Let’s get this out of the way right now. I am a male, I am 21 years of age and I lead a normal, healthy (to some extent) life. I do, however, from time to time, play games. As you may expect, occasionally, I do stumble across games that may be designed for a younger audience than myself. But, and this is a big but, I would never discriminate against a game because of it’s target audience. A good game is a good game, and it’s as simple as that.

Way back in 1998 (I think) I travelled to the States and bought myself a Gameboy pocket to replace my massive, yet much loved, Gameboy. Whilst making the purchase, I noticed stacks of a certain game title behind the counter. ‘What’s that?’ I asked. ‘That’s Pokemon’, replied the cashier. I bought a copy of the game and toddled off back to the hotel to have a go. Three hours later, when my eyes began trying to recess into my skull, I stopped playing. I was hooked. Ever since then, I have bought every single version of this game available to me. I’m proud to say…*gasp*… that I ‘like’ Pokemon.

So, when I saw the latest version in my local store, I had to get it. But before I start saying what has changed, I think I had better explain what Pokemon is, just in case anyone has been hiding under a rock for the past five years and thinks I’m completely insane…

Pokemon means Pocket Monsters. Easy, eh? During this game, you must catch these ‘pocket monsters’ by fighting them against each other, and when sufficiently weakened, catching them in a special ball (Pokeball). The aim of the game is to catch as many as you can, or ‘Gotta catch ‘em, all!’ (I’m so sorry for this, really I am. I sound like a Digitiser reviewer). Eventually, you can challenge Gyms and leaders, so you can be recognised as the Pokemon champion and the best of the best. It’s incredibly simple, yet immense fun.

The Pokemon you catch grow as you use them, gaining more moves and evolving into a new pokemon when they reach a high enough level. It becomes rather addictive and strangely worrying as you await, sweaty palmed, for your monster’s evolution.

I’m sure that most of you have seen, played or at least heard of Pokemon, so I’ll get down to telling you what has changed. Firstly and most importantly, there is a new range of monsters. Granted some of the original and most favoured Pokemon make a return (Geodude, Koffing, Abra, etc.) but there is a whole new cast of monsters to keep you entertained. Including yet more ultra rare Pokemon, for you to trade via the GBA link cable.

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  1. Jedi_Amara Unregistered 6 years ago

    I'm the world's greatest Pokémaniac, and I love the new games! The difference between Ruby and Sapphire is the same as all the other double releases, they have some different Pokémon. Also, in Ruby your enemy is Team Magma and in Sapphire you fight Team Aqua. The graphics are so much better, and they've revamped the sound!

    BTW, Green was released with Red and Blue in Japan, but it was never translated.

    Cheers!
    ~Jedi_Amara
    Webmaster - http://www.patamon.tk/

  2. AJA Unregistered 6 years ago

    GREATJOB HAHA

  3. kidgcash Unregistered 6 years ago

    whaere can u find treecko

  4. fgdjhgf Unregistered 6 years ago

    nowhere only from Professer.Birch .
    its your first pokemon

  5. Dylan Unregistered 6 years ago

    pokemon rules

  6. sweettooth Unregistered 6 years ago

    where can i find pokemon block case

  7. Blaziken Unregistered 6 years ago

    Pokemon is my life. I live Pokemon.
    Oh, and you find the Pokeblock in the Contest Building in Slateport, the city with the white rocks, you know.

  8. David Unregistered 6 years ago

    Guess what! That is like my story except I got my first pokemon game in Canada and with a gameboy colour

  9. Link Unregistered 6 years ago

    I have 194 pokemon, yay!

  10. XtremeRaichu Unregistered 6 years ago

    I'm a Real Pokemaniac.
    And i Just Buy Every Single Game
    Even if it's Still there in the Future

  11. sweettooth Unregistered 6 years ago

    where can u find masterball

  12. Sophie ^-^ Unregistered 6 years ago

    *Sigh* Pokemon is just so cute!

