Pokémon Emerald
| Pokémon Emerald | |
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North American box art for Pokémon Emerald, depicting the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza.
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| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
| Publisher(s) | The Pokémon Company |
| Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shigeki Morimoto |
| Producer(s) | Hiroyuki Jinnai Hitoshi Yamagami Gakuji Nomoto Hiroaki Tsuru |
| Composer(s) | Go Ichinose Junichi Masuda Morikazu Aoki Hitomi Sato |
| Series | Pokémon |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76.65% |
| Metacritic | 76 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | 7/10 |
| EGM | 7.17/10 |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 3.5/5 |
Pokémon Emerald (ポケットモンスター エメラルド Poketto Monsutā Emerarudo,?, "Pocket Monsters Emerald"), is a role-playing video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on September 16, 2004, and was later released in North America, Australia, and Europe. It is an enhanced version of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and is part of the third generation of the Pokémon video game series.
The gameplay and controls are mostly unchanged from previous games in the series; players control a Pokémon trainer from an overhead perspective. As with previous games, the player's general goal is to traverse the Hoenn region and conquer a series of eight Pokémon gyms in order to challenge the Elite Four and its champion, while the main subplot is to defeat two criminal organizations attempting to take over the region. Along with Pokémon that debuted in Ruby and Sapphire, the game incorporated Pokémon from Pokémon Gold and Silver not featured in Ruby and Sapphire in the post-game.
Emerald's reception was generally positive upon release.
The setting and plot remains largely the same as Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Players can choose from either a boy or girl (resembling Brendan and May, both of whom have been given new green costumes) and choose between one of three Pokémon before they proceed from their hometown into the rest of the game's world. Players are tasked with filling a device called a Pokédex by catching different Pokémon species and evolving them. They are also tasked to complete eight gym challenges and defeat the Elite Four and its champion by battling their Pokémon. Along their journey they face both Team Magma and Team Aqua (whereas Ruby and Sapphire had you face only one of them based on which version you had). Each has a goal to change the world to their liking; Magma desires more landmass while Aqua desires more water. They plan to accomplish their respective goals by summoning the legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre. Late in the game, they both summon their respective legendary Pokémon; however the Pokémon refuse to obey either team and begin fighting, which puts the world in a constantly switching state of droughts and rain. The players' character climbs a tower in order to summon the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza, who quells the other two Pokémon's rage. After players beat the Elite Four, they are able to encounter two Pokémon flying across Hoenn called Latias and Latios and can access an area called the Battle Frontier.
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