X and Y proved that the familiar, main series Pokémon formula is better than ever, and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, despite being rehashes of older games, will use X and Y as their template. There have been plenty of Pokémon spin-offs over the years, but with a few exceptions (like Pokémon Snap and Pokémon Pinball) they've never even come close to being as compelling as the main series games. Remakes are (almost always) better than mediocre spin-offs Just thinking about what they might do with the games' Battle Frontier, a surprisingly robust endgame area for the time, should make any Pokémon fan want to sing like Jigglypuff. The upcoming remakes give Game Freak the opportunity to revisit and expand on the original games' concepts with new technologies and insights.
And they're packed with strange gameplay experiments and unique features, like customizable secret bases and weird, non-combat Pokémon contests. Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire were the only original Pokémon games on the Game Boy Advance, not counting the Red/Green remakes. Here are a few reasons why Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire may be well worth your time.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot'sĮnter Ruby and Sapphire were pretty unique But the truth is that these remakes are very much worth playing, whether you're an experienced fan of the series, you haven't played since Red and Blue, or you're a total newcomer who never played the games before 2013's Pokémon X and Y.
Yes, it can be frustrating that the Pokémon powers that be insist on consistently exploiting the series' past. While some might call Game Freak's love of remaking old Pokémon games a bad habit, that's doing the developers and the games a disservice. Predictably, 2003's Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are next on the remake list, with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire set to drop in November, more than a decade after the originals launched. Then, on DS, they made Heart Gold and Soul Silver. On Game Boy Advance came Fire Red and Leaf Green (remakes of the original Game Boy releases). With every new generation of games, they remake and re-release a pair of older games as well. A discernible pattern has emerged in developer Game Freak's Pokémon releases.
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