easy but still engaging. They do not need to be extremely hard even though i wanted a difficulty select for years now.
I think this remake gets too much hate. I actually like them more than the original Gen. 3 games because of the mechanics & other QOL improvements that the originals felt dated. Yes. Even the most beloved one; Emerald. Also and this is an hot take. But I wasn't an fan of the Battle Frontier. I found them really obnoxious, repetitive and not fun at all. So I didn't mind they were absent in the remake.
After watching this, I'm going to play this game again, once I finish my Nuzlocke. You started a spark within me, thank you! First time seeing your stuff pop up and I'll definitely be subscribing! 😊
I didn't even watch a whole second of this video, but I have to answer this question.... OBVIOUSLY. Though I'm biased just because it was my most played pokemon game, I wish I still had that save file...
Me: Reads title. Also Me: Yes, they are the best pokemon remakes we've ever had. If you count all the new features and stuff added that weren't in the original games, ORAS are better remakes than HGSS.
I thought it was amazing, and definitely the best way to play Gen 3 in my opinion. The fact you could fly Latias/Latios all around Hoenn and you got to see the islands and such, the Delta Episode allowing you to catch Rayquaza (Mega Rayquaza btw) as well as Mega Groudon/Kyogre was awesome. They are the best pokemon remakes so far in my opinion, HeartGold & SoulSilver didn't address the core issues which plagued Gen II, FireRed are solid but pretty much 1:1, Let's go Eevee / Pikachu is decent, and Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl are honestly just downgrades (platinum is still the best way to play Gen 4). ORAS is underrated honestly, people shit on it too much when it came out, and still to this day, they really did make a remake that was good honestly.
Pokémon on the 3ds was the best 🙏 It has games about all the regions For Kanto: there was Pokémon Red and Blue and Yellow on eshop For Johto: there was Heart Gold and Soul Silver and than there was the orginal Gold, Silver and Crystal on the eshop For Hoenn: there was Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire For Sinnoh: there was the Diamond, Pearl and Platinum because you can also play DS games on 2ds and 3ds For Unova: same thing as Sinnoh, it had all the Gen 5 games Black & White and Black 2 & White 2 For Kalos: there was Pokémon X and Y (. however no Z for some weird reason :/ ) For Alola: there Pokemon Sun and Moon and there was Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon And damn. USUM was definitely the best way for a the end on the 3ds Pokemon genre. I’m glad i grew up with Pokémon on the DS and 3Ds era.
people tend to dislike battle resort not being like the battle frontier from Emerald, but they forget that it included the battle maison (single, double, triple and rotation battle and its super variant), battle against wally after 50 battle in the maison (each battle increase his strenght), specialized trainer type (5 per day), handsome quest and move tutor (do not forget that recent game S/V does not have either offline battle facility or move tutor NPCs). To me, ORAS has more content that most recent switch games.
Unfortunately, if gamefreak was in charge of the development of both Brilliant Diamond and Shinning Pearl, both games would have been 10 times better, in my opinion.
As a kid who had the original Ruby version as a 5th grader, ORAS was a really well done remake, but it was much, much easier than the original. Honestly, the fact that Latios/Latias willingly joined the team in ORAS made me kinda mad that I never figured out how to catch Latios in 5th grade.
Thanks to S&V 151, I'm back into Pokémon for the first time since the original Sapphire came out. I had been eyeing Alpha Sapphire for years, and finally decided to pick it up a week or two ago. I've already beat it. Now, I'm working on catching a few more Pokémon so I can start training my dream team when Omega Ruby comes in the mail. I've also been playing Ultra Sun a fair bit as I bought that on a whim a few years ago but never played it. It's certainly a good time to be a Pokémon fan if you pretend Bank never existed 😅
Yes, they are. And I'm tired of people pretending they're not. They always hail HGSS as the peak of not just remakes, but the series as a whole. They're brilliant, make no mistake, but they're riddled with flaws, retaining much of the ones from the GSC originals and DPPt such as the bad level curve and painfully slow battle engine. And I say this as someone who loves Johto, as Silver was my first game in the series. ORAS provides many QoL conveniences that HGSS does not, so they just win out in my opinion. They not only remade RS, they *REIMAGINED* it with all the modern bells and whistles we've come to love, like Mega Evolution and a new postgame adventure with an epic ending that let us catch a Mythical Pokémon without an event for the very first time. My only gripes with ORAS are: No Gym Leader rematches, no trainer customization (something that BDSP actually provided, to some extent) and the battles could've been a little tougher as Generation 6 was infamous for being easy thanks to the buffed EXP Share.
so i recently start playing pokemon 3DS. Got X, OR and Sun. I tried X first, explored, it just there. I didn't play the omega ruby yet because i know it's like a remake. so i played moon. The new design and animation is great, i play and started to explore. then i have to clean my pokemon, there's a label what's super effective, there's a Z move?. and there's this girl who always like tell me where to go like i'm gonna get lost. i cant enjoy exploring the place myself . I feel like it's for kids most. so i played omega ruby. it's very familiar of course because i played the gba versions a couple of times, but guess what, i enjoyed the better graphics . and i enjoy the battle more and exploring the place myself.
