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Pokemon Emerald Reviews 

Overall 9.6    Graphics 8.4    Sound 8.1    Addictive 8.6    Story 8.1    Depth 8.5    Difficulty 6.2



9.5
My all time favorite Pokemon game!   gamerforlifefor..
I've been a Pokemon fan since the beginning and that will never change, with that being said I'll try my best to make this review as unbiased and fair as possible. Most fans of the series will probably say that either gen 1 or 2 is their favorite and I respect their opinions but my favorite is gen 3 because it has in my opinion the best selection of starters in the series, a wonderful cast of characters, and it was it has the best post story content in the main series. But enough about that I'm going to start the review now.
Graphics: 9/10 For a GBA game the graphics are great! They are a huge improvement over gen 2. There aren't very many games for the system that look better than this. Because I have seen better looking GBA games though I give the graphics a 9.
Sound: 8/10 This game has some really fantastic music. There are lots of great battle themes from the elite 4 theme to the Team Magma/Aqua grunt and leader themes, the Regi theme and more. A lot of the other music from the game is excellent as well. While soundtracks from more recent pokemon games are getting amazing soundtracks of their own, this one will always have a special place in my heart. But there are other games on the GBA with better soundtracks such as Golden Sun so for that reason I give the sound an 8.
Addictiveness: 10/10 I have never replayed any other game as much as Pokemon Emerald. I'd probably guess I've beaten the game at least 10 times maybe more. One reason for that is the wonderful starters. This is the only game in the series where I've beaten the game with each of the starters. Another reason is because of the soundtrack which I already went over. Also I absolutely love how you can go underwater using the dive HM. The only games you can do this in are Pokemon Black and White 1 and 2. Unfortunately the use in those games are nowhere near as good as R/S/E. In Gen 5 Dive is used in the post story to go to these underwater ruins (I can't remember it's name) that's it. While in R/S/E you can use it to find hidden secrets such as items, as well as a cave that you need to go to in order to get a certain legendary trio. Also there are certain areas that you need to go to in order to progress in the game using dive. Also you can catch wild pokemon underwater to. The story is also really good I'll get to that really soon. For these reasons I give addictiveness a 10.
Story: 7/10
Pokemon isn't known for it's storylines but this game had a good one. Sure most of the story is something we've seen before: You play as a 10 year old kid who gets to go on a Pokemon journey you beat gym leaders and the elite 4 then battle to become the champion, but there is more to the story than that. There are 2 evil organizations known as Team Aqua and Team Magma. Team Aqua's goal is to awaken Kyogre so they can make the sea bigger. Team Magma's goal is to awaken Groudon so they can increase the land. Their goals is where my problem with the story lies. Okay if you increase the land, then there'll be less sea, and pokemon who live in the sea will suffer... If you increase the sea, then how the heck is humanity going to survive? Humans need land if we had less land then there would less room for people to live... The stupidity of the 2 organizations is why I'm not giving the story a higher score. I'm giving it a 7.
Depth: 10/10 Pokemon Emerald has so much depth. Unlike the previous games in the series, there's plenty of post story content. The main post game content is the Battle Frontier. The Battle Frontier is made up of 7 battle areas: the Battle Dome, Battle Pike, Battle Factory, Battle Arena, Battle Tower, Battle Palace, and Battle Pyramid. Each of these areas have unique rules your goal is to win a bunch of battles in a row. Eventually you'll get Battle points which you can use to get different prizes. After you beat a certain consecutive number of trainers in a row, you'll earn the right to face the frontier brain of that facility. Beat them and you'll get a frontier symbol (which is the battle frontier's version of gym badges). This adds a huge amount of depth to the game. Also you have the national dex to fill as well. For those reasons I give depth a 10!
Difficulty: 9/10 The main game is not super hard there are some trainers that can be difficult if you're not leveled up enough. My advice if you're having trouble is to level grind and make sure you have a diverse pokemon team. If you do that you shouldn't have too much trouble. There is one thing about the game that's very difficult: The Battle Frontier! Your opponents pokemon will either be level 50 or the level of your highest pokemon. The trainers in the battle frontier are very tough and if you want to get all the symbols you're gonna be playing this game for awhile. Becuase of the battle frontier's brutal difficulty I give the game's difficulty a 9.
Overall Scrore: 9.5/10 Pokemon Emerald is an awesome game that should be played by all pokemon fans. Missing out on a classic like this would be very sad. With a massive amount of content, a decent story, and loads of replayability, Pokemon Emerald is my personal favorite game in the series. I hope you enjoyed reading this review.
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 7   Depth 10   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 4.8/5     Submitted: 10-19-14     Review Replies: 4


9.5
Pokemon Emerald: Not just a recycled game   Yunimori
Released in the United States and Europe in 2005, Pokémon Emerald was the third installment in the third generation of Pokémon games. Ruby and Sapphire had come before it, but Pokémon lovers were still eager to get their hands on Emerald, much as they had been to get Crystal and Yellow in the generations before. After all, the game was not identical to its predecessors, and with the addition of at least one new legendary to catch and various Pokémon in the after-game that were not available in Ruby or Sapphire, that was more than enough for kids who were still riding the Pokémon hype train, such as myself. 
As always, Emerald followed the standard Pokémon formula: a kid is given a starter Pokémon of their choosing by the local Pokémon Professor, given a Pokedex to fill, and embark on a walk about adventure that spans their entire region, from their hometown to the Elite Four, battling trainers and catching wild Pokémon along the way. All of this in hopes of leveling up their chosen team so that they could beat the Elite Four and the region's Champion, taking their place. Of course, the going is not as easy as all that, as nefarious organizations threaten the region and it is up to you, young trainer, to put a halt to their plans and save the Pokémon world yet again! And this is all done with parental consent and encouragement, naturally.
Graphics -- 8
By the time Emerald had been released, Game Boy Advance games had... well... advanced a bit from Ruby and Sapphire. While Emerald's graphics are still gorgeous, they were a bit dated at the time of release, as Nintendo and Game Freak hadn't really done anything to update them. Now, however, their nostalgia factor holds just as true as it does for Ruby and Sapphire, and it's easy to give the game a high score for its graphics. They are bright and colourful, and the sprites are, as always, very well done, with the addition of having animations in battle, which was something new! It is a joy to encounter new Pokémon because they look good, and their animations add to the interest in catching them. There are little to no graphical glitches, the over world is bright and cheerful, with clear boundaries between areas to help a novice trainer figure out where a particular Pokémon type might be hiding.  I recommend that one of the first things you do is speed up your text level, however, as on the default the letters appear incredibly slowly, making you unconsciously start to spell out the words being said instead of reading them as words. This can lead to missing some important information, so speed your text up! Another small graphical "problem" -- if you can call it that -- is that early on, it's fairly easy to get lost if you are not already familiar with the Hoenn region's general layout. Things get more definitive as you go along, but the first few routes can leave you turned around, and the map doesn't help much at first. Remember to use it, however, and you'll get the hang of it before long.
Sound -- 10
Now, I might be just a bit biased when it comes to Emerald's soundtrack, as it is my favourite out of all Pokémon games to date, but above all, it has stood the test of time. The sound is clear and does not grate on the ears if you're using headphones, which is a must. There is no tinniness, which is unusual for a GBA soundtrack, much less one that sounds closer  to 16-bit games instead of 32-bit. The music does get a bit loud at points, but with a trumpet being the main melody carrier, what do you expect? The in-game sounds are never overwhelming, though the Pokémon sounds can be a bit harsh sometimes, but that is to be expected. The music and sounds for individual areas is always clearly delineated and fades one into the other well, and battle music is energizing, as to be expected. It is recommended that, if you are using headphones, to lower your volume just a bit, because the horns can get rather loud, and some of the Pokémon noises turn shrill. If you are sensitive to such things, it's better to have the sound lowered.
Addictiveness -- 9
The game has replay value, yes. Or if not replay value, then 'never ending' value, because there is always something else to try for. Catching Pokémon in and of itself is addictive, as it is pretty difficult to fill the entire pokedex. You must find, battle, train, evolve, trade... sometimes hatch, and hope you have good luck regardless, if you are trying for 100% completion. Breeding Pokémon can be addictive as well, trying for that one perfect IV'ed Pokémon of choice, or attempting to breed for a rare shiny. It takes a long time, usually, and keeps you picking up the game again and again to try just one more time. If you have used the registration function on your pokenav, there will also always be more trainers to re-fight, you just have to remember them. This includes all of the Gym Leaders as well, if you make use of the Match Call function. This can be an interesting way to try out different team combinations, and could potentially be useful in battling other actual players, not the in-game trainers. Testing teams this way could potentially be an endless part of the game.
There is also the fact that you can access the unreachable areas of the Safari Zone after beating the Elite Four, during the end game sections. This gives you access to some Generation II Pokémon that you wouldn't have been able to get otherwise, at least from Emerald itself.  
After beating the Elite Four, you can also access a special area of the region called the Desert Underpass, allowing you to potentially catch Ditto, which will make all of your breeding efforts far, far easier. While on the subject of finding unusual Pokémon, you can also now get to this little area called the Artisan's Cave, near the Battle Frontier, which is the one and only place where you can locate and catch Smeargle in the game. Good if you're going for 100% dex completion!
You can also challenge the Trick House again, if you did it once already. It's mildly frustrating, but since you are rewarded at the end of the challenge, it's worth it, and you can complete the house a grand total of 8 times, for 8 separate rewards. 
You may also finally battle Steven, and believe me, unless you have a team of all 100 - level Pokémon, it will be one you have to train up for. The satisfaction of finally beating him will be worth the extra effort, however. 
If you have the S.S. Ticket, you may also get to play on the S.S. Tidal, a special ship that is stuffed to the gills with trainers waiting to battle you.  They aren't easy battles, either, helping you up your challenge...and this could possibly be a good place to train for the Steven battle, if you think to work on it beforehand. Another good place is the Battle Frontier, which opens up in the end game. The battles here are notoriously difficult, and will be good to help you get your chosen team to level 100, as well as help you test out some more advanced team strategies. Be warned, though. When I say they are difficult, they are difficult! 
Considering the game can't officially be said to be 'over' until the pokedex is completed and every last Pokémon has been registered both as their normal colouration and a shiny, Emerald could easily be considered one of the few 'never ending' games, even beyond the little additional bits (Safari Zone areas, Trick House, etc.) that give you more time to play after the main story has been completed.
Story -- 7
Emerald uses the classic Pokémon formula, which is the same regardless of game, so the score is not higher. An organization of baddies (though in this instance, it's not just one, it's two organizations, Team Magma and Team Aqua)  is trying to do something that would affect not only the region you are in (in this case, Hoenn), but eventually ripple out world-wide, and it is up to you to stop them... all while battling your way to the top of the Pokémon Trainer chain and collecting entries for the Pokedex. And you're not even in high school yet! One advantage Emerald has over both Ruby and Sapphire is that, instead of fighting only one of the teams battling for domination, you fight both of them, allowing you to see a bit more of the story from both sides. It's an interesting tweak, and can actually make the game a bit harder than either of the two previous installations at points. Better for more advanced Pokémon players, to give them a bit more challenge. That does bump the score up a bit, but not much, because things are still overwhelmingly tried and true to Pokémon games in general.
Depth -- 10
Because Emerald does offer so much to the player, I give a solid 10 for depth. To put it simply, there is always something to do in Emerald. Battling outside of what you have to do to advance not really your thing? No problem! Pokémon Contests are here for you.  You can compete in a total of five categories: Cute, Cool, Beauty, Smart, and Tough, though you can only pick one type of contest at a time! Your moveset can help or hinder you, so pay attention. If that's not your thing, of course there's the classic battling, and you can re-fight some trainers when they are ready, so long as you have them registered to call you. There's also the Battle Frontier, which is a new addition to Emerald. It's essentially an extension of the old, familiar Battle Tower, and is a good place to go if battling is your Pokémon life, so  you can get prizes to help you in and out of battle if you win often enough. You can also breed your Pokémon in hopes of obtaining a shiny (a bit more easily than catching one in the wild, though it's still ridiculously rare), and, of course, there's a boat load of things to do in the end-game, after you've beaten the Elite Four and the Champion, claiming your place in the Hall of Fame.  Most of these things involve catching a TON of legendaries through in-game events, but that might keep you busy for another couple of weeks, if you aren't a speed-runner, at least. From the Eon duo (Latias and Latios) to the Regi Trio, and, of course, Kyogre and Groudon -- which you have to go to the Weather Institute for, so you can find unusual weather patterns cropping up that make their respective caves appear, there are multiple legendaries to catch and help you complete your dex in the end game. It's easy to say that Pokémon Emerald is a game that is hard to put down, simply because there is so very much to do even after you get done with the main story line, and even that can take a while if you want to take complete advantage of everything the game has to offer.
Difficulty -- 6 
The game isn't the most difficult out there. However, it does have some additional difficulty that most Pokémon games don't have, in the form of having two enemy organizations (Team Aqua and Team Magma) actively moving against you at the same time. In Ruby and Sapphire, you only had to fight one of the two teams, but in Emerald, you're going up against both! An additional factor in deciding difficulty has to do with the sheer amount of previous and current (for the time, at least) legendaries that there are for you to catch after beating the Elite 4. After all, you only get one Master Ball in the game, so most of your legendaries are going to be caught with some kind of normal pokeball, which tends to up the difficulty just a bit unless you are super lucky. For first-time Pokémon players, the game might be a bit confusing at first, but for those who have taken Pokémon journeys before, the game and its difficulty will be an old friend. 
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 7   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 4.7/5     Submitted: 04-04-15     Review Replies: 5


8.2
Pokemon Emerald   MechaMento
As we all know, Pokemon Emerald for the Gameboy Advance is the most played game on Vizzed. Due to this there are tons of reviews, I felt I need to have a go at review this game myself. After all it was the very first video game I had ever bought so I have a lot of experience with it.
Back in 2009 I bought myself a Gameboy Advance SP and a copy of Pokemon Emerald along with it. 2009 was a lot later than the game's release date and by then the Nintendo DS was out. Before owning this game my life was pretty empty video game wise. We had a PS2 but yet I never really used that because it was my dad's and at the time most of the games made little sense to me. My whole family had never owned a Nintendo console so I did not know what Mario was, nor Zelda or Pokemon. It took my friends to teach me what was what and who was who. My friend owned a copy of Pokemon emerald which he played on his DS. One time he let me have a little go and from that half an hour I loved pokemon. I was in the middle of the sea using surf and having a ton of wild pokemon battles. I did not know what I was doing but it felt good because all of the Wingulls and Tentacruels were fainting really quickly. I felt amazing! This sort of gaming was so new to me, I just had to get my hands on it... so I did! And that brings me here, reviewing Pokemon Emerald for the Gameboy Advance, I hope you enjoy it! 
Pokemon Emerald 
Graphics
Most of the visual content in this game was ripped straight out of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire and reused. There were very few changes sprite wise, for instance the heros of the game had different colored clothes but that was about it. You could call game freak lazy but let's face it, what they did was right for them. The graphics from Ruby and Sapphire were great and got praise from many gamers and critics so not much more work was needed. This is why...
As soon as you see that Star dashing past the game freak logo, you know you are going to be in for a treat. The openings of Ruby and Sapphire were nicely made, quite the visual highlights of the games. Pokemon Emerald's opening was even more stunning than the previous games in the 3rd generation trio, this was very special to the Gameboy Advance. 
As with most games, the cut scenes are the graphical peak of it. Unfortunately the only real cut scene in the game is the opening and if you wish to call it a cut scene, talking to Professor Birch when starting a new game was also one too. The rest of the game did have a few cut scenes but there was nothing different visual to the rest of the game. You would just stay in the top down view and watch the events and text go on.
Luckily there rest of the game is not too bad at all. I have to say the graphics of the over worlds are pretty nice. There are some areas which look like they are just your typical GBA game yet other areas such as Mount Chimney looked stunning.
So in general I was vaguely disappointed with Game Freak's work here so that is why i gave them a 9/10. Moving on...
Sound
I have never really been that much of a fan of Pokemon game music. There are a few exceptions like the Cave Theme from Gold, Silver and Crystal and the Museum theme in Pokemon Emerald but in general none of it appeals to me. Pokemon Emerald seems to have the worst soundtrack of them all along with Pokemon Platinum and X and Y. Almost in Pokemon Emerald sounds all too happy go lucky and joyful. It can raise a smile on your face but you would not listen to it out of choice. I guess you could say that pokemon is aimed at children but I think Game Freak need to remember that there is a vast majority of humans of older ages who have also enjoyed the Pokemon experiences. 
I think what Game Freak tried to do was keep the music themed to the current location but keep it child friendly. I can expect a young child to get bored of a dramatic song that really suits an area like music from Final Fantasy games. Let's face it they are not going to really care about the game music anyway if they are actually playing the game. 
I am sure the musicians at Game Freak could of done better because as i have said previously, they have made some great songs. So why can't the rest of the songs in the game at least be good. 
Story
I think 3 is the lowest I have rated anything in a Video Game review but in my opinion, Pokemon Emerald does kinda deserve it. There are many turn based RPG's like Pokemon, Such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest (basically everything made by square enix), which have great story lines. So why can't pokemon keep up? I am not sure whether this is a lack of creativity or if it is making it easy to understand for Children from 3+ but let's face it, however great this game is the story is just crap.
When you make your way into route 101 for the first time, only to see that a Pokemon Professor is being attacked by a Level 2 Zigzagoon, you just know that this game is going to be a little stupid. Even when you progress there is a "scientist" who is investigating "rare pokemon" footprints when it turns out to be his own. I think every gamer knew he was there to prevent anyone from going to route 102 before battling your rival so why make the obstacle be so un logiciel it just lacks creativity.
The story itself is a little cliche. You help everyone, you conquer the bad guys throughout the game until you defeat their boss and the bad guys go away. Hmm sounds familiar, I think that is from ALMOST EVERY SINGLE POKEMON GAME AND A VARIOUS OTHER VIDEO GAMES, apart from them I think this storyline is original. Luckily in Pokemon Emerald there is the odd twist in this tale, you play the role of a double agent and defeat both enemy. I was going to give the story a 1/10 but there was at least something original.
Then there is the Pokemon League but I don't call that a story, it is almost more of a side quest in Pokemon Emerald even though it is required. it just feels like something you have to do and it will have almost no effect on the rest of the game and more importantly the story line, I guess it is just there to keep it a pokemon game. 
Enough Ranting...
Gameplay
Pokemon Emerald may have a bad storyline as I previously ranted about but that is overruled by the amazing gameplay. The battle system is fun and easy to pick up. I knew what I was doing in battle even when i was playing it on my friend's DS, yeah before I even owned the game I was not a noob. Obviously things got difficult when you reached the final few gyms. Then you actually had to think while fighting instead of just using your most powerful attacks. I remember the elite 4 being extremely tough and that amazing feeling I got when I beat the champion Wallace, was only comparable to the time when I beat Halo 3 on heroic. The 21 hours (yes I remember) I had put into training my team, defeating all 8 gym leaders and the Pokemon League had all paid off and it felt great to see that game over screen, and it was not because i was waiting for the game to end. I genuinely enjoyed it even if the story was really bad. I enjoyed it so much I continued to play it after the credits rolled.
Which brings me into the game's depth and gosh there was a lot of it. There is so much to explore in the world of Hoenn, so many towns, routes and dungeons it is amazing. I think pokemon emerald is the pokemon game with the most depth ever, even more than X and Y! There is so much to do even after the game like the battle frontier and catching all of the other legendaries. There is a lot of creativity with the mini games, the Secret base feature and the annoying yet rewarding Sky Pillar Bike Maze. I just wish they used more creativity to create a much better story.
Overall
Pokemon Emerald is a great game in general. I can really see why it is the most game played game on Vizzed. Personally I feel that it was not the best in the series but Crystal was. The Johto region seemed to make sense. Pokemon Emerald was where Pokemon began to become generic all of a sudden. I think Game Freak were put under pressure from the fame they got from Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal. They just simply copied over the game mecaniques, improved the graphics and then wrote a story in five minutes. it almost reminds me of what Call of Duty do, just it is not as bad. 
I do still recommend this game. I recommend it for the first time pokemon gamers, it is where you should start off. You learn all you need to know about the game without that silly manual you get in Fire Red and Leaf Green. After you beat that game i suggest you move on to the Johto region or shall I say move back. As I have said the Johto trio are the best Pokemon Games around. I don't think anyone should die without at least playing one of them.
Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope you enjoyed it.
Feel free to leave any criticism or compliments because i really want to know your opinion on my opinions. 
Again, thank you for reading....
Have a Nice day what ever time you are reading this! :D

  Graphics 9   Sound 6   Addictive 9   Story 3   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 4.7/5     Submitted: 11-30-13     Review Replies: 2


10
Mint's first game review: Pokémon Emerald   Chewedmint
Graphics: Considering Pokémon Emerald was released over eight years ago, the graphics are very good, especially when compared to Pokémon games of the previous generation. Much like Crystal, Emerald's Pokémon sprites are also animated during battle. My biggest pet peeve of the Gold/Silver/Crystal games were the graphics; they were god-awful. Emerald's graphics are a huge improvement from G/S/C.
Sound: Overall, the sounds are decent. While the music may get somewhat repetitive at times, it's not one of those games I always had to play with the sound off because the music drove me nuts. There's only one game I would give a perfect 10/10 in this category and this is not that game; However, I will give Emerald a solid 8/10 in this category. Not the best by any means, but definitely not the worst, either.
Addictiveness: Without a doubt, 10/10. I've spent thousands of hours of my life playing Pokémon games and Emerald is definitely the one I've spent the most time playing. I've been playing this game since 2005, and I still play it to this day. There are very, very few games that game out before 2006 that I can still play with regularity without losing interest after a few days. Pokémon Emerald is one of them.
Story: Anyone who has played a Pokémon game before knows the formula. You start out as a young boy/girl in a small town, you catch Pokémon and train them, you travel all over the land and battle gym leaders to collect badges before finally going up against the Pokémon League and becoming the Champion. For the most part, it's the same plot in every Pokémon game, although there are minor changes here and there.
Depth: Here is something Pokémon Emerald has that none of the previous games do: a Battle Frontier. The Battle Frontier is a post-game area that consists of seven battling facilities, each with their own gimmick and set of rules. The trainers you face here are tougher than the ones you battle during the main story. The goal is to reach a certain winning streak (depends on which facility you are in) so you can take on the Frontier Brain. The Frontier Brains are basically the bosses; each facility has one, and they are even stronger than the regular Frontier trainers. Once you defeat a Frontier Brain, you will be rewarded with a silver symbol. If you defeat the Frontier Brain again, you will receive a gold symbol for a total of 14 symbols; one silver and one gold from each facility. In my opinion, Pokémon Emerald's Battle Frontier is the best out of all of them.
Difficulty: I gave this a 5, mostly because of the Battle Frontier. If you don't have properly EV trained Pokémon, you'll get thrashed before you even make it to the Frontier Brains. EV training is very time consuming; it requires a lot of patience and focus. Assembling a team of six EV trained Pokémon with the right natures, moves, etc. takes a lot of work, but that's what makes it fun!
  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 4.6/5     Submitted: 10-14-13     Review Replies: 2


