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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  2. I still haven’t figured out my finances yet 🙁
    I need a Gamecube Adapter for Smash U since Gamecube Controller Master Race
    but i also recently dished out 350 bucks on my stupid car and now i gotta figure out how and where to buy everything on day 1!!!

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  4. alright this is where i depart for a couple of hours
    Cy’all after class
    and please keep story leaks to a minimum an in spoiler tags or whatever
    Peace

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  5. So, how does this team look for ORAS: Pikachu (fav Pokemon, and staple of all my teams), Sceptile, Blaziken, Milotic, Flygon, and Absol. Any tips on what nature I should get for Flygon?

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  8. Maybe the battle forntier will be unlocked through a ticket via mystery gift or your system has to be set to a certain day or you have to have played for a certain amount of days

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  9. Just finished hw and come to see mega hoopa. F*cking awesome. What else did i miss? And since Diance got a mega and hoopa, makes ya wonder about volcarion(think i spelled it right)

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  14. IGN gave Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire a 7.8/10 (lul. She could have just made it 8/10.) The reviewers reasoning was that Hoenn had too much water and too many HMs. I understand her problem with HMs. GameFreak just needs to remove Cut and Dive* as HMs. Yet, the too much water part was dumb. Hoenn has always had a ton of water.

    She did give on good point in her review. GameFreak didn’t fix the type in balance in Hoenn. There is a ton of Water-Types relative to Fire and Electric-Types. That’s one huge thing I wish they fixed. Overall, IGN’s review had to be the worst. 7.8 isn’t bad; but their criticisms were.

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  15. Ok this made me laugh so hard. I can’t get over the stupidity (not causing any problems) of igns review so to ready the Daely reviews was so funny XD

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  18. Daely can go stick a missile up his ass. And besides it isn’t really guaranteed that there are no more mega evolutions. Remember that a few mega evolutions were a secret in X & Y until one lucky person figured out how to get them. Just wait until the games are out and wait a little while and eventually we’ll find the new mega evolutions. As for the Battle Frontier, I knew it wouldn’t be in ORAS. The Battle Frontier was introduced in Emerald, not Ruby & Sapphire and also, with Pokemon contests being an exception, when Nintendo removes something or updates it (as they did with walking with your Pokemon in HGSS), they don’t usually go back and at the moment, the most modern form of something like the Battle Frontier is the Battle Maison.

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  21. OMG good point below!!! How could they get rid of a character!! Wasn’t Scott in rse or just e if just e then forget about this post because Juan isn’t back XD or is he????

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  24. OMG I’m finally done IV breeding and EV training my 30 babies!

    Before I waste my life, is raising their levels to 100 necessary for competitive battling?

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