I never got the chance to play it. I wasn’t too bothered by the X and Y and sold my 3DS. Really regret it cos they released these games! Loved everything about Hoenn! The anime, the games, the characters and the Pokémon in general. Considering getting a 2DS and getting ORAS. Do I? Even with 3DS servers down?
YES! Best ones overall for the 3DS area, and even better considering BDSP could've been done better. Hope A to Z is just as great. For casual people, I recommend getting both Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. For X, Y, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Moon just get one of each.
I’m thinking about diving back in to these games the only thing I’m curious is can the Pokémon from ORAS still be traded across Blk/wht, pearl, diamond, platinum, and HG/SS?
The Battle Frontier did matter and it was a huge diservice in my opinion and just because it's not Emerald doesn't justify it either. Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver weren't Crystal, but it had the same features on top of it more features than Crystal. I don't hate Oras, still have the games, would never sell them, but Oras could have been so much better with the battle frontier. Feels goal oriented and not some stupid boring Looker mission.
How good they looked in gen 5? Am i the only one that thought gen 5 had the worst graphics in the series? Performance issues on the new games aside, gen 5 looks more pixelated than gen 1
So apparently I own this game and I don’t remember it at all ??? I probably beat this game and when I saw the MODE 7 OVER WORLD FLIGHT?? The hell were we up to in 2014
1:31 Gotta disagree/agree here. The 'modern graphics' is what lets this down for me. Just because it's 3D, doesnt make it better. The pokemon and their sprites are what really matter to me (and other people), it IS the whole point of pokemon games after all. And honestly, the 3D models not only look 'lifeless' but also 'souless'. Like... Imagine how much time gamefreak could have spent on improving other aspects of the game instead of 3d modeling everything to something the majority of people believe looks worse?? This is why HGSS, to me, is the peak of the games. If they had just inproved the spritework overall like they had been doing, i cant imagine how amazing ORAS would have looked. Now pokemon is just one small piece of the amalgamation of samy looking 3d games. Not special or unique at all. I loved my original Emerald. I do think its in of the strongest games story and map wise in the originals. I would have definitely played ORAS if it wasnt for the sprites.
It's hard to explain how the different styled villages in HGSS all looked so unique and had a lot of detail and character even with the lighting. It felt like you were in 'the story' whereas the 3D games just look plastic and stiff.
cant say i agree. I think the truly modern 3d pokemon games ala lets go pikachu / BD/SP definitely look pretty terrible. but personally i think x/y and ORAS in particular had amazing visual design with the 3d models... Ill agree that not all translate well, but id say the same with sprites. Like ill definitely agree that charizard looks flat out worse as a 3d model, he looks too soft, where his sprite looked sharp and menacing. but mega salamence? hell even regular salamence? i think they look far better in 3d, same with basically all cutesy or furry pokemon, take ratticate. Ratticate IMHO looks like the definitive version in ORAS, they really nail the spiky rugged fur whilst still having it look soft and his teeth really draw attention. i think its hard to say that ones flat out worse than the other, because i think 3d and sprites just complement different designs better. I had gottent to a point where i couldnt even really play the older pokemon games, despite them being mechanically superior to most modern pokemon games simply because the visuals really put me off. i got over this recently though with getting into pokerogue, and thats really what showed me that the sprite design does complement some pokemon quite well, but certainly not all and id say i still think a majority translate very well.
In hindsight these games were great. But they were piss easy. Like PISS EASY!!! Even for Pokemon standards. And I hated the MCs grin at all times, made me want to slap him into oblivion. Everything else was great and one thing that isnt brought up enough for these remakes is the new look Mauville city had. I think it was absolutely sick! GF was on the decline during the 3DS era but these are the games that still shine the most from that era. But its still far and away from the DS days which were peak pokemon without a shadow of a doubt.
