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Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
| Video game fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pocket Monsters Ruby and Sapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |
| 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 2014 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 |
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Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald (commonly abbreviated as RSE) are the sequels to the second games in the Pokémon franchise Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. Unlike those games, they do not build upon the setting or characters introduced in Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, instead starting fresh, with only the Pokémon characters themselves making appearances, aside from some cameos.
Released initially as Pocket Monsters Ruby and Sapphire for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance on November 21, 2002 in Japan, it later received an updated version, Pocket Monsters Emerald, on September 16, 2004. Ruby and Sapphire would release in America on November 21, 2002, with Emerald following on May 1, 2005.
The games were later remade for the Nintendo 3DS in 2014 with Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
Plot Overview
The player controls a protagonist that you name, (a young boy named Brendan or a girl named May,) and explores a fictional interpretation of the Kyushu region in Japan called Hoenn. You start out with either Treeko, Torchic or Mudkip, given to you by the region's Pokémon Professor. Your neighbor, the other playable character, acts as your rival. Later, you meet Wally, a kid the same age as the playable character who's illness, implied to be acute bronchitis or asthma, has limited his ability to train Pokémon until you help give him confidence.
The games feature eight gym leaders, which must be defeated in Pokémon battles before you reach the Elite Four, considered the four strongest trainers in the region aside from the Pokémon Champion, Steven Stone. Along the way, you encounter and defeat either the villainous, eco-terrorist-like Team Magma, led by Maxie, or Team Aqua, led by Archie, depending on the version. In Pokémon Emerald, you stop both.
The 2014 remakes update the games' mechanics, appearance and post-game content. Almost every character got redesigned. It also introduces Zinnia, who's familiar with the legendary and mysterious Rayquaza and calls upon its help to destroy a meteorite that'll strike Hoenn and appears in the games' new "Delta Episode" plotline. Another new character is Lisia, who serves as your rival in Pokémon contests.
Characters
May and Steven Stone are considered the most popular characters to have come from these games within the fandom. Both make major appearances in the anime series, with May being one of Ash Ketchum's traveling companions, replacing Misty, and Steven being the Hoenn Pokémon Champion.
Repurposing the female protagonist to be Ash Ketchum's primary female traveling companion was a first in the series, later happening again with Dawn from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum and Serena from Pokémon X and Y. Many fans consider this May, a Pokémon Coordinator with a little brother, and the May seen in the games, either the Pokémon Champion or your rival, to be cross-canon counterparts of the same character. The games' May, largely un-characterized by canon, may be a stand-in for the author in a fanwork, written with either her anime or Pokémon Special manga characterization, (as seen with Sapphire Birch,) or, often, some combination of the three, if focused on.
Steven Stone is the heir to a large corporation, but has a passion for rare stones, which he wanders around Hoenn in hopes of finding. He's portrayed both in canon and within fanworks as very aloof, though kind to the player and his friends, including eighth gym leader and Pokémon Emerald Champion, Wallace. He's also been described by many fans as a bishounen.
Other notable characters include the remaining gym leaders and Elite Four: Roxanne, Brawly, Wattson, Flannery, Norman, Winona, Tate and Liza, Juan, Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia and Drake. The admins of Team Magma and Aqua, Courtney, Shelly, Tabitha and Matt, also appear. Anabel, originally a Tower Tycoon, is also focused on in fanworks mostly due to her later association with Looker and other Interpol officers in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Popular Relationships
The Hoenn Games Trio, consisting of Brendan, May & Wally, is a popular gen ship in fanworks.
Popular romantic ships, not including those with characters who are exclusive to the anime or manga, are Archie/Maxie (HardenShipping), Steven Stone/Wallace (OriginShipping), May/Steven Stone (HoennChampionShipping) and Lisia/May (ContestQueenShipping). Rarer are ships involving Brendan or those between two gym leaders/Elite Four members, including Brendan/Wally (LoverivalShipping), Brendan/May (HoennShipping), Brawly/Roxanne (RockSmashShipping) and Phoebe/Sidney (DevilShipping), among many others shipped by fans. For more pairings, see each characters' individual pages.
Cynthia/Steven Stone (DarkSteelShipping), pairing Steven with Cynthia, Champion of the Sinnoh region, is also popular.
Steven Stone is also particularly popular for self-shipping.
RSE Fandom
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Popular Tropes & Fanon
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Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Twitch Plays Pokémon, an online game and social experiment in which an emulation of the Pokémon console games is streamed on Twitch and collectively controlled by the viewers of the stream via commands entered into the chat in 2014 and following years.
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
- ポケモンRSE on PixivEncyclopedia
- ORAS on PixivEncyclopedia
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions on Bulbapedia
- Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire on Bulbapedia