I have a 3DS now and hopefully soon will get Sapphire!!! Weeee

Awesome!! 

Yamichan16 wrote:

You have to wait until you get the legendaries. D:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. what is this blasphemy??

What? I'm pretty sure you can breed right away, right? There's a Daycare center on the way to Verdanturf Town. Does it not work anymore?

No No!! You can breed when you get to the 3rd gym. I'm talking about catching eevee. XD

oh, ohhhhhhhhhh. lol ok, thanks for clearing that up. xD

Yeah! Once you get the legendary of your game more pokemon will appear on routes. I think you get the National Dex too?

resetting for natures is such an agonizing task. >.>

@Sailor Seren wrote:

I really want all of the other water-types, I already have Mudkip. I'd be happy with any of them tho.

Your  is showing.... 

JTC got me a Spheal!!! I've had a Spheal plushie for years but never raised one. And HOLY GOODNESS is it wonderful. I think there's a reason Ice-types are usually only put later in the games.

They are awesome! I wish you can get them sooner in the game. ^^

A trainer could DESTROY so many things if Ice was available early! Perhaps I may send a Smoochum or something to the Pokemon Bank for the future.

i sent in my icetypes in pokebank (lapras and glaceon) <3
but they are too high leveled still :/

My A team is almost to level 30!! Soon I will move on to the 5th gym. I also caught a lot pokemon that I missed on past routes and caves. I also did some wonder trading last night and transfer over the other two gen 3 starters from my X game.

i think i should evolve my collection of eevees xD

i will get omega ruby as late christmas gif. then i have both versions ^^

and am i the only one who think the game feels kind of shippy? it would make sense because in the manga ruby (guy) x sapphire (girl) is canon.

@Crystal wrote:

i think i should evolve my collection of eevees xD

i will get omega ruby as late christmas gif. then i have both versions ^^

and am i the only one who think the game feels kind of shippy? it would make sense because in the manga ruby (guy) x sapphire (girl) is canon.

You're not the only one. I definitely see the shipping between the ORAS protagonists.

I have very vivid memories of when the original Ruby and Sapphire games came out, such as when my mom got me Sapphire for Easter, and then Ruby a couple months later on my birthday. I consider these games personal milestones for me: they're the first games I ever truly beat, the Elite Four are the first I ever beat, and they're the first games I ever truly completed. 

When Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were announced, you won't believe how happy I was. I got Alpha Sapphire the day it came out! I even played it at school for a short while! But I beat Alpha Sapphire and I can say this: GameFreak really outdid themselves with these games. They improved on all of the original's flaws and so much more. Still bummed about no trainer customization, but it is what it is. The Hoenn saga may not be everyone's favorite, but it'll always have a special place in my heart no matter what.

My Alpha Sapphire team: Blaziken, Cosplay Pikachu, Pelipper, Roserade, Castform, and Beautifly.

The legendaries that pop out of the portals in the mirage spots are really hard to catch omg

I raised all my primary party to Lv. 40, because I thought Norman would be hard. Then I beat him easily in one try and was surprised Latios was only level 30...so I've taken a break. But I could easily smash through the rest of the game.

Heck, All the gyms including the elite four and the champion were mostly one hit kills from my team. The only gym that gave me a tiny bit of trouble was the third one, but only because I didn't have proper pokemon types and just kept using potions and only one revive. The new function of the exp share almost made the game too easy. 

Now the real issue was catching deoxys without the master ball. Had to restart the entire final sequence five times to catch him without critting him to death. Now catching the legendaries that pop out of the portals I blame Rick Sanchez for that   are even more difficult then he was. I even caught groudon in only two rounds, one round was botched because I accidentally crit him to death. The capture round took less then 10 turns to get him. Though there is an article on serebii.net that tells you about the seemingly random legendaries that pop out, the times to get them and other conditions.

OH GOD!!! I totally feel you! Deoxys is a PAIN to catch! Seriously, Primal Kyogre was easier to catch than he was! I just caved and used my Master Ball on him!

Also amie boots you exp. too. But honestly I don't mind it or the exp. share. Yeah it makes the game easier, but for people whole like to train over ten pokemon it's a blessing. Plus you don't have to use these features. You can train weaker pokemon the whole fashion way if you want still. 

Usually gym leader pokemon's levels:

1:  10-14
2:  17-20
3: mid 20s or late 20s, maybe a 30 thrown in there
4: early 30s
5: mid 30s
6: early 40s
7: mid 40s to late 40s
8: lates 40s to early 50s

But of course my list varies. Sometimes a gym leader is stronger or weaker than the norm. Like the 2nd gym leader pokemons in X and Y were at level 25. Then gen 3 reamkes your father's pokemon were in late 20s and one level 30. I was shock because I raised my pokemon above 30 for this gym. He only gave me a bit problem because of Yawn and Encore. 

I think the gyms were fairly easy in the originals then Emerald they gyms were a bit harder. At least I had a few problems with some of the leaders in Emerald. Watson I'm looking at you. 

I haven't gotten to the 6th gym yet. I am currently training my side team to the 30s. I do have Latias now!

^ you hit the nail on the head. I only had emerald, and the gyms were a total pain, mostly norman on my end though.. Congrats on getting latias! and depending on your current team gym 6 will be a cakewalk.

Oh yes it will be. I have three pokemon that can take the next person down easily.

Did you play aqua or ruby for gba?

I had Ruby and got Emerald. Never beat both of them.

I only had emerald, and beat it three times. It was so much fun! The best part was taking down two teams at once!

I just beat Omega Ruby and am on the Delta episode now. I really hate it when Zinnia does that monkey dance before she sends out her first Pokemon in the beginning of battle. It just looks so weird, and her outfit doesn't make it any better!

^It makes her look insane, when she really isn't. She's just...eccentric. There is a difference. The dance was great, don't get me wrong, but just wasn't fitting for her character.

Also

Spoiler:

 

Why did she refer to an aster and apologize to her right before you got rayquaza? Even her wismer, who was also named aster (most likely after this individual she was referring to) was all ???. Did anyone find any conclusion to that, or is that more of a set up for a movie?

The very first Pokemon game I ever played was Red when it first came out. After that, was Blue, Yellow, and then Silver. After that, Pokemon became too numerous for me. I was alright with the first extension past 150, but then the numbers became astronomical and I quit. I ended up picking up White when it released, but never finished it.

BUT!

I have always loved the series, and even though I'm old and stubborn and stuck in my ways, I've never played a Pokemon game I DIDN'T like, so I'm going to give it another shot.

^I felt the same way for years, but I dove back in with Platinum a few months ago and it was quite a lot of fun.
Best wishes!!!

Especially if you start with Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire, as it will be a massive upgrade in feature plus all the original ones from the first two generations.