Theyre cool and all but theyre too modern for my liking. Dont care for megas, dont care for after gen 4, dont care for how the flying is, changing the villains especially shelly cuz she was great looking originally, and id bet theres still no vs seeker which was what made hgss not the best remakes to me
Why are these games still dirt cheap though? Heartgold and soulsilver were 70-80 dollar games 8 years after release. Its been over 10 years now for ORAS and they are still 30-40 dollar games, which is a good thing but still has me wondering why
I'm fine with them being overrated. That just means i can buy a used game for an affordable price instead of having to pay 100 dollars. Some of the prices of used pokemon games like black and white 2 are ridiculous....
I almost bought Omega ruby on Saturday but i decided not to and ended up buying a switch and brilliant diamond instead lol i think im gonna go back and buy it tomorrow 😂
I actually didn’t really like ORAS that much. It felt like a decent send off but trivialized a lot of the game and gave you legendaries way too early. I thought most people thought they were alright but not incredible. Maybe I’m wrong
As someone who never played the original D/P/Pl I don't mind the remakes too much. My parents were poor those years and never gor me one of those for that Gen 😂
FRLG were the first and for that very much the same as the original but with an post-game added. HGSS are still the best Pokémon games because they added so much stuff to do. ORAS tbh lacked a lot. Where the previous remakes added and never took away, these remakes did. The post-game wasn't big at all. It was rather fly from place to place which were already discovered. No Battle Frontier is really a crime. But the weakest part to me is the version differences. FRLG and HGSS didn't have to take a step back from the third version. ORAS was not the complete story like Emerald was. Now I will always wonder what the 3D battle between Groudon and Kyogre might have looked like. To me it left like a cash grab to make two incomplete versions again. I cant say ORAS is better than Emerald and that's pretty bad for a remake. BDSP are even worse of course, but that doesn't make ORAS good.
Bro i just started playing Nintendo can u tell me the correct order to play platinum HG SS and black white please ik about all these games but what is the order?
Personally I’d start with Fire Red and Leaf Green, then Emerald if you can. Then HGSS then Platinum then bw and bw2. You get the full Pokémon experience this way because they fall into the first big timeline before the jump to 3d
@@nickbrix yes exactly that's the reason why there is a big jump in quality from 2D to 3D that's why I want to play it in order and I still enjoy all of them
With Gamefreak finding new ways to hit new lows with their newest releases, at this rate the garbage graphics of SV will be lorded as being 'underrated'. I enjoyed ORAS the delta episode is way too overhyped for what is a glorified fetch quest and the exclusion of the battle frontier still confuses me since they had the time to add the 'battle resort'. Its exclusion was the first time I suspected Gamefreaks laziness and desire to implement features. I've been proven right ever since
They are underrated imo. People shit on it so hard just for the battle frontier when it improves the original ruby and sapphire in every way along with the delta episode being one of the best post games
@@imbored1179 it’s not just that, but removing the ability to rematch the gym leaders was a real crime.
Leaving ouT the BF was pretty dumb, especially after XY's post-game.
I always felt like soaring made up for the lack of battle frontier. Soaring made Hoenn feel like the first open world Pokémon region looooong before Paldea.
@@StrayTato the 1st generation was already open world after the 3rd Gym.
The biggest issue i have are the Gym Leader teams: certain gym leaders have significantly better teams in Emerald compared to what they had in Ruby/Saphire.
Wattson for exemple uses a Magnemite, Magneton and a Voltorb VS Voltorb, Magneton, Electrike and Manectric. He used ZERO Hoenn pokemon in the originals, something that Emerald fixed.
As an older fan, it's really frustrating to see GF completely disregard EVERYTHING from Emerald.
One of the best remakes next to HG and SS!
I remember a time when people was hyped for remakes. But after what happened with BD/SP...
It’s been a struggle since this game came out :)
better than HG and SS imo cause of gen 3 bias
@@primal9688lack of battle frontier makes your comment obsolete
@@ganjafi59 they had the battle resort no? Just not the front tier which makes sense its an s/o remake NOT emerald remake
@@primal9688 hgss had the Suicune sequence and battle tower/ poké athelon. The battle tower and suicune sequence where from crystal even though hgss are remakes of gold and silver.
Because of this oras is not the best remakes, hgss are.
Every year that passes these old remakes get better.
ORAS is one of those remakes where you appreciated it after it was released, similar to Gen 5. I don't remember why people didn't like these, but I found these to be solid and they have fun graphics that is like an in between from X & Y and what they were going to do with Sun and Moon.
I think this game gets a lot of hate because Emerald was so good. No matter what it is a hard comparison when you have something so good and you remake it. :D
@@StrawHatMidas That is true. Emerald was something that truly gave the Hoenn region its peakness.
