Game Boy Advance

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The Game Boy Advance brings 32-bit gaming to the palm of players' hands. The system is home to the third generation of Pocket Monsters games and is able to communicate with the GameCube games through a cable that connects both systems.

Pocket Monsters Ruby &
Pocket Monsters Sapphire
(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)
(Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire)

Japanese Release Date: November 21st, 2002
American Release Date: March 17th, 2003

Overview: Join a budding young Pokemon Trainer as he or she makes their way through the land of Houen! Visit all new locations, battle against all new trainers, engage in double battles, face off against eight new Gym Leaders, and raise the over 100 new pokemon who make their debut in this game. The game also features the debut of competitions called Pokemon Contests in which players try to make their pokemon appeal to a group of judges.

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Nintendo's Pocket Monsters Ruby & Sapphire Japanese Site

Pokemon-Games.com's Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire American Site

Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire
(ポケモンピンボールルビー＆サファイア)
(Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire)

Japanese Release Date: August 1st, 2003
American Release Date: August 25th, 2003

Overview: Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire is an update of the popular Game Boy Color game featuring pokemon introduced in the Ruby and Sapphire games.

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Nintendo's Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire Japanese Site

Pokemon-Games.com's Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire American Site

Pocket Monsters Fire Red &
Pocket Monsters Leaf Green
(ポケットモンスターファイアレッド &
ポケットモンスターリーフグリーン)
(Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen)

Japanese Release Date: January 29th, 2004
American Release Date: September 9th, 2004

Overview: In these Game Boy Advance remakes of Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green, players travel back to the land of Kanto to fight against the original eight gym leaders. The graphics have received a major overhaul, and the games allow players to finally complete their Pokemon Zukan when trading with Ruby and Sapphire. Both games came packaged with a Wireless Adapter, which allows players to trade and battle without the use of link cables.

Changes: The Japanese version supported the E-Reader peripheral, but the American version does not.

A few dialogue changes between the original games and the remakes have been made. A reference to the Columbia space shuttle in the Pewter City museum has been changed to "Space Shuttle" in lieu of the 2003 Columbia disaster. In addition, trainers known as "Gamblers" in the original Red and Blue are known as "Gamers" in the remakes.

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Nintendo's Japanese Pocket Monsters Fire Red & Leaf Green Japanese Site

Pokemon-Games.com's Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen American Site

Pocket Monsters Emerald
(ポケットモンスターエメラルド)
(Pokémon Emerald)

Japanese Release Date: September 16th, 2004
American Release Date: May 1st, 2005

Overview: Pocket Monsters Emerald is the update to the popular Ruby & Sapphire games. New features include new battle animations, the inclusion of both the Magma-Dan and the Aqua-Dan in the game's story, Rayquaza's inclusion in the battle between Groudon and Kyogre, and the addition of an all new challenge called the Battle Frontier.

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Nintendo's Pocket Monsters Emerald
Japanese Site

Pokemon-Games.com's Pokémon Emerald American Site

Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon -
Red Rescue Team
(ポケモン不思議のダンジョン赤の救助隊)
(Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Red Rescue Team)

Japanese Release Date: November 17th, 2005
American Release Date: September 18th, 2006

Overview: In this entry in the popular (in Japan, anyway) Mysterious Dungeon series, you play the role of a human who wakes up one day and finds that he's turned into a pokemon! As you get used to your new pokemon body, you form what is known as a rescue team to help the pokemon in the area stay safe from natural disasters. Will you find out the cause of the natural disasters? And why did you turn into a pokemon in the first place?

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Chunsoft's Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon - Red Rescue Team Japanese Site

Pokemon-Game.com's Pokémon Mystery Dungeon - Red Rescue Team American Site