9.5
Pokémon Emerald: My Favorite PKMN Game   FistBomb060
Pokémon Emerald is my favorite game in the whole Pokémon franchise. It came out with 135 new Pokémon and gave us some options for after the game, or when you don't feel like continuing with the story. It's a nice start into the Pokémon games with a cool story, decent graphics, and colorful characters. The game's story provides up to a week of game play, and the post game makes for an even longer experience with contests, the Pokédex, and Pokémon raising. This game even has a whole new feature which will take another week to complete: the Battle Frontier. I love it, and I totally recommend it. With that being said, let's get on to my review!
Graphics
Now, this generation of Pokémon had some pretty sweet graphics compared to the last two. It had some more color, detail, and depth. However, compared to other Game Boy Advance games, this could have been more animated and more scenic. The battle arenas are just two floating circles in front of a one color background. If you think that's bad, the Pokémon animations were only two frames and had a lot of special effects to cover those two frames up. Come on Game Freak! CRYSTAL'S ANIMATIONS HAD MORE FRAMES! Granted, additional frames would give the game longer development time which means a longer wait. The cartridge probably didn't have enough space for it is a valid excuse, but if you have room for two frames of 386 Pokémon sprites, you're going to have room for one more! For graphics, Pokémon Emerald gets a 9.
Sound
This game's music is mostly trumpets, and I think it sounds beautiful. Generation III made the best soundtrack in my opinion. I mean have you heard Deoxys's theme, Mewtwo's theme, the Hoenn Elite Four theme, and the Regis' theme? Freakin' sweet. Also, the new Pokémon's cries sound much more realistic than in the previous two generations'. The same can be said for the music. Even the Route themes sound great. Only things I don't like are the cave theme, and the theme from the outside of the Battle Frontier, but there are many more tracks to listen to. For sound, I'm trumpeting out a 10.
Addictiveness
Now, by addictiveness I don't mean wanting to play this game again, but rather to keep trucking on in the wonderful Hoenn region. I'm not saying that the story isn't great, I'm saying that restarting your whole game isn't such a terrific idea. I mean, why would you want to delete that save file where you soft resetted 8192 times to finally get that shiny Rayquaza. Jokes aside, this game is fun. The story is great. Two maniacal teams(I'm saying maniacal because Team Magma and Team Aqua aren't really evil, they're just screwed up in the head).  
*SPOILER START*
You've moved into your new hometown, you meet the hot chick next door, you help some lame kid who turns out to be awesome in the Pokémon-X comic(which is about Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, not X and Y). Everything is going fan-freaking-tastic! Until you get to Petalburg Woods and you see a pirate thug stealing a rich guy's goods. This starts one of the greatest stories in Pokémon history, aside from Team Galacta(Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum), Team Plasma(Black 2 and White 2), and Team Flare(X and Y). I'll get more in depth about it, in Depth. ba-dum-crash Actually in the next part, the story. For Addictiveness this game gets a 10.
Story
Notice how I didn't put a Spoiler End there. We're going into deeper spoilers, people. Team Magma and Team Aqua are trying to fill the world with more land and more water, respectively. Aqua tries to alter the weather by infiltrating the Weather Institute and stealing Castform, they also steal a sub and a Blue Orb in order to awaken Kyogre. Magma does pretty much the same thing except with the Space Center, a Red Orb, and they try to awaken Groudon. Groudon and Kyogre start fighting in Sootopolis City, bringing forth a terrible series of climate changes creating a weather apocalypse(this doesn't happen when they battle in a real Pokémon battle for some reason). Wallace, the new League Champion and former 8th Gym Leader , and Steven, former League Champion help you to stop this by telling you of Rayquaza, the Pokémon of the sky that can negate weather patterns with its ability Air Lock, and is the only Pokémon that can stop Kyogre and Groudon from fighting(Arceus can't for some reason, he must work in mysterious ways). Rayquaza comes with an amazing cut scene for Game Boy Advance standards. He comes, stops Groudon and Kyogre from fighting, you don't battle any of them, Team Magma and Team Aqua disband, everyone leaves happy, and you resume with your League challenge. The only thing I don't like about the story is not being able to capture Groudon and Kyogre until post game(you can catch Rayquaza, but I don't recommend it unless you aren't saving your Master Ball for a shiny. If you can't find it, it's somewhere in the Team Aqua Hideout.).
*SPOILER END*
Story gets a 9 from me.
Depth
You guys, this game has so many more features than the old games and the new ones. I talked about the story in the last section, and here I'm speaking about the alternative game play modes. There are the Contests, a girly alternative to battles. You can show off your Pokémon's appearance, which for some reason it looks better after eating a lot. The same can't be said for people, but to each their own. You can also show off your Pokémon's moves depending on their Contest type of which there are 5: Smart, Beautiful, Cute, Cool, and Tough. You can compete in the Battle Frontier, an island with 7 facilities where you can test out your Pokémon's strength. There's the Battle Palace, the Battle Dome, the Battle Pyramid, the Battle Arena , the Battle Factory, the Battle Pike, and finally, the Battle Tower. You'll win 2 symbols at each facility, a silver one if you manage to beat the Frontier Brain once, and then a gold one if you beat the Frontier Brain again. For this spot, I recommend training more than one Pokémon as they will be the level of your highest leveled, and your level 51 Pelipper cannot handle Pokémon at level 91. There are also the secret bases which have so many decorations that I cannot go into Depth of right about now. (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) Some decorations you can buy at the Battle Frontier, so you have an incentive to go there. There's the Safari Zone, the Dex, berry farming, and Mirage Island. I don't want to go into Depth about that now, (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) so, I'll leave you with my rating number of 10.
Overall: 9.5 (too lazy to write review for Overall. Just read everything again.)
Thank for reading, I hope to write more reviews in the future. Hopefully more than 1,999 words.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 11-03-13     Review Replies: 2


8.9
Barathemos' Pokémon Emerald game review   Barathemos
                                                      Pokémon
                                              Emerald game review
                                                 How much do I like it?
As you can tell, today I will be making a game review on Pokémon Emerald.
This game has some sections that will bring it down, like sound, and some parts that will
bring it up, such as addictiveness. Over this review I will talk about parts of
the game along with things a person who would rate games would be looking for, such as graphics.
I will give you a warning now, IF YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED A POKÉMON GAME THAN BE
CAREFUL READING THIS REVIEW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THAN
STOP READING THIS REVIEW IMMEDIATELY. I will give this game an overall rating
of an 8.9, I like the games but there are some flaws. After I say that I will
move on to the aspects of the game.
Graphics: 8
In the time
that Pokémon Emerald was put out in stores there were not many games with very
good graphics, so this was good for the game. For an early Pokémon game, this
game was the best graphic wise. It looked like they had spent a lot of time
between Gen two and Gen three. Gen two was a good, not great, game graphics
wise. Then came Gen three. The graphics were very good for the time but not the
best. They sure were better than some games, but there were some that were just
way ahead of their time. That is why Pokémon Emerald will get an eight out of
ten in this section, time to move on.
Sound: 5
This is what
really brought the game down. In the game you will encounter many types of
music from team Aqua and Magma to the theme for Wallace. All I can say is that
the sound is not the best that it could be better. When I started the game I
was used to the music from games like Pokémon Diamond, so this took me a while
to get used to. I will say that the main part I do not like about it ( I will
not say “hate” because it is a bit better than that) is that it does seem way
too grainy, and I just do not like that too much. I think that they should have
kept with the type of music from Gen one and two instead of trying something
new, but you always have to take risks in life and some of them do not turn out
exactly how you wanted them to. Overall I will give sound a five out of ten
because it is not good but not bad.
Addictiveness: 9
This game is
just like every other Pokémon game; you just run around and try to level up
your Pokémon right? WRONG! This game has side stories to do, such as defeat the
teams, team Aqua and team Magma. This is the kind of Pokémon game that you will
want to keep playing and get more play time to show your time to! You will be
all like, “Man, I have over one-hundred play hours, and I am beating you, how
many hours do you have again?” “Oh, I have two-hundred, I guess you are wrong!
Ha!” You will then be devastated. This is the Pokémon game that people, not
just people monkeys too, were waiting for. This is a nice game to just get you
playing a fun, calm and fun game for hours. If I had to pick between this game
and Red of blue, I would pick Pokémon Emerald any day! This game will just
always keep you wanting to play!
Story: 9
This game us
great, but I cannot seem to give any tens around here! Anyway, this game has a
great story. This is where you need to be careful if you have not played a Pokémon
game before. The story for Pokémon Emerald is just the same as any
other Pokémon game with some differences that make it better. First, Pokémon is
a game where you have to catch every Pokémon in the game, train them, then
defeat the elite four and champion. There is also this whole evil organization
you have to take down. This is my favorite Pokémon caption of Oak, “Wait! Don’t
go into the tall grass it could be dangerous! Instead why don’t you take down
an entire criminal organization.” This is just perfect because it shows you how
the criminal organization part is so important to the game. If you want a good
game, that has a story than you will want a copy of Pokémon Emerald. This game
is not for someone who wants games such as Call of Duty.
Depth: 10
As you have probably
seen from other reviews on this game, there is a lot to get done. As I have
said, this game will make you want to keep playing the game for a long time
without running out of things to do. This game basically has the main parts of a
Pokémon game. You are a trainer who just turned, what 10, and you have to go
out into the world, do some weird things, and become the best Pokémon trainer
in the game. For most people “completing” the game means getting all Pokémon available
to level 100. If some players do not do this than they count the game as
unfinished, which kind of makes since.  Some
people still have not completed the game, but it does have a whole lot to
offer.
Difficulty:7
Many Pokémon
games have this factor of it being hard. Pokémon has always had parts that
would always trick you or make you re-battle someone many, many, many, times.
The Pokémon Ruby, Safire, and to Emerald, the games have always been harder, in
my opinion, than any other Pokémon games. There are some parts where you just
have no idea where to go, so you have to look up a video on YouTube to get you
threw. The elite four are not the hardest so that will bring the difficulty
down a bit.
Overall I
would say that Pokémon Emerald was a very good game overall for its time in
lots of different sectors that will help the game always get a better rating.
Even if there are some parts that you don’t like than you can just get through
it and move on to the good parts. The reasons that you have just read show why
this game gets an 8.9 from me.
  Graphics 9   Sound 5   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 4.4/5     Submitted: 03-30-13     Review Replies: 11


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Pokemon Emerald - Skilled Review   Skilledtree
Pre-Review
First off, let me start by saying that Pokémon Emerald was a large part of my childhood. I had over 400 hours played on it when I was younger, and it is easily one of my favorite Gameboy Advance games. With that being said, I must say that I will put any bias aside for the integrity of this review. If you are interested in a video version of this review, please check the Vizzed video section for Pokémon Emerald.
Where did he come from, where did he go?
Alright, so let's start off with the story line. After you finish moving from... wherever you moved from: you begin your journey to become a Pokémon Champion. You officially start off the journey once you receive your first starter Pokémon. Throughout your journey you'll meet your two main antagonists, Team Aqua and Team Magma. Both teams have a very specific view on what they think the world needs, and it just so happens that those views are basically opposites of one another. So 10 year old you must save Hoenn from the destruction that their feud may bring. When you're not dealing with that, you'll also need to get all 8 badges, so you can challenge the Elite 4 for a chance to become champion.
It's addictive and provides depth!
This brings us to the game play. If you've ever played any Pokémon game before, you should be very familiar with how this works. After getting your starting Pokémon, it's your job to catch, train & evolve your team. This game features a fighting system that will reward specific types of damage against other specific types of Pokémon. For instance, a water attack will do a nice amount of extra damage towards a rock type Pokémon. On top of the type-based combat, there is also different types of attacks and defenses.  As an example, a move like tackle is physical and really wouldn't do much against a strong defense-based Pokémon. Yet against that same Pokémon, a move like water-gun is
a special attack, and would do considerably more damage. On to the note of battles themselves, Pokémon Emerald introduces the PokéNav. This allows you to rematch certain trainers, making for good training and overall extending replay value.
Very easy with practice.
In terms of difficulty, this game can become very easy once you learn the ropes of everything. You may only lose a few battles during your adventure, assuming you trained your Pokémon by not running from every wild encounter. Money management in-game isn't too difficult and you should be living comfortably so-long as you battle a lot of trainers throughout the game. The only real time you may run into trouble is near the end of the game.
It can't look much better than this.
So let's talk about graphics. Given the Gameboy Advances technical limitations, Pokémon Emerald really did well on it's graphics. Small yet noticeable things like animated Pokémon during battle, the many different battle effects, and the nicely themed game world in general all add to the appeal. You really can't complain much about anything graphic related.
I hear you, man.
The soundtrack in-game is also pretty good. There doesn't seem to be really any differences from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire - but in fairness the sounds were already great anyways. What makes the sound great is that, once again, the small things like each individual Pokémon having a unique cry, or the randomly intense battle music.
Conclusion
Okay, so let's wrap up the review. Pokémon Emerald really shines in its replay ability, interesting story, in-depth battle system. Although it's considerably easy, it still offers a challenge to those who actively seek it. Fans have even created special challenge rules that you can find in the forums to make the game more difficult. The sprite detail and good audio make the adventure feel really fun. And it's for all these reasons that I rate Pokémon Emerald a healthy 9 out of 10 overall. If you've played Emerald version for 100's of hours, or you're just looking to play a classic video game - you will still be able to have a ton of fun on this game.
  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 4.4/5     Submitted: 09-21-15     Review Replies: 2


8.6
OrdannonsX's reviews: Pokémon Emerald   OrdannonsX

Yep, it just has to be done; I’m doing a review on a Pokémon game. Like many people on Vizzed, I’m a big fan of the Pokémon games. The Pokémon games are simple to pick up and play, but are so deep that few will actually play any Pokémon game to their fullest potential. Pokémon Emerald is actually my second favourite game in the franchise as well. I got it after having gotten Pokémon Ruby for my birthday. I loved how it was just so much more ‘complete’ than any Pokémon game before it. I’ll keep my introduction short; without further ado, let’s get going.

 

The Graphics

Like in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, once you turn on the Game Boy Advance, a shining star sparkles across your little screen, and the Game Freak logo shows up. A drop of water slowly slides down from a leaf and then drops down… That animation is just so fluid and gorgeous! And this doesn’t just go for the intro sequence only; the entire game moves flawlessly, and all the sprites -human, Pokémon and objects- are vividly detailed. However, how much praise this game’s visuals deserve, there aren’t many graphical upgrades from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Perhaps the biggest improvement Game Freak made in terms of visuals are that at the start of every battle, the Pokémon sprites move; making the Pokémon seem to come to live even more. But in all fairness, that’s the only notable upgrade I could spot in Pokémon Emerald. The quality looks exactly the same as in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. However, if I would have reviewed one of those games, I would’ve easily scored the graphics a 9, at the least. It just looks that good. Considering it does, I’m giving Pokémon Emerald’s graphics a solid score of a 7. There aren’t many improvements to be found here, but what’s still here still looks breathtaking.

 

The Sound

Same story here, the sound already was great in Ruby and Sapphire, but they haven’t been improved by much. However, somehow I just could not find it in my heart to not at least score the sound with anything lower than an 8. The music is so catchy, and the SFX (from the obvious ones like Pokémon cries in battles to the little details like the splashy sound you hear when you step into a pool of water) is so well done. When you keep an ear out in the wild, you can hear the little cries of Pokémon coming from the tall grass, giving you the feeling you are in a living, breathing environment. When the rain starts pouring down, it’s not just like watching water drops falling down. The intense sound of the water clattering on the ground really makes it feel like you’re standing outside in a heavy rainstorm. I can’t imagine how it’s even possible to get so immersed in a small cartridge in a little machine such as the Game Boy Advance, but somehow, Pokémon Emerald got me hooked. Again, there haven’t been done many improvements from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but that doesn’t mean that the sound is bad. On the contrary, the audio just doesn’t get much better on the Game Boy Advance.

 

The Addictiveness

The amount of hours I put into playing Pokémon Emerald is what some call just ridiculous. Or as I like to call it, a reasonable amount of time. ;) Like in all Pokémon games, there is just so much you can do. Catching Pokémon is ever so fun. Training your Pokémon into powerhouses, perfecting your team and testing your skills against the eight Gym Leaders never fails to lose it’s thrill. Speaking of thrills, encountering an ultra-rare shiny Pokémon is an amazing experience, and makes you want to keep playing even more. The music you hear when you beat a tough Gym Leader, or catch a Pokémon makes it all feel nothing short of awesome.

 

The Story

I agree with most people who say that the gist of the story in every Pokémon game is pretty much the same. You’re a boy/girl who’s just turned 10, and sets off on a Pokémon journey. You train your Pokémon, earn badges, breaking up an evil group of criminals and defeating the Elite Four and become the champion of the region. That’s the gist of it. But Pokémon Emerald has more stores for you, even though a lot of people tend to overlook it, or simply don’t acknowledge it. The gist of the story is far-famed, we all know it well so I won’t go into details about it. But I’ll talk about the little things, the side-story. Instead of having only one single rival -May/Landon- There’s Barry (my favourite rival in any Pokémon game), a frail, ill boy who’s biggest wish it is to raise Pokémon. You meet him in Petalburg City, living with his concerned parents. You teach him to catch a Pokémon, as he afterwards immediately moves to Verdanturf Town where his parents hope the clean air there will cure him of his disease. From there, he does indeed recover, and sets out on a journey, becoming one of the strongest, most respectable rivals you’ll ever face in any Pokémon game.

 

Then there’s Team Magma and Team Aqua. And this is where Pokémon Emerald makes its biggest improvement over Ruby and Sapphire. They both have an ambition of making the world a better place (in their eyes) by expanding either the Earth’s land, or the ocean. They need to wake up and control the legendary Pokémon of either earth and water to complete their master plan. But the Pokémon are uncontrollable, as a fierce battle between the two break out, and Team Magma and Team Aqua stand on the sidelines powerless. Then a huge Pokémon ascends from the skies, calming down the two Pokémon, restoring peace to the regions once more. It’s these side-stories which actually have nothing to do with you as a character (I mean, you’re just a boy or girl on a Pokémon journey) but make you get so involved with the world around you, making the plot that much more engaging. Game Freak, thank you for finally making the storyline in a Pokémon game interesting.

 

The Depth

Do you want to catch ‘em all? Me too! I’ve always been annoyed by either needing a friend with a different Pokémon game of the same generation to trade Pokémon with, or simply buying the other Pokémon games to really catch ‘em all. I see through you, Nintendo, with your clever methods to make people buy your games! ;) Well, Pokémon Emerald has a lot more Pokémon for you to catch in a single game. And, whereas Ruby and Sapphire only had the Battle Tower for you to compete in after the Elite Four, Pokémon Emerald has the Battle Frontier. This is like a series of tournaments to really determine if you are the biggest and baddest trainer out there. There are contests throughout the entire region for you to participate in, and you could play with friends to make berries together! Fun! Every Pokémon has their own personality, which determines the way they grow, and how they fight in one of the contests. And the training system… It is so deep, that I won’t explain too much about it. The gist of it is this: When your Pokémon defeats an opposing Pokémon, it gains Effort Values depending on the opponents stats. If your Pokémon defeats a speedy opponent, it gains an extra Effort Value on speed, etc. This ensures that no Pokémon will be trained in the same way. It’s so in-depth, I… My mind just fails to comprehend it sometimes. I rarely give straight 10s, and I promised my self to be very strict about that, but I can’t see how I would score the Depth of a Pokémon game lower than a perfect 10.

 

The Difficulty

It is commonly known that most Pokémon games aren’t very difficult. Training your team is simple and however you may lose your first try at any Gym battle, it’ll give you insight on the Leaders Pokémon and their levels, giving you the knowledge of which level your team should be to beat the Leader and move on to the next one. There are no consequences like Game Over, so you could see it as Trial & Error. Lose the first time, learn from it, and practice and try again. However, I do think that some parts in the game are dumbed down even more. For example, May/Landon is a complete pushover. Her/his starter Pokémon is never fully evolved, and her/his team is often very underlevelled keeping in mind the progress you most people have made at the point of the game where you come across May/Landon. Luckily, there is a second rival in the game, namely Barry, who actually poses a serious challenge on Victory Road. But all in all, this game isn’t very difficult as a Pokémon standard.

 

Phew. I gave this game a lot of praise in these past hours. And with good reason. Pokémon Emerald is without a doubt the best Pokémon in the franchise up until now, and it will be difficult for future instalments to surpass it. I know, in the introduction I said that Emerald is my second favourite game of the franchise, but that’s because I hold Pokémon Gold close to my heart for nostalgia reasons. As for the game’s ratings, at first glance Pokémon Emerald may seem like more of the same to most players. But subtle changes in the visuals and the story keeps the game fresh and addictive.