I think while ORAS did have alot of fantastic improvements, it did regress from emerald in some key parts which makes it difficult to see them as the most definitive hoenn experience whereas HGSS is currently the objective definitive version of Johto. If those key areas from emerald were present and refined then ORAS would have been seen as the pinnacle of modern 3d era Pokémon no questions asked.
@@mectainea5575Crystal VC is definitive Johto, HGSS doesn't even have celebi when ORAS has deoxys. "Key areas" you mean battle frontier which HGSS doesn't actually have the same of as it's missing mainly pyramid whereas ORAS has triple and rotation in Maison and TONS of new areas in hoenn like the entirety of mirage spots.
Give it lively sprites like BW, let Pokémon follow you like HGSS and have battle frontier…. God like remake
Literally started playing AS 2 weeks ago. This is my first Pokémon game since playing Sapphire back in 2003 and it is amazing. Bought all the DS games back when X&Y came out but never got around to playing them, guess im in for a good time.
Is it fun so far?
@@daethmer7834 YES IT IS
I am so jealous of you cuz AS and OR were amazing to experience
Yooooo you just boost all the dis games! Sheesh enjoy that
@@daethmer7834 i had an amazing time playing AS! Finished it 2 weeks ago, Pokédex is complete aside from trade evolutions and version exclusives. Although had an issue once I got the Battle Maison - after I spoke to the NPC inside there was nobody to battle/I couldn’t figure out how so that’s why I stopped playing
Alpha Sapphire was my first ever Pokemon game. So these game have a special place in my heart.
i got it on 2014 Christmas shit was the days
ORAS are the best remakes if you remember they aren't Emerald remakes
ORAS are, in my opinion, the best pokemon games made to date with the normal formula. My personal favorite is Arceus, but there was just something really special about ORAS for me as a kid. The starters are all perfect and I can never decide which is my favorite, the region is amazing and I love how much water there is, MEGA EVOLUTION, and it was one of the first games I played against my friends as a kid.
The best remake ever made!! Actually havent played HG/SS so im not sure, but i remember being able to ride on latias’ back and fly around the entire region, super cool mechanic that new games kinda lacks
* They had all QoL improvements from gens IV-VI (Day-Night cycle, Physical/Special Split, online functions, Triple and Rotation Battles, unlimited TMs, Super Training, Pokemon Amie), made Shiny hunting way more enjoyable with different methods (Masuda, Shiny Charm, chain fishing) and had a way easier approach for competitive game.
* Story, characters and world were vastly improved (you get a true final battle with your rival, Delta Episode is great, Team Magma and Aqua have better motivations, Wally becomes a more prominent character, you get some extra scenes from characters like Norman and your rival); while they expanded areas like Scorched Slab, Abandoned Ship, and the "Mirage Island" thanks to Soaring.
* They added every Pokemon and move up to Gen VI; more Mega Evolutions, having ~50 options, or twice as many as XY had; and overall giving quite a lot of possibilities.
DexNav, Soaring, updated Contests and Secret Bases, Delta Episode... these games were truly a thing. They are only hated due to the games being easier and the lack of Battle Frontier. I get that it had its moments, but for me it's not THAT great as people usually say.
They were perfect besides being slightly too easy but that was not just this game, a lot of the later titles have been really easy so i dont get the hate it gets for the difficulty :D
I don't care for how the music sounds, but I'm still thinking about trying them. The OG games I do love dearly though.
Why did they ever removed the dexnav. That was such a fun way to fill up the pokedex. I loved it SO much!
These games gave Mega Evolution much better representation than X and Y did. In those games, during the main game, only Lysandre and Diantha utilized it, with one of your rivals getting it as well during the post-game, and that's it. In ORAS, it's utilized by the evil team leader of your version, Steven, Zinnia, both of your rivals, and the Elite Four. Much better representation.
dexnav made this game goated
It was an incredible feature :)
You should make a let’s play series of ORAS. I’d watch!
I was thinking about making a lets-play series! I am sure i will get around to it soon! :D
This footage must be upscaled on an emulator, much better than how it looks on actual 3DS hardware. Definitely makes you appreciate the game more
I just use Nostalgia Goggles lol :)
They’ll always be more underrated in my opinion. Both tend to get compared to Emerald a lot, but the truth is ORAS is a more up to date and modern version of what Ruby & Sapphire were, and in a lot of ways Emerald too. They have mega evolution, a full national dex with more pokemon, an amazing post game with the Delta Episode, and some awesome new features with DexNav. They honestly are the most refined remakes with HGSS being possibly the only other contender.
