Best 3rd Generation Game

[Zora]

So in your opinion what is your favorite 3rd Generation Game?

 

[Orion-Sama]

Pokémon Emerald. Hands down. For once, a Special Version added SO MANY things it was worth the buy. Revised locations, addition of once-exclussive Pokémon, new areas, Nature breeding, new Moves, unified plot, GYM Leader rematches, and the Battle Frontier... all awesome stuff. There's even more, but that comes to mind right now.

Emerald is probably the best Pokémon game ever made. COMPLETELY improved the RS universe, and has the biggest Replay Value of all games so far. It's just perfect in every way, and just had one negligible flaw: the watered-down Sky Pillar...

Colosseum/XD would come in a close second, but taking the gullible mainstream in count, Emerald is definitely the best of this, and probably of all other Generations so far.

 

[Auraninja]

I like Emerald.

It has the cool aditions like Sycronizing natures and Suction Cupping fished Pokemon. And it makes Rayquaza have more of a role.

Now, if only it has Poliwag.

 

[Eszett]

Are you kidding? Emerald.

I don't think I've seen so much awesomeness packed into a cartridge. It has everything I could possibly want and nothing that I don't (well, except Slowbro, but it's still awesome).

 

[Carpetted!]

Emerald, by far. The only thing I don't like is the ugly green dragon insigniafied on the game box, but hey, nothing's perfect.

 

[SapphireL]

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wow. Lol This is a no-brainer for me. They call me SapphireL for a reason, and I'm not "EmeraldL" or even the horrid idea of "RubyL". (and I also like the color sapphire too)

Seriously, I love Pokemon Sapphire. It's my favorite. ^-^ The exclusives are cool, and Team Aqua is cool as well.

 

[Old Man Geolyte]

I'd have to say Pokemon Leafgreen/Firered. They're the remakes of the original Pokemon games, and adding new features such as the V.S. Seeker (Which was a big help when you needed to train your Pokemon without EXP. Share and the Elite Four) just helped make the game even more better than the first. With the release of these two games, a new form of connectivity in Pokemon games was introduced- the Wireless Adapter. Which means the introduction of the Union Room as well. (Although the Union Room didn't live up to it's reputation, for you could only connect with people sitting right next to you, which was a huge disappointment.. but it was still a decent feature and nice to use, better battling and trading with others via Link Cable.) Leafgreen/Firered also allowed you to explore new areas- the Sevii Islands. Each island had its own unique features- One Island had Mt. Ember (The new home of Moltres) and Treasure Beach (A fun place to scavenge around for items). Two Island had the Move Tutor (One of the handiest things in the game, you can teach previously-learned moves to Pokemon for just two Tinymushrooms or one larger mushroom, which comes in handy when you want to teach a move to a Pokemon that you previously deleted earlier) plus it had a Minigame Room. (A place where you and your friends can hook up together with the Wireless Adapter to play games like that Pokemon jumprope game and Dodrio Berry Picking.) Three Island was the one that had the remarkable Berry Forest. (In this vast area filled with trees, you could scavenge the entire area in search for berries. Everytime you visit, there will be new berries for you to find. A fun and smart way to look for these berries is to use the Itemfinder, which will point you out the direction of the berries you are looking for.) Four Island was the home to Lorelei (Which inside, included many cute Pokedolls, and you could make more appear every time you beat the Elite Four 25 times more) and hosted the Pokemon Daycare (Which was a bit helpful in that it raised your Pokemon for you at a small meager cost, but even more helpful in that you could breed two Pokemon there to recieve a Pokemon egg to hatch into yet another Pokemon.) Five Island included the Rocket Hideout (Where you had to battle the Rockets to make them scram), a tiny island (Where an old man was waiting to give you a Pokemon egg which hatched into a baby Togepi), a cave (Filled with a puzzle to solve and items for a reward inside), and a Rock Altar (Where a trainer is paying his respects to his deceased Onix). Six Island had a vast forest (Filled to the brim with many Pokemon, including the rare Heracross) plus some ruins where you could find the Sapphire to give to Celio, but some scientist takes it, so you must follow him to retrieve it). Seven Island was the one which included the Tanoby Ruins (Which will be filled with various Unown only when you solve the puzzle in another area close by) and the Battle Tower (The Place to compete for rare prizes, including the Upgrade, King's Rock, Dragon Scale, Metal Coat, etc.) Leafgreen/Firered also offered a great amount of chances to fill your Pokedex because it had the Safari Zone (Which is a huge mass of land filled with many rare Pokemon) and also had the one of the best Elite Fours in all of the Pokemon games (Because after you beat them the first time, they immediately became stronger for you to challenge them again and gain even more EXP fighting). After you beat the Elite Four and became the new Champion, the player was given yet another chance to fill his/her Pokedex, because the three Legendary Dogs (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune) were released into Kanto for the player to catch. All of these features are what make Leafgreen/Firered the great games they are today. So that's why Leafgreen/Firered really are great games. And I'm not saying that any of the other Pokemon games are absolutely inferior to these ones, I'm just saying that Leafgren/Firered made it pretty darn close to perfection. The only flaw was that they didn't make much of a long story plot, so they could have made it a much finer game by adding more mossions and tasks to complete.