 

Pros:

-          A large world full of life and detail

-          Really catchy music

-          Deepest storyline ever in a Pokémon game

-          Tons of stuff to come back for

 

Cons:

-          Most of the game may seem like more of the same to most people


      Review Rating: 4.3/5     Submitted: 06-19-13     Updated: 04-05-14     Review Replies: 8


8
Serpentine Reviews presents: Pokemon Emerald   ZeegSerpentine
When you think back on different Pokémon games that has become classics, what are ones that generally come to mind? Any of the game boy ones do come to mind, as well as a few Nintendo versions, but every time I think of a good Pokémon game, I have to think about one in particular. Sadly, its also the only that I was able to play before the Nintendo 3DS hit the market. (And before anyone says it yes I was late for black and white.) Now what version am I talking about? Why Pokémon Emerald, which I can fairly say helped jumped started the true possibilities of what a Pokémon game can look and feel like.
With that being said, Hello brothers and sisters in gaming and welcome to Serpentine reviews, to which I am reviewing a game that I have thoroughly enjoyed sense I first bought it back in my teen years, and that game is indeed Pokémon Emerald. But before I do, some rules. I will be reviewing this game under the Vizzed reviewing criteria. This means Graphics, Sound, Addictiveness, Story, Depth, and Difficulty. With that being said, lets get started!
Graphics: For the limitations of the GBA, the graphics for Emerald is very impressive. Of course if you played Ruby and Sapphire, then you'll know what to expect. Now Emerald, however, takes it a step further by adding impressive dynamic cut scenes, moving character sprites as well as Pokémon sprites, and overall the look of it is just amazing. I do believe there is some things that could be worked on, like how a lot of the character sprites are a bit...deformed if I may say, but otherwise, good for them. I say an nine out of ten for graphics.
Sound: The soundtrack and sounds are the same as the ones found on Ruby and Sapphire, but they sound a bit clearer, more defined. Of course that could just be me, but even if its the same as Ruby and Sapphire, the sounds remind you were you are and what kind of Pokémon/trainer battle your walking into. Its very nice to hear how well it transitions to, without making it sound forced. I say another nine out of ten is in order.
Addictiveness: This ones going to be a bit hard for me to rate. For the reason that if you played Ruby or Sapphire or both, don't expect alot of major change from it. Aside from being able to catch both Groundon and Kyogre, its still the same game. Of course, the game does have a high replay factor, and has a few new and improved aspects to it, but not enough that will make it more playable then the previous. I will say though, the real addicting part isn't the whole, finding different Pokémon and catching them, but locating the secret and legendary Pokémon. So it breaks about even with me, but the score I give this is a seven out of ten. Again if you played Ruby or Sapphire before, then you'll probably play this one to, or not.
Story: Again, the story closely resembles Ruby and Sapphires, only this time you get to fight both the teams in the game, rather then side with one to defeat the other, and you can also see a new pov of the story, of how its Rayquaza who is the savior of the world because of how he quells the confrontation of Kyogre and Groundon. Of course until you get to these points, the games story will be identical to the original format of Ruby and Sapphire. But I'll still give it a good rating of a eight out of ten.
Depth: This one is going to be a bit of a disappointment. I don't know if its the same for other people, but when I first held this game, I wanted to backward compatible trade with Pokémon from the previous games I owned. Sadly, you can't do this in Emerald, for you can only trade with the Pokémon you have caught in that region. Again, don't quote me, but that's how it felt to me when I played this game. But other then that, the game has alot to offer you. From the gym battles, to catching Pokémon, to contests, to the Battle Frontier, the game will keep you busy and make sure you don't run out of things to do. After all, the whole premise of the game is to catch them all right? Well, this will be a hard drive for it. I give this a nine out of ten.
Difficulty: Honestly, its hard for me to rate this one. There are alot of new mechanics introduced to the threw gems of this game (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald), but its not entirely hard to understand or even learn. Granted alot of new players may get lost and beaten a few times, but it won't be because of how bad they are doing, but how the challenge with change periodically. Its a nice balance to where it wont be to hard for beginners but hard enough to help them learn new tactics for Pokémon that they have caught as well as how to train them and in what aspect shall they train them in. I say this one deserves a six out of ten.
Well then guys, after calculating the value of Graphics, Sound, Addictive game play, Story, Depth, and difficulty, I believe this game earns a solid eight out of ten. For this rating,  I would recommend to own the game. Its not high enough for me to give it my Serpentine Seal of Approval, but high enough that I believe anyone should play it and enjoy the game for what it is. As a matter of fact I think the game is still one of my personal favorite.
With that everyone thank you for reading and if you have other criticism or compliments to the game then let it be known. If you want me to review another game then please leave suggestions. Until then, keep your swords sharp, for the revolution is coming. Later!
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 7   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 4.2/5     Submitted: 10-26-15     Review Replies: 1


8.1
Pokemon emerald - a game i used to like.   yoshirulez!

Okay, Honestly, I am not a big fan of pokemon games. I used to be a pokefreak, But it pretty much went away when i realised i would never collect all of the pokemon. I don't play them often anymore, But when i do, I only play it for about 2 hours at a time. I used to play them every other day for about 4 hours. I'm really not sure. It's been a while . Whenever i'm feeling nostalgic, I play this game. And when i play it i play it for more than 2 hours. This game is a pretty good game. You can't exactly just push it off into a corner and ignore it for too long. Which is why i am reviewing, Pokemon emerald for the game boy advance.

Graphics:10. The graphics on this game are incredibly good for the game boy advance. Previous titles were extremely pixely, and not very well. Though it was good for it's time, They really improved from generation 2. The charaacter sprites are very good. And the pokemon sprites weren't extremely pixely. They were smoothly crafted and very original. The water tiles look much better than the ones in the previous games. It made me want to try to lick the screen. Though i never did it.

The rather 3Dish scenes such as kyogre groudon and rayquaza scenes were probably the peak of the graphics capabilities for the game boy advance. I was extremely impressed with the general surrounding of things such as clouds that you can see when looking into the water. And the sandstorms in the desert.

With all of that going on, It really adds to the experience when you first play it.

Sound:8. Very unique sounds go a long way, And they went unique with this one. Instead of just boring generic and may i add RANDOM sound effects like they did for pokemon generations 1 and 2, They actually FIT the scenes. Such as the constant downpour of rain in the rainy areas. It actually sounds like constant rain downpour. The pokemon cries changed from annoying Frequencies and stupid sound effects, To sounds that actually fit them. They went all out with the sound on this one. It got better in further generations such as 4 and 5, But i honestly prefer this one.

Music:10. I honestly like to come back to this game to listen to the music. generation 1 and 2 hurt my head too much. This is MUCH better than that. Like, a comparisin of Cianwood city and sootopolis city, Cianwood city was very pretty sounding, But way too much dinging and scratchy noises. Whereas Sootopolis city, Had pretty horns and drums. easy on the ears and Quite enjoyable. The areas i enjoyed most were the bouncy ones though.

This game has a nice balance of music. They got the really peppy ones like the final battle music, The rival trainer music, and mt.chimney. Then they had the bouncy happy ones such as fortree city, the ending theme, and littleroot. Theres only ONE dark one though. Mt.prye. Which is basically like the pokemon tower for generation 3. The music here is creepy, But it always seems to make me happy. Happiness inside of pokemon death...huh... Anyways, I like it a lot, so 10/10.

Addictiveness:3. I'm not much of a pokemon fanatic, and i cant remember how i was when i played this game. I know i played it a lot, But i'm not sure HOW much.. So i'll just state how much i play it now.

I play it here and there, Really if i were to play a pokemon game it would be this one. I find it pretty addictive, But not to the extent to play it all day everyday Like some games i play. Since i've beaten it, it doesn't keep my attention for too long. I have trouble playing games like this, Not a lot of activeness. You can basically just spam one really strong attack and win most battles.

Story:4. I wasn't exactly impressed with the story at the beginning. I mean, Kid lives in a town, Gets a pokemon, and the professor wants him/her to go on an adventure with animals that you can put in containers that fit in your belt/pocket. Not interesting. After a while, It turns out there's two teams that are trying to change landmass and watermass, by awakening ancient pokemon that fought long ago. Then a sky pokemon comes down and makes everything peaceful. I enjoyed it. But as to why i gave it a 4, only the ending part is interesting and original to me. That doesn't seem like much of a story to me.

Depth:10. This is OBVIOUSLY a pokemon game, and pokemon games involve catching all of the pokemon. Well, in this game, You have to collect all of the pokemon in all 3 generations. Imagine how hard that is to accomplish. Not only do can you do that, You could, if you wanted, Get EVERY item in the game, fill the ENTIRE PC, get all shinies, and beat all of the frontier games. I have not accomplished ANY of this. I only managed to beat the game. If you think about all of that, It sounds impossible. It pretty much is, considering that the pokemon events are no longer going on anymore.

Difficulty:10. This game is probably the hardest i've played in the series. They really 1Up'd the difficulty from pokemon ruby and sapphire. I beat pokemon ruby with ease, But this game took me several tries, several months, extreme strategizing, and a whole HECK of a lot of level grinding. I mean, this game is so hard, How could anyone ever do a nuzlocke on this?! You'd have to collect and train so many pokemon as back-up, Tons of potions, And a lot of time. It would probably take you about a year and a half to beat it!. Heck..... you'd Probably have to train each individual pokemon to level 100. I've never made more than one pokemon level 100. It'd be impossible for me.

Overall:8.1. I used to enjoy this game back then, But when i look back on it, It doesn't seem as great as i remember.... Props to the creators, It was a lot better than the other games in my opinion. Thats my review on pokemon emerald. I really poured my feelings into this one.


  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 3   Story 4   Depth 10   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 4.1/5     Submitted: 02-04-14     Review Replies: 3


8
NOJ94'S REVIEW   noj94

This is a fun game that I own and I decided to review it because I'm very familiar with this game.

Summary: Same basic classical Pokémon game ideas; fight bad guys, be a Pokémon master, and of course "gotta catch 'em all!” this is a slightly different story of a kid who lives in a different Pokémon region and with it new Pokémon.
Graphics: I'll be honest when I first bought this game I was amazed by how much better it was then the generation before but that is to be demanded in the first place ( If they made a game boy advance game that looked like the game boy color I would have problems).  Let me go into detail about it.  First of all, the battle scenes… The Pokémon look a lot cleaner and are a lot prettier...yes...even their backside.  They attempted to give that white empty space where the Pokémon, stats, and option bar doesn't cover, they did a little better by adding a spot of the surroundings below each Pokémon so if you are at sea you sea water below you or if you are in a cave you see earth below you.  Pokémon still don’t move when making an attack, it would be nice to see a fighting Pokémon pull back it’s fist right before it attacks or when a Pokémon is hit it actually responds to the severity of the hit. 

 I’ve noticed a few cool things here and there, like when you walk by a puddle you can actually see your reflection on it which is a nice touch.  I noticed that in Lilycove the waves don’t try to climb up the side of the cliff as water should, instead it seems to appear and disappear under them. Also the world of magical creatures seems to also have magic trees that seem to naturally grow in a perfectly straight rows and growing nearly exactly alike.  Also, though they did improve about the backless building phenomena it still doesn’t work perfectly; when I walk behind an obviously tall building I still can only just get under the top of the building.

Sound: None of the songs in my opinion are memorable and will never compete with the classic tunes of the classics but they do indeed give a Pokémon feel to this game.  It would have been a sweet feature if they added an option where you could play the old tunes on the game but that may just be me.  On occasion when you fly from one place to another the theme is the same.  They made it so the music wouldn’t stop abruptly and then start the same song over again from the beginning but I still think it would have been better to have given each flyable area a different soundtrack but don’t take me wrong because they do have several songs and tunes for places.  Nintendo still hasn’t allowed Pokémon to have their own voice, I would have loved it if some of them excluding a few (I prefer hearing a roar from a legendary), I want Pikachu to actually go “pik-ach-u!”. 

Story: Same old story, crazy mother sends a little kid into the world with one little Pokémon on the child but now they also have a lunatic for a father who also supports it. Also this kid manages to disrupt not one group of organized crime but two!  Then you supposedly have an extremely talented kid, when realistically you just have knowledge of the game and basic common sense.  This is the Pokémon formula: totally unrealistic… but hey, who wants that!

Depth/ Addictiveness: This game has the most things to do of any before it.  Now you have an upgraded concept of the cell phone in the GBC games called the “ Pokenav” (short for Pokemon navigator) so now the first battle you have with a normal trainer isn’t final.  They grabbed the Pokemon Tower concept from the past and ran away with it creating one of the most entertaining/time consuming pokemon creation ever.  The Pokemon frontier gives experienced gamers the difficulty they can’t get from fighting at the Elite Four.  Finally, they give you contests where judges decide the winner by performance and appearance.  Winning these new additions and the classic gaming experience makes a game sure to make the most bang for your buck.

It ain’t perfect but any pokemon fan would be a fool not to buy this game. 
  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 4.1/5     Submitted: 08-27-11     Review Replies: 0


9.9
Pokemon Emerald   supercool22
Pokémon Emerald : Game Review
Graphics : 8
The Graphics are just like every other Pokémon Game Made for the Game Boy Advance , but the graphics are great .
Sounds : 7 
The Music bring backs memories of when I had Pokémon Ruby like 5 years ago or More 
Addictiveness : 7
Pokémon Emerald is addictive but sometimes I get bored of playing the game once in a while . 
Story : 10
Hers how the story begins  , You are in a Moving truck  , it will stop and you will be in a small town called Little root Town , ( maybe I got the name wrong ) , your mom will tell you to go upstairs to fix your clock , after doing that go downstairs , your mom will tell you to look at wheat's on the t.V . After that go to the next house over to the left , go upstairs ( I believe you have to go next to the Poke ball on the floor and your rival will appear ) , then you have to go north and as you keep going you will see the professor ( I have no idea what his name is ) , you will know that he is being attacked by a poochyena , he will tell you to save him by picking one of three Pokémon in the Bag ( Treecko , Torchic , and Mudkip ) . I going to end it there .
Depth : 10
This game offers a lot from Defeating trainers , and catching Pokémon , to Beating the Pokémon League .
Difficulty : 9
Pokémon Emerald is harder than Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire , do to the fact the Gym Leader are stronger , but that's not a problem for me .
So that's all I'm going to say about this Game , Hope you have a great Day
Sorry if this thread was made 7 times I had a little trouble with the website .

  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 7   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 03-27-13     Updated: 03-27-13     Review Replies: 5


9.5
Pokemon Emerald Review   tgags123
Overall (9.5)
Pokemon Emerald was always my favorite Pokemon game. Parts of the game are annoying, but overall it's a very fun game. The starters are great, you can catch more legendary Pokemon than the previous games, and it actually talks about your dad, unlike most Pokemon games.
Graphics (10)
The graphics in this game are outstanding for a GBA game. The difference between Emerald and the previous Pokemon game, Crystal, is huge.
Sound (8)
I never really liked the music in Pokemon, but Emerald has a pretty good soundtrack. (Unlike the piercing music of Lavender Town in Gen 1) It's different, but still has the same feel as the earlier games.
Addictiveness (10)
I guarantee you will get hooked. This is probably the most addicting game I've ever played. And I mean "sitting at the computer for 8 hours straight" addicting. You will most likely beat the Elite Four in a day or two, especially because you can speed up the game with the space bar.
Story (9)
Pokemon games usually have good stories. Pokemon Emerald is one of my favorites. Instead of there being one group of bad guys, there are two. However, those two hate each other, so they help you fight the other group. You also have a dad in this game. It never even mentions a father in the earlier games, so I'm not sure how the character was born (I have theories but I'm not getting into that). You dad even plays a big role in this game - he is a gym leader. I also love how the Hoenn Region is set up, and that you can catch 7 legendary Pokemon
Depth (8)
It is pretty easy to get to and beat the Elite Four, however there is a lot to do after that. You can go to various new locations and catch new Pokemon, go to the Battle Fronteir, and even rebattle the gym leaders.
Difficulty (5)
This game is pretty easy. There are a lot of good wild Pokemon early in the game, so you can get a strong team early. The Elite Four isn't as difficult as early games, and the gym leaders are rather pathetic. Great for beginners, but not recommended if you are looking for a challenge.
Pokemon Emerald is a great game that I strongly recommend playing. It is a very popular game, and rightly so. It is easy, but very addictive and fun. It has a great story, and there's a lot to do, especially after beating the Elite Four. If you are looking for a fun game, try Pokemon Emerald.
      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 07-22-13     Updated: 01-24-19     Review Replies: 6


9.9
Best Pokemon in my opinion   Dude2475
So, time for my very first review! ('Bout time...)
Pokémon is something that I grew up with. I had sapphire first, and I loved that game to death, but when I got Emerald... Oh, boy...'
It was like sapphire, but better in almost every way. It's so similar to the other games, but different enough to give a new and refreshing experience. I would never make good teams based on stats, but just use the ones the I liked. The many teams I made will always have a place in my heart.
Graphics: 10.
I think that Pokémon Emerald's Graphics were amazing at the time and still wonderful today. Everything is very vibrant and colorful, areas don't blend together, and there are a lot of touches that just give the impression that they went all out. Whether it be your reflections in the water, the footprints in the sand as you walk through it, or the puddles in rainy areas. All the Pokémon look great and they're easier to understand what they're supposed to look like. In the early games, (especially red and blue) the 8-bit graphics made it hard to figure out what you were fighting or what you were fighting with. Overall. The graphics are overall very pretty and dazzling.
Sound: 9.
The music and sounds in Pokémon emerald are just great. There isn't a single music piece I don't like, (Except for maybe the surf theme because it's not very long and you hear it a lot.), the music fits their environments well and helps to immerse you into the game. The Pokémon cries are very similar to those in previous games, but just higher quality. I like all of the beeps and boops that you'll hear just selecting items and talking to people. I think the sound and music is pretty amazing.
Addictiveness: 10.
The first time I played, I would keep playing, and playing, and playing, until it was time to eat or something. Now, It's exactly the same. "Just one more battle." I'd tell myself. "Just one more level." Here on Vizzed, with the speed up feature, grinding becomes much less of a chore (Not that you really need to do it much anyway). The game just keeps making you plead for more, and while it's kind of dangerous, it's great.
Story: 9.
Now, just like most Pokémon games, the story isn't all that prevalent. It really takes a backseat for most of the game, except for some points. In Ruby and Sapphire, either Team Magma or Team Aqua would be your villain, with the other supporting you to help bring them down. In Emerald, however, they're both bad, and you need to stop them. They try to awaken two of the region's legendary Pokémon to either increase the land mass (team magma), or expand the oceans (team aqua). Aside from that, you also have to defeat all 8 gym leaders and the Elite Four and become the champion. I give it a 9, because like most Pokémon games, the story lacks depth, because it isn't really meant to have any. It all just seems to be a bit too ridiculous to be serious about it.
Depth: 10.
This game is huge. For a gba game, anyways. There are dozens of different areas, hundreds of different Pokémon, thousands of different battles to have, and millions of ounces of fun to have!
Difficulty: 6.
I ranked this low because it really isn't very challenging. You don't have to grind outside of the very beginning of the game, and it offers a very comfortable experience the whole way through. You can beat the game with only one Pokémon if you want to. The elite four might give you some trouble, just because it's a gauntlet, but if you're at their level, you can win.
Overall: 10.
This game is my favorite Pokémon game of all time. It is one of the reasons I joined this site. The feels you get when you defeat the champion, and you and your team are enacted into the hall of fame is something that will never be forgotten. The joys of finally getting all three of the regis, or going to the battle frontier, are joys that will always be with me.
  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 11-14-14     Review Replies: 3


9.7
Top game on Vizzed, top game in my heart.   Jermelle
   I remember when I was just a little kid playing this game, sitting on the couch with a bag of chips in hand and trying to beat the Elite Four. It's an honor to be able to review such a big game in my childhood and without further ado, let's begin one of the most important reviews of my gaming career.  
                                                                                                      Overall:9.7
   One of the top games on Vizzed deserves a great review right? Well, in all cases that's not true but this one earned it. I gave this game a 9.7 because it's very addicting and full of amazing moments and great adventures. You can enjoy it at any age and overall, it's just a fantastic game that I would recommend to anybody looking for a great story line and feeling excitement when you catch that Pokemon you want, or beat that gym leader, or destroy that trainer that you've been trying to beat! You can really get into this game and the fun never ends, that's why I think this game deserves a rating of 9.7! 
 
                                                                                                     Graphics:9 
    Pokemon has always had very good graphics for it's time, this is no different therefore you won't have any major troubles. There were a couple of events that had minor glitches but that's no problem, you will be able to overlook these as you are captured by the wonderful Pokemon battles and making a balanced team. Therefore, the graphics are very well for it's time and you shouldn't have any problems with them (If you can overlook a few very minor glitches) 
                                                                                                      Sound:10 
   The sound in this game is more or less the same as all the other Pokemon games, the fun music when you enter a route, or each town's music. There are no audio cuts or mistakes, so it's fine. I really like the theme for when you battle Rayquaza that never gets old. Overall, no real audio mistakes and very nice legendary themes, I have to give this one a 10.
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                      Addictiveness:10 
   Come on, it's Pokemon! The fun never ends even if you beat the story line. It's very easy to get addicted to this game because of all the fun things you can do. You will get caught up in the quest to become the champion, or make the perfect team, or just try and catch all the legendary Pokemon. There are many ways to get into this game therefore, it earns a 10! 
 