Best Pokémon games ever made
lack of battle frontier was dissapointing but graphics and performance were top notch and i dont know why they changed the engine again for s/m/us/um...those pixelated clouds were an eye sore every damn time...
To be totally honest, something about it looked worse than XY. It looked especially muddy to me.
i got a 3ds a few weeks ago and started playing alpha sapphire. its so fun and will go down as one of my favourite pokémon games of all time
I am glad :D
yes, next question
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I love this game I just think the only thing missing for me is character customization for me. I loved the introduction of it in x and y and am a bit disappointed they didn’t keep it going until sun and moon.
Yes ORAS was like that. Way better than sun and moon imo when my friends in the 4th grade heard that there would be no gyms we immediately called Gen 7 the worst lol
It is a good thing that the overworld Ability effects have been featured, which first appeared in Emerald, but Emerald still should have been remade. ORAS would be the last good Pokémon game.
I started the pokemon series with white and then alpha sapphire. Them 2 games have a special place in my heart
This was my first modern Pokemon game and I absolutely loved it. I played Red as a kid then Fire Red a few years prior to playing this. So this was one hell of a pleasant surprise. I kept getting told by my friends to play Emerald because it's the best one but never made time for it. I kind of wished I played it first so I would of appreciate this experience even more.
It’s my all time favourite set of Pokémon games
I feel like people always talk about the gameplay or the battling and such but never seem to notice the art style. The outline of every pokemon fits so well to define the pokemon from it's back ground. New-er pokemon mesh too much with the background, and dont seem to POP like XY, SM, And OR/AS.
The full on cutscenes as well are something I missed in the new-er games. Your telling me we could do rayquaza flying to space... groudon awakening and having you ride on him/ kyogre in 2013-2015 but we barely get shit now adays? It's simply insane to me.
As for gameplay, The flute, the exploration, the cool little sneak feature, and the hidden details in this game, small events, interesting lore. This game is one of the last love letters from game freak to pokemon.... This was one of my first games growing up to enjoy pokemon and I realized later on that I got a love letter I never understood until now. Like getting a letter from your grandma as a kid and reading it as an adult and realizing it wasnt for your kid self but for future you to read and hold on to.
Anyway I didn't watch the video because I know the answer. Have a good one : )
I literally just played this again. Great generation and great game.
Only issue with this game is the extremely easy difficulty and the missing content (battle frontier , trainers hill) other than that this is a masterpiece
Am I the only one who liked how easy it was ? Sure having some games have 12 hours of story and 40 hours of post is fun, but sometimes having just a 8 hours game is fine. Not every entry needs to be hard. And I’ve been playing since 2003
I liked it honestly, i think it was easy but still engaging. They do not need to be extremely hard even though i wanted a difficulty select for years now.
these game are simply amazing, really is a love letter to hoenn. Only thing I wish they did was bring back navel rock.
Incredible games :D
For me, it was smarter to do an emerald delta and a post-league dedicated yes to Deoxis to a long one dedicated to Hoopa.
my girl ordered omega ruby for me comes saturday.
but the 3ds charger comes today!
i havent played pokemon since 06. im so hype
I think this remake gets too much hate. I actually like them more than the original Gen. 3 games because of the mechanics & other QOL improvements that the originals felt dated. Yes. Even the most beloved one; Emerald. Also and this is an hot take. But I wasn't an fan of the Battle Frontier. I found them really obnoxious, repetitive and not fun at all. So I didn't mind they were absent in the remake.
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“One of the main problems of this game is having so much water” 💀
Now where have I heard that before?
“Now one of the main problems of this game is having so much water” - everyone who has ever reviewed a Gen 3 game
After watching this, I'm going to play this game again, once I finish my Nuzlocke. You started a spark within me, thank you! First time seeing your stuff pop up and I'll definitely be subscribing! 😊
I had the chance to play alpha saphire as my first pokemon game , with my brother playing omega ruby . Among my top 5 favorite 3ds games for sure
the dexnav, the delta episode, the music, the soaring feature and mega evolution oh man shi was so fun
I didn't even watch a whole second of this video, but I have to answer this question.... OBVIOUSLY. Though I'm biased just because it was my most played pokemon game, I wish I still had that save file...
I hope you watched cause we agree lol :)
Every pokemon game released on 3DS are good. And I hate everything released on switch except legend areceus.
Me: Reads title.
Also Me: Yes, they are the best pokemon remakes we've ever had. If you count all the new features and stuff added that weren't in the original games, ORAS are better remakes than HGSS.