  13. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    I don't think you are childish. Every one loves pokemon games! I realy like pokemon games to. I don't have all the games but I want them.

  14. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    What was the first game boy pokemon game? Is there a green version?

  15. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Please answer my last comment made on 01/07/2003, thank you! (It was a question.)

  16. ??? Unregistered 6 years ago

    it is a nice game

  17. dbzfan1! Unregistered 6 years ago

    what is the difference in sapphire and ruby?

  18. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Thanks.

  19. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Can Mudkip be breeded to have a egg? If so with who? (Other than pokemon you can not get in Ruby or sapphire.)

  20. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Can treecko be breeded? ( I asked about mudkip before.) answer please.

  21. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Dose anyone here have a shining pokemon? I do! It is a crobat. I call him pinky because he is pink.

  22. ? Unregistered 6 years ago

    a few years ago i stopped liking pokemon. After i saw ruby& saphire i had to get it.i think they could of made it better.they should of put in pokemon from the other games too.it is still a great game.

  23. Ashley Unregistered 6 years ago

    I Have all 358 pokemon ( i played a cheat for mew,celebii,and the other ones that needed a cheat).
    all my pokemon at the highest level possible level 99.
    beaten everyone on the game, and nomore to go but just look for things that i missed, it only took me 17 hours to beat the game.
    and i like your comment.

  24. frank Unregistered 6 years ago

    ashley in what game ruby or what do you have 358 pokemon

  25. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Can mudkip and treecko be breeded to make a egg? If so with who? Plese answer. Dose anyone else have a shining pokemon? I do, it is a crobat. I call him Pinky because he is pink.

    From Star2

  26. Arsol Unregistered 6 years ago

    THANK YOU! your comment did a lot for me! I was looking for that thing, and I couldnt find it, so i decided i would just come to see if anyone did know! But thank you!

  27. poke' girl red Unregistered 6 years ago

    yeah i think they should come out with a game called poke'mon rainbow that starts off in kankto travels through the orange islands then to johto then hoen

  28. poke' master red Unregistered 6 years ago

    No I dpn't have a shiny poke'mon whered you catch 'em?

  29. Raul Unregistered 6 years ago

    you need to find about more legends like how to solve the writing on the wall!

  30. teen Unregistered 6 years ago

    Are there three worlds

  31. johnny Unregistered 6 years ago

    uhhhhhhhhhhhh dude pokemon is
    fun huh

  32. misty Unregistered 6 years ago

    i love water pokemon

  33. typhlo Unregistered 6 years ago

    star2 u cn bred pmon wit dito

  34. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Did the 5th pokemon movie come out yet?

  35. star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    on vidio.

  36. zakeria Unregistered 6 years ago

    I agree pokemon rocks as the new kid on the block for me ovcourse.Im a poke fanatic my self even though im 11.But enough of that,have you heard of a missing.no cheat for pokemon red and blue if you havent then i will tell you firstly go to the guy who doesnt let you through in Virdian city in the begging talk to him first say yes then say no twice after go to cinibar city and surf down the right side of city then you will encounter the pokmon missing.no then defeat him dont catch him or it will muck up your game after you will meet pokemon above level 100 also the item in sixth place will be multiplied to the extent of the limitations carriable.

  37. 939 Unregistered 6 years ago

    my dad is older like 30 and he started play ing not that long ago

  38. lottie Unregistered 6 years ago

    I think the game is fantastic! its really cool. the only thing that could have been improved was for the game to have more pokemon (and for the pokemon from all the old games to have been included too.)

