Pokémon moves into its third multiplication withPokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphirefor Nintendo Game Boy Advance , bringing along some large change in battle mechanics and Pokémon training .
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Gameplay
Ruby & Sapphire follows the usual pattern of grooming and catching Pokémon , battle through eight gymnasium and then the Elite Four and Champion . The biz starts in Littleroot Town in the Hoenn part . You have just moved to Ithiel Town due to your Church Father becoming a gym drawing card . After meet Professor Birch out in the wild you choose a starter Pokémon - Treecko , Torchic or Mudkip .
On your journeying you must also shoot down the evil Team Magma ( Ruby ) or Team Aqua ( Sapphire ) , whose want to use a legendary Pokémon to change the climate of Hoenn . In Ruby , Team Magma calculate to arouse Groudon to expand the land mass of Hoenn ; in Sapphire , Team Aqua aim to awaken Kyogre to expand the oceans and flood Hoenn .
New Pokémon mechanics
The magnanimous change in Ruby / Sapphire was a less evident one - a complete redevelopment of how Pokémon data is put in in - game . As such , Pokémon can not be trade to generation 3 from any previous game .
Directly tied to the unexampled data format was an overhauledEffort Value ( EV ) and Individual Value ( IV ) system . 4 now have a wider range , give more individuality to Pokémon in the natural state .
EVs became more restricted and place . In previous games battling with your Pokémon simply increase EVs across all stats , up to a maximum . From Ruby / Sapphire ahead , each Pokémon combat yields small EV increases in specific stats . However , there is a maximum for each stat plus an overall maximal ( roughly equivalent to two maxed - out stats ) . See theEffort Values pagefor more item .
Abilities
One of the crowing visible changes in Ruby / Sapphire was the introduction ofAbilities . These are special traits which have a miscellanea of effects in struggle , or in some cases out in the subject area . Each Pokémon can only have one ability , though most species have two options that are randomly pick out upon encounter . See theAbilities pagefor more inside information .
Natures
Pokémon also gainedNaturesin genesis 3 , making each Pokémon even more unique and giving each one apersonality . nature will increase one of the Pokémon ’s stats and diminish another stat , append yet another layer to conflict scheme . There are 25 nature in total , one of which is at random assign upon encounter . See theNatures pagefor more details .
Double battles
A new concept ofdouble battleswas insert , expanding battle strategies further . All moves now have atargetwhich could include both opposing Pokémon or all Pokémon in struggle , although most move still target one Pokémon .
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