I thought it was amazing, and definitely the best way to play Gen 3 in my opinion. The fact you could fly Latias/Latios all around Hoenn and you got to see the islands and such, the Delta Episode allowing you to catch Rayquaza (Mega Rayquaza btw) as well as Mega Groudon/Kyogre was awesome. They are the best pokemon remakes so far in my opinion, HeartGold & SoulSilver didn't address the core issues which plagued Gen II, FireRed are solid but pretty much 1:1, Let's go Eevee / Pikachu is decent, and Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl are honestly just downgrades (platinum is still the best way to play Gen 4).
ORAS is underrated honestly, people shit on it too much when it came out, and still to this day, they really did make a remake that was good honestly.
Pokémon on the 3ds was the best 🙏
It has games about all the regions
For Kanto: there was Pokémon Red and Blue and Yellow on eshop
For Johto: there was Heart Gold and Soul Silver and than there was the orginal Gold, Silver and Crystal on the eshop
For Hoenn: there was Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
For Sinnoh: there was the Diamond, Pearl and Platinum because you can also play DS games on 2ds and 3ds
For Unova: same thing as Sinnoh, it had all the Gen 5 games Black & White and Black 2 & White 2
For Kalos: there was Pokémon X and Y (. however no Z for some weird reason :/ )
For Alola: there Pokemon Sun and Moon and there was Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
And damn. USUM was definitely the best way for a the end on the 3ds Pokemon genre. I’m glad i grew up with Pokémon on the DS and 3Ds era.
people tend to dislike battle resort not being like the battle frontier from Emerald, but they forget that it included the battle maison (single, double, triple and rotation battle and its super variant), battle against wally after 50 battle in the maison (each battle increase his strenght), specialized trainer type (5 per day), handsome quest and move tutor (do not forget that recent game S/V does not have either offline battle facility or move tutor NPCs). To me, ORAS has more content that most recent switch games.
Shiny horde hunting in ORAS was awesome.
Seeing this is just a reminder of how much of a let down BDSP was. It hurts a lot more because I started playing at gen 4
Unfortunately, if gamefreak was in charge of the development of both Brilliant Diamond and Shinning Pearl, both games would have been 10 times better, in my opinion.
these games were by far THE best remakes in my opinion
That is fair! I love a lot of the features they added to this game it made the game really fell distinct from the originals :D
@@StrawHatMidas yeah, really wish they would make another remake with the oras style
As a kid who had the original Ruby version as a 5th grader, ORAS was a really well done remake, but it was much, much easier than the original. Honestly, the fact that Latios/Latias willingly joined the team in ORAS made me kinda mad that I never figured out how to catch Latios in 5th grade.
yes they are, my favorite mainline pokemon games. Thank you for making this
The best remake in my opinion (I might have a bit of bias since they were my first pokemon games)
Thanks to S&V 151, I'm back into Pokémon for the first time since the original Sapphire came out. I had been eyeing Alpha Sapphire for years, and finally decided to pick it up a week or two ago. I've already beat it. Now, I'm working on catching a few more Pokémon so I can start training my dream team when Omega Ruby comes in the mail. I've also been playing Ultra Sun a fair bit as I bought that on a whim a few years ago but never played it. It's certainly a good time to be a Pokémon fan if you pretend Bank never existed 😅
Decent video also learned about sharpedo using surf faster
Thanks! It is a great tip to get around faster! :D
ORAS is the game where I put the most hours
I am playing for 3 days on Pc with emu, hooked to a 55 inch TV with Xbox controller ,10x internal resolution and HD textures. Best pokemon game ever!
Dumped rom or illegally downloaded?
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Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed!!! :D
Nice topic and video gamer
Hey thank you :)
Yes, they are. And I'm tired of people pretending they're not.
They always hail HGSS as the peak of not just remakes, but the series as a whole. They're brilliant, make no mistake, but they're riddled with flaws, retaining much of the ones from the GSC originals and DPPt such as the bad level curve and painfully slow battle engine. And I say this as someone who loves Johto, as Silver was my first game in the series.
ORAS provides many QoL conveniences that HGSS does not, so they just win out in my opinion. They not only remade RS, they *REIMAGINED* it with all the modern bells and whistles we've come to love, like Mega Evolution and a new postgame adventure with an epic ending that let us catch a Mythical Pokémon without an event for the very first time.