                                                                                                      Story:10  
   
   I won't spoil any parts of the story line, but I will tell you that you will get hooked in the quest to become the Pokemon Master and will fall in love with your team that you raised from scratch, you will get caught up in a great adventure and fall in love with the game itself. With all of these in mind and all the fun you can have even after the story is over, I have to give this a 10! 
                                                                                                      Depth:10 
   This game has so much to offer, it has a lot to do and it takes a little while to beat. I know this because even after the beat the game you can still catch all the Pokemon, try to find all the legendary Pokemon and much much more! This game is very big, you can roam every part of the game and that makes the game even better. This aspect earns yet another 10! 
                                                                      Difficulty:8     
       The only thing that hasn't gotten a very high rating, this brings a tear to my eye. The game itself is fairly easy, the only hard part about it is getting lost in the caves. Other than that, the game is fairly easy but since it has so much to explore it takes a long time to beat the game. Even though this one aspect isn't as good as the rest of the game, it will be very easy to overlook as you get lost in this classic game, and the top game on Vizzed.-Jermelle MacLeod                                                               
   
   

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 07-06-14     Review Replies: 1


9.5
Pokemon Emerald - Shiny like the name.   Kevinmonitor
 A POKEMON EMERALD REVIEW by KEVINMONITOR
It's been more than 10 years since the Pokemon series was first found. What happened in those 10 years or longer? HUGE SUCCESS. I don't know about you, but Pokemon lately has been rocking. I think every game is a gem of it's own, even the Game Boy Color games still enjoy good ol' success like they did many years ago.
The Game Boy Advance games are no different. Been a few years, and they're still household names in Video Gaming. But no more chit-chat, let's go to reviewing POKEMON EMERALD - A gem that is just as shiny as the version name.
GRAPHICS : 8
The graphics were really genuine, as many, many more graphic sprites and characters were included due to the extension of the game's depth. Needless to say, the quality never goes down, but instead it goes to whole new levels with whole new styles. In this game, the Pokemon sprites actually are ANIMATED.  Yes - the animated sprites have come back after their debut in POKEMON CRYSTAL, and thus, make the game more lively. Nevertheless, every graphic image in this game is programmed with perfection.
SOUND : 8
Just like the graphics. More music and sound effects have been added due to new features and extensions, and are very rich. Some music pieces are really soothing yet jolly like the Pokemon Center music, and some pieces make us feel competitive and more powerful than before. The game's music are motivators, and even though most of them are the same as Ruby/Sapphire, I can't really give a lower rating. It's just THAT good.
ADDICTIVENESS : 10
Don't leave just yet after you defeated the Champion, will ya? Seriously, expect yourself to be playing this game A LOT of times. In fact, this game's depth just makes you want to come for more. And today, there are many player-made challenges, such as Nuzlocke or Egglocke, ... and this just brings more potential to this game, and possibly ALL others. So be ready to spend hours and hours into this game, because this is extremely addictive and deserves no lower score.
STORY : 9
You know the gist, you travel through places, catch and fight Pokemon, battle trainers and gym leaders then go to the League and become champion. Correct? WRONG ANSWER. It's not just that simple. Ruby has Groudon and Team Magma, Sapphire has Kyogre and Team Aqua. This game? ALL of them. You fight both team Magma and Aqua, and then there's the "Legendary Weather Trio", with awesome Rayquaza(as you see on the cover there!). Not that, you can catch them. A legendary trio that controls weather might be in YOUR control, you know! So it's not just becoming the champion. It's also fighting the bad side and ending legendary conflicts. So be ready to see an extending plot all the way through the game.
DEPTH : 10
You know why? If not, I'll just get to it and tell you: It's absolutely normal to spend 90+ hours, or even 100+ hours on this game. Ruby and Sapphire can't beat this, as Emerald totally flies up to the top and conquers with big-crazy extensions. Battle Tower in Ruby and Sapphire? Nope. Emerald has a WHOLE Battle Frontier that can be accessed after completing the game. Furthermore, you can catch many legendaries, unlock new caves, rematch with gym leaders, and MUCH MORE game content! So be ready, you're traveling deep into the Hoenn Region, one way or another.
DIFFICULTY : 7
The difficulty was just enough to pack a lot of fun in this GBA game. It wasn't a piece of cake, but it wasn't hard as hell. It was just enough to pack a challenge but yet bring a lot of fun. The game gets harder as you go deeper and further but not to the edge of difficulty, and no matter where you go, there's always a fitting challenge or a grassy patch waiting for you! So no worries, you'll be sweating a little, but you definitely won't be pulling your hair out on this entertaining, enjoyable game!
OVERALL : 9.5
POKEMON EMERALD is still enjoying success these days, and it deserves to be. This is absolutely a Game Boy Advance masterpiece in every way, every Pokemon fan should know and play this game, either digital or in real life. The world of Pokemon will definitely improve, and will never disappoint fans. I hope it will always be like this.
Thank you for reading my review. This is my fourth review, and I want honest critiques to improve my future reviews in the future.
~ A dear Pokemon fan, Kevin.
PS ; Oh my god Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is coming out soon I hope y'all are excited as me!!

  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 08-30-14     Review Replies: 1


8.9
All of Pokemon Emerald   Agartha
I make Pokemon videos including Pokemon emerald so go check it out-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbEBEF3inB7NCvqpt9RFNJQ
   Should you get Pokemon Emerald- This is the best Pokemon game in the franchise it has so much stuff and amazing art style. A simple answer "yes" This game has endless hours worth of gameplay and puzzles to solve. You can also trade so there is a wifi mode for those super Pokemon fans. Just explore what I have typed to give you all the information you need to make the right choice.
      Plot- There is so much to the story so sit back and relax. You start off moving to a new town. You happen to want to be a Pokemon ainer and catch them all. eventule you start your journey of Pokemon and go around defeating trainers and getting gym badges. In the process of this you need to complete the pokedex by catching all the Pokemon and defeating a team of Pokemon thieves. Once you get to the last gym you have to as Rayquazat stop Kogre and roudon from fighting each other but that is only a very little part to the story.
   You also have have to defeat the Elite Four Champions which is just 4 gym battles built into one which is very difficult. Once you defeat that the game is complete and also so much more to the story I just don't want to spoil it for people.
   Graphics- The color really put the game in a good mood and made me feel happy. There are so many different amazing designs for each Pokemon around. Everything including the people have there own unique design and cloths. All the art style is the same for all of the game so it makes the atmosphere come to life. There are so many features very little details unfortunate
      Depth- The game is amazing for the time. It had a massive open world with new features to see always. There is so many    Pokemonust look at the pokedex at the bottom of the screen to see. The game makes feel liking you living in the game. When the Pokemon evolve or level up you feel a huge amount of accomplishment. There is so much in this game you will never see in any other type of game.
   Sound- the sound of the game wasn't bad the music did get old after a while but they did have a variety. There was no noice that made me mad or annoyed. The noices are recycled a lot with different battles and the noice of the different poke balls were the same which was a disappointment to me.
   gym- Gym battles is the objective of the game. In new cities that you come in contact with there will be a gym. In the gym you have to defeat multiple trainers to get to the gym leader. Once you defeat the gym leader you will be awards a badge and most of the time you get a new move to teach your Pokemon(only certain types of Pokemon can learn it) 
   Pokemon- Pokemon are creatures that come in all shapes in sizes. The Pokemon are used for fighting purposes. The trainers are people that use there Pokemon for battle. You train and fight to keep you team of Pokemon to the best trainers in the world to defeat them. You can have different types of Pokemon such as a water Pokemon or fire Pokemon. There are also these Pokemon known as legendary. Legendary Pokemon are rare. You can attempt to catch them. There are only 1 legendary Pokemon there are no duplicates.
   .How to catch Pokemon- Well in the beaging of the game you a granted with one of the 3 starter Pokemon's. Eventule you will be granted with the ability to catch Pokemon with poke balls. You cannot catch a Pokemon in a trainers battle it is against the rules. You can catch them in locations such as grass or caves or you can fish. Once you go in battle you will have better chances catching the Pokemon by lowering his or her's health. Once that is done go to bag and select the poke ball if you don't have any you must buy them at store or they will be given to you.
All poke balls and purpose
Dive Ball-If underwater, a 3.5 times chance of catching a Pokemon otherwise its a Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon
Great Ball-1.5x Chance of Catching a Pokemon than using a standard Pokeball
Luxury Ball-Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon, makes it easier for the Pokemon to like you
Masterball-Always captures the Pokemon. Only 1
Nest Ball-The Lower the Pokemon's Level, the Higher chance of capture
Net Ball-Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon unless it's a Bug or Water type in which it's a 3x normal chance
Pokeball-Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon
Premium Ball-Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon
Repeat Ball-A 3 times chance of capturing Pokemon if you already have one of the same breed, otherwise it's a Normal Chance of Catching a Pokemon
Safari Ball-1.5x Chance of Catching a Pokemon. Safari Zone Only
Timer Ball-For Every Ten Turns in battle, the chance of catching the Pokemon rises
Ultra Ball-2x Chance of Catching a Pokemon than using a standard Pokeball
      Key Items-There are items that collect while progressing through the game. You will need them to get a location or to complete a task. These are called Key Items. They all have diffrent properties, or use to them.
All Key Items-
Acro BikeTravel 1.5x speed of Walking but capable of Tricks
Aurora TicketAllows you to go to Island 9 - Birth Island
Basement KeyAllows Entry to New Mauville
Claw FossilResurrects into Anorith
Coin CaseHolds Game Corner Coins
Contest PassAllows Entry in Contests
Devon GoodsThe Stolen Devon Goods
Devon ScopeAllows you to See Invisible Pokemon
Eon TicketAllows Travel to Southern Island
Go-GogglesAllows for you to see in a Sandstorm
Good RodHooks Water Pokemon
ItemfinderFinds Hidden Items
LetterLetter from Mr. Stone to Steven
Mach BikeTravel at 2x Speed of Normla BIke
Magma SymbolA Symbol of Team Magma that allows access to the Magma Hideout
MeteoriteContains Cosmic Energy - Trade for Moonstone on Island 2
MysticTicketAllows you to go to Island 8 - Navel Cavern
Old RodHooks Water Pokemon
Old Sea ChartA Chart to take you to World's Edge Island
Pokeblock CaseStores Pokeblocks
Powder JarAllows you to Crush Berries
Room 1 KeyOpens Room 1 on Abandoned Ship
Room 2 KeyOpens Room 2 on Abandoned Ship
Room 4 KeyOpens Room 4 on Abandoned Ship
Room 6 KeyOpens Room 6 on Abandoned Ship
Root FossilResurrects into Lileep
ScannerA Vital Scanner left on the Abandoned Ship
Soot SackCollects Soot to use for Items
S.S. TicketAllows You To Board the S.S. Anne to Lilycove, Slateport & Battle Frontier
Storage KeyOpens Storage Room on Abandoned Ship
Super RodHooks Water Pokemon
Wailmer PailWaters Berries
   Pokemon Emerald cheats-
National Pokedex:
Defeat the Elite 4 and Proffessor Birch will give it to you when you leave your house. Unlock the Pokemon Diploma:
Capture all 202 Pokemon in your Pokedex then talk to the Game Designer in a hotel in Lilycove City.
Unlock the National Pokedex Diploma:
Capture all 386 Pokemon in your Pokedex then talk to the Game Designer in a hotel in Lilycove City.
Trainer Card Color Upgrades
Your Trainer Card will change colours and rise in rank when you have completed certain tasks. You have to beat the Elite Four before you can complete the following tasks; Win one ribbon in all five of the Master Rank Pokemon Contests, Collect all the gold symbols in the Battle Frontier, Become Pokemon League Champion, Complete the Hoenn Pokedex.
Bronze Rank:
Complete one of the tasks mentioned above.
Copper Rank:
Complete two of the tasks mentioned above.
Silver Rank:
Complete three of the tasks mentioned above.
Gold Rank:
Complete all four of the tasks mentioned above.
Altering Cave:
Defeat the Elite Four to be able to go to Altering Cave. It is located on Route 103. Battle Frontier:
Defeat the Elite Four to be able to go to Battle Frontier
Prizes from Scott:
Talk to Scott and he will give you berries and decorations depending on your accomplishments in the Battle Frontier
Lansat Berry:
Obtain all Silver Frontier Symbols
Starf Berry:
Obtain all Gold Frontier Symbols
Silver Shield (Decoration):
Win 50 Battles
Gold Shield (Decoration):
Win 100 Battles
Berry Master's Wife Passwords
Receive the following berries by telling the Berry Master's wife certain phrases. This is limited and only one phrase will work each day
SUPER HUSTLE:
You will receive a Belue Berry
COOL LATIOS:
You will receive a Durin Berry
GREAT BATTLE:
You will receive a Spelon Berry
OVERWHELMING LATIAS:
You will receive a Watmel Berry
CHALLENGE CONTEST:
You will receive a Pamtre Berry
Special unlockable Pokemon
For some Pokemon certain events must be performed before they are released
Ho-oh/Lugia:
Get the Mystic Ticket then go to Navel Island
Deoxys:
Get the Aurara Ticket then go to Birth Island
Mew:
Get the Old Sea Chart then go to Faraway Island
Castform:
Defeat the rival team at the Weather Institute
Kyogre:
Defeat the Elite Four then go to the Sea Lair if the man who gave you Castform tell you there has been heavy rainfall. Kyogre will be in an underwater cave that requires Dive to enter
Groudon:
Defeat the Elite Four then go to the Land Lair. Groudon will be in an outdoor cave
Mudkip, Treeko or Torchic:
Help Proffesor Birch escape the wild pokemon
Rayquaza:
Magma and Aqua must get Kyogre and Groudon out of the cave. Then go to Sky Pillar
Latios or Latias:
Watch the T.V. Downstairs in your house after defeating the Elite Four. Once you have watched it your Mom will ask you what colour the Pokemon is. If you say Red, you will find Latias. If you say Blue, it will be Latios. Getting the other Lati (Latios or Latias):
Mix Records with a Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire game that used the Eon Ticket. You are then able get to a hidden island via the SS Tidal where you can find the Lati you didn't choose. Beldum:
See Steven's house after defeating the Elite four. Tododile, Chikorita or Cyndaquil:
Professor Birch will call you on your Pokenav When you complete the 202 Pokemon of Hoenn. Frontier Brains
When you encounter special trainers in facilities of the Battle Frontier defeat them to earn Symbols for your Frontier Pass. The final trainer will be the Brain.
Factory Head Noland I:
Defeat Factory three times
Arena Tycoon Greta I:
Defeat Arena four times
Palace Maven Spenser I:
Defeat Palace three times
Pike Queen Lucy I:
Defeat Pike twice
Pyramid King Brandon I:
Defeat Pyramid three times
Salon Maiden Anabel I:
Defeat Tower five times
Dome Ace Tucker I:
Defeat Dome five times
Factory Head Noland II:
Defeat Factory six times
Palace Maven Spenser II:
Defeat Palace six times
Arena Tycoon Greta II:
Defeat Arena eight times
Pike Queen Lucy II:
Beat Pike ten times
Pyramid King Brandon II:
Defeat Pyramid ten times
Salon Maiden Anabel II:
Defeat Tower ten times
Dome Ace Tucker II:
Defeat Dome ten times
Lilycove Department Clearance Sale:
Defeat the Elite 4 then if you are lucky you will see an advertisement for the Lilycove Department Clearance Sale on TV. Fly to Lilycove immediatly and go to the Department Store's roof level and you will find many decoorations and items available that cannot be got anywhere else. Shiny Pokemon:
When you encounter a Pokemon you have a 1/8192 chance of the Pokemon being a shiny Pokemon
Saving Safari Zone Steps:
Pay 500 to go to the Safari Zone then go to a grass patch and stay there without walking. Press the arrow buttons softly at about a 90 degree angle and it is possible to catch a rare Pokemon without losing any of your 500 steps. Unlock Mystery Gift:
Go to a Pokemon mart and press A on the piece of paper on the counter. Then insert the words 'LINK TOGETHER WITH ALL' and press select to easily find the words. The store lady will then talk to you and tell you that mystery gift is now unlocked. Faster hatching eggs:
Put a Pokemon with the ability Flame Body or Magma Armor on your team which will cut the amount of steps needed to hatch an egg by half. Swarm's second ability:
It raises Bug-type attacks by 150% when the user is weak it makes Pokemon cry in the background more often.
Links that helped me.
http://www.supercheats.com/gameboyadvance/pokemonemerald.htm  
http://www.serebii.net/pokemon_advance/pokeballs.shtml
http://www.serebii.net/emerald/items.shtml

  Graphics 7   Sound 6   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 07-13-14     Updated: 07-14-14     Review Replies: 3


9
Pokemon emerald Review - FINALLY we get a good story!   MegaRevolution1
Hey, so here's my first review that I'm actually submitting through the RGR game's page, and that ISN'T a Sonic/ Ty review. Unfortunately, this game isn't going to be as up to date or advanced as the previous games that I've gone and reviewed so far. So, as you can tell by the title of the thread, I'm going to be reviewing Pokemon Emerald. So, unlike the rest of the Pokemon games, I'm actually impressed with this game, compared to others in the series from the GameBoy to the GameBoy Advance. Unlike Pokemon Fire Red, Crystal, and Ruby/Sapphire, this game had many upgrades to it, which included how the Sprites move during the attacks, an upgraded story to the previous one seen in Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire, and it features the all new Battle Frontier system. The Battle Frontier is basically a whole area full of Gym like buildings with leaders, however, there are exceptions and rules for each section, and they don't have a set of pokemon that are all related to each other, such as Surge would have all Electric type Pokemon or Blaine would have all Fire type Pokemon. They pretty much threw every seemingly good idea they had into this game, and got something that turned out original for the series. Now, I will start my review, and due to the RGR Review system, I'll be adding a few sections, but the new parts will be a bit shorter than the other sections that I regularly do. So, let's start this off now!
Graphics - So, in the grading section, I gave the Graphics a rating of an 8. Now, while it has alright graphics for a GameBoy Advance RPG series, it's not really different from what they've had prior to Emerald. They still have the 32 Bit style and all, which was a bit of an average for the handheld systems at the time (Even though the GBA was the only handheld released around then). However, as mentioned in the introduction section, they DID manage to be able to go and have moving sprites, which were a big step up in the battle system, and they did successfully get a miniature cutscene added into the game that WASN'T only in the start up screen (You can see this after you awaken Rayquaza to fight Groudon and Kyogre). Aside from that, there were really no other changes, but I guess, as the saying is, if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Sound/Music - Alright, so the music in this game has, compared to the other areas I graded, the lowest rating out of everything. Why is this? It's because the music is repetitive, short, uncreative, and bland for the most part. It resets after every 15 to 20 seconds most of the time (Until they decide to add an extension piece that's played again after 3 more segments of refresh)and the music will last about only a minute and a half to two minutes when you listen to the full piece. Most of the time, they're only doing tiny remixes of tunes used in previous games, or previous areas within that same game (You can see this in the Mew battle by comparing it with the regular fights). Now, it's mainly bland because of how pixelated the tune sounds, which basically resembles a ton of really fast beeps at high and changing pitches, but it's a tiny bit reasonable, since they're working with a small system like this (despite many other GameBoy games having better music). Overall, it deserves the 7 I gave it, and it's basically being generous.
Addictiveness - Wow, this game will have you stuck to it for such a long time. They loaded it with so many features (Catch all the pokemon, beat the elite four and gym leaders, win the Pokemon Contest things, and complete the Battle Frontier), all of which are pretty challenging (Except the gyms and E4), and even then, you still have the Battle Tower AND Online tournaments to use, and not to mention that you can go shiny hunting. Overall, there are just SO many awesome features to this game that you can play, and it all makes it extremely addicting, which is why I gave it a rating of a 10.
Story - Well, I already kind of went over this, but I'll give a deeper and more thorough explanation. You're a brand new trainer who just moved into the Hoenn Region, and with the help of Professor Birch, you leave on a big adventure that reveals the secrets of the world and terrors with the plans of total world domination. While it's kind of a rehash of the past Pokemon games, it kind of isn't, mainly because of how they ADDED to the story, instead of leaving it short and really simple. Overall, I give it a 9 because they went and did some pretty good edits to the whole game while keeping true to their copy pasting skills.
Depth - Ok, so, for a Pokemon game, I gave this a rating of an 8 for depth, and I know I'll regret it in the long run. Now, while they don't perfect the depth of everything in the game, they did do an alright job at it. they didn't just rehash the story of the game, they fixed it, adding a perspective to Team Magma's and Team Aqua's story. Along with this, they add a story to the Battle Frontier, but not much of a big one at all. You also have the story on the Pokemon League, but they add no depth to that at all, keeping it the same as always. Other than this, they do give depth in the part in catching Pokemon, but not really a big fix into it. Overall, I give this a rating of an 8 due to the inconsistency.
Difficulty - A Pokemon game? Difficult? Lulz. actually, it's far more likely than you think. While almost EVERYTHING is easy, such as the Gyms, the Elite 4, and achieving every Pokemon in your selective game, there are other challenges that make it pretty difficult. First of all, and I know I have said it a million times now (So I'll just some it up), the Battle Frontier is very, very difficult. Other than that, you have those Pokemon Contest things to go and master, which are insanely difficult since they're using the best Pokemon in the end for judging. Other than that, other difficulties include getting the Pokemon that do NOT appear in your game, getting the shiny Pokemon, and getting every single Pokemon outside of your Region (Getting the Johto starters is almost impossible, since you need to get every last Pokemon in Hoenn, which to many might not have gone and done legit, I'd assume). You could also try to get all of your Pokemon at level 100 as a side challenge, but that's basically only if you have no life and are a master at the game! Overall, I gave this a rating of a 10 because they give you tons of great challenges that keep you interested throughout the whole game.
So, this is the end of the review, and yet at the same time the beginning of my reviews as an RGR staff member. Thanks for reading this, can't say it was too difficult this time :P. If you liked this check out some of my reviews in the "Mega's Sonic Fan Forum" section (down in the rented center) for some more of my reviews which are, as you guessed, specifically about Sonic games. Anyways, thanks for reading (again), and I hope you will like my previous reviews and the reviews I'll have up in the future. See ya, Nya~.
  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 10