  39. cook Unregistered 6 years ago

    need help

    how does he bad egg hatch. i've been running around for 2 days. some 1 please reply

  40. ken Unregistered 6 years ago

    where is the masterball on ruby

  41. zinc pokemaniac Unregistered 6 years ago

    i need another masterball [in pokemon sapphire] has anyone got a cheat without using a cheat cartrige

  42. greg Unregistered 6 years ago

    i love pokemon

  43. greg Unregistered 6 years ago

    i know the rare candy cheat for ruby

  44. lollypop Unregistered 6 years ago

    my pokemon are:
    kyroge lv 95
    groudon lv 100
    latias lv 90
    swampert lv 97
    raquaza lv 100
    blaziken lv 95
    these are all hand trained and this is the pokemon sapphire game greg has a good team to and his cheats are really good

  45. greg Unregistered 6 years ago

    my pokemon are:
    blaziken lv 97
    swampert lv 95
    latios lv 97
    sceptile lv 98
    haryama lv 99
    last of all my raquaza lv 100
    beat that lollypop

  46. greg Unregistered 6 years ago

    i am the best at pokemon who wants
    the rare candy cheat i have infinite rare candys

  47. charizard034 Unregistered 6 years ago

    its a good game

  48. greg Unregistered 6 years ago

    for the last time can someone tell me what pokemon they used to get to marage island

  49. greg 6 years ago

    the diffrence between ruby and sapphire is you can catch diffrent pokemon

  50. lollypop Unregistered 6 years ago

    pokemon sapphire is brilliant

  51. spunky Unregistered 6 years ago

    :-)
    :-(
    :-D
    ;-)
    :-p

    do you know how to get HM03--surf

  52. po Unregistered 6 years ago

    where to find a masterball at on ruby

  53. biff boff Unregistered 6 years ago

    how do you get the solar stone to evolve gloom
    into bellosom

  54. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Does any one know how to make feebas evolve?And i have a nother problem. i cant make my cincada enolve into shedinja. i tryed having one pokeball and five pokemon with me but it keeps evolving into ninjask.

    please help.

    from
    Star2

  55. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Hey, biff boff!

    It's not a solar stone
    It's a sun stone. And
    you get it in Mossdeep
    c ity. a guy on the first
    floor of the space station
    will give it to you.

    From Star2

  56. frank Unregistered 6 years ago

    how do you find the pokeblock case

  57. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    cook,
    Ihad a bad egg to. It took
    me a week for it to hach.
    when it did come out it
    was a kabuto. Any way
    keep running around with
    it. It will hatch sooner or later.
    Could you tell me something?
    How do you get feebas to evolve?
    Good luck.

    From
    Star2

  58. Star2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    cook,

    My answer is up higher!

  59. ash Unregistered 6 years ago


    how do you get to merige island

  60. Metagross Unregistered 6 years ago

    Does any of you know how to hatch a bad egg?

  61. Flygon Unregistered 6 years ago

    I hate bad eggs! I had
    one two, it took a week
    to hatch it . Just keep
    running around with it. it
    will hatch sooner or later.
    Can you answer my question?
    How do you get feebas to evove?
    Please help!
    Good luck.

    From
    Flygon (formally Star2)

  62. Flygon2 Unregistered 6 years ago

    Does any one know how to make feebas evolve?

  63. elesha Unregistered 6 years ago

    i'm getting in for my 14th birthday or i ented this contest for its so fingers crossed

  64. elesha Unregistered 6 years ago

    do you get pikachu and the other poke'mon from the past games in the ruby and sapphire game

  65. Poke fan steph Unregistered 6 years ago

    Im looking foward to having a cool feature to show tat pokemon and video games aren't just for boys like buying ribbons to tie on to pokemon or at least some ting cuter! like pokemon pink no boys allowed!! :-D
    (no offence!)

    poke fan steph
    expertice: game hacking
    fav pokemon:blaizkein,Wailord, latios , latias, masquerain :-D

  66. BLOCKMON Unregistered 6 years ago

    WHEN DOES TH E BAD EGG HATCHS

  67. shiny Unregistered 6 years ago

    where do you go after you have eon ticket

  68. saiyan Unregistered 6 years ago

    wot dya do if pokemon ruby, wen feebas has had too many pokeblocks

  69. boy3000 Unregistered 6 years ago

    How do you make feebas evolve.

  70. Vegeta< That Is My Actual Name Unregistered 6 years ago

    This is a very interesting story. Now you said there are 200 pokemon, is lugia able to be transfered to ruby/saphire or even Celebi ...

