Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 60

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POKÉMON OMEGA RUBY AND
POKÉMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE
Pokémon trainers and gamers will
be able to travel back to the land of
Hoenn for the first time in over ten
years this November in the next instalments of the Pokémon series;
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, remakes of
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire for the Game Boy Advance, released in 2003.
The tried-and-true turn-based role
playing game combat hasn’t been
changed by developer Game Freak,
but what has been introduced and
improved has had Pokémon trainers
cheering.
Taking off from Pokémon X’s and
Pokémon Y’s Mega Evolution to further evolve a Pokémon during battle
is Primal Reversion, which is said to
devolve a Pokémon to a prehistoric
state. Primal Reversion can be performed by the legendary Pokémon of
the earth Groudon and the legendary Pokémon of the ocean Kyogre to
become Primal Groudon and Primal
Kyogre, the Pokémon on the covers
of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire respectively.
Speaking of Mega Evolutions, more
Pokémon have been given the ability to mega evolve in these upcoming titles. Joining Blaziken are the
other final evolutions of the games
starters, Mega Sceptile and Mega
Swampert. In addition, there’s also

the sneaky Mega Sableye, the yet to
be released Mythic Pokemon Mega
Diancie, the fierce Mega Metagross,
the incredibly fluffy Mega Altaria, the
speedy Mega Salamance, and the
kicking Mega Lopunny.
Receiving an upgrade from Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire
in this game are Secret Bases, the
ability to create a, well, Secret Base
in the landscape of Hoenn. You can
share these bases through StreetPass or with QR codes, and battle
your friends! Decorate your base,
and establish the battle rules for
your friends to fight you with, and
it’s like your very own gym! You can
also recruit people you like as Secret
Pals, where a representation of their
character can hang out in your base.
Coming in from Pokémon Diamond,
Pokémon Pearl and Pokémon Platinum are Secret Base flags, where
you can steal your friend’s flags from
their own bases.
Back in 2003, Pokémon Contests
were introduced; where Pokémon
trainers tried to win the crowd’s approval to see who could be the coolest, the toughest, the most beautiful,
the smartest or the cutest. These
contests appear again, this time as
the Pokémon Contest Spectacular.
Also involved in the Pokémon Cont est Spectacular is the Cosplaying
Pikachu. After acquiring, this Pi-

kachu can dress up in five different outfits and gaining exclusive
moves not normally known; Pikachu Rock Star gets Meteor Mash,
Pikachu, Ph.D. gets Electric Terrain, Pikachu Pop Star gets Draining Kiss, Pikachu Belle gets Icicle
Crash and Pikachu Libre gets Flying Press. When the games drop,
The Pokémon Company International has even announced that for
a limited time, there’ll be an online
event where Pokémon trainers can
download a shiny Beldum holding a
Metagrossite, giving it the ability to
mega evolve later in the game.
If this is going to be your first trip to
Hoenn, your first trip in a long time
or you never left, Pokémon Omega
Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
is already shaping up to be a wild
ride. Pokémon Omega Ruby and
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire release
exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS on
November 21th, 2014.

FORMAT:

NINTENDO 3DS

RELEASE:

28 NOVEMBER 2014

RATING:
CTC

Written by Sasha Karen

www.stickytriggerentertainment.com