      Review Rating: 4/5     Submitted: 04-28-12     Review Replies: 7


9.9
Pokemon Emerald Review (For Competitive Players)   Darkream
Pokémon Emerald is, I have to say, my favorite game of all time. I remember when I first got this game. I absolutely loved it! I was addicted, my Straight A's turned into C's. Don't be worried, it was only like, 4th grade or something like that and I changed them. This game is extremely addictive. I played it day and night. I found this website when I was browsing the Internet, and after a while, I saw that I could play Emerald Version! I hadn't played the game in years since Elementary School, So I was excited. I had been recently been active in Competitive Pokémon, which is where basically online battling, but you learn a lot. Armed with new knowledge, I decided to make this review.
Graphics: 10
You have probably all heard this before, but the graphics were better than Ruby and Sapphire. I mean, WAY better. The sprites moving was a big difference. The water reflecting your character was nice too, along with the big battle between Kyogre & Groudon. That was really cool the first time I saw it, but after the Black and White Zekrom/Reshiram entrance, it wasn't as good. Still, nostalgia was nice. The way the Magma and Aqua sprites were designed left me thinking. Why didn't they design unique avatars for the Admins if they designed a unique avatar for the Leaders? I mean, both the Leaders and Admins are pathetic weak sissies, so shouldn't they have unique characters since they are so unique? Overall, the graphics were good, all jokes aside.
Sound: 10
Have you been to Verdanturf town? HAVE YOU? That is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard, and this is coming from a professional Piano Player. I played this game, heard the song, then went on YouTube to hear it again. Then I decided to learn it. It wasn't that hard, but it's still my favorite relaxing song. The Champion theme wasn't as good as Fire Red and Leaf Green. I mean, Gary was all "WHOA", and Wallace was all "What's this guy wearing?" I mean, this is a children's game, but the people reading this probably are old enough to know, but Wallace is GAY.  His team is pretty good for a stupid computer, except for the Wishcash. I mean, Wailord's got big HP, Milotic's got swag, Gyarados is strong, but Wishcash SUCKS. Sorry to be veering off the music subject, just professing my eternal hate for that fat, lumpy, weak, pathetic Pokémon piece of poop they call Wishcash.
Addictiveness: 10
Like I said, I played this day and night. If you're into Pokémon, you like the old school feeling it has, but it still has the New Frontier feel, especially with all the new game mechanics and Battle Frontier. I really enjoy training for the Battle Frontier, and it takes up a lot of my time because EV training takes FOREVER. All in all, I love this game.
Story: 6
The storyline is okay, but you could have seen it coming. I mean, Team Magma and Team Aqua are stupid, the Earth is just fine. Or it was, until humans came along (Those dang rotten Humans!!). The story involves very, very little thought process to understand, and it's not even a storyline until the last gym, where everything comes together. The story needs a little bit more. An official remake of Emerald Version is recommended.
Depth: 6
The Depth is basically the same as the storyline. It would have been lower if EV training didn't take so long . Battle Frontier is annoying, since you can't just go up and challenge the Brains, You have to go through the task of beating their weak minions first. But since it takes so long and there is a lot to do at Battle Frontier. I've given the Depth a 6.
Difficulty: 1
I'm sorry, but this game is easy as heck. The gym leaders are predictable and their Pokémon aren't EV trained, and the Elite 4 is JOKE. What are they, the supposed best trainers in Hoehn? That's ridiculous. Who has actually lost to the Elite 4? I don't mean "Run of out Hyper Potions and Revives", I mean LOST.  C'mon, Absol? That thing looks super cool, but it is ridiculously weak, especially since Dark-type moves are Special and not Physical in 3rd-gen, so it doesn't even have any STAB to work with. Phoebe uses that weak-ass Sableye, which was as useless as Wishcash until Black and White Versions' Dream World gave it the ability Prankster, which made it godly. Glacia, the ice lady, could have taken a page out of Lorelle's (The Ice Elite 4 in Kanto) book. That ugly hag JYNX is better than that Glalie, which by the way, has the weirdest title. The Face Pokémon??? Is that referencing how it's entire body is a face, yet it has an ugly mug? The Dragon Elite 4 has really good Pokémon, except Altaria, which is a stupid cotton-fluff piece of crap, and I don't even see how it is even a dragon-type. Drake, though, has no idea how to use Dragons.
Conclusion:
All in all, even with my cynicism and my insults to basically just about every character in the game (Except Wally, he has awesome hair) If you haven't tried Emerald, try it! It's a really fun game and if you have played it before, go get nostalgic. And don't take this wrong, Emerald is my favorite game. It's just after a while of facing real Humans, who don't use Wishcash, Artificial Intelligence Wannabes controlling characters is just too easy.
But remember, if I have taught you one thing in this Review, Pokémon Emerald Version is AWESOME!! (And Wishcash sucks)
-Darkream

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 6   Difficulty 1

      Review Rating: 3.9/5     Submitted: 12-21-12     Review Replies: 2


9.5
Pokemon Emerald Review!   mehsk1ll
Overall - So, I just recently played through Emerald again! I've not completely gotten everything but I'm pretty close I suppose. Overall I've really enjoyed the game. Believe or not Emerald is one of the least liked Pokemon's!  Pokemon had falling out right before third Gen and well, bad initial reviews. But back to... me? I really wasn't able to stop playing this for the past couple days, not to mention it's one of the few games I'll actually listen to the soundtrack, if I've already played through. I also had a rag-tag team of random or just not good Pokemon and It was fairly difficult for me! xD
Graphics - Not much different from it's brother and sister, Ruby and Sapphire, although it was polished up a little bit and everything seemed to be running smoothly. I really can't say they're the most stellar graphics in the world, but for a gameboy game it's really nice looking!  As well as the animations, nice job in all!
Sound - I have always enjoyed the Pokemon soundtracks, and this is no different.  Usually if I play through a game more than once I turn the sound off and blast my own music. But this time I didn't; I sat down and listened to the game, not my music! As always Nintendo knows how to choose music and they did a phenomenal job once more! While listening to the music it draws you in to give you a better experience!
Addictiveness - Oh man, I almost didn't sleep!  I love RPG's personally and Pokemon is one of my favorites<3 There really isn't much I can say!
Story - Emerald has  a slightly different story than Ruby and Sapphire, instead of going after magma or aqua, you're going after both! Then you become acquainted with the third legendary (No spoilers, though that may already be too late). Also after  the main story and you beat the Pokemon league you have another place to visit, which makes Emerald slightly harder than it's counterparts! 
Depth - Emerald has quite a bit to offer! With a modified story and harder trainers, it's easy to get sucked into the gane! I also must say that it may take you a bit longer to finish the part of the game, which I am at, and it's obnoxiously hard!  (atleast with my team as stated before) As with the other games it brings in some Pokemon from the other region for you to catch and train, so that's a nice little addition! 
Difficulty - Even if you have the right team, you may still find a challenge within Emerald! The gym leaders have additional pokemon now that aren't pushovers! Then of course you have the rematches (that take forever and a day to happen) which can be challenging as well. Then the final stretch of the game is excessively difficult, so for once, we have a challenging Pokemon game!
To wrap this up, Emerald has just about everything that was missing from a traditional Pokemon game, I would really recommend this to any Pokemon game! I really hope this got you to play this game and if not well.. Sorry!

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 8   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.9/5     Submitted: 07-25-12     Review Replies: 5


9.6
Pokemon Emerald   ajoy8
This is one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played.  If you have ever played a Pokémon game before you know why, this game is just so huge and immersive and probably the best put together game of it's time.  I will rate all of the aspects of the game and why I think this game deserves them.
   -Graphics 10- This game looks great for the GBA and on the Vizzed plug in, it is the Pokémon you know from the first and second generations, just with a huge amount of polish and shine.  The sprites look great and even move when you send them into battle, the animations for the attacks are just beautiful, menus are good and organized, and you can even change the menu borders.  If you have played Ruby or Sapphire, this is very similar only with a bit of extra thrown in.
   -Sound 8-  I gave the sound an 8 for a few reasons. I personally love the changing tunes when you enter a battle or a new town, for me it adds atmosphere.  But for some it may be a little childish, it all just depends on how you look at it.  The game does a good job of giving good music during big set piece moments of the story and can sound happy, spooky, or exciting.
-Addictiveness 10-  This game is so addictive, it just grabs you and it makes you say " just one more level" or " another gym battle".  It really makes you strive to beat it the best you can.  Even when you beat it you can still search for obscure Pokémon, challenge the battle tower, and raise your Pokémon to be the best.  You can also now breed Pokémon which adds a whole new level to simply beating a game.
-Story 8-   I gave the story an 8.  I love the story and think it is very interesting ( I wont spoil anything) but some may find it a little strange.  You really have to try to think about it not the way you normally would though.  You are still a young kid taking on something larger then him or her self so it is pretty cool.
-Depth 10-  Wow this game goes deep. You could blow through it in about 25 hours of game play, or you could spend 40 leveling up, surfing all of the routes, diving for rare Pokémon, competing in contests and filling your pokedex (the last one takes ALOT longer).  This game offers so much to do it is just so incredible.
-Difficulty 7- I gave it a 7 because it isn't that difficult and is accessible to younger kids, but it can be hard if you haven't played a Pokémon game before.  There are certain places you can't go until you complete certain tasks which could get confusing.  The typical wild battle isn't very hard, but when you fight trainers and gym leaders, it starts to get hard.  There are also a few legendary Pokémon that are very difficult to find and catch, but possible with determination.
All in all I give this game a 9.6 because of the depth and addictiveness, but some might not like it because it has been called a "little kid game", well if an interesting, massive game with an amazing battling and item system and story is a little kid game then don't play and miss out on a truly great game.
  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.9/5     Submitted: 12-07-11     Review Replies: 4


9.8
Pokemon Emerald Review   linkmaster99
Ah Pokémon emerald, this game is a diverse version of Pokémon sapphire, and Pokémon Ruby. Only thing is that this game has made a bug improvement over the time. This game was better than the originals, and it made sense on how it was journeyed through. When I used to have this game on the original game boy advance, I couldn't take my eyes off it. Even after beating it I was nearly impossible to put down. This game has plenty to offer, and it is basically is the best Pokémon game I ever played on the Game Boy Advance. This has nice long detailed scripture, and wouldn't be a total waste of time buying it. I played trough a lot of Pokémon games in my time, but this one has standards that really meets the eye :). Well enough chatter for me I need to get started on my review for his mind bustling game.
Graphics: 9
I couldn't com[lain much on the graphics considering they were really good, and detailed. They had nice descriptive parts in which you usually do not see on the GBA. The game was a big improvement since the older versions of it were out. This game is actually known to be one of the best Game Boy Advance Pokémon games ever made. Still though, most parts in the game had there flaws, and what not, and I do not blame them at all. After all this is a GBA game, a fantastic one at that. I can never get bored of this because it was honestly the best ever. So just as I said great game, it is actually kind of challenging, and it wasn't to hard though. Nice generic game that had me always coming back for more, not only that the game has the great deal of epicness.
Sound: 10
The sound on this game wasn't really half bad. It was nice, ad had good music based on where you were at, and nice background music in it. I really liked the beat to most of the music, and it never seized to amaze me. I especially like the music at victory road because I thought it was pretty cool. It wasn't to shabby, and it was great for a game that was almost over. Pokémon Emerald, is a one of a kind game. This is really special, and I am glad I got the chance to experience the hoenn region a whole new way :).
Addictiveness: 7
I found this game truly addictive, and fun. It was a great way to experience the time as a trainer. It will show you fun times, hard times, bad times, good times, and evan the times to fight off evil. That is right, unlike, any other game you have to fend off 2 evil teams. Team aqua of the sea, and team magma of the volcano. They are dangerously evil men who insist to destroy the world by awakening legendary Pokémon. They call it paradise, but it end up in disaster, fear an horror. Pretty interesting right.
Story: 7
Well the story line was amazing, and it was so far a really indicate thing to do. It was nice long, and since this region is so big, it has 3 times the adventure. I guess that since the region was large they didn't have time to play so they added 2 monstrous teams on here. Still though it was a topple of fun, and aggressive detail. I would say though this game can get pretty hard, and confusing at some parts so beware. Still though it doesn't hurt to say that is game has a lot to offer you mainly awesomeness, and fun times :).
Depth: 6
This game includes a whole bunch of depth in it. This is a wonderful, way to express you skills a a trainer. You want a challenge you got one. It isn't to hard, and it isn't to easy, but just know if you are looking for a good challenge this is your game. This game isn't too long to beat, but at the most I will give it about 14 hours to beat unless you really do not know how to play Pokémon. It is a easy game franchise, and it is superb at testing peoples minds. If you have extreme knowledge of it you would know. Still though great game great depth I love it ^_^.
Difficulty: 5
This game isn't to much of a hard house, but it is a quite enjoyable game evan if it is impossible for some people to beat. This is a rather great game that always can keep you up to test. Watch out because I think you will quite understand when you get to certain places this game can get hard to a certain extent. I will say if you do not have love for your team, and they are not trained enough you will have a dooms day on the elite four. The thing is however evan if you beat it it will be pretty hard to train your Pokémon. I say that because while you get stronger the elite four don't so that means it will be hard to earn some good exp when trying to train. That will be some what hard :P.
Overall: 9.8
Well as I explained through my whole review how satisfying this game can be I would like to introduce you to some parts that are out of this world. As you may see this is just a original old Pokémon game, but this game is quite a special one. You can catch so many legendary Pokémon but you have to figure out how to do it. It is really hard to do. Pokémon emerald however have a special place you can go to. That place is called the battle frontier where trainers take the ULTIMATE challenge. The battle frontier is when you pit your Pokémon against trainers from all over the world. Which includes the regions before. The Johto, and Kanto. That is pretty neat and that is why I consider Pokémon emerald to be my favorite game on the original cast Game Boy Advance game system ;).
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 7   Story 7   Depth 6   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 07-01-13     Review Replies: 6


6.3
Pokemon Emerald Review --- DanielFantasyVI   DanielFantasyVI
This is a Pokémon Emerald Review by DanielFantasyVI. I am fairly strict when it comes to the details of the game so my scores for this would be a bit lower than the average. I will rate each field and put why I have given that grade to that specific field. Also, I will put on recommendations, criticisms and some advantages of the game. Please do not comment anything against my opinion because this review is purely opinionated.
Graphics - 7
Honestly, this game's graphics is a bit bad, personally. The game's graphics is just average. There is nothing in particular that catches my eye or whatsoever. The creators should have put more detail and contrast in it. In this way, they could give as a better gaming experience and a whole new level in gaming. I perfectly understand that this is in Game Boy Advance but seriously, I prefer playing the hacks like Flora Sky, Platinum, and Light Platinum when it comes to graphics because the creators of these games put so much effort to it (I understand that programming and creating a game is hard and tedious) but a nice touch to the graphics would perfectly make the game better.
Sound - 8
The sound is pretty good for me. It perfectly matches the game's background and the nature. There is nothing in particular that is bad about the sounds, in fact, I like it. There is no weird sound or sounds that is bad to the ear. Sometimes, I listen to it using Youtube when I'm doing some schoolwork. Overall, the game's sound is nice and good. There is no need to edit the sounds in the game because for me, they are fine.
Addictiveness - 6
When it comes to addictiveness, this game doesn't quite meet the standards for me. Come on, all you just have to do is beat trainers and gym leaders and just level up your Pokémon by just repeatedly walking to the grass. The Pokémon's are cute though which somewhat boosted the addictiveness level. But, when you just base it on the fun that you have and the things you get to do, I could have rated this 2 or 3. The game is limited and there are only a few things that you get to do compared to other games.
Story - 4
There is nothing that much that interests me in the storyline. You are just an aspiring trainer dreaming to be the champion and catch all the Pokémon specific in that region. There is nothing that is lets say "exciting" or "mysterious." So, when you played this game for a while, you will pretty much get bored of this game. Personally, I have gone bored and tired of the game. What's more is the game is fairly short. I really wished that it was longer, had a lot of locations and cities and the thing that I'm looking for: Evil and Destruction.
Depth - 5
The game doesn't have a lot to offer. It only has a few. As I said in the previous paragraphs, the game is fairly short and you only have a few things to do in the game. This game is starting to get more boring by the minute as the game continues. I really wished that the game was longer and features 2 regions like HeartGold and SoulSilver. That way, it'll take longer. I even finished the game in 1 day. Overall, the game doesn't have a lot to offer and takes a little time to beat.
Difficulty - 2
When it comes to the controls, this game is easy. I guess you don't need an instruction manual for this (I didn't). When it comes to the whole game itself (story, battles, etc.), this game is VERY easy. I really need that they'll increase the levels of the pokemons of the trainers or the wild pokemons so that way, it'll become a challenge. This game needs a boost to its overall difficulty and for me, that is one of the many ways to do it.
Overall - 6.3
Overall, I rated this game 6.3. These are my comments and recommendations for the game:
1.) The game is too easy. A nice boost to the levels of pokemons will be great.
2.) The game is short. More locations and areas, please.
3.) Add destruction so it will not be that boring.
4.) Other than increasing the levels of the pokemons, make the game harder, AND longer.
5.) Try increasing the population of people and make houses larger. I feel very uncomfortable with it.
6.) Put a refine to the graphics (like what other hacks of the game did)
This is the end of my review for Pokémon Emerald. If there are any questions regarding this review (or my other reviews), please feel free to send a private message to me (DanielFantasyVI).

  Graphics 7   Sound 8   Addictive 6   Story 4   Depth 5   Difficulty 2

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 05-16-14     Review Replies: 5


9.5
poemon emerald review by rose 4   meme the rose4
hi my first review ever its about a awesome game that i love pokemon emerald.
Graphics : well when you start the game you be inside a Truck and that so weird that you travel inside of it and survive and there awesome stuff in these game that ruby and sapphire don't have
like pokemon tournament before you get all the 8 badges and you can catch some pokemon that you cant get in ruby and sapphire and the houses forest sea they well done .
the sound : well its not bad and i like it but you can melt it some times i turn on the music for some song and play in the same time and because you can melt it i don't hear the song so well but still the music is still good i just hope that we can melt it .
Addictiveness : will these was my first game that i buy on vizzed and i really like it and of course i will play it again it was so fun and if you play it wit your friends its become even better .
story : the story is epic when you be the hero and like that you save people and help people and you can challenge your rival may if you were brendan or brendan if you were may and when the time come so that you chose your starter it become awesome and funny , the starter are Treecko the grass pokemon Torchic the fire pokemon mudkip the water pokemon when you chose 1 of them your journey well begin .
depth : well the game can take time and some times it doesn't it depend on you and its kinda hard you can get lost after the first gym and like that some times you have to go some where and you don't even knew where i dint get lose i watch a lets play on youtube so i knew where to go .
Difficulty : it depend on you what pokemon do you catch and what starter do you chose but the good thing that the most trainer are not strong but the gyms and the Elite Four can be hard so just make sure that your pokemon lvl be better then your anime.
over all : still these game is fun and i well keep playing it forever i hope that more people play it :D

  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 9   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 07-13-13     Review Replies: 9


9.4
Pokémon Emerald Review - THEY HAVE ANIMATIONS!!!   ICantThinkOfName
Before I start, I just want to say this is my first review, so I apologize if things are out-of-place or don't make sense.
Graphics: 8
THEY HAVE ANIMATIONS!!! THEY HAVE ANIMATIONS!!! YES!!! I don't know why I got so excited about that, but Nintendo has been ignoring Pokémon animations for a long time up until now, so it feels like you're actually battling creatures instead of  flat sprites, although they should add more animations than just at the beginning. Why? Because seeing a Pokémon pulling back it's fist before an attack is awesome, that's why. Take note, Nintendo. And, yeah, I know they had animations in Pokémon Crystal, too, but these look much better (obviously, since this is a next-gen console.). That aside, I must say the Pokémon look beautiful - yes, even their backsides.  I've also noticed a few other cool things along the way, for example you can see your reflection in puddles and the ground the Pokémon are standing on changes depending on where you are. However, they should improve a few more things- like making the trees scattered around instead of miraculously growing in perfectly straight rows, so I gave it an 8.
Sound:  7
Although the songs in this game do give it a Pokémon feel, they will never compete with the beautiful sounds of the first Pokémon game I ever played - Pokémon Gold. That aside,  they made the music so that if you fly to an area with the same music as the one before, it won't stop abruptly and play the same song over again. Nintendo has still ignored Pokémon voices, which would be great if they added it (excluding a few - I prefer hearing a roar from Dragon types like Charizard), because it would be awesome to hear Pikachu say 'pik-a-chu!'
Story: 7
The story is pretty much the same as any Pokémon game - you're a helpless 10 year old kid, so now it's time to get thrown out into the world of professional animal fighting and gambling. But this time, you're not taking down one global mafia organization - but two. The story is very unrealistic, but hey, who wants that? I gave it a 7 because I guess I'm a sucker for the whole kid-saves-the-world thing.
Addictiveness/Depth: 10
I've beaten this game 5 times, so I think that's enough information about addictiveness right there. This version of Pokémon has way more things to do than the ones before it. Now you have an upgraded concept of the cell phone in the GBC games called the 'Pokénav' (short for Pokémon Navigator), so now your first battle with a trainer isn't your final. The only thing that bugged me about the Pokénav is that you don't have a choice if you want to refer someone or not. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR POOCHYENA, NOW SHUT UP. Also, they took the idea of the Pokémon Tower and ran away with it, making one of the most time consuming and entertaining games ever. The Pokémon Frontier gives more experienced players the difficulty they can't get from beating the Elite Four. And finally, they added Pokémon contests where you can test your Pokémon in coolness, toughness, smartness, cuteness and beauty. These new additions plus the classic gaming feel is sure to be worth your money (Or Viz, in this case).
Overall, it isn't perfect, but any Pokémon fan would be a fool not to buy this game.
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  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 7   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 08-03-12     Updated: 05-30-13     Review Replies: 8


9.5
Lee San Reviews Pokemon   Lee San
Lee-San’s Pokémon Emerald Review
Hey everyone! I am new here, and this is my first review, so I hope you like
it! Alright, so here it goes. Pokémon Emerald is a wonderful game that got my
full attention the first time that I played it. Now that I have said the main
point of this review, I will go to the main part of this review!
Overall: 9.5 So, this game is AWEOMSE! I must say that it has a wonderful
amount of good parts, and not many bad parts as you will see by this review.
Now, this game was made a while back, and in an era of the rise of the good
games. Not only did this come in a good rise of games, but it also was at the
head and at the point of the era. Now the game did have the standard Pokémon
format, but it also had a good amount of extra story detail. Now, most of
people who have ever heard of Pokémon have played this game, but if you haven’t
played it, I would tell you to go play it now, you won’t regret it.
Graphics: 9 This game has really great graphics! When this game was put out in
stores, it was not very common for a game to have good graphics, so this was a
wonderful jump! The graphics are a part that has always just blown me away! I
still to this day play the games that came around this game, and I never thought
that the graphics were as good.
Sound: 10 This game sounds great! I am more of an old time gamer, so its style
of music is very good to me, and that is why I love it so much! Also I love how
good sounding they made it by putting in different types of sounds! In the
first couple of games,the sound is OK but it doesn't have the type of sound
that this game has which makes it very special for me!
Addictiveness: 10 This game is a very addicting one! Not only is the story long
and thought out, which makes you want to play it, it has so much that you want
to accomplish so you will keep playing it! I would say that it is one of the
most addicting of the Pokémon games! Once I first picked up the game I couldn't
stop playing it and you can't either!
Story: 6 Well, the story is very long and thought out, but all Pokémon games
are like that and there is not much added to it so I can't really give it a
super high score. Yes the game does add some story events like team aqua and
team plasma, but that is about the only thing that keeps it different from any
other Pokémon game. Also, there is the after champion story which makes it
really great!
Depth: 10 You all should know this about all Pokémon games, they are long. I
mean you have to train all of your Pokémon to go through each town and beat
every trainer which takes quite a while. The champion saga also takes a very
long time because of how strong they are compared to the gym leaders and
trainers coming up to them.
Difficulty: 4 This game is perfect in this slot. The game comes in at a good 4, which is in the middle. That means that the game is not too hard, or too easy which is always a good thing. That means you can complete the game without having to cheat so you can do it and you don't just go right through it and you are done. With this game you just keep going and you never get too mad at the game.
Now, that is my first ever review on one of my favorite games ever, so I hope you enjoyed reading it and please give feedback on it! ( Also this is my first ever post so I am not too experienced at this ) Now, I just want to say that I am going to do more of these and I will take any feedback into consideration for my next review. Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day!

