I Played Pokémon Emerald for the First Time

It's time to tackle Pokémon Emerald! Another Pokémon Generation I never fully grew up with, let's head into the Game Boy Advance and see what makes Hoenn one of the best there is.

Besides having too much water (I had to).

All reviews are based on my own experience and history with the games & franchises I cover. Please understand that in each review I cannot cover everything as I am not a completionist. I am just a dude who likes to play what he sees and enjoys what he likes. That is all.

Thank you all for watching & I love you all to 120! ~

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[Brianycus]

9/10 Lots of Water, am I right?
Thoughts on Pokemon Gen 3?
Let me know below! See you next time! ~

[edsheeran]

If I hadn't had the strategy guide, I never would have caught the Regis back in the day

[linkbluu]

I respect the constant use of blue for the main character in your cover images plus I just like your reviews a lot, suscribed lol

[silver_fang]

For the record, in Petalburg City, there are NPCs in a house that state that Norman moved his family from the Johto region; in the Pokemon Adventures manga Ruby is from from Goldenrod City in Johto.

Just wanted to make sure you had the clarification because normally the Adventures manga infers from what is in the games. Also I enjoy these videos you've been making in regards to the Pokemon series

[DesmondShannon]

I love how the Legendaries be like "look boys! Dinner's here! Let's Eat!!!" in the thumbnail while you're running for your life!

[Pownchao]

Reading the braille was never too hard for me as a kid. I recognized it in an encyclopedia we had in the house and simply used that as reference. I imagine it to be the same for many other kids, but I could be wrong obviously lol.

[LuigiTheMetal]

The overworld Ability effects are cool that the Pokémon you have with you can do more than just battling. Emerald is great.

[jaynoir]

Still pisses me off in equal measure that we could never explore underwater as freely as we could here and me never beating the Battle Pike Queen.

[monochromesoul]

Pokemon Emerald was my first Pokemon game ever, and the sense of adventure i felt in that game was like no other. I went to play Fire red and I was so bored compared to the first one. The evil team is more boring, the legends are less relevant, and the only interesting part was the rival, of which i already knew about. I can't explain it but its such a beautiful experience and i fell in love with so many of the characters, no matter how irrelevant they were. A Masterpiece honestly.

[TheLostSheep]

I have a love hate relationship with natures. At first I didn't really care for them like you do but ever since i stepped foot in competitive it became an issue. I have OCD for natures and I cannot stand using a pokemon with a bad one. "Oh shiny ralts cool of but u have an adamant nature welp to the box you go."

[joshuaherring]

Putting the braille in back in the day forced us kids to buy the official Nintendo walkthrough

[LuffyMcDuck]

Did they not include the Braille alphapets in any other version than the PAL version's Instructions booklet? I've heard this "how were you supposed to figure this out" argument so many times.

Regi hunt was one of my favourite Pokemon Adventures from my childhood.

[goodraking]

The clock is for berries and shoal cave tide. That’s it

[dentren]

The emulator I used made the foggy rooms too dark

[jaretco]

I was the one that skip Hoenn and got the Kanto remake for my Gen. 3 experience. I didn't try out Emerald till after I beat Platinum. While it's not my favorite Pokémon game nor I don't think it's the best as many people think, I can appreciate for what it tries to do with the environments of the region and introducing things like Ability, Double Battle and such. I do think it is an bit overbloated in terms of the progression, the evil plot that's happening goes absolutely nowhere, the variety of Pokemon does lack in many ways and Hoenn is basically Kanto 2.0.. Other than that, it's an alright game. But not my favorite. I guess it is nostalgia that alot of people claim as there favorite. Which you can say the same about Crystal or Platinum or whatever Pokémon games you grew up with.

[Raauf]

most people think the rival fights are VERY hard (especially after slateport & I personally struggled with the one before fortree)

[tommyhmilj]

It’s literally 90% the same as ruby/sapphire, the only major addition is the battle frontier, which was awesome and hasn’t been replicated in it’s entirety since, this is why oras is trash too.