 

[Timid Kyogre]

I kind of like FireRed more than Emerald and Sapphire for some reason. It bring back old memories, believe me if they do a remake of Gold/Silver/Crystal I'd go crazy. It was an amazing idea to re-create Yellow/Blue/Red.

And the Sevii Islands too...And the Yellow/Blue/Red Elite Four are the strongest between all, I had a hard time beating them since I don't focus on training one Pokemon unlike my brother.

~Timid Kyogre

 

[Shadowcat]

Like *Orion* said, Emerald... He said everything I wanted to say... So, there's nothing really much for me to say...

And for me? Unlike SapphireL, I'm not called Sapphire because I loved the Sapphire Game... I usually use the name Sapphire almost everywhere...

 

[PDL]

I like all the games equally, but here's the order I put them in.

I like the Colosseum/XD games best because their storylines are completely different from the conventional pokemon game, plus the characters are uniquiely designed.

Sapphire/Ruby/Emerald comes in a close second, because they're steller games, and have a great selection of pokemon. (Unfortunately, I don't plan on buying emerald for myself because I don't bother getting the 3rd released game, no matter how many bells and whistles it has. However, I will admit that it has awesome features. So I'll stick to just using my cousin's Emerald )

Fire Red and Leaf Green get bronze because I've already played Red and Blue a number of times already, and the games don't get interesting until you get the national dex.

the only things I can say I hate about the games are that the promotional pokemon are nearly impossible to get without cheating, especially where I live.

 

[Encyclopika]

I said pokemon Colosseum...it was so...different. Yes, I love Emerald...but Colosseum is the most enjoyable to me by far. I love the characters and "snagging" your Pokemon from other people is something of uniqueness. Yes, XD does it too...but Colo did it first. I like how the Johto Pokemon are featured more so as far as catching Pokemon and you can get Ho-oh in the end. It makes finishing my Pokedex that much easier.

 

[duragon]

I'd go with Emerald...... Most features compared to the rest GBA Pokemons (yes, I don't play Gamecube since I've never seen any...... j/k, but I've never played Gamecube anyway), and, well, awesome in many ways. Though, compared to the other GBA pokemons, one thing I miss about Emerald is the upgraded Elite 4. Sure, you can rematch Gym Leaders (which is also a BIG plus), but I miss beating up Elite 4 over and over and over again for easy Exp, and LeafGreen gave me that. Not to mention that Gym rematches are as random as the other rematches, while Elite 4 stays there, in Pokemon League, ever ready to fight.

 

[Magma Grunt Alex]

I love pokemon XD!!

 

[lightspeed]

Either emerald or XD.

 

[Cipher]

1. Emerald (Though I'm a bit angry that they even gave us Ruby and Sapphire when they were fully capable of giving us this.)

2. Leafgreen (Solid game, more stuff to do than Ruby and Sapphire, though not as much as Emerald. Plus nastolgia factor.)

3. XD (Cipher! A real plot! A mix of monsters! Yes!)

 

[Anikin]

What more can be said?

I'll explain my vote. I love Emerald sooooooo much cauze it gives me the chance to trian realy hard Pokemon and has exelent locations plus the Battle Frontier, the graphics, the Pokemon, the evil teams. What more can be said?

 

[Kabuto]

Emerald even though I don't own it. I liked Ruby alot but Emerald is obviously better. Even though I wouldn't buy it because its too similar.