My only gripes with ORAS are: No Gym Leader rematches, no trainer customization (something that BDSP actually provided, to some extent) and the battles could've been a little tougher as Generation 6 was infamous for being easy thanks to the buffed EXP Share.
so i recently start playing pokemon 3DS. Got X, OR and Sun. I tried X first, explored, it just there. I didn't play the omega ruby yet because i know it's like a remake. so i played moon. The new design and animation is great, i play and started to explore. then i have to clean my pokemon, there's a label what's super effective, there's a Z move?. and there's this girl who always like tell me where to go like i'm gonna get lost. i cant enjoy exploring the place myself . I feel like it's for kids most. so i played omega ruby. it's very familiar of course because i played the gba versions a couple of times, but guess what, i enjoyed the better graphics . and i enjoy the battle more and exploring the place myself.
I never got the chance to play it. I wasn’t too bothered by the X and Y and sold my 3DS. Really regret it cos they released these games! Loved everything about Hoenn! The anime, the games, the characters and the Pokémon in general. Considering getting a 2DS and getting ORAS. Do I? Even with 3DS servers down?
How soon in the game are you able to use mega evolution?
YES! Best ones overall for the 3DS area, and even better considering BDSP could've been done better. Hope A to Z is just as great. For casual people, I recommend getting both Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. For X, Y, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Moon just get one of each.
I’m thinking about diving back in to these games the only thing I’m curious is can the Pokémon from ORAS still be traded across Blk/wht, pearl, diamond, platinum, and HG/SS?
yes. even though i love emerald, i didn't care for battle frontier. and I love oras and emerald the most out of all the games.
The Battle Frontier did matter and it was a huge diservice in my opinion and just because it's not Emerald doesn't justify it either. Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver weren't Crystal, but it had the same features on top of it more features than Crystal. I don't hate Oras, still have the games, would never sell them, but Oras could have been so much better with the battle frontier. Feels goal oriented and not some stupid boring Looker mission.
Yes they were. Next question please.
They were great :D
One of my fav games but my all time fav is ultra moon 😂😂❤😊
What do you think the best starter in omega ruby is?
Alpha sapphire easily one of my top 5 games
No complaints and I can use Powersaves
Right!
How good they looked in gen 5? Am i the only one that thought gen 5 had the worst graphics in the series? Performance issues on the new games aside, gen 5 looks more pixelated than gen 1
really nice to play these on citra with resolution upscaling.
So apparently I own this game and I don’t remember it at all ??? I probably beat this game and when I saw the MODE 7 OVER WORLD FLIGHT?? The hell were we up to in 2014
1:31 Gotta disagree/agree here. The 'modern graphics' is what lets this down for me. Just because it's 3D, doesnt make it better. The pokemon and their sprites are what really matter to me (and other people), it IS the whole point of pokemon games after all. And honestly, the 3D models not only look 'lifeless' but also 'souless'. Like... Imagine how much time gamefreak could have spent on improving other aspects of the game instead of 3d modeling everything to something the majority of people believe looks worse??
This is why HGSS, to me, is the peak of the games. If they had just inproved the spritework overall like they had been doing, i cant imagine how amazing ORAS would have looked. Now pokemon is just one small piece of the amalgamation of samy looking 3d games. Not special or unique at all.
I loved my original Emerald. I do think its in of the strongest games story and map wise in the originals. I would have definitely played ORAS if it wasnt for the sprites.
It's hard to explain how the different styled villages in HGSS all looked so unique and had a lot of detail and character even with the lighting. It felt like you were in 'the story' whereas the 3D games just look plastic and stiff.
cant say i agree. I think the truly modern 3d pokemon games ala lets go pikachu / BD/SP definitely look pretty terrible.
but personally i think x/y and ORAS in particular had amazing visual design with the 3d models... Ill agree that not all translate well, but id say the same with sprites. Like ill definitely agree that charizard looks flat out worse as a 3d model, he looks too soft, where his sprite looked sharp and menacing.
but mega salamence? hell even regular salamence? i think they look far better in 3d, same with basically all cutesy or furry pokemon, take ratticate. Ratticate IMHO looks like the definitive version in ORAS, they really nail the spiky rugged fur whilst still having it look soft and his teeth really draw attention.
i think its hard to say that ones flat out worse than the other, because i think 3d and sprites just complement different designs better. I had gottent to a point where i couldnt even really play the older pokemon games, despite them being mechanically superior to most modern pokemon games simply because the visuals really put me off.
i got over this recently though with getting into pokerogue, and thats really what showed me that the sprite design does complement some pokemon quite well, but certainly not all and id say i still think a majority translate very well.
