The day you’ve all been waiting for is finally here! (Aside from those of us who have to wait just a little longer.) The first stage of the release for Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire starts today, fans in the US, Japan and Australia can finally get their hands on the game after years of wishful hoping, and months of anticipation. Trainers in Europe can expect to get their mitts on the games when they release on November 28.
For those of you who have already picked up the game, we hope you are enjoying it! In this article we invite all of our readers, whether old or new to join in and discuss the games. What starter Pokémon will you/have you chosen? What are you most looking forward to in the games? How are you celebrating the release (outside of playing the games, obviously!)
Get talking in the comments! For those who don’t yet have the games, this is a free-for-all discussion. The comments will contain spoilers









Well done found me TM 13 and a horde of Nuggets!!!
Now i can buy all the TMs in Mauville and most in Lilycove
WHY BARBOACH! WHY!!!
On my way to the Elite four!
Team right now:
Sceptile (Kirito) lv 66
Gallade (Achilles) Lv 60
Skarmory (Palutena) lv 58
Camerupt (Krakatoa) lv 59
Armaldo (Vulcan) lv 61
Milotic (Athena) lv 61
I’m coming for YOU Steven!!!
Kirito I love it!
Athena, not Bellona or Venus or something?
it was the prettiest name I could think of at the time!
xD Okay
*twitch* Sigh…..i’m one badge short
Ian, that’s great, take your time
I’m looking on the route north of Mauville. Is this the right place?
Apparently
So…I’m still in Rustboro…. 😛
YUUUUUS FINNALKYOFUIYIUAODFHSSOJKFDOJVK
Shiny Barboach?
Nope. Just regular.
You don’t know how long I’ve been looking.
Mostly because I didn’t know which route to look on. xD
I think regular, but he wanted one.
I will hunt for a Shiny Barboach… maybe.
Wild Barboach just scored a Magnitude 10 on my Metang.
What should I nickname it?
Tremor or Richter
How about Tectonic?
As awesome as that sounds it just kinda feels like a mouth-full
Quakey
Cashtache
As in Mustache and Catfish
I like May’s new theme, better than the old one I’d say
The Acro Bike is so helpful on Jagged Path. xD
My Team
Swampert- Rubert (Lvl 44)
Crobat- Toxico (Lvl 40)
Breloom- 1-UP (Lvl 41)
Manectric- Zoey (Lvl 39)
Camerupt- Newman (Lvl 39)
NOT FINAL
Latias- Latias (Lvl 40)
What gym?
gym 8
Oh, cool.
yea I rekt may in lilycove when newman was level 29 and her sceptile was level 39
xD
Seems legit
i done the BS throughout this game
It’s challenging to an extent
I have two of your pokes on my AS team rn and will have two others on my OR team.
Now that I have Barboach registered, the hunt begins. Dexnav is love, Dexnav is life.
Did they make the Desert smaller?
:O Do we get Go-Go Goggles now?!
Yea why not? lol
xD
I was trying to remember when we got them 😀
After Flannerys Gym
Feels like it…
Guys I cant handle the ORAS its tooo much!
About to face Wally! This music makes him sound like he’s really grown stronger! I’m proud to have him as a Rival!!
I was proud of Green when he was champ for like 5 minutes then lost
I’m not.
He took his male Gardevoir
And made it a Gallade
;~; I wish he would’ve kept it as Gardevoir and Diantha would have a Gallade
Next Corocoro better reveal DLC
But Pokemon never do DLCs
It’ll happen
Yeaaaah not likely
I bet you a something that it will
That’s what they said about Smash…
^This
^This
^This.
^ That?
^ This? ?? ? ?? FS???? ? ?
But sakurai said no paid DLC after mewtwo (lies)
The TRICKS!
So it’ll be free, if it’s just BF and others
If u dont have both mewtwo u gotta cough up some Pokedollars
But I do
Amiibos 😀
Mega starters plz
As a take on a guy who didn’t really play gen 3 games:
The story is very very awesome i enjoyed it alot. The hoenn region has too much water 😉 but it makes up for the awesome surf music. I like grass too…. Ummm *looks at flashcards* GO MEGAS WOOT WOOT
Did you like the primal theme? And did you hear old parts of the music in it?
Yes i enjoyed it
HYDRO PUMP BARBOACH!!! 😀
Seeing Wally Mega Evolve his Gallade when I can’t ;~;
That’s why I got Gardevoir XD
Wait can you get gardevoirite before the post-game?
Yes. after you get the mega bangle go see wanda
Yea after you get the Mega Bangle talk to Wally’s cousin Wanda
^^^^ Ikr
so someone told me shiny encounter increases when u use the dexnav searcher thingy?
I think that it does.
my friend got a shiny absol it showed up shiny on the bottom too!
I want a Shiny Thrash/DDance Barboach so bad!
REALLY? I didn’t know it did that!
Apparently the more you use it and the more you find a specific pokemon, the easier the shiny rate, as well as egg moves, higher levels, hidden abilities, and rare items.
Don’t quote me on the shiny part, but everything else is true.
As well as up to 3 perfect IVs.
I just obliterated Wally’s Ralts.. I feel bad haha
Ikr xD
THRASH BARBOACH! NO WAY!
Woah hold on, I rode my Mach bike up the mudslide and this hex girl was there. I talked to her walked so that she wasn’t on the screen anymore when I came back she was gone :O This all happened in the desert.
Weird.
She’s one of the people you need to talk to in order to get both bikes in the post game!
In order to get both bikes?
Si
Like, what?
Acro and Mach at the same time.
Okay, that’s what I thought, was unsure
YAS
You have to advertise the bikes
Yep! There’s her, and then you need to show the acro bike to someone else… and an athlete at the battle resort
Acro bike to a bird catcher on the route going to Fortree
Oh I thought she was a ghost
So Hoenn
Invented the PokeNav
Which gave us all these beautiful things
And Mega Rayquaza
So
Hoenn iz da best
TRUE
So, here’s my progress so far:
– Current Location: Verdanturf Town
– Current Party: Marshtomp (29), Nuzleaf (28), Makuhita (31), and Swellow (29).
– Play Time: 9 hours, 35 minutes.
– Badges: 3
You know your other two members yet?
They are planned to be Swablu and Numel, which will soon evolve into Altaria and Camerupt. 🙂
Can anyone help me transfer My Diancie to AS? Please?