Generation III (Pokémon)

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NamePocket 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:
ポケットモンスター オメガルビー
ポケットモンスター アルファサファイア

Abbreviation(s)RSE, ORAS
Developer(s)Game Freak; Nintendo
Release dateNovember 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.
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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

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

Fan Art

Fan Fic

Other Pokémon Generations on Fanlore

  1. Generation I (Pokémon)
  2. Generation II (Pokémon)
  3. Generation III (Pokémon)
  4. Generation IV (Pokémon)
  5. Generation V (Pokémon)
  6. Generation VI (Pokémon)
  7. Generation VII (Pokémon)
  8. Generation VIII (Pokémon)
  9. Generation IX (Pokémon)

References/Further Reading

  1. ^ (Accessed Sept. 18, 2023)