What went right?
Hard mode: no Battle Frontier
>>27154168
comfy treehouse city
The Fug itself
>the story was well-written but not intrusive (i.e. b/w)
>the region felt alive but also gave you ample opportunity for solo exploration, adding a sense of adventure
>there were interesting things to do outside of the main storyline, like contests, the regis, andmaking pokeblocks
>>27154168
Climate diversity. First two gens were either cave, forest, or ocean with the limited palette of the gbc. GBA gave us a huge color palette and it was used to its fullest extent in hoenn with desert, volcano, ash debris, jungle tops, underwater, each island in hoenn was unique.
It felt like i was actually exploring and getting some where and seeing something new as i played the game.
Also introduced rival teams. which wasnt done before or since. which is good because it gives people one more thing to fight about which one is better.
Safari zone gave access to even more johto pokes. Sad you can literally catch no Kanto ones though.
Gym leaders
No split story
Wireless connection
More mons to catch
>>27154168
>More Pokemon available compared to R/S
>Able to catch both Groudon and Kyogre
>Able to rebattle Gym Leaders
>Steven Superboss
>>27154168
Good gym leader teams.
If only the Elite 4 and Champion could've been as great.
>Amazing Story line, taking the best parts of the >Villainry in both Ruby and Sapphire
>Lots of content, the Contests, the Casino, Battle Frontier, Secert Hideouts
>Amazing Features, weather, able to rebattle, double battles
>The Regi Trio are mysteriously placed within in game
Cooler, more climactic ending to the main story than RB
>>27154511
That second one, definitely.
I never have actually played emerald, only Sapphire. When I first played it as a kid when it came out, I never even bothered beating the elite 4. After beating the gyms, I mainly just explored around to see everything, find rare mons, and figure out mysteries (regis, mirage island, that stupid white rock that ended up doing nothing etc). I also remember taking to the contests and breeding, but my fondest memories of back then were surfing the same routes over and over to see if I missed anything secret
>>27154168
What went wrong?
>Magma having little to no presence
>No grinding spots(the extreme opposite of Gen VI Exp Share is just as bad)
>Hideous color scheme for the protags
>>27154168
Double battles in RS are implemented like shit, where you can only battle trainers specifically programmed to be a double battle and they never carry more than two Pokémon. This leads to the most pathetic Gym Leader battle in the franchise with RS Liza & Tate.
Emerald completely redid how double battles in the overworld work, where two trainers who happen to see you at the same time can join together, and they can potentially have up to a team of six, with you often battling trainers who each have 4-5 Pokémon. This makes double battles so much more interesting. It's probably the best non-postgame improvement Emerald brought overall.
>>27154168
Numerous double battles
Tate and Liza
Gym leader rematches
The plot was better when both teams were villains
The color green.
>>27155239
What a great fucking point you made, I would have never thought about this
You pointing it out really makes me appreciate this feature.
>>27155994
It's part of why ORAS are so disappointing in my opinion, they went back to the shitty RS double battle model when even XY made use of spontaneous double battles. Even if you for some reason wanted to keep Tate & Liza's shitty RS team, why would you gimp the rest of the overworld battles like that?
>>27156156
No I dislike ORAS even more now, fuck
>>27156187
Its just so much wasted potential you know? We could've had what made Emerald such a good game and added features on top of that and came up with one hell of a Pokemon game.
Instead we got gimped out on a lot of stuff and while I personally enjoyed it. It really could've been so much better.
>>27154168
Battle Frontier is the only thing that went right.
>>27154168
Natures, abilities, (to a point) double battles, and Gardevoir.
>>27156609
Back to Unoturd with you.
>>27154168
The series first attempt at a cohesive story that was simple enough for kids to understand but not too over blown or convoluted where you couldn't enjoy it
It was the first game where abilities had field abilities. Thank god for Flame Body.
>>27154168
Secret bases let you "individualize" your adventure more.
Everstone passing down natures.