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 10   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 09-02-13     Review Replies: 2


9.8
Pokemon Emerald Review   zanderlex
Pokemon Emerald is easily the second greatest Pokemon game that I have ever played, only trailing behind Pokemon Gold. True, the game lacks many features that today's Pokemon games contain, but Emerald is still a worthy game and is to be played by every Pokemon fan.
The graphics are elite for a game that came out at that time, the color had improved from previous games, and the Pokemon graphics have been enhanced.
Next is the sound, all Pokemon fans know of the game's music, and in some ways, the music is what makes the game addicting.
For the actual addictiveness of the game, Emerald is a game where you can play beyond one hundred hours on a playthrough, and the start the game over from scratch and finish it all over again without becoming bored.
The story is amazing, it's basically the same as the previous games, but with a few new twists.
That is why the game is so great and can keep you occupied for months at a time.

  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 10-06-13     Review Replies: 5


8.8
Black Bot's Pokemon Emerald review!   Batcake
First of all, I am going to go on a hue Review spree after a very long time.. And I saw a bunch of people make a review. Then I thought, "Why  don't I make one?" So I will.
First, I will summon the people that might be interested:
TornadoMudkip : Your the only one! Sadly. I could not think of anyone else or I just do not really know anybody.
Pokemon Emerald is a game made in 2005 by Nintendo and can be played with the Game Boy Advance.
Differences from Ruby and Sapphire: More stuff besides the battle tower! Different Pokemon! The male character has a green scarf!
Bug fixes and more!
Now to start us off with the review.
GRAPHICS: 9 / 10
Why?
It is because this game was for the Game Boy Advance. Most Game Boy Advance games do not have amazing graphics like this amazing game. More like DS graphics if you ask me! xD
Could be a little improved. I have my reasons.
Sound: 8 / 10
Why?
I chose 8 because it could be improved a lot. And by that time, I do not really blame it.
Could be improved at the game music, battle music, battles, and legendary battle music. Could also change songs for certain cities.
Like the  Battle Tower Champion Battle music. That music was just amazing. That music for the Champion battle would sound great in my opinion.
Addictiveness: 8 / 10
Why?
I chose 8 because it could add a little more features at the end of the game besides the battle tower and stuff.
It is very exciting at the beginning, but when you get a little towards the end, things start to change and you have less features and game play besides the Elite Four again, and the Battle places.
Could be improved a lot. Do not complain to me.
Story: 8 / 10
Well, I have no idea what the story is or it even has a story.. I have no idea. Reply to this review if there really is a story for this game.
EDIT: There is a story. Thanks TornadoMudkip! xD
Collect all of the 8 badges and defeat the Elite Four and become the Pokemon Champion! Make your way up to the champion by going on your long journey, Fighting Pokemon and trainers, rivals, and more!
Depth: 9 / 10
Why?
This wonderful game even includes new battle areas, the Elite Four, and a lot more! Including a bunch of legendary Pokemon including Rayquaza, Deoxys, Kyogre, Groundon, and more! I might make a thread on how to get them sometime.
This game also has a bunch of trainers, Rivals, caves, water, underwater secrets, and more!
Difficulty: 7 / 10
Why?
I chose seven because it has not much difficulty. The Elite Four is not that hard, either the Battle areas and trainers. I guess it could be a little more challenging. But not too challenging because I hate hard games badly! 
Could be a lot more challenging in my honest opinion.
OVERALL: 8.8 / 10.0
WHY?
This game includes so many new stuff, items, Pokemon, and a lot more features! Different from the others, in DS graphics, Could be improved sound, a little addictive, Has much into it, and not that hard but could be harder.
Copyright: Black Bot
 This may not be copied and pasted and posted somewhere else, or translated and posting it, or anything else that could harm this thread / post.
This is the end of my short review! More reviews coming up quickly shortly when I wake up tomorrow!
Be sure to rate it!
 - Black Bot

  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.8/5     Submitted: 07-18-13     Updated: 07-18-13     Review Replies: 8


8.8
My opinion on this classic...   goodboy
Graphics - 10
Much better and cleaner than the last generation. Though, that's to be expected. No one would leave something unclean. Anyways, this is a perfect ten. They're clean, pretty, and even their moves have nice graphics when they use them. Very nice. Although, it would be cool if Pokémon reacted to hits or moves they used, but that's just me. Like, if Psychic type uses something, they put their fingers on their head and concentrate or something. But, again, this is gen 3. No big deal. 
Sound - 9
Many pieces of music in this game are memorable. The Pokémon sounds are nice. T'would be cool if Pokémon said their actual names, though. (Ma-nec-triccccc!) The sounds are good, though. They aren't bad at all. The sounds for the moves are amazing. Spark, for example. It actually sounds like an electric shock ("Bzt... bzzt... bzzzt...!) Memorable, good sounds, it deserves a 9.
Addictiveness - 7
I'll be honest with you, it gets irritating if you mess up or don't do what you intended to do. Otherwise, this game is just amazing. You just want to play around, fight almost everyone. Again, it's not fun if someone messes you up. (MAY. NEVER STOP ME FROM GETTING DOUBLE KICK AGAIN.) You can fix it, but there are a lot of cases in which, if you're dedicated, you have to reset your game. (aka. Me.) 
Story - 7
Standard Pokémon game: 10 year old with only a Mom goes around, beating people about twice his age and destroying a gang along the way. Except, this time, it's a bit different. Not only does he have Mommy's support, he's got Daddy! And, guess what, he gets to beat 2 gangs! Since it's not really an original set-up, I kind of reduced the score, but due to the added features AND the fact that I'm a sucker for Pokémon games, I gave this a straight-up 7.
Depth - 6
A six. Honestly, after you beat the main game and the Elite Four, the only things left to do is to catch some other legendary Pokémon. The game does take a while to beat, though, and it offers a lot to do. It takes strategy and skill, and you need to think to get through the game. It's pretty easy, though, and it doesn't offer much after the Elite Four, unless you want to level your Pokémon up some more, keep challenging the Elite Four, or just catch the legendary Pokémon that are available. It deserves a six.
Difficulty - 5
Yep. Five. This game is the best, but really, it's just too easy. It has its moments, in which it's just hard to get past. But in all honesty, I think, for a fairly average person, it's easy. It can be hard, or just straight up irritating, which gives it its five rating. The game is easy as long as you don't choose weak Pokémon, but many, MANY people can tell what's weak and what isn't. So, yeah.
Thanks for reading my first review. It was a pleasure writing it. Sorry if I offended anyone in my review, I may have been harsh in some places. It's my first, so, ha ha. Again, thank you! 
~GB

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 06-04-13     Updated: 06-04-13     Review Replies: 3


8.7
emerald review   bill14
hello there it is bill 14 here for another game a game just like silver I really love but will have to rip it apart to get the core main facts and details out of it. Ok guys lets start with a brief description of the game it is the fifth Pokémon game it is the third game it the third generation trio that like the other two takes place in hoenn but this games has lots more to offer so lets get this review started right now. 
 story: this is the easy part of the review since every one that has played a Pokémon game know the story by heart all ready a young trainer most likely 10 years old or so, get their first Pokémon  stuff in between saves the world and become champion of the region or what ever ok here what I am going to do I am not going to explain the basic story I am going to explain the point before the champion part and after getting your Pokémon so lets see how this work. What to notice in this games story is that you have 2 rival in this game may that stops being you rival about half way though the story and another boy that stays your rival till the very last point in victory road witch is a very nice change form the basic one evil rival cursing you till you beast them and they turn good also a thing to note in the story is you can catch have legendary  before end game but it does happen pretty late other than these things the story stay  the same 
depth: this game has tons of this in here for starter you can get 2 fossil Pokémon you can catch about if I am right 4 legendary Pokémon that are all before the finally battle also with the battle frontier witch I a nice way for you a player to continue playing even after becoming a champion also after being champion you will be able to get 2 more legendary afterwards witch is great even though they will most like just be in a box for the rest of their Pokémon life. Finally with the safari you will have fun getting very rare Pokémon like miltank to add to you team or just to you collection 
graphics: in this game the graphics are very great and have very good Pokémon sprite also it has nice animation's in side of it also the sprite of the charter is very nice I have notice un like the classic games every npc looks very different for each other witch I find nice that the game makers put in so much detail in to one game finally for the graphics I find the shiny Pokémon more funny looking and prettier than the other games they still have the shiny in battle but with the enhanced the shines have 10x more appeal 
sound: the sounds in the game are very nice with each town and new location having very unique sounds in them that make the location highly memorable to the play nothing else really to say but un like older games I do not find my self cutting off the sound but turning it up for once 
difficulty: like for the story and for most other rpg games if you have played one before you know how it work if you cant beat a boss or mini boss at a spot than you ill train up till you are as strong or stronger than they are not to say some point like the trick house and contest are not hard but overall the game is fairly easy 
addictiveness: this game is very addictive for the fact of the good looking graphics and the many different things you can do in between the story like hit the safari zone go to the trick house or after game do some battle frontier with has ma as a player replaying the game tons of times not only for these thing put like in other games to train and have different Pokémon on you team to learn about them all in a way also it has fun since this games has abilities in it witch make sure a long with nature and ev train no Pokémon will be alike so no matter how many time you play with mudkip the next time it will most likely have different stats making the experience even more fun 
 things I fail to go in detail about: the trick house is a place after the second gym you go to challge you so you have something to do in between gym it will mainly be good once you gain fly since you can quickly head their for quick exp and rare items. Time for contest just like the show the better the move is for contest the more point you get but it does not mean you can just use tackle the whole contest and win this is fun since it will change you team if you really like contest since you will have to have Pokémon with all around contest move with are not always the best fighting move this adds more addictiveness to the game since you may want to get all the ribbons making you have to train up a Pokémon just for contest and what not. Double battles are introduces in this generations they are fun and have some down sides like with earth quake can hurt your own Pokémon but can be over looked with the fact you can fight with two Pokémon at once and train even faster at point in a game 
finally this game is good its a Pokémon games that has a lot to offer and is worth the time 

  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 04-05-13     Review Replies: 5


8.6
Review on Pokemon Emerald   malkin77
Pokémon emerald is just your average Pokémon game. It is based in the Hoenn region of the Pokémon world and your three starters are Torchic, the fie type Pokémon, Treeko, the grass type, and Mudkip, the water type Pokémon. It is the same as all other Pokémon games you wake you from a sleep and decide its time to adventure. Although the twist in this is you don't go to the lab to choose your starter, instead you help the professor from being attacked by a Zigzagoon. You choose your Pokémon and help him. Then you get your first Pokémon. The game itself is a quality game and worth playing and in the time was definitely a step forward in the Pokémon series. Overall this game is in my medium high rated games at a strong 8.6
Graphics:
      The graphics in this game are not as good in coliseum but for a handheld game the graphics are spot on. While playing I did not experience any lagging in the game and all of the cut scenes were smooth and clear cut. The moves your Pokémon will perform work perfectly and every move works the way it should. No lagging, no glitching, no weird mishaps you may encounter else where. This game still has the special evolving scene which is very nice. It adds a aspect to the game of accomplishment knowing you raised that Pokémon to what they are now.
Sound:
      This game was a increase from the old games when it comes to sounds and music and the repetitive "doot doot" when you enter a poke center or just randomly walking through the forest. The game is still your 16 bits and takes getting use to because the game does not have a mute option with in the options. So when wanting to listen to music good luck because you have to mute your computer or listen to this cheap Nintendo music. But these sounds also are good when it comes to the level up noise and the noise you hear when you find an item or anything of that nature. All of those are still here and sound the same as if you were playing them on a DS.
Addictiveness:
      If you are a Pokémon fan you are clearly addicted to the game and there is no explanation on why you will fall in love with this game. If you are not a fan, let me explain. Pokémon is all about become the master, being the greatest trainer ever. If you like your self a RPG then Pokémon may be game you should try. You raise your Pokémon from the little tikes you find them as in the wild. Your goal as a trainer should be to make your team as high as possible, and reaching level 100 takes a while. Now imagine doing that for 6 Pokémon. While you may think this would get boring it is just a game you cannot put down. Just to add another aspect to the game, a goal the professor puts you on is to find and catch as many of the regions Pokémon as possible. In this game that number comes out to 202. Some of which are not obtainable because you cannot trade in this game so several of the Pokémon you cannot call yours. A few of these Pokémon are as follows:
               Kadabra - Alakazam
               Machoke -  Machamp
               Gravler - Golem
                                      /------Huntail
               Clamperl ---
                                      ------Gorebyss
You also cannot obtain the legendaries Mew, Deoxys, or Jirachi.
Story:
      The story is just as all Pokémon games. You face the criminal clan in the area but in this game there are two. There is team magma and team aqua. Both set out to upset a legendary and try to rule the world. The plan falls apart and the legendaries try to kill each other and it is your job to fix there problems. Most people don't play Pokémon for the stories and if you do, congrats for being on of few. The only good part of any Pokémon games story is that you are trying to be the champion and battle your rival to show them who is boss. That basic Pokémon theme as carried through the entire series and I'm sure will be in the future Pokémon games X and Y.
Depth:
      The depth to this game is scattered above but il put it all here for you. Emerald allows you to capture the 202 Pokémon of the Hoenn region and your personal goal is to try and become the Champion. Really is not too much but the game is great and this will take you some time to accomplish. (please refer to the several Pokémon you can not obtain due to flaws in the game)
Difficulty:
      The games difficulty is set for a young kid, it is simple to easily walk through every gym and the elite four because their Pokémon are usually several levels lower than your entire team if you are even decent at this game. The controls are easy to learn. You just use the arrows and if you the default is difficult just change it to your liking. The hardest objective in this game is catching all 202, which really in reality is like 195 for this game but you get my drift.
Overall: 
      This game is wonderful and as a Pokémon fan I say play it. If you have not played Pokémon this is not a bad place to start. If someone offered me their Emerald, I would say yes any day because I know it is something I will always go back to when the rest of my games are not satisfying me.
Remember, Battle On!!!
  Graphics 10   Sound 7   Addictive 8   Story 6   Depth 7   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 07-19-13     Review Replies: 6


9.5
The best   cplegogame25
The game is a pretty good, I do enjoy a lot of the content in the game. the battle system is much improved over the last game. Smoother animations and graphics, the music and sound is good to, the difficulty is your basic pokemon game, not to hard but not to easy. I like all of the new pokemon in the game but some of them suck like luvdisc ( at least i think its 3rd generation pokemon). anyways all im saying is that this is one of the best pokemon games and the best GBA game of all time
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 11-23-13     Review Replies: 1


9
Pokemon Emerald Review   DeadlyFart
Pokemon Emerald is the third ( 3rd ) pokemon game that takes place at the Hoenn Region . At the start of the game , this game seems very identical to pokemon ruby and sapphire , how ever there is more than meets the eye if you ask me about this game .This is the 2nd most selling game of 2005 in the North America and the 3rd most selling game of all the Game Boy Advance ( GBA ) games . Emerald is also the last main series game released on Game Boy line of hand held .
Difference Between Ruby / Sapphire And Emerald :
1. At the start ( Inside of your house while the pokemons are arranging your things ) Vigoroths where the one moving the boxes instead of the Machokes . ( Did you noticed that ? )
2. The pokemon that attacked professor Birch , which was a Zigzagoon was also replaced by a Poochyena . ( That one was kinda obvious )
3. The color of the Champion's room was change from blue to purple .
4. Your rival and your clothes were replaced with brand new green clothes . ( I noticed the bandanna )
5. A little girl is blocking the road other than a little boy. ( This road was the exit of little root town )
6. Poochyena is much more common to appear than Zigzagoon.
7. Norman has a Linoone and a Spinda
8. Marill can be caught / encounter at the grass
9. Rustbro Gym has an extra trainer .
10. Sableye and Mawile can now be caught .
11. Pokemon with a flame body or a magma armor ability will half the steps that you need to take for an egg to hatch.
12. Wallace was the champion.
13. Battle Tower was replaced with a Battle Frontier ( You can cheat here , the clone glitch )
14. You can now catch both Kyogre and Groudon . And of course Rayquaza too .
Note - This are not all the differences , there are many differences between Ruby / Sapphire And Emerald . 
8 / 10 Graphics : The first thing you'll probably notice here is the new pokemon animations . The sea waters , the flowers , and many more . Also , the graphics here on emerald is a bit more sharper than the one on Ruby / Sapphire .The battle seen between Kyogre and Groudon was also a score for the graphics category , I really liked that scene .
7 / 10 Sounds : The sound was a bit catchy and that's about it . The in-game sounds have several tunes ( I guess ) . And I think it would be great if the pokemons really can say their names ( like in the anime one ) , I would like to here my torchic say " tor - chick - tor " or something like that . Other than that , I like to hear the legendary pokemons to ROAR or something .
9 / 10 Addictiveness : I really like this game , I repeated playing this game around 6 - 10 times before I got bored because I memorized all the things that you should do and all the hidden things , I have like a walkthrough of this game stucked in my head .I I got an extra time , I think I will play this game for another 3 rounds . This game was really addictive for me .
9 / 10 Story : The story of this game was awesome . The both teams Aqua and Magma was heavily involved to the story line of this game ,they are both trying to awaken there respective pokemons ( Team Aqua = Kyogre | Team Magma = Groudon ) . And you have a mission to stop them from doing that . Both other than that , the story was kinda like the other pokemon games , a kid who wants to become the pokemon champion with the motto " Gotta catch 'em all " . I also liked this game .
6 / 10 Depth : Just like what I said earlier , this game is very easy . And if I have to score this category with two topics ( How much time that I put to this game and what can I do in this game ) I would rate 1 / 5 for the time and 5 / 5 in the things that I can do here . Yes , you can also finish this game in an hour or two like what I did . But if you are planning to get all of the hidden items and all the pokemons , it will take you time . There are many legendary pokemons that you can catch here , some are Rayquaza , Kyogre , Regice , Registeel , Regirock , Deoxys . Jirachi , Ho-oH , Lugia , Mew , etc.
5 / 5 Difficulty : Hehehe , I said this 3 + times to you , I finished this game in an hour or two and you can too . So , I will not explain it here any more . And that's all in the difficulty category .
9 / 10 Overall : Overall , this game is great . Having many obtainable legendary pokemons , the new features are great and this is the best game to play if you want it to take place at the Hoenn Region . This is also a good game to play for pokemon newbies . I recommend you to play this . I only scored this 9 / 10 because of the Depth and the Difficulty category .
Edit : The overall score error ! I changed it from 9 / 9 to 9 / 10 .

      Review Rating: 3.7/5     Submitted: 10-23-12     Updated: 10-23-12     Review Replies: 9


10
Pokemon Emerald   master_sparton
Pokemon emerald is the number 1 pokemon game in my opinion. I like it and it is fun. Well I don't really know much on it but I will be making a game review for Pokemon emerald. I hope you like it. Well Pokemon emereald you fight 2 teams team aqua and team magma. You journey through the hoenn and also. Challenge tough gym leaders. You go to city and you look for cool and rare Pokemon. You can get a lot of legendary Pokemon at that. After you do the whole thing you can get to the elite 4. Well that is a breif summary of the game here is my review hope you enjoy it and want to play the game afterwards.
I gave my overall rating a 10
I like Pokemon emerald a lot and I think it deserves a 10. This game keeps me happy when I play it. I like this better than most hacks and real Pokemon games I play. This game in my opinion is perfect in every way. So I enjoy it. I also like how you face off against 2 teams, and it makes the game a little more exciting than it is.
On the graphics I gave it a 10 as well.
The graphics are good as well. I won't compare it to Nintendo DS games because Nintendo DS games are better Game Boy Advance games. Anyways I really like how the game looks. I won't make any mistakes on that. This is a very good game and it looks awesome. This game has always made me happy every time I play and beat it. I really think you should play this game and you will enjoy it. That is only if you like Pokemon games. I LOVE THIS GAME A LOT REALLY SERIOUS.
On the sound I gave it a 10
The reason behind this is because I love the songs on this game. You may think I am weird for that but I do. The songs on this game is really good compared to Pokemon fire red. That is another Game Boy Advance Pokemon game. That game is less active than Pokemon emerald though. So that is why I really like the sound on this game. Especially the songs on the routes like on route. I like the songs in verdanterf city to to. Other than that the other songs are just good to.
The addictiveness I gave it a 9
This game is a good example of calling something addictive. This is a very impressive game and I like it. It really is addictive to me. I would've gave it a 10 but I have 1 problem with this game. It has some weird and stupid things in this game I just don't like. Like at the beggining when you meet May she says I have to help dad catch some wild pokemon and she go straight to her PC. That is really dumb to me. Other than that I like it. I don't like some other parts in the game either but I won't explain them now.
On the story I gave it a 9 as well
Well although this is my first review I will always give my story the same as my addictiveness. I think they are the same but a little different. Well I like the story it is really addictive at a certain part of the game. When you begin the journey it is boring but after that it gets really fun. So the story is the same as addictiveness to me. That is a perfect reason why I love this game.
On the depth I gave it a 7
It is a cool game but also not that hard to beat. I enjoy playing this and really enjoy to beat this. But all the same it isn't that long of a game it is a long game compared to other Game Boy Advance, or Game Boy pokemon games. So far I like the game as how it is and the dept couldn't be any better on my behalf. This game is a ok and ready to go. I like this game a lot and I think you should to. So this is perfect to me.
The difficulty I gave it a 5
The game isn't difficult at all if you read what they tell you to do through the game. It can be really easy then. Unless you train your pokemon right. I have beat it with all three starters and now I have a swampert. The level is 76. I spend my time training my Pokemon after I have beat it. I do this because I have nothing else to do on the game but that. Also since I am bored I might restart my profile. This is my review for Pokemon Emerald Hope you like it.

