Generation III (Pokémon)
| Video game fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pocket Monsters Ruby and Sapphire Series Pocket Monsters Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Series |
| Japanese name | ポケットモンスター ルビー ポケットモンスター サファイア ポケットモンスター エメラルド Generation VI (Pokémon) Remakes: |
| Abbreviation(s) | RSE, ORAS |
| Developer(s) | Game Freak; Nintendo |
| Release date | November 21, 2002 - September 28, 2006 (Japan) |
| Platform(s) | Gameboy Advance, later multi-platform |
| Genre(s) | Role-Playing Game |
 Pixel Art of Brendan, May and Wally walking in the style of Generation IV's opening animation sprites. Drawn by Otamago. | |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Generation III Pokémon games include Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald, in addition to the Generation I remakes Fire Red and Leaf Green. This generation was also remade during Generation IV as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in 2014.
Generation III's fandom can be split into Gameverse, PokéAni and Pokéspe. This article focuses on 'Gameverse'.
Generation III Fandom
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For more information regarding Generation I's fandom, see characters' and pairings' individual pages.
Relationships
The most popular ship this generation is Wallace/Steven Stone (OriginShipping). Other popular ships include Archie/Maxie (HardenShipping), May/Steven Stone (HoennChampionShipping), and May/Brendan (HoennShipping).
Other popular pairings, as seen on Archive of Our Own, are Wallace&Steven Stone, Wallace/Winona (GracefulShipping), Archie&Maxie, Wallace/Winona/Steven Stone (SabotageShipping), Cynthia/Steven Stone (DarkSteelShipping, a popular label created to replace the existing ship name LoliShotaShipping, as seen on Neverending Romance, a community created ship list), and Shelly/Courtney (AlphaFemaleShipping)[1]. Other characters of note include rival Wally, coordinator Lisia and the mysterious Zinnia.
Remaining named characters include Roxanne, Brawly, Wattson, Flannery, Norman, Tate and Liza, Juan, Tabitha, Matt, Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, Drake and Anabel.
DarkSteelShipping became popular because of the Pokémon Anime's finale in Galar, which showed all the previous champions battle one another for the first time, and their appearances in Pokémon Masters.
Example/Notable Fanac
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- OriginShippingWeek2021, an event lasting from January 24th to the 30th. Information regarding it can be seen here.
- GracefulShipping Fan Fiction Compendium, a fanfiction collection for everything GracefulShipping. Includes works from 2003 to around 2010.
- Twitch Plays Pokémon.
Fan Art
- Dancing in the Moonlight by AuroraphyArt, DarkSteelShipping fanart featuring their sygna suits from Pokemon Masters.
- Untitled by MariaChiaraSan6, fanart drawn with hatched shading of Brendan/Wally (LoveRivalShipping) and HoennChampionShipping.
Fan Fic
- skipping stones on the sands of time by spaceyFeline, a work-in-progress English longfic where Steven is flung back in time by Giratina to the world of Hisui, as featured in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Features OriginShipping, Cyllene/Professor Laventon (SurveyShipping) and Palina/Iscan (SecretSeaShipping). Rated Teen with an Archive Warning for Graphic Depictions Of Violence.
- It's a Funny Story by Pent, an English OriginShipping one-shot about Steven taking Wallace to the Devon Corporation headquarters to show him a special stone. Rated Gen.
- Puzzle Box by Incy Little Spider (1ncylilspider), an English HardenShipping one-shot. After a raid on a Team Aqua hideout, Maxie and Archie meet by accident in Slateport. And the Aqua Leader has some interrogating to do... Rated Mature.
- No Fangs by TheIllusiveMantis, an English HardenShipping one-shot about Maxie's Pokemon having to live with Archie. Rated Gen.
- The Man From Hoenn by Griselda_Gimpel, an English Juan/Kabu (OverseasShipping) cross-generational one-shot featuring a humorous scenario regarding Pokemon breeding. Rated Gen. Featured in the collection Rare Fic.
- Across the Sun Series by LizHollow, an English collection of two longfics where Steven Stone goes on a journey to find the missing May post-game. The fanfictions are HoennChampionShipping and take place across many different Pokemon regions. Rated Teen.
Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore
- Generation I (Pokémon)
- Generation II (Pokémon)
- Generation III (Pokémon)
- Generation IV (Pokémon)
- Generation V (Pokémon)
- Generation VI (Pokémon)
- Generation VII (Pokémon)
- Generation VIII (Pokémon)
- Generation IX (Pokémon)
References/Further Reading
- ^ (Accessed Sept. 18, 2023)