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Prerelease:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

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This page details prerelease information and/or media for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

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After the overwhelming success of Pokémon Gold and Silver and doubts whether they should continue with the franchise or not, Game Freak decided to go on with developing a mainline Pokemon title for the Game Boy Advance, which would eventually be named Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. This time around, they wanted to go for a completely new experience than their previous entries resulting in a sort-of "soft reboot". Development was a bit smoother on the technical side this time around, aside from balance changes based on all the new Pokémon that were designed for the game and concerns about franchise decline, which ended up taking a toll on the developmental team.

In the end, it still ended up selling loads of copies, introducing the games to a newer generation of fans and allowing FireRed and LeafGreen remakes to come to fruition. It was praised for the graphics and gameplay improvements but was criticized mostly for the lack of a transfer system from the Generation II games.

Developmental Timeline

1999

  • December - Development of the new Pokémon titles begin, whilst being made in tandem with Crystal.

2000

  • January - An insider says that a Pokémon title for Game Boy Advance is in development, and is slated to be "a launch title".[1]
  • July - A new Pokémon game is confirmed to be in development in an issue of Nintendo Power, where it is teased that players can being able to trade between different-language games. In the final, Pokémon can be traded from Japanese-language games to international versions unlike previous installments.
  • December 14 - Crystal is released in Japan, therefore all focus is shifted towards developing the GBA installment.

2001

  • January 26 - Trademarks for Barubii, Barubiito, Hoeruko, Kakureon, and Rilulu (the Japanese names of Volbeat, Wailmer, Kecleon, and Azurill respectively) are filed.
  • March 7 - Details of a new mainline Game Boy Advance game are revealed at a press conference, slated for a 2002 release. The protagonist (Brendan) and three Pokémon (Azurill, Kecleon, and Wailmer) are also unveiled.
  • March 21 - The Game Boy Advance is released in Japan.
  • May - A fifth Pokémon film is teased before the Japanese release of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.[2] Said teaser would end up in the film.
  • May/June - Production on Pokémon Advanced begins, as evidenced by production art of Ash dating to June 1, 2001.
  • July 5-7 - The Pokémon anime episode "Where is Kakureon!? Great Confusion Over the Invisible Pokémon!" (English: "The Kecleon Caper") airs in Japan and Pikachu's Pikaboo is played in theaters along with Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, marking the debut of Generation III Pokémon Kecleon.
  • September 25 - Trademarks for Soonano and Yomwaru (the Japanese names of Wynaut and Duskull) are filed.
  • October 11 - Trademarks for Latios and Latias are filed.
  • December 31 - The fifth movie is teased, showing ancient silhouettes of Latios and Latias.

2002

  • January 30 - A new title from the main Pokémon series featuring characters from the fifth movie, Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, is first mentioned and is slated for a Fall launch window to coincide with the theatrical release.
  • March 14 - Gameplay of a new Pokémon title for the Game Boy Advance is revealed.
  • June - In the middle of coming up with version names for games, Game Freak trademarks various name ideas.
  • July 8 - Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire names are rumored.[3]
  • July 13 - Pokémon Heroes premieres in Japan, where the Pokémon Advanced Generation anime is also teased for "next year".[4]
  • July 16 - The Hoenn starters are leaked via promo art for the Pokémon Advanced Generation anime.
  • July 18 - Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are trademarked in Japan.[5][6]
  • July 20-August 11 - Pokémon Festa 2002 is held in various locations around Japan, where a demo of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire could be played.[7]
  • November 21 - The game is released in Japan.

2003

  • March 19 - The game is released in North America.

Sub-Pages

PKMNRS LatiasBlaziken ConceptArt.jpg
 Early Development
1999-2001. With Pokémania out of the way, the developers had no choice but to make a big comeback.
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 Late Development
2001-2002. The revelation, where numerous little details were changed along the way.

Resources

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/5352/gba-release-info-pokeomon-on-gba
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020531005627/http://www.pokemon2002.jp/
  3. ↑ https://serebii.net/archive/July-2002.shtml
  4. ↑ https://serebii.net/archive/July-2002.shtml
  5. ↑ <https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/TR/JP-2002-060454/F17938D242934C819A212E530954DBD72B7206BDDA3B708142623200C37F6B04/40/en
  6. ↑ https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/TR/JP-2002-060454/F17938D242934C819A212E530954DBD72B7206BDDA3B708142623200C37F6B04/40/en
  7. ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/game/event/1136370_1114.html
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