I love omega I bought omega have not bought blue not very often I play old game kept me wanting play them again until I beat it again
Pleaseee can someone tell me how to play Pokemon omega ruby/alpha sapphire with good graphics like the video?
In hindsight these games were great. But they were piss easy. Like PISS EASY!!! Even for Pokemon standards. And I hated the MCs grin at all times, made me want to slap him into oblivion. Everything else was great and one thing that isnt brought up enough for these remakes is the new look Mauville city had. I think it was absolutely sick! GF was on the decline during the 3DS era but these are the games that still shine the most from that era. But its still far and away from the DS days which were peak pokemon without a shadow of a doubt.
Bro did not just post this the day after i bought a 3ds lmao
I always know when another 3ds is acquired lol :D
Best remakes ever. I like brilliant diamond as well.
Crazy how this review has me more hyped to play this game over IGN's 7.3 too much water
Yes, they are.
Theyre cool and all but theyre too modern for my liking. Dont care for megas, dont care for after gen 4, dont care for how the flying is, changing the villains especially shelly cuz she was great looking originally, and id bet theres still no vs seeker which was what made hgss not the best remakes to me
Why are these games still dirt cheap though? Heartgold and soulsilver were 70-80 dollar games 8 years after release. Its been over 10 years now for ORAS and they are still 30-40 dollar games, which is a good thing but still has me wondering why
Much more availability
Compared to bd sp it’s a huge upgrade.
I'm fine with them being overrated. That just means i can buy a used game for an affordable price instead of having to pay 100 dollars. Some of the prices of used pokemon games like black and white 2 are ridiculous....
Emerald with battle frontier still the goat!
There my fave pokemon games so yeh
Why are the 3Ds games so much better looking than switch games?
I almost bought Omega ruby on Saturday but i decided not to and ended up buying a switch and brilliant diamond instead lol i think im gonna go back and buy it tomorrow 😂
I actually didn’t really like ORAS that much. It felt like a decent send off but trivialized a lot of the game and gave you legendaries way too early. I thought most people thought they were alright but not incredible. Maybe I’m wrong
this is really when gamefreak peaked
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1:22 That's mean!
They’re gonna take it, (bdsp are fine just not my cup of tea)
1:20 BDSP fans exsist?
apparently lol :D
You have problem with that
As someone who never played the original D/P/Pl I don't mind the remakes too much. My parents were poor those years and never gor me one of those for that Gen 😂
FRLG were the first and for that very much the same as the original but with an post-game added.
HGSS are still the best Pokémon games because they added so much stuff to do.
ORAS tbh lacked a lot. Where the previous remakes added and never took away, these remakes did. The post-game wasn't big at all. It was rather fly from place to place which were already discovered. No Battle Frontier is really a crime. But the weakest part to me is the version differences. FRLG and HGSS didn't have to take a step back from the third version. ORAS was not the complete story like Emerald was. Now I will always wonder what the 3D battle between Groudon and Kyogre might have looked like. To me it left like a cash grab to make two incomplete versions again. I cant say ORAS is better than Emerald and that's pretty bad for a remake.
BDSP are even worse of course, but that doesn't make ORAS good.
True words. Thank you. HGSS really set the bar for a good reason.
HG/SS are better imo but i still think these games were good, i think they are decently close to emerald even though emerald was better imo!
as some one who is a big fan of ORAS
one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure.
It was good but had too much water
I understand that criticism completely:)
Bro i just started playing Nintendo can u tell me the correct order to play platinum HG SS and black white please ik about all these games but what is the order?
HG SS - platinum then black and white
@@lennon4116 alr thanks bro 🤜
Personally I’d start with Fire Red and Leaf Green, then Emerald if you can. Then HGSS then Platinum then bw and bw2. You get the full Pokémon experience this way because they fall into the first big timeline before the jump to 3d
@@nickbrix I have actually played fire red and emarald(I didn't complete post game) and never played leaf green
@@nickbrix yes exactly that's the reason why there is a big jump in quality from 2D to 3D that's why I want to play it in order and I still enjoy all of them
How could you be so mean to the 2 BDSP fans? 😔
I can’t let them forget they are wrong :D
They were amazing but a bit too easy
With Gamefreak finding new ways to hit new lows with their newest releases, at this rate the garbage graphics of SV will be lorded as being 'underrated'. I enjoyed ORAS the delta episode is way too overhyped for what is a glorified fetch quest and the exclusion of the battle frontier still confuses me since they had the time to add the 'battle resort'. Its exclusion was the first time I suspected Gamefreaks laziness and desire to implement features. I've been proven right ever since