Welcome to Road to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
As you may remember, last year we had ran an ongoing set of feature articles in the run-up to the launch of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. We called the series Journey to X & Y and in it we explored a variety of different topics and ideas, creating some intense and interesting discussion. Due to some bad time management we cut the series short before we had covered each generation of Pokémon and never reached the third generation; a couple of months back however, we rebooted it with Generation 3. Then came the announcement of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire…
What better way to countdown to the release of Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire than with a new series of articles? (There is no better way, duh.) It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to Road to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
Much like J2XY this series will begin with articles every so often, then ramping up in the weeks before the games release. We’ll be bringing you different topics and ideas for discussion, as well us some interesting new things for the site, so keep an eye out!
First things first…
The first article in the series however feature on Mega Evolution. Now, a week or so ago some of you may have known that myself and a few other staff members were unable to publish articles due to an odd bug with the site. That’s fixed now. During the downtime I asked a certain someone if they would mind logging in to my account and seeing if they could access the publishing tools. That certain someone was DefensiveBastiodon (he also takes credit for my wonderful bio text and avatar).
I simply asked him to set up an article with a title to see if I could edit in my own post content. That’s not quite what I got though. Instead he had written out a full article for me. Usually I’m against publishing material others have created, because…I just like seeing my own work too much. Deleting it all would have felt a little harsh though. So, with full credit to my good friend DefensiveBastiodon I present to you the very first Road to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire!
Road to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: Mega Evolutions
Pokémon X and Y introduced the world to Mega Evolutions back in 2013. Since then they have been accepted and have gained momentum as a popular way to change the tides of battle, despite the fans’ uncertainty about the idea when they were first revealed. Probably the most unfortunate part about their introduction was the small number of Megas actually released. It was like a missing spice in a new dish being served to the public, only waiting to slightly disappoint customers and cause them to rage until the next course; this next course being the long awaited return to the ever popular region, Hoenn, in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in November.
With that being said, what new Mega Evolutions do you want to see in ORAS? We already know that there will be at least two new ones, Mega Latios and Mega Latias. There are the also possibilities of Swampert and Sceptile getting Mega Evolutions to coincide with their Fire-Type brethren, Blaziken. Not only that, but there are some ever so popular rumors of Plusle and Minun getting Megas, along with Metagross. It is highly doubtful that, although it was mentioned Mega Evolution was a feature exclusive to Kalos, it is something Game Freak would leave out of future games. What abilities would you like to see introduced alongside the new Megas? Would you like to see them in the after game or have some mysterious part in the main story?
From the looks of it, it seems that Groudon and Kyogre have new forms, but I’m leaning towards them being Megas as well. They have too many feature changes for me to accept them as a form change. “Alpha Form” and “Omega Form?” Who knows, it’s a possibility as well.
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Anyone wanna try making a regional bug?
We currently have 9 submissions 😮
Here is a shiny purple Kecleon 😀
http://i.imgur.com/0JPhaIY.png
see how gorgy it is! They need to implement this color in the games.
I agree. Imagine it in 3D o_o
Like a early bug pokemon? Ill do that
Awesome :3
it should play a role in the games :3
The life taker O_O
if the 1st gym is dragon, it’d be nice if the regional bug was bug/fairy
True but the rodent or bird could also be fairy 😮
or give one the rodent’s play rough (like poochyena) and we’ll be set 😉
ohh wats this for? JJ right?
Yes :3
It’s so pertty :3
It’s like the one in the anime.
But it’s the shiny version of purple kecleon 😮
working on mine right now!
Done! (refresh!
Toboscorch ( Tobo is Japanese for scorch!)
Fire/Bug
Redrew it and made it a little neater
Ahhh Okay now I understand what happened with Basti!
who makes you guys profile pics?
Like the ones that I have? Its Jordin(Or Jordinite)
TCMets IIRC.
T’was Jordin
Not at all. Credit goes to Jordin
He makes some sexy ash avatars honestly 😀
No doubt! 😀
My bad. It’s Jordin. Thanks for correcting me.
Jordinite :3
@Disqus_H_i_T_h_e_r_e:disqus makes good avatars. I got mine from a GIF from Pokemon Amie.
I found this pic on google, but my others have been made be Jordenite and ethier Goomy, natu, or shedninja i dont remember. :/
I found the pic on google 🙂
What? my avatar?
Mine -.-
oh. sorry lol
The gentleman of sinnoh one right?
Ohhhh nvmd.
lol well could one of you ask them for me if they r not on here if they could make me one with kyogre
Would you like it to say anything? FS? FracturedSapphires?
FS sounds badass
okkk since u say it ill go with FS
Hahaha Okay! 😀
Timo is the popular kid
I am aren’t I
2 popular 4 me
3Popular5me
6popular9me
9popular12me
3000yearspopulerover9000me
either onee
Lastly, would you want it to be regular Kyogre or Alpha Kyogre?
ALLLPPPPHHHAAAAA please
I’ll message him 🙂
He was on here yesterday, you should ask him personally! He’s a nice guy really
okkk i will if TC doesnt get to him first
Hahaha TC will probably get to him first!
