Personally, with the exception of the Kanto remakes, Gen. III was the worst generation of Pokemon games in my honest opinion.
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Personally, with the exception of the Kanto remakes, Gen. III was the worst generation of Pokemon games in my honest opinion.
I love Gen. 3. So many awesome things, and plots in those games that many people seem to overlook.
I enjoyed the three Gen III games I've got (Ruby, FireRed, and Emerald), for the most part. Initially I didn't, though, because Ruby on its own isn't that enjoyable. I loved FireRed when the Kanto remakes came out, and played through that relatively quickly (at that time, my Ruby game was still only partly finished).
When Emerald came out, I finally managed to acquire an appreciation for Hoenn. I'm sure it was due to a few different factors... one thing was that I played it on a GBASP from day 1, so it was much easier to see the nice graphics on that screen. However, there were also more subtle enhancements about Emerald that made it a better game overall than Ruby/Sapphire. The menu used a smaller and less clumsy-looking font, allowing more to actually fit on your screen and look neater at the same time. Emerald also added 10 more spaces to your bag's general items pocket and incorporated the Fr/Lg PC feature that let you move large groups of Pokemon around the storage system simultaneously.
Last summer I restarted each of my Gen III games and replayed each of them in order to have as complete and perfect a game as possible. At this point they're all done, with complete Pokdedexes, identically organized PC boxes, and a full inventory of hold items.
I really enjoyed the Generation III games. I realize a lot of people don't like them, but they're my second favorite Gen.
Its awesome, I'm playing Emerald now and I just beat May in Slateport, one of the best gen's.
I liked Generation III Pokemon. Because they had a lot of new and different types of Pokemon.
Gen III FTW!! It is so underrated, and it is way faster then gen IV.
I was looking through the ugly sprite thread and I realized, I really like the shading they used for the battle sprites in the 3rd Gen. Were quite nice.
May, Blaziken, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Sceptile, Dive, out-of-battle weather, VS Seeker, everything about Emerald.
These are the things that make Generation III the best.
Generation III gave us abilities, double battles, natures, the overhaul of the Data Structure, a more comprehensive berry list, new attacks and in the last half of it - wireless battling.
Saying Generation III was the worst in terms of Gameplay is nonsense. Game Freak made a huge gamble with this, and it paid off. The only thing I would discredit this generation is the Pokémon designs. Don't get me wrong, some Pokémon like Blaziken, Banette, Flygon, Metagross, Jirachi and Deoxys are awesome, but others like Plusle and Minun really weren't needed at all, some were ugly (Salamence) and some of the best looking Pokémon turned out terrible (Mawile and Torkoal).
So in terms of the actual games. No, Generation III was amazing. In terms of designs of the actual Pokémon, I'd say Generation III was the worst.
I grew up with Gen I and II and nostalgia forces them to be my favourites, however, the generation I find to be the best is the third. Strong points are the music and the environments, but what I really like is all the neat secret side quests they put into it. All the things like the Regis, Mirage Island, and how they don't tell you about it, but just like, keep it hidden there. I don't know, I find those kinds of things cool.
And let's not forget how you can cut any kind of grass simply by using CUT outside of battle! I can't believe they took that out.
I disagree though, with those who say that the third gen Pokémon were uninspired or uncreative. There are quite a few, such as the Slakoth, Nincada and Whismur evolutionary line that I find to be very interesting and creative, and I'm not just saying that because I like them but I think they're very well thought out. Not to mention interesting type combinations such as Breloom and the Lotad evolutionary line.
3rd gen saved Pokemon form me. I really wasn't too big a fan of 2nd gen, but when I played Ruby and Sapphire, it was like a breath of fresh air. The fact that you weren't running into Kanto Pokemon all the time, natures, abilities, the story, the general feel of Hoenn... it was like I had finally found my true favorites in the series.
Emerald made it that much better with all that it added, and with Fire/Leaf and Colo/XD, 3rd gen has to be my favorite of them all.
I hated how you had to buy five handheld games, two Gamecube games, and attend multiple Nintendo events around the United States just to complete the National Dex. The kids who just got into Pokemon in Generation IV have it so easy, it's not even funny.
Technically it could be done without the Gamecube games, if you had access to all 5 of the handheld games.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverFlame
When I played through my GBA games again last summer, I managed to complete the Pokedex in all three of them (Emerald first, then FireRed and Ruby).
There are only seven Hoenn Pokemon unobtainable in Emerald, excluding Jirachi and Deoxys. Five them are obtainable in both Ruby and Sapphire, and the the final two are R/S version exclusives... Zangoose in Ruby, and Lunatone in Sapphire. So I did have to borrow a friend's Sapphire for Lunatone, but other than that I could use my own Ruby to get the remainder. FireRed/LeafGreen take care of the entire Kanto Pokedex. Several of the LeafGreen-only Pokemon between those two games are actually catchable in the Hoenn games, though, so I only needed to borrow a LeafGreen cartridge for a few species. And for the Johto Pokedex, Emerald (through its expanded Safari Zone) and FireRed/LeafGreen (with the Sevii Islands) pick up the slack for Ruby and Sapphire. Even Johto's Legendaries can all be caught without the Gamecube games... the only catch is that you need to play through a Kanto remake 3 times to catch all three of the legendary beasts.
I do agree with you on event-exclusives, though... I'd be willing to drive a while to get to one, but I don't even have that option as Canada never gets any. The GBA games were the only time I've ever used an AR for anything, and I don't regret it since Nintendo and the retailers they deal with left me no choice.