  71. Vegeta, again Unregistered 6 years ago

    Do you play as a boy or girl on the saphire versoin, or both.

  72. Brian Unregistered 6 years ago

    how do I get to fortree city

  73. makaveli Unregistered 6 years ago

    u get to mossdeep island in the westside THUGLIFE wurd up MOB holla

  74. pokemon duel master Unregistered 6 years ago

    Which colour pokeblocks do you need for Golbat to evolve.

  75. hayden Unregistered 6 years ago

    greg what is the rare candy cheat?

  76. Josh Unregistered 6 years ago

    At Magma/Aqua Base

  77. James Unregistered 6 years ago

    I think Pokemon Ruby is pretty cool, especially the thought of the new HM Dive. I haven't even got it yet, but i still think it rools! The pokemon bases r good too-fancy havin your own room wherever you go!

  78. CELEBI Unregistered 6 years ago

    No, i don't think so







  79. mak daddy ky Unregistered 6 years ago

    how do you get to mirage island?

  80. Mew_girl_13 Unregistered 6 years ago

    you have to get a mirage island frindly pokemon

  81. hello Unregistered 6 years ago

    how didi you get mew does he show up in the pokedex

  82. rude boy Unregistered 6 years ago

    come on give sone interresting details and a couple of facts

  83. google2317 Unregistered 6 years ago

    where can i find a crobat?

  84. Supaswampert Unregistered 6 years ago

    i got a crobat buy catching a level 7 zubat killed it at level 16 train it up to level 36 give amulet coin and 10 iron and protein and train it up to level 37 dugh get it happy!

  85. Supaswampert Unregistered 6 years ago

    tell me if anyone can bet my team of swamperts?
    swampert
    swampert
    swampert
    swampert
    swampert
    swampert (for some reason this 1 is aqua green kinda)

    they're all level 100!

  86. Supablazingopeliper Unregistered 6 years ago

    does anyone no what dat means?
    if u do please reply to me
    ill tell you how to get a red garados

    from supaswampert
    p.s im training up sceptiles so yeah ill be called supasceptile from now until further notice (why is 1 lime green please tell me)?

  87. Drew Unregistered 6 years ago

    Please tell me the rare candy cheat

  88. greg 6 years ago

    how do you get the eon ticket then i will find out

  89. greg 6 years ago

    i can with my sceptile just by using leaf blade

  90. Mew_Girl_13 Unregistered 6 years ago

    I just love my new team its unbeatable!

    Mew (of course)
    Celbi
    Smoochum
    Entei
    Raikou
    Suicune

    Im old fashoined (as you can see) i got them with my Action Replay
    Does anyone else here live in the United States?
    Or just me?
    I may be old fashoined but i'm just 13.

  91. Robert Unregistered 6 years ago

    You should put hints and maybe even cheats on this website.

  92. greg 6 years ago

    i regestered

  93. greg 6 years ago

    are you suparayquaza

  94. Hellbound Unregistered 6 years ago

    im on mirage island im on mirage island

  95. lightning Unregistered 6 years ago

    you find it in mauvilles game corner



  96. Phantom g/l Unregistered 6 years ago

    how do you register

  97. greg 6 years ago

    go to the top of the the screen whereyou write a coment and it sais regester write in all your details and call your self supaphantomg/s lolly pop is fired you are boss with me

  98. * Mew_Girl_13 * Unregistered 6 years ago

    Does anyone know how long it takes for a bad egg to hatch? i've been running around forever!
    Can you please send your faveroite pokemon and their oltimate moves and post them on this web site.
    Is golbat really that good, thats all anyone ever talks about?

  99. * Mew_Girl_13 * Unregistered 6 years ago

    I do !

  100. Biff boff 6 years ago

    YOU GET HM03 SURF AT WALLYS HOUSE WHERE YOUR DADS GYM IS NEXT DOOR LEFT FROM THE GYM

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