I messaged him for when he gets home already xD
omg i found a newww friend name Timo hi fwend
Wasn’t I always your friend? Anyone who likes Pokemon and comes to PJN is my friend 😀
AWSOMEEEE POTATOESSSS
He lies he is a terrible monster sealed under the sea so that no one can disturb him :3
Jks he is one of the nicest people here lol
he kinda sounds like lugia a pinch
Nicer than luigi XD
Luigi deceives us :((
LOL
I HAD A SHINY LUGIA ONCE ..ONCE
🙁
LOL i traded it for a shiny darkrai then i traded that for a meloetta which im carrying over into ORAS
Kyogre holding Safety Goggles is sooooo good. I had an ubers battle with it last night and swept with it, unboosted. A Mega is going to make that thing the most broken pokemon ever.
OMG I JUST HATCHED A….
BLUE SWABLu.
I hatched a………………………blue swablu: :-(((
mother altaria lay me that golden egg!!!
We’ve to summon The Evil Gold Powers!
We need Rumpelstiltskin!
But the magic always has a price!
….My deary 😀
Just like alchemy.
OMG I JUST A NORMAL….
You did scare me doe XD
lmao knew I would. Thought ya lost huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlMHdhf0nvE
XD I remember this song
The song was terrible but catchy xD
For the first time in seven millennia …I finally know the name of this song. :’)
#SwagH20
Is it a parrot-like Swablu or a swallow-like Swablu? 😉
lmfao!! It’s a cotton swab-like Q-tips!
Name it BlueBerrys.
Hey guys. I got a awesome new shiny just for the PJT. ;)))
Noice
It’s Ahhhh…………..Pokemon.
SwagdrogenYoloxide
#SwagdrogenYoloxide
Magic or Alchemy.
What’s better?
Fairy
AKA Holy.
Alchemy. Hands down.
It’s that equivalent exchange.
alchemy+magic+pixie dust
Ha. Get it. Cause. Hands down. Ha ha.
Huehuehuehue
Oh it was a pun? Because you do alchemy with your hands…. down?
xD
Yes.
Alchemy = 4 elements
Magic = Everyting!!
Magic, as long as your not a Delpox.
Magic, because alchemy is magic lol
Exchanges RSE for ORAS. I got my early copy!
Difference?
I believe Alchemy wins.
TinkerBell thinkss otherwisee
I counted magic = 3, alchemy = 2. Everyone else were just trolling…
ALCHEMY. WINS.
Why are you so hell-bent on alchemy winning? lol
I started the topic, and even I was secretly rooting for Alchemy.
Okay, so tie.
omg what if alchemy was a category in ORAS ans there had to be certain alchemy stones to get a pokemon to become omega or alpha level depending on which game you get
Groudon Lv. Ω
How you get omega sign? It not on keyboard! :O
I use alt+z on my mac
try ctrl+z on windows
yeeepppp
I knew it would!
@heavymetalfairy
Redrew it neater and made the pattern on the back a little different
Refresh
What’s this? Aragog?
No just a fun little bug type I have made, it’s based on a peacock spider
Oh I know that spider. It’s pretty.
And cute
And most important, not deadly or poisonous 😀
Win!
THIS! NEEDS! A! PRE! EVO!It’s so cute <3
I’ll work on it afterwards :3
bug/ghost and the description could be…. it feeds off the remnants of dead pokemon souls next to that pokemon in that tomb with the swirling head i dont remember the name
That head is it’s tail where the four eyes is it’s face, it’s a peacock spider and it’s a bug grass type, desc:
In order to ward of predators it flashes it’s tail as if it was it’s head. It waves it’s furry legs to cheer for it’s comrades
It is very quick by jumping, it’s jumps are so fast it’s almost like it blinked, it’s tail helps ward of predators
ook srrry but koool
You fell for its defence mechanism xD
loll yea i guess
The pattern on the back could differ per-region just like Arbok’s belly pattern 0_0
I love the bottom (real) face more than the other, but I love the tail on the old design better
Don’t worry I was planning on different patterns with different colours, it has two forms too
One outside battle where it’s tail Is down
One in battle where it’s frilled up :3
The outside of battle has pick up so it’s useful if it ever was a regional bug, if you didn’t see
Hp:60
Attack:90
Defence:50
Spc attack: 110
Spc def:55
Speed:120
Sticky web, mean look, scary face, energy ball, absorb, mega drain, giga drain, psychic, dark pulse, thunderbolt, x scissor, bug bite, u turn, hidden power, return, captivate, attract, protect, toxic, thunder wave, cut, rock climb(egg),endure(egg), tail glow(egg), bug buzz(egg), seed bomb(egg), confuse ray(egg)
Can anyone please take my shiny swalot
You don’t want your blue stomach?
noooopppeeee
But when you don’t want to eat your brussels sprouts you can give it to the blue stomach D:
lol i have a typhlosion for that
A weasel?
nope i have no weasel
I think it is time to switch the parent
Yeah…
Bad idea
You do that you mess up the RNG
But this parent is doing bad in RNG
Doesn’t matter, never switch the parent
I did the same. I hatched a 6iv swablu so swapped out the 5iv parent. This was yesterday night though when I was at 60 eggs. Now I’m at 120 with no shiny lol. Time to breed some more!
