Pokémon Alpha Sapphire - Nintendo 3DS

A wonderful blast from the past. The music, the familiar pokemon, the gameplay is just amazing. A good gift for anyone wanting to play Hoenn but do not have RSE or a gameboy.

This game is stunning and a great remake of my personal favorite generation. Emerald was my first pokemon game ever that I alone owned and didnt have to share with my older brothers and I played it probably 1000 times through. This remake makes playing the game fun all over again. A little bit dissapointed they removed the charachter customization that was in XY but its not needed. My dad also got Ruby version of this game and after exclusively playing pokemon yellow on an old game boy he really loves the new style of gameplay and the animations.

For the beginner, this is a fantastic step into the Pokemon franchise. It has all the characters, creatures, and plots that made me love this series. But for the girl whos played every Pokemon since Pokemon Blue on her grape purple Gameboy Color.. somethings lost. I love this series. I love Pokemon. (My favorite is Psyduck!) Pokemon X and Y got me amped up for this remake, to the point I was jittery waiting for my shipment to arrive at home. I tore this open, breezed through the beginning, and then for the first time, I actually grew so disenchanted that I put this down. Its not a bad game. Its just a remake and thats exactly what it feels like. In comparison to the remake of HeartGold and SoulSilver, which added a smorgasbord of new, exciting content, Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby just prettied things up and took a few steps backward. Remember how they gave us the Berry pots in Black/White and the Berry Farm in X/Y? Yeah, you now get the privilege of once again traveling from route to route to pick and replant berries. Remember how the contests were just animations of your Pokemon making attacks from behind? Same thing. Despite the painstaking process Gamefreak and Nintendo took to do 3D animations of attacks from all sides, contests are EXACTLY what they were before. Remember how annoying it was to travel to Mauville City to change your bike from Acro to Mach? You have to do the same damn thing now. Pokemon Amie, Super Trainer, and PSS were GREAT additions to the franchise, but were they so great that they needed to be included exactly as they were in X/Y? Apparently, Nintendo thought so. We didnt even get any new games with Pokemon Amie! This just screams laziness to me. Character customization, a feature I enjoyed ridiculously, has been removed in its entirety. Why? I feel that the AI is incredibly dumbed down. Ive had no trouble whatsoever with the gym leaders, and Im almost to my eighth badge. I even switched my Pokemon team just to see if the battles would be any more challenging--theyre not. Even the bad guy bosses are ridiculously easy. I understand that this is a childrens game at its core, but one of the reasons Pokemon does so well is because of its long-term fans, who have since entered adulthood. Yes, Im 25, with a job and a house, and I still play Pokemon, but I know Im not the only one. For the price and the time spent waiting for this remake, I expected the same love and care that went into HeartGold and SoulSilver, and FireRed and LeafGreen. This game, though pretty, is nowhere near the quality Ive come to expect from Nintendo.

I am playing it to try to get a shiny charm maybe

It was a wonderful purchase

I bought this for my now 8 year old cousin for his birthday, its the main thing he asked for. When he got it he was so happy, he played all the time. Now I dont see him playing much(after a month) I think its getting too hard perhaps, or maybe he just doesnt like reading the words on the game haha. If he was a little bit older I think he would appreciate it more.

I loved the first version of this game. The new pokedex features were awesome. One thing I disliked was how easy they made catching legendary pokemon. Another thing I disliked was the incessant rambling and cut-scenes. I also hated running back and forth for the last challenge after the Pokemon league. Again, the cut-scenes made it almost unbearable and almost ruined the game for me. In the originals, I loved the way the character walked. I thought it was adorable. Also, you cant act like youre sleeping in your bed at home, or relaxing in the mud at Lavaridge town like you could before. I loved those little details and was very disappointed to see them go. -PokeFangirl

I get to re-live my childhood once again! When I was little, Pokemon Sapphire was my first game (my little sister had Pokemon Ruby) and now I get to play the remake in a whole new way! I just like everything about this remake and I also like the feature that you can join with others online at anytime instead of being interrupted during your gameplay (that happens when you play Pokemon X & Y). The gameplay redesign is fantastic and I love that you can interact with your pocket monsters & I also like that the Exp. Share works with all the Pokemon in your party (makes training a whole lot easier). This game is definitely worth getting and I would also suggest getting the guide book too. Tons of fun! Way to go Nintendo! Now lets see a 3DS release of Pokemon Yellow.

I have been playing pokemon for god knows how long now, and the games never get old. In fact, sapphire was my favorite game out of the entire collection so far, other than the original blue version, which will always be my first and favorite. Ill admit, I was a little nervous when they made mega evolutions for pokemon, seeing as this is kind of another way to keep the game interesting, but my doubts were unfounded, as the game is as great as ever. Of course, I own Omega Ruby also, but either game is worth the price and is definitely one of the best they have remade. Another cool feature that they added was being able to catch the legendaries from other games, although you cant catch the ones from X or Y. Other than that, i would recommend this game to any pokemon fan out there.

Even though the US edition is whats pictured, and this listing is priced higher than the World Edition, you will be sent the World Edition.