Pokémon ORAS Review Round-up

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The embargo for ORAS review has lifted and reviews are now out in the wild. I’ve rounded up some of them here. Are you excited for ORAS launching this Friday (or next week) and are you curious if they live up to the hype. Spoilers: Nope, they are the worst Pokémon games ever.

  • Gamespot – Give these remakes enough time, and you begin to understand why Pokemon’s formula hasn’t changed much over the years. It’s a seemingly simple and cute journey, but with the underlying potential for strategy in combat, and a massive number of adorable Pokemon to catch, you can’t help getting hooked by Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. 8/10
  • GoNintendo – Overall, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire is a good improvement over the original Sapphire as well as last year’s X/Y releases. While it may not be the right game for players to jump back into the series or into it for the first time, it’s more enjoyable with a lot of streamlined features while adding new design elements that attempt to engage players in more aspects of the game.
  • IGN – As a 3D remake, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby do a fantastic job of reintroducing Hoenn. Little details, like characters turning their heads to look as you pass or flocks of Wingulls flying overhead, make the region really come to life, and small updates and tweaks help make the journey smoother.
  • Joystiq – Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire do little to overhaul the major pillars of a series that’s long relied on the same set of classic ideas, but they don’t have to. The core mechanics of Pokemon remain immensely addictive, and Game Freak’s latest coat of polish only enhances an already captivating adventure. 4.5/5
  • Nintendo World Report – Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are way better games than last year’s X/Y while also improving on the Game Boy Advance originals. 9/10
  • Daely Reviews – With the lack of Mega Flygon, no Mega Milotic and no Battle Frontier, these are literally the worst Pokémon games ever. Ever. 2/10.

There are more reviews on Metacritic, which all seem favourable so go check them out!

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  3. The three Bottom screen thingies need some changing
    Super Training- Please tell us what number we are EV so we don’t have to save then use the reset bag then SR just to see a EV number
    Amie- Let us pet megas!
    Super Training- Let the “Seek a Battle Option” work with Passerbys

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  6. There is this weird glitch going on with my Game
    When A pokemon gets ‘cured’ from PokeRus the smiley face isn’t there anymore
    It is gone completely like it never got it, It is very Strange

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  10. Wll it’s been a fun night but i best be going. May The crits ever be in your favor. ORAS will gladly be onto my dreams tonight! goodbye junglers

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  13. My friend at school keeps nagging me because I don’t have a clue about hoenn.
    I mean I know the routes and all and the cities, but he expects me to know where all the hidden items are. (Which he knows because hurren(Ruby) was his first game)

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  15. I really want to enter the instagram ORAS giveaway by nintendo but…
    1. I will have to make my account public
    2. I will have to delete some pictures
    3. My followers will be like wtf
    4. It’s awkward
    5. But I’ll try to do it anyways!

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  17. Complaints I have about the game so far:

    -Battle Maison (Exact repeat of X and Y, carbon copy, not even retiled)
    -No Battle Tower aka under construction (Game Freak, you little ***es)
    -No Battle Frontier aka claimed to be being built (Game Freak, you little ***es)
    -No new Mega Evolutions (Game Freak, what the ****!)
    -Gym Leader Rematches possibly deconfirmed (thread somewhere claims they are there but no official proof).

    My Game Rating so far: 5/10. On Fence. Don’t think I want but somewhat want.
    Post-game looking like how everyone feared it to be.
    Unless someone discovers how to unlock Battle Frontier/Tower. Or DLC.

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  20. AW CRAP
    I had the most awesome idea for one of those Pokemon fusions but like everyone knows you forget it in the next 5 seconds
    But it involved Lioone….
    it was really speed orientated….

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  22. I like the fact there is a lot of water in this game…. It stays true to the original. Kind of reminds me of somewhere like Hawaii.. where the islands are Naturally seperated by water, no changing that..It made Hoenn… Hoenn. But I think they said too much water as an Insult because it is just like grass… Constant battles I remember almost hating… So I understand. They need smarten up and understand they need to treat water as Plain land! Make areas of waves to show pokemon can appear. would have solved everything. But for now I understand

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