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 7   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.6/5     Submitted: 03-29-13     Review Replies: 8


9.2
Pokémon Emerald Review by TornadoMudkip   TornadoMudkip
This is my 7th Review, please enjoy! This time about Pokémon Emerald.
First the Graphics: The games looks good, the Houses, Trainers, Gyms, Locations like a Forest and much more!
Pokémon Sprites are good Designed and not to Big or Small! I like them, most of the Pokémon are looking cool and cute, like Speal.
The new thing is: Within  a Battle, Pokémon sprites are animated similarly to Crystal, which are usually stationary in its predecessors.
I like that the Pokémon move, it's looking cute! (Of course Mudkip :P)
The Trainers are looking Nice too, they have cool and cute outfits!
The Colours of the Pokémon's are better then from the previous Pokémon Games. (Like Red and Blue, Gold and Silver etc.)
The Graphics are the almost the same as Ruby and Sapphire, nothing more to say.
Through the Cheerful Colours in the Game everywhere (Pokémon's, Locations like a Forest) , the Graphics are good, I'll give a 9.
Second the Sound: The sound quality is almost perfect for me.
I really love this Sound, well the Sound is the same as Ruby and Sapphire.
Only the Battle Frontier Sound is new, I like that Sound: its fits perfectly for that kind of place.
The Sound is Nice to hear! Why? The Tunes are a good because it's a cool Sound to hear! < Only for this Game and Ruby/Sapphire >
What I want to say is, that this Sound is unique. I like that kind of Sound.
Each Location that you traveled (City's, Caves etc.)gave a little Tune for you to enjoy, that is just Nice!
The Pokémon Cry's are Nice to hear to! Why? The Sounds aren't to high! (I like especially the Mudkip one! ;) )
I'll give a 9 for this Nice Sound.
Third the Addictiveness: This Game is really fun to play!
If you Lose a Battle you can try it again. If you beat the Elite Four + the new Champion, you can try it again. (Never Give Up)
You can always try to Catch all of the Pokémon. You can do a lot and automatic you play this Game again,again, again and again!
You can really enjoy this Game! Because all of the things what to do in this Game
One thing is this Game isn't very long, if you've beaten the Elite Four + the new Champion then you can only catch all the Pokémon AND you can challenge the Battle Frontier, that's making this Game a little longer then Ruby/Sapphire.
I'll give a 9. This is better then Ruby and Sapphire.
Fourth the Story: The Story is great!
In Pokémon Emerald you follow the original story of training yourself  to become the very best Trainer in the Region/World!
You can be if you defeat the Elite Four + Champion and Catching all of the Pokémon is your Job.
You can challenge your Rival as you go on your Adventure, which is Brendan if you're May or May if you're Brendan.
Because it's your Rival, you need to beat him, if you're going to Battle with Brendan/May.
Your Rival is not very Strong but like always your Rival chooses the Pokémon where you are weak against: If you choose Torchic then your Rival chooses Mudkip etc.
In this Game you can defeat 8 Gyms and you can earn Badges! + you can beat Team Aqua AND Team Magma in this Game.
Also the Battle Frontier waits for you!
Team Aqua and Magma: both Teams succeed in each awakening a Legendary Pokémon:  Groudon and Kyogre.
The two Pokémon don't obey either team and begin fighting, causing the weather to alternate between Sunshine and Rain. The player in this Game must awaken the Legendary Pokémon of the Sky and the only who can stop Kyogre and Groundon:  Rayquaza... 
Also the Battle Frontier waits for you!
That's great you can do for sure a lot in this Game!
I'll give a 9 for all in the Story.
Fifth the Depth: This Game is not to long and not to small! It's perfectly for a good length of a Game. I like that.
Like what I said before in the Story: You can defeat 8 Gyms and Elite Four + Champion and much more! < Like in a Original Pokémon Game. (Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby and Sapphire)
The Game offers are good, until you've beaten the Elite Four + Champion, then you can only do: catch all of the Pokémon and find every Item. (Which looks impossible for me :P)
And also the Battle Frontier is there always, you can challenge that. < Is pretty fun.
I'll give a 8.
Sixth Difficulty: This Game isn't hard to beat! Why? Because the most Trainers aren't strong.
If you're a Starter to Pokémon, this Game suits perfectly for you! Because you can learn a lot about Pokémon in this Game. (You start easy etc.)
Even if you're someone who loves/known to Pokémon! This Game is fun, because this Game has more news like Double Battles. (Which are more in this Game)
Everyone loses sometimes a Battle! That's okay because if you don't give up you can win this Game! ;)
I'll give a 6.
Overall: This Game is really good and fun to play.
Fact: This is the most played Game on Vizzed! Super cool!
If I was you, I should play this Game! It's worth playing!  :D
I'll give a 9,2! It deserve it! :D
This was my 7th Review, I hope you liked my Review! ~

  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.6/5     Submitted: 06-10-13     Updated: 07-07-15     Review Replies: 7


10
pokemon emerald review   SacredShadow
This is probably my favorite game I have ever played with my time here on Vizzed. I have beaten this game 4 times but it never gets old, this game is awesome! I love it because of it's amazing graphics, great sound and just a greatly enjoyable game play 
Overall:
The game is easily a 10 because overall just amazing, and it is such a step up from ruby and sapphire with amazing graphics, and the game play is simple but not boring. It is very basic and well put together. It is interesting and unique, and is also a step up from previous generations will all the new Pokémon, and great graphics!
Graphics: An easy 9, the graphics are much better than previous generations, the Pokémon look a whole lot better, and now you can actually tell where a Pokémon is in the game, you can tell apart if they are on the water, or in a grassy forest, or even in a cave. The Pokémon and characters all look very nice, and the Pokémon and trainer sprites are much better looking then ever before, I have to say the graphics are one of its best features.
Sound: I gave the sound a 7 mainly because the music is classic, and basically the same as before with nothing really changed about it. It is kind of droning with how repetitive it is and how it repeats itself every couple of seconds, but it does create an atmosphere when you are playing the game, it has a good adventurous sound, and when you are in you battle the tone changes to a vigorous intense tune. It is kind of repetitive, and it would be better if it was a little more memorable and creative, but it is good enough to create an interesting atmosphere to the game. So, a 7 seven seems about right.
Addictiveness: The addictiveness of a game is a solid 9, I have played this game four times over and I never get tired of it. It has so much to offer that will keep you interested, you can beat the trainers, the gyms, go to the elite 4, then it is straight off to the battle frontier, also you can enter in competitions to test toughness, coolness, beauty, intelligence. There is just so much to do in this game, not to mention you can complete the entire pokedex! I enjoy this game and all it has to offer just because of the amazing story line and all the action packed action this game has! There is just a lot to do as far as catching legends, and leveling up to 100, it will keep you busy for some time.
Story: The story is basically the same as it usually is you tart off as a young trainer to help save the world form legendary Pokémon and you battle trainers and collect Pokémon. The story does give you a taste of tea magma and team aqua's perspective on what they intend to do on releasing the legendary Pokémon to take over the world. The story is very interesting and very well put, it is meaningful and not just long and painless and never really goes anywhere. I gave the game an 8 for the story because it is decent and gives you an interesting viewpoint.
Depth:
The game is very easy to learn and pick up on, even if you have never played it before, you can easily catch on to it and enjoy it. Also it was easy for me, but I also have played it a lot so that might contribute to the depth of the game. When I first played it, took me about a week to beat, but now I can probably beat it in under five days. I will say though, the enemies and trainers in the gym could be a bit more of a challenge, as well as the elite 4! They range from 40 to the 50s, and they are too easy to beat, so it would be a little more fun if they were a little bit stronger to give the game more of a challenge. Despite this, the game deserves a 9 in depth for the amount of material and stuff you can do in the game.
Difficulty: Easy, the controls of the game are easy, and the game isn't difficult at all, there aren't any complex puzzles to decipher. The game is not difficult, but it does provide enough of a formidable game play, and it is not one of those games you beat in a day unless you plan to just have no fun at all. The game is easy to play, and anyone can catch on, even if they have never played Pokémon before. Some people that play in the game box are like 10 years old, which shows how anyone can learn and play the game.

  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 9   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 3.6/5     Submitted: 03-28-13     Review Replies: 1


9.8
Pokemon Emerald Review   Mdragon1
This game is the reason I truly began playing Pokémon. Pokémon Emerald is a upgrade of Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, it is my favorite Pokémon game, Rayquaza is my favorite Pokémon, and emerald happens to be my birth stone.
The graphics are what you expect from Pokémon however it does have a few cut scenes (which are epic) so I rate the graphics 8.
The sound is great, however seeing as most just speed it up I rate it 7.
As with most Pokémon games it is extremely addicting and seeing how I have played through it more times than I can count I rate addictiveness 10.
The story is more extensive than most Pokémon games, especially with the Aqua, Magma battle (Magma for the win!), however story is still not very good so I will rate it a 6.
The depth of this game is actually very good considering the after game has a lot to do (sadly the glitch at the Elite Four ruins the after game) and if you complete the Pokedex and talk to Birch you get a reward. I rate the depth an 8.
It is Pokémon so if you have trouble just level grind a bit on wild Pokémon and your problem is solved so I only give difficulty a 5.
Seeing as the game is my favorite Pokémon game (and it needs to be remade) I rate it a total of 10. For those of you that play enjoy getting up Sky Pillar the second time, I don't like Mudkips, and have fun. Oh and could someone please fix the Elite Four glitch, because the after game is fun.

  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 8   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 12-17-11     Review Replies: 4


9.1
A big step from a terrific series.   bloodyclaws
Hello, Bloodyclaws here. I would like to make a review for this game pokemon emerald. First I'd like to start off with graphics. Graphics were really beautiful, and the pokemon sprites looked very similar to the official drawings. The graphics are unmatched to most other pokemon games on the GBA.
Sound. 7. The sound was generally great, but could get a little bit repetitive. But that is all I would like to say.
Addictiveness. 9. Listen, you may be saying POKEMON SUCKS. But when you play, it's a good experience, regardless of being a kid playing black and white, or a 20 year old that used to play Pokemon red and blue. First: you have to fill out the story. Generally simple, but as the story goes by, you can catch many legendary and non-Hoenn Pokemon. Then, when you are done, GOTTA CATCH EM ALL! I beat the elite four with Sceptile, Swellow, Azumarill, Aggron, Metang, and Rayquaza. It was pretty hard, but if you don't want to catch em all, there is always the confusing battle frontier.
Story 10. The story was really great! I love the idea of having to face two enemies. Magma and Aqua, but they end of causing apocalyptic disaster, and send in a superior pokemon to fix it. Really great gyms: Roxanne with Geodude and Nosepass, Brawly with Meditite Makuhita and Machop, Wattson with Voltorb, Electrike, Manectric, and Magneton, Flannery with Slugma, Numel, Torkoal and Camerupt, Norman with Vigoroth, Spinda, Linoone and Slaking, Winona with Swablu, Pelipper, Altaria, Skarmory, and Tropius, Tate and Liza with Solrock, Lunatone, Xatu, Claydol and Slowpoke, and Juan with Luvdisc, Sealeo, Kingdra, Whiscash, and Crawdaunt. Many great combinations. BUT the elite four had Sidney with Shiftry, Cacturne, Crawdaunt, Mightyena, and Absol. Pheobe had 2 Dusclops and Bannetes, and Sableye, Glacia had 2 Glalies and Sealeos and Walrein, Drake had Shelgon, Altaria, Kingdra, Flygon, and Salamence. And Wallace with Whiscash, Milotic, Gyarados, Ludicolo (lol) Wailord and Tentacruel. But Steven from Ruby and Sapphire was much better with Claydol, Skarmory, Aggron, Armaldo, Cradily, and the pseudo legendary metagross! It was all great. I'm serious.
Depth. 9. It was a game with a large variety of pokemon, towns, items, and routes. About 30 routes. The game expands from bustling cities like Slateport, to the quiet town where you come from: Littleroot. From the always storming desert where you can raise Baltoys, Sandshrews and Trapinches, to the iciest paths with Spheals and rare snorunts, there are quaint forests with wurmples, rustling grass with oddish, Dark caves with Zubats and Sableyes, Dewford beach with makuhita, and the Lavaridge volcano with slugma and numel. A lot to explore huh? DON'T FORGET THE BATTLE FRONTIER. I'm impressed. There is even safari zones with foreign pokemon from Johto like Girafarig, Natu, Mareep, Wobbuffet, and Heracross. There are many eggs to hatch, 2 evil organizations to topple, and 2 rivals: Brendan/May and Wally. Wally had Ralts, but now in the end with Gardevoir Delcatty and Altaria.
Difficulty. 7. I had to admit, it was quite hard. If you weren't prepared for the first battle with May, well, that's the end of you! Catching Rayquaza was hard with no master ball, as expected for most legendary pokemon, battles with your opponent having full restores was purely annoying, especially against flannery for me, as I had Grovyle at the time. But having Treecko was most unfortunate because Wingull was also flying type, like if you chose Bulbasaur for fire red, and Blue had a Gyarados that was flying, were kind of in the same situation as THAT. Then you would have ANOTHER opponent you are weak to if you're with Treecko. TROPIUS. It's a flying banana tree fused with a dinosaur! Who thought of that! I like it personally, but the it was ridiculous and priceless. Mudkip choosers too. Tropius is your second problem other than Grovyle. Just like Torchic choosers, your rival not only has marshtomp, but also Ludicolo. I underestimated it. It's absolute ridiculous appearance caught me off guard, it also doesn't know water gun. Yes. The most basic water move of all time. She might stop trying to battle you before even Level forty, but the elite four was a complete money consumer. STOCK UP ON FULL REVIVES, STOCK UP ON FULL RESTORES, STOCK UP ON ELIXIRS, STOCK UP ON STEROIDS! That's what you'd need. Forget about the steroids.  
Overall 9.1. There may be upsides and downsides to this game, but the most important thing is have fun. Don't be afraid to take risks with this game. MAKE A CASCOON, SILCOON, MAGIKARP, FEEBAS, GO AGAINST A SALAMENCE! Do what you WANT. I would highly recommend this game to all gamers out there, from playing pokemon Fire red to the spin- off gamers like pinball and snap. PLAY IT. Goodbye, I'll see you in my next post.

  Graphics 10   Sound 7   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 05-29-12     Review Replies: 0


8
Pokemon Emerald   Popeye116
Overall: 8
This game is a fun Pokémon game where you are a trainer and you must become the best trainer in the world, and "catch 'em all!" This game is a pretty fun RPG game, but not the best I've ever played. I'd recommend playing this game.
Story: 7
The story in this game is like any other Pokémon game, really. There's you, a rival, an eccentric professor, and, of course, the bad guys ( ex : team rocket, team magma, team galactic, you know what I mean). But, This story does have some special quirks to it. For example: there's Wally. A sick, energetic, and hopeful trainer. There are also some other special characters, like Archie, maxie, and Steven- but I don't want to spoil anything. So, altogether, I give the story an 8.
Graphics: 6
The graphics in this game are a lot like other game boy advance games and Pokémon games. To tell you the truth, nothing really stands up to me in this game. Sure, some of the special effects were good, but not THAT good... But, one thing stands out: the Pokémon move, which is pretty cool! Without the Pokémon moving, I'd give it a 5 but, right now, I'm giving it a 6
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Sound: 6
The sounds in this game are OK. They are very repetitive. It's basically a one minute loop for every song. Except for some, which have a different melody after a couple of loops and then it changes back. I'm not saying that the music is bad-it's actually pretty well orchestrated- it just wasn't enough for me, So I am giving it a 6
Addictiveness: 6
This game is not addicting sometimes. It kind of changes. At some parts, you just wanna keep on playing for hours, but at some parts, it gets boring, and you don't want to play. For example, if you get really far but forget to save (this happens to me a lot and I hate it!!!) you're just kind of... not motivated. Like you don't want to do all of that again. This game can be pretty fun and addicting, though. I give it a 6.
Story: 7
The story is pretty good for a Pokémon game. There are some boring parts, easy parts, hard parts, and parts that keep you on the edge of your seat (that last one was kind of an exaggeration...). It has May: a quirky, energetic Girl who is your rival. It has Wally, too, who I explained earlier. I can't tell much without spoiling, but the story definitely deserves a seven.
Depth: 10
This game's depth is definitely a 10. There is so much stuff to do! You can defeat the Pokémon league, try to level up your Pokémon to lvl 99, Get a bunch of master ribbons in contests, Search every place in the region, talk to everybody, go to the battle area and beat all of the bosses there, find rare Pokémon, and, of course, catch 'em all! There are endless possibilities to do in this game. So, without a doubt, this game's depth is a big, 10!
Difficulty: 7
This game is kind of hard. If your Pokémon are at a high level and you're loaded with items, you've got nothing to worry about. The bosses and gym leaders and some trainers can get hard, and may reeeealy gets annoying at times.Altogether, though, its just at a kind of normal level of difficulty, so I give it a 7.
Wrap things up
Although I gave some things low ratings, this game is a pretty fun game altogether. It is a Pokémon game after all, and Pokémon games are fun! I'd recommend for you to play this game, it's a really fun game
  Graphics 6   Sound 6   Addictive 6   Story 7   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 10-27-12     Review Replies: 5


9.4
Elpizo reviews: Pokemon Emerald   Elpizo

First off, I will just get this out of the way. I know that this is just, yet another, Pokémon Emerald review. So, now that I have said that, I hope that you will enjoy my review!

Overall: I would give this game a 9.4 in the overall section for the game. Why you ask? Well, I would say that there are wonderful parts to this game and there are also, some not so wonderful parts to the game. I do understand that you will have different opinions about the game then I do, but I hope that this will be a good review to read. So, the overall of the game. This game has the perfect balance of both story, and difficulty. Both of these you will read about later in the review, but I will touch on them here. The story, is a really great part about it, it is nice and long, and it doesn't have any gaps in the story where you are left to wonder what happened. The Difficulty, what I will say about it here, is that the game is one of the rare games that you can complete, and that makes it great! So, you can read more about that farther down, and I will now move on.
Graphics: I would give this game a really great rating for the graphics, so I will give the game a 9. Alright, so you start off with the star moving across your screen. From there, a drop of water slides off of a leaf in to a small pond of water, and it ripples. The thing about this is that it is executed just perfectly. It moves smoothly and it just looks great. Look through the rest of the game, it runs very, very smoothly, when you play the game, it just blows you away at what they can do at the time. Now look at the start of battles between Pokémon Fire Red and Pokémon Emerald, you can see the wonderful gliding that the graphics take to make it so much better than it was in Pokémon Fire Red. The game creators really knew what they wanted to really improve and they knew what they wanted to just improve a little. Look at it and you can tell that the graphics section is one section that they had their mind set on improving.
Sound: Well, I will say that the sound for the game is, well, it is OK. So, you see that the sound was good compared to every other Pokémon game up to it, but I will say that they focused more on the graphics then they did with the sound, so for the sound, I will give the game an 8. I will say that there are some good sound bits in this game, and there are also some not so good parts. As an example, the battle music for the trainers an almost every route is awesome, it has a nice sound it is flows really well. One example of one that is not so good, is the first route that you go on. It doesn't exactly sound too good and it doesn't have a very good flow to it. Because there are those flaws to it, I will not give it a perfect score, but I will give it an 8.
Addictiveness: Well, this game I will say is pretty addicting. I will give the game an 8 because of how addicting it is. I give the game this score because it is a really fun game to play! You see, when you pick up a Pokémon game to start, you will want to keep playing the game until you are strong enough to make an impression on all of your friends, and that is kind of how it goes. This game really isn't any different. You pick it up and you start to play. Hours later you are caught looking up at the clock and seeing how much time has passed. I mean, Pokémon games just reel you in and you just can't get loose.
Story: The story for this game is, OK. That is why I give it an 8. So, many people know the story of EVER Pokémon adventure game ever made. You are a boy or a girl who just turned the magic 10 years old so you can now go out and start your adventure in the world of Pokémon. What you do is you go pick your first Pokémon, and then you go throughout the game to catch all of the Pokémon and to train them to their full potential! This, however, isn't all that there is. There is also the main plot of team Aqua and Team magma and their constant fighting to either expand the land portion of the earth, or to expand to the water/ocean section of the world. Both of the teams thought that this would make the world "better". Sorry guys, but it doesn't make the world better.
Depth: I think that all Pokémon games are mostly the same for this category. I will give this game a 10 for this for a few reasons. My first reason being that the game is HUGE! You have a big world that you need to travel all over and beat every trainer along with catching every Pokémon that you can find there. That point brings up my second point. There are 360 Pokémon, more or less, that you have to catch and train to level 100 in order to truly "Complete" the game. Just catching every Pokémon is hard, but when you have to train all of the Pokémon up to level 100, that is the part that will make you go crazy. it takes a lot of time to do this. Then I have my 3rd point to make. My 3rd point is that you have to beat the elite 4 and the champion. That is not easy and it does take a while to accomplish. But, those are some of the things that make the game so much better!
Difficulty: Well, Pokémon game in all, are not exactly too hard. I mean, you do train Pokémon to beat the game, but it is not too hard. That is why I give this game a good 5. A 5, is not a bad rating, I mean, it means that the game is just a natural game, which, in reality, is a really good difficulty rating to have! It is a fun game to play, and it is not too hard to get you mad so you stop playing!
So, that is my review! I hope you enjoyed reading it and I hope you took something from it. Oh, and just letting you guys know, this is my first review, so have some mercy. Thanks for reading! If you have any suggestions on what I should review next, just post them here!
Razor-987 :   I would love to get your feedback!


