If you only want to do ingame stuff, I'd go for X/Y. It's more fun to play and looks better than OR/AS, in my opinion. If you want to battle with people post-game, I'd rather get OR/AS because it has all mega stones and is compatible with both OR/AS and X/Y.

>I like collecting Pokemon
Do you prefer collecting legendaries or regular Pokémon? X/Y has about 450 in their regional dex but only 4 legendaries are catchable in either X or Y. OR/AS on the other hand is loaded with legendaries. Theoretically all legendaries available that aren't in X/Y.

>>24967334
if collecting pokemon, omega ruby
if you want outfits, y

personally i'd go for omega ruby because there's more shit to do and find

>>24967361
>>24967366
Thanks for the replies, getting mixed messages here. I don't care too much for legendaries, just collecting a shitton of Pokemon is fun too + outfits sounds great.

How do the games stack up next to each other in the music/story departments? I never finished the GBA games, but I remember there being a frontier or something for the postgame? Which game is longer?

Just pirate both.

>>24967386
X/Y's feel epic but is shoehorned in during the last segment of the adventure. OR/AS is more consistent and has much better characters and rivals.

>>24967386
Saying which game has the best music/story/etc will probably start a genwar, but just fyi ORAS removes the Battle Frontier, something which many fans have been complaining about.
Both XY and ORAS lack any nice postgame, besides the Battle Maison for both.

>>24967334
>3DS
>$50
Holy fuck. Are you sure that thing is even working?

>>24967386

Omega Ruby doesn't have the Battle Frontier, just the copypasted Battle Maison.

But it does let you collect a /lot/ of legendaries and there are some cool sidequests. Plus, if you get OR you have all the megas usable on Wi-Fi.

You can always just wait for the inevitable Pokemon Z, which will be miles better than XY or OR/AS combined

XY is way too easy and the music sucks ass. Go with ORAS.