So should I switch ornaw?
Only if you’re switching to a 6iv poke. Make sure it’s holding the same item, cause if you change the item it throws off the rng.
you know a lot can u be my sensei
=)
SCORE!!!!!
Need a non English ditto or just any female pokemon that’s not English hidden ability would help too but not requiered
go to wonder trade they have plenty
If you have a shiny Ditto will its transformations be shiny as well?
No.
No
@silverriolualpha:disqus could you repost the fakemon again?
ToboScorch (Tobo Japanese for fly) The firefly pokemon Fire/Bug
what the flip! shoot its upside down for some reason
there we go
⍺ Sapphire and Ω Ruby
My quest for a shiny Unburdened treeo begins!
Unburden cep tile has fallen far from glory 🙁 no flying gem acrobatics anymore, you have to fling or eat a berry now….
Sceptile* autocorrect hates pokemon names lol
wait flying gems arnt in X ad Y?
Only the Normal Gem exists in XY…no gems exist in XY.
Well all the gems are in the coding, including Fairy Gem, but none of them are able to be obtained.
Maybe ORAS, Granite Cave
Possibly. Or Meteor Falls. They might not even come in ORAS, they could potentially come in the game after ORAS (the counterpart to XY).
well dang
No……..
well he can still breed it to have ahead of time, then he’ll be set once the gems release.
Fling kings rock works too
I would tell u guys my item but I don’t want it getting ripped off lol.
Focus sash doesn’t work, fling flame orb?
neither of those.
Good Luck On your journey may Arceus be with you
I am at 600+ eggs now
120 eggs. No shiny yet >:((((((( Shiny Altaria and Swablu hate me.
So does my pokemon 🙁
Don’t expect to get one in just 120 eggs…
Maybe I should quit… I wasn’t to get this shiny
Wasn’t suppose *
No!Never quit!
You know some people go over 500 eggs, it’s perseverance more than anything
Me no like these long hunts
Then shinies aren’t for you, if you want the shiny enough you’ll get it because you worked hard for it
… I don’t know what to do I think I will quit the Ig way it takes to long and drains me
not to be a debbie downer or anything, but 500 is still not alot.
It is!
People end up with 1000s of eggs before they get one… Its really hard
You shouldn’t expect to get a shiny before odds. It can happen, but from my experiences i get really close to odds; therefore i conclude that 500 is not alot considering you should be expecting 1/1024 (which isnt, from what i remember, even confirmed to affect breeding in x/y)
Which is why I said it….
a better example would to say 1000, or 2000, maybe even 3000. Using 500 makes it seem like “Some people climb hills; its more perseverance than anything.” rather than “Some people climb Mt. Everest; it’s more perseverance than anything.”
Those numbers are over 500 aren’t they 😛
501 is as well, but it still isnt a lot…
I don’t see the problem, he is obviously giving up at 100 surely using a number that is closer to his level right now is more reassuring than dropping a 50 ton weight on him saying that it takes 1,000(which I know it does) I was trying to reassure and boost confidence
you sound like a philosipher (i spelled it rong)
Dont quit! Its sometimes worth getting the shiny and your time will really pay off if its a shiny with amazing IVs
do you think i should give up my kyogre for a shiny?
Don’t lose your way!
And you mind
LOL dat reference
Krill la krill
Kirurakiru
I never quit my shiny hunts. Although I am taking a short break while I eat breakfast and watch Boy Meets World XD
Btw incase you didn’t see
Hp:60
Attack:90
Defence:50
Spc attack: 110
Spc def:55
Speed:120
Sticky web, mean look, scary face, energy ball, absorb, mega drain, giga drain, psychic, dark pulse, thunderbolt, x scissor, bug bite, u turn, hidden power, return, captivate, attract, protect, toxic, thunder wave, cut, rock climb(egg),endure(egg), tail glow(egg), bug buzz(egg), seed bomb(egg), confuse ray(egg)
Sounds great!!
Confuse Ray & Bug Buzz should definitely be level up moves. Seeing that its tail/body confuses the enemy, and every spider gets bug buzz level up lol.
Focus sash tail glow, bug buzz, psychic energy ball
The power
Is it still the Year of Luigi?
no
When did it end?
Never mind. Looked it up. March 18, 2014.
How did I miss this?!?!
Year of the deceiver
Year of Mawile. :3
Year of the Gardevoir
Year of the Quagsire
Time to do this my way, switch the parents and collect 13 boxes
Tomorrow today I will finish Ig way
Huh?
im giving up on shiny cottonee for today
What’re your favorite shiny pokemon?Mine are swagold,klefki and weavile
Swellow, Sceptile, Noivern, Charizard, etc…
Oh you 😀
Rayquaza and Hawlucha.
Sandslash
Camerupt
Whiscash
Seismitoad
Chesnaught
Pangoro
Scepyile
Clawitizer
Weavile
Some legends
And those are the only I can say the too of my head