  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Story 8   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 08-08-13     Review Replies: 3


9.2
Is this game worth playing?   freakyforrest9
   Pokémon, How you've grown. 5 regions, over 20 games over the years, 23 for us, 24 for Japan. Yet, you've been the same song and dance. And I love you for it. Pokémon Emerald takes place, just like Ruby and Sapphire, in the Hoenn Region. Does this game outmatch the other two? Let's find out.
   Graphics: 9- The graphics are practically the same. The only difference is that the Pokémon sort of have life in them like they did in Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Now they're back in motion, not stand still. That's an improvement for a GBA game. Other than that, the graphics are the same way.
   Sound: 9- Like I said in my Sapphire Review, if you read it before this one, the music is great. I would sometimes hum the Pokebattle (like my new word?) tune. If you're in a area where you can't hear the music and you like the tunes, get earphones. Other than that, music is the same.
   Addictiveness: 9- The Addictiveness level is practically the same when compared to Ruby and Sapphire. Don't really need to say anything if you read my Sapphire Review. If you didn't, well here's the scoop. It's addictive if you're really excited to get some new Pokémon, or in the case of the Ruby/Sapphire people old Pokémon in an old area, where there's some Pokémon that we've all seen in the past, whether TV, game, or card game, it still counts if you've gotten the cards from EX Ruby and Sapphire to I think EX Holon Phantoms. If you've wanted to get a taste of the Hoenn region, but couldn't, now's your chance after you download the VGR Plugin.
 
   Story: 7- Same old, same old. Don't really need to say anything. Get some Pokémon, Beat Gym Leaders, some of which are updated, Get all 8 Gym Badges, Beat the Elite Four, Fight the Champion, Be Champion. Easier said than done.
   Depth: 6- The game, like its predecessors, has little to offer, but some are hard to obtain. Legendaries, mainly Rayqueza, are HARD to catch. Good Luck. You'll need it.
   Difficulty: 7- Just the same difficulty like Ruby/Sapphire. Just different layout. Good luck against the Elite Four. You'll need it.
   Overall: 9.2- The game is more like Ruby/Sapphire in more ways than one. The difference is that some of the Gyms are different than Ruby/Sapphire. And You'll once again deal with Team Magma and Team Aqua.
That's all folks!
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 7   Depth 6   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 11-07-12     Review Replies: 9


9.6
Pokemon Emerald Review   Divine Aurora
" The best Pokemon game for its era, easily a must own Pokemon game". Pokemon Emerald is easily on of the best and memorable Pokemon games there is. Pokemon Emerald takes Pokemon to all new heights challenge and story wise. In Pokemon Emerald  there are all new Pokemon team line ups from the Hoenn regions gyms and there is a all new Pokemon champion introduced in this game. Along with the challenges of the 8 gyms, Pokemon contests and the elite four there is a all new challenge after you beat the elite four called the Battle frontier.The game takes place in the all new Hoenn region(3rd generation) and un like Sapphire and Ruby there are alot more double battles in a very big difference in difficulty which you can tell early on in the game.
Graphics: 10
"What can one expect out of the graphics in Pokemon Emerald?" Well the graphics are excellent and in my opinion set the standards for Pokemon games on the GBA. The animation seen in Pokemon Emerald are best so far I've seen in the Pokemon franchise. You can see your reflection in the water and lakes in perfect pixel quality, the water moves back and forth as your out in the ocean. The Pokemon appearances are simply breath taking  and look like exactly what they are suppose to be  and are in full color. My only complaints is the angle the camera is on your Pokemon makes it hard for the gamer to see/get a full picture of what your Pokemon looks like. In addition the buildings are  beautiful in design with perfect description of objects in side them. The grass in the game is excellent in design, there are two types of grass, tall grass with normally higher skilled Pokemon and lower lighter colored grass with weaker Pokemon, you can easily tell the difference between the two the way the pixel resolution is. The Pokemon appearances are simply breath taking  and look like exactly
what they are suppose to be  and are in full color. My only complaints
is the angle the camera is on your Pokemon makes it hard for the gamer
to see/get a full picture of what your Pokemon looks like. In addition
the buildings are  beautiful in design with perfect description of
objects in side them. The grass in the game is excellent in design,
there are two types of grass, tall grass with normally higher skilled
Pokemon and lower lighter colored grass with weaker Pokemon, you can
easily tell the difference between the two the way the pixel resolution
is.
Sound: 10
"So what's the sound like in Pokemon Emerald?" The sound in Pokemon Emerald is perfect in quality and pitch. The soundtrack  in Pokemon Emerald alternates throughout the game when you pass from town to town route to route and even when your out on the water using surf.The Pokemon in Pokemon Emerald  each have there own distinct battle cries and their cries can be heard easily in perfect  quality. Although the music is fine quality wise when your out in fields training your Pokemon to there peak, it could get annoying constantly listening to the same music track over and over.The Pokemon in Pokemon Emerald  each have there own distinct battle
cries and their cries can be heard easily in perfect  quality. Although
the music is fine quality wise when your out in fields training your
Pokemon to there peak, it could get annoying constantly listening to the
same music track over and over.
Addictiveness: 8 
" How addicted were you to playing Pokemon Emerald?" Pokemon Emerald is very addicting to play for a number of reasons. I was addicted to playing Pokemon Emerald because the games challenges, the Pokemon that appear and  its story. I was addicted to the games challenges because of the fact that unlike most Pokemon games, this one isn't a cake walk that you could breeze through over the course of a day, there are a significant amount of double battles contests to keep you busy. I was addicted to the game because of the Pokemon that appear because Pokemon from the previous games that take place in the Hoenn region all appear in this game and also some rare Pokemon from the Johto region can be found in the back of the safari zone. Also what played a huge role in my addiction to this game was the story. the story had me dieing to find out how it ends. I was addicted to the game because of the Pokemon that appear because
Pokemon from the previous games that take place in the Hoenn region all
appear in this game and also some rare Pokemon from the Johto region can
be found in the back of the safari zone. Also what played a huge role
in my addiction to this game was the story. the story had me dieing to
find out how it ends.
Story: 9
"So how does the story go in Pokemon Emerald?" The story goes like this, Your a young boy or girl who has just moved into the little town of Littleroot and your Mom tells you to go visit your new neighbors house  to meet them. Upon going to your neighbors house, you meet May the Pokemon Professors daughter. Next you leave the house and as you walk across the street back to your house you and a younger child hear cries of help made out by the Pokemon Professor know as Professor Birch he is being attacked by a wild zigzagoon. You being the strong headed child you are dive right in to save him and the Pokemon professor lends you a Pokemon to counter the wild  zigzagoon. In Pokemon Emerald you will face both evil sinister organizations seen in both Sapphire and Ruby, Team Magma and Team Aqua. There is also a new champion in Pokemon Emerald and a new 8th gym leader. There is a all new feature seen in the Pokemon franchise, Pokemon contests and the Battle frontier. In Pokemon contests   you enter your Pokemon in the categories according to there move style either cool,tough,smart, cute or beauty. And with the battle frontier there are these 7 silver symbols that you earn by beating frontier brains at their specific factories.Pokemon Emerald you will face both evil sinister organizations seen in
both Sapphire and Ruby, Team Magma and Team Aqua. There is also a new
champion in Pokemon Emerald and a new 8th gym leader. There is a all new
feature seen in the Pokemon franchise, Pokemon contests and the Battle
frontier. In Pokemon contests   you enter your Pokemon in the categories
according to there move style either cool,tough,smart, cute or beauty.
And with the battle frontier there are these 7 silver symbols that you
earn by beating frontier brains at their specific factories.
Depth: 9 
"Just how much stuff is there to do in Pokemon Emerald?" In Pokemon Emerald there is plenty of things to do, you can battle all 8 gyms, take on all the Pokemon contest and obtain all the ribbons from each level of difficulty, and you can go on Pokemon catching sprees in the Pokemon safari zone and you can also  travel to the battle frontier and obtain all 7 silver symbols and also you can hunt down all three legendary Pokemon the Regi's. Each Pokemon contest you enter and win you get a ribbon and it unlocks the next level of difficulty in the contests the contests are spread out pretty well across your journey. With the 7 silver symbols there are 7 battle facilities at the battle frontier and each facility focus on a unique style of batting but there's a catch  you can't just go into the facility and beat it once and the facilities leader will come out, you have to beat a a certain number of times straight for the leader to come out and if you lose to the leader you have to start that facilities challenge all over again.
Difficulty: 7
"How hard is Pokemon Emerald to beat?" Pokemon Emerald's difficulty is not to be taken lightly. In this game if you don't train your Pokemon you will lose miserably. The games A.I. is significantly harder to beat and is less predictable then what was seen in previous installments in the Pokemon franchise. All the gyms had a update in there Pokemon team s and there Pokemons level and there over all strategy to beat you. With the gym leaders there Pokemon teams have been changed from what they originally were and it seems the Pokemon in the teams have better stats and a lot stronger defensive.All the gyms had a update in there Pokemon team s and there Pokemons
level and there over all strategy to beat you. With the gym leaders
there Pokemon teams have been changed from what they originally were and
it seems the Pokemon in the teams have better stats and a lot stronger
defensive.
Overall: 9.6
Over Pokemon Emerald is easily one of the best Pokemon games in the franchise and one of the most difficulty. The story will entertain you and push your self as a trainer to the best of you abilities. The game has excellent graphics and perfect sound in both pitch. The addictiveness of the game was truly captivating of your attention and will have you playing hours upon end and it has a estimated play time until you beat it at anywhere from 1-2 weeks if you take your time to truly appreciate everything the game has to offer. The story is by far the biggest  in the Pokemon franchise for Game Boy Advanced games and the game also has mass appeal for its features.The game has excellent graphics and perfect sound in both pitch. The
addictiveness of the game was truly captivating of your attention and
will have you playing hours upon end and it has a estimated play time
until you beat it at anywhere from 1-2 weeks if you take your time to
truly appreciate everything the game has to offer. The story is by far
the biggest  in the Pokemon franchise for Game Boy Advanced games and
the game also has mass appeal for its features.

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 07-17-13     Updated: 10-05-13     Review Replies: 2


8.7
Pokemon Emerald Review   brawler456
For reference before one were to read this review: I will be comparing this not only to preceding and proceeding games, and explaining in depth why my scores the way they are. So, if you do not want spoilers, please do not read ahead. Furthermore, this was one of my first Pokémon games, so this review may be biased. You have been warned.
Graphics: 
Let us start with this little detail. Emerald is basically the 'sequel' to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire versions, and having come out right after the first ever remakes (being Fire Red and Leaf Green versions), Pokémon Emerald did have a lot to look up to. However, as this was the third game in the Hoenn series, the graphics were similar, if not the exact same, of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, which in this case, is not bad. At the point of graphical development we were at during the time of Emerald's release, the graphics were quite good, especially the sprites in battle. The colors were vibrant in this game, and the different environments offered have given Graphics the rating of an eight. 
Sound:
I could go on for days about the sounds within Pokémon Emerald. Even compared to the succeeding games such as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon Emerald dominates them in this aspect. The songs were engaging, leaving the player something truly memorable to listen to while catching that legendary, or battling that gym leader. This does
not mean that Emerald's sounds are without some mistakes. For instance, the rival theme in this region was more annoying than not, and the versus Frontier Brain music was less than desired. For these few mistakes I will be rating sound a nine.
Addictiveness:
Similarly to Sound, I could go on and on about the engagement of this game. Emerald has so much to offer to the player, even in the after game, something that the newest region (Kalos) could not offer to those seeking a decent after game. Once the main game is finished, the player is then challenged to go catch the two legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, as well as go to meet Ruby and Sapphire's champion Steven Stone in order to battle him one last time, and this does not take into the affect the Battle Frontier, which is likely one of the hardest challenges that Nintendo has put into any of their games. This alone could suffice for at least a seven for addictiveness. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. I will now move on to one Trick Master. This guy is a staple in Hoenn, and am glad to see him make a return in ORAS. Even before the player had reached Victory Road in Ever Grande City, you are faced with the Trick Master's puzzles, getting new ones with each new badge. This keeps the player coming back for more, until the trick master himself admits defeat. Just for the pure engagement of this game, I rate addictiveness a ten.
Story: 
Had this been Pokémon Ruby or Sapphire, the score for Story would have been a nine or ten, but, this is Pokémon Emerald. As mentioned several times previously, this is the third game in the Hoenn series, meaning, for the story, the developers basically re-used the elements from the other two games in the Hoenn franchise, making little changes to Pokémon Emerald, except for one major difference: the inclusion to battle both evil teams. This aspect alone allows the player to gain animosity for both evil teams, and bring out the deed against them. Though overall in the end, the leaders realize the error of their ways once Rayquaza comes in  and calms the battle between the two titans. Furthermore, this story is nowhere near the worst. Comparing Emerald to games succeeding it, such as Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (once again), the story is much more interactive with the player, and much more clear with what has to be done. The stories for the succeeding games is much too slow for development, and the characters are too boring and forgettable, bringing the score for Emerald to an eight.
Depth:
I have already covered some of this within other categories. However, the only thing that detriments the score of Depth is the fact of Gold, Silver and Crystal versions. The GBA was after the original Gameboy Color, and even then, the C.E.O of Nintendo was able to compress those games to fit Kanto in the game. So, one has to wonder: why not Emerald or any game after? Especially since the GBA had much more capability from the GBC. No new regions, just Hoenn. However, for the level of Depth, Emerald was the first game to include the Battle Frontier, which kept the player busy for hours at a single sitting. This, along with the original depth of the story brings the score for depth to a nine. 
Difficulty:
We all know that this is the low points within Pokémon games, for the most part. For this portion of the review, I will be touching upon two points of interest: competitive and non-competitive play. We will begin with non-competitive. For those just starting out in Pokémon, and Emerald happens to be their first game, it really isn't that difficult to follow. Catch Pokémon, beat gym leaders, become champion. Just basic Pokémon things. However, competitive wise this game is a nightmare. Pre-Generation 6, where competitive was much more difficulty to do. Finding every single Pokémon for individual EV values with perhaps a boost from a Power item or Macho Brace, this was the most difficult part of Emerald, and this is without breeding the perfect Pokémon. However, I will not go into much detail competitive wise. For difficulty, I rate Pokémon Emerald a five. 
Overall:
Previously only to Pokémon Fire Red and Ruby, Emerald was one of my first Pokémon games, so this does have a permanent place in me (and Hoenn is my favorite region). For the time of gaming development, the Pokémon games on the GBA were more than anticipated with decent over-world graphics, and nice in-battle sprites and music, this game truly does have a nice mix. Despite the difficulty of this game, I have to go with my gut instinct and rate the game at a solid 8.7 to finish things off.
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 08-09-15     Review Replies: 0


9
Pokemon Emerald Version Review   epic-san
Summary:
This is a game where you are a 10-year old kid sent out alone into the world of Pokémon to catch ‘em all, and to challenge the Pokémon league, defeat the reigning champion, and become the champion of the Hoenn region! On the way, though, you must battle each of the eight gym leaders scattered across the land with the team of Pokémon that you have captured and trained as your very own. Many others aspire to be the champion, too, though, and you'll be constantly challenged by other trainers on your path to glory. On your grand journey over land and sea, you just might stop an apocalyptic event or two, and even get to challenge ancient deities! This is more than a game - it’s an experience!
Graphics: 8.0
The graphics in this game are the same as Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, colorful and bright. The sprites, in particular, are very good. In Pokémon Emerald, each Pokémon has been given their own entrance animations for when you send them out or when they are sent out against you, which is a big step up from the previous games. In battle, the backgrounds are as bland as ever, unfortunately. I only gave the graphics an 8.0 because good as they are, they're largely unchanged from two years prior, and that’s a shame.
Sound: 9.0
Wow! All of the songs in this game are very well done. The battle tunes stood out to me, although the themes that play in towns and on routes are also very good. The reason I gave the sound a 9.0 is because I believe that the soundtrack in Emerald is better than Ruby and Sapphire because of the inclusion of the Battle Frontier theme and the theme that plays when you battle one of the seven Frontier Brains (post-game bosses).To me, those two songs alone were worth an extra point just because they are so good. The only reason the sound wasn't given a 10 is because I personally feel that the soundtrack relies way too much on trumpets and other brass. Don’t get me wrong, though, the soundtrack is still great. Also, each Pokemon has their own "cry", which is a sound clip played when they are sent out. They amount to nothing more than weird electronic noises, but that can be attributed to the GBA.
Addictiveness:10
This game is extremely addictive. I found myself replaying the game again and again, each time playing with a different team of Pokémon, seeing which team worked best. I've played this game at least five times through, and I haven't yet gotten bored with it.
Story: 6
Let’s be honest here, the Pokémon games are not known for great stories. Beat all the gym leaders, stop the evil in the region, and conquer the Pokémon league. Although, in Emerald, the story is a lot more substantial than in Ruby and Sapphire. Instead of stopping just Team Aqua or Team Magma, now you have to stop both! Team Aqua is bent on expanding the seas to give aquatic Pokémon a larger habitat, and Team Magma is bent on expanding the land to give more space to humans and land-dwelling Pokémon. They both will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, and the climax of the story is pretty insane. But, at the end of the day, it's just your run of the mill excuse to drive the gameplay.
Depth: 10
The depth of this gave is massive. The main game will take you 20-30 hours alone, and then there’s the post-game content. Oh boy, there is a HUGE amount of post-game content. One of the main goals of this game is to capture at least one specimen of each species of Pokémon in the region so you can help a Pokémon professor with his research.  With 202 Pokémon native to the region, you won’t find them all very quickly! In the post game you can also take on the Battle Frontier and try to beat each of the seven Frontier brains that reside there, but be warned – this is an extremely tough challenge for only the best of the best! And also, I've heard that the former champion, Steven Stone, is residing somewhere related to meteors… But he'll only appear to the very best!
Difficulty: 6
It’s definitely not a terribly difficult game (save for a certain post game area), but it can be challenging for those who are just learning how to play. If you know how the Pokémon games work, the main story should pose little challenge. Although, there are a few difficulty spikes in terms of mandatory bosses, so don't be surprised if you get your butt kicked by the second Gym Leader. Just make sure to be fully prepared before going into any boss battles, and always save beforehand. 
   Most of the insane challenges in this game are entirely optional, so they affect the rating very little. I'm more concerned with the main story.
    Also, please save before trying to capture a legendary Pokémon, as they are the hardest things ever to catch, but again, they're optional. Go for it, by all means, but be warned.
Overall: 9.0
This game is fantastic, but not perfect. If you've never played a Pokémon game before, then you've been missing out. This is one of my favorite RPG series, and this installment shines brighter than the most well cut emerald. With a long story, excellent post-game, superb soundtrack, and great graphics, this is one of the best games on the Game Boy Advance. Play it now!
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 06-27-13     Updated: 11-16-14     Review Replies: 3


9.5
Incredible Game!   xOpticalStaticx
Well this is my first review I am making to inform you that in my opinion
Pokémon emerald is the fun nest Game Boy Advance game ever. I will be blunt
with you, this is a very fun game and I enjoyed beating this game 7 times. I
enjoyed every moment of playing this game and will be trying to beat it again.
I don't know why but I just find this game very amusing and fun. That is why I
am reviewing this game below. So stick around and read. Thank you for your
cooperation. Well here I go with the flow.
On the overall I gave it a 9.5
The reason being is because it is a awesome fun loving game. It is full of
adventure and wild crazy enemies. This is by far the finest most enthusiastic
game I ever seen. Well at least in Pokémon. I love how you take on 2 teams and
I love this generation of Pokémon. Not to mention that hoenn is my favorite
region of them all.  I also like the
Pokémon on that game. I know they seem like the same game but Pokémon emerald
is a bit better than the original sapphire and ruby.
On the graphics I gave it a 9
The game has some pretty ok graphics. I won't compare them to Nintendo DS
graphics because a Nintendo DS is a way better source. Other than that I think
the graphics are pretty ok. I don't know why but I can't play a game that has horrible
graphics on Game Boy Advance. I don't like them because on game boy advance
graphics are supposed to be more advance than most systems. That doesn't mean
the quality where the game looks like it has squares in it. Another reason I
like Pokémon Emerald it doesn't have that.
On the sound I gave it a okay 7
Reason because sound is sound it doesn't matter what it sounds like. I like
some of the songs on Pokémon emerald though. The seem rather soothing to me lol
I don't know why. I just really like some of the songs on the cities and towns
and some on the routes. They aren't half bad if you ask me and I really don't
get irritated from them. The sound doesn't matter to me much. I only have one
problem from when I play games. Whenever I listen to he sound on the game I can
play better. I am rather weird like that I don't know why.
On the addictiveness I gave it a 10 
To me
the game is very addictive and fun. When I first started it I didn't like it
very much but when I got close to the middle it was a really neat game. I love
it and I feel addicted. One time I lost my Pokémon emerald on the Game Boy
Advance and had a dream I found it. When I woke up I found it. It also happened
with my Pokémon fire red. I lost it from flipping and I dreamed on it and found
it. I was really
excited to play them when I got them back I vowed to not lose them again
and now I still have them to this day. I just don't play them much anymore.
On the story I gave it a 8
To me the story is kind of like addictiveness, so I give them both the same
grade. I really love the game a bunch and there isn't much explaining to this
part but saying it is really fun and addictive. I like it and used to play it
everyday. Now I just play it a lot on my laptop. I also have Pokémon ruby and
have to do the elite four on that. I really don't care much for it because I
have emerald though. And I didn't dream on it. So I don't care if I find it or
not. I like it though don't get me wrong. Well that's about it for this part of
it. But I do have something to say. I like how you take on 2 teams from the
game. Team aqua and team