Pokémon is back for another round catching and training! You're the new guy (or girl) in Littleroot Town, and the newest generation of Pokémon trainers. Professor Birch sends you on your way in your journey, with one of your choice of 3 starter Pokémon. There's Treecko (A grass-type chameleon-like little guy) Torchic (a Fire-type bird) and Mudkip (a Water-type amphibious creature).

Now, you've got a whole new world to explore in Hoenn, with eight new gyms and two-on-two battles, opening up a whole new myriad of tactics! New items, new Pokémon (over 350!!), and a new Pokédex to boot too! And of course we have our new villains, the nefarious Team Magma, who plan on submerging the world in water in order to call out the Legendary Groudon!

Only one person can stop them and become the ultimate Pokémon Master... You!

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Alternate Titles

"Pokémon Version Rubis" -- French title
"Pokémon: Rubin-Edition" -- German title
"Pokémon Edición Rubí" -- Spanish title
"ポケットモンスタールビー" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	CR2025 Tabbed Replacement Save Battery for Pokemon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Crystal and others	Game Boy Advance
	CR2025 Tabbed Replacement Save Battery for Pokemon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Crystal and others	Game Boy Advance
	Pokémon Ruby Version
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The Press Says

GamePro (US)	Mar 17, 2003		100
IGN	Mar 17, 2003	9.5 out of 10	95
GameSpy	Mar 17, 2003		90
Play.tm	Jun 19, 2003	85 out of 100	85
NintendoWorldReport	Mar 17, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamers.at	Aug 23, 2003	83 out of 100	83
Gamestyle	2006	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 18, 2003	16 out of 20	80
Game Informer Magazine	Apr, 2003	7.25 out of 10	72
Game Critics	Aug 06, 2003	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Anime

The girl character in Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire became the basis for Haruka, one of the new characters to appear in the sixth anime series of Pocket Monsters: Pokémon Advance Generation. It was scheduled to debut in the U.S. in the fall of 2003, and Haruka's name was changed to May. As of May 2003, no word if the boy character in Ruby/Sapphire will show up in the series, but Team Magma and Team Aqua more than likely will.

Sales

In 2003 has Pokémon: Ruby Version won the Gold-Award from the German VUD (Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland - Entertainment Software Association Germany) for selling more then 100,000 (but less then 200,000) units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In addition, in the first quarter of 2004, the game also won the VUD Platinum-Award for selling more then 200,000 units.

Note: The Platinum-Award does not replace the Gold-Award, but is in addition. Therefore it equals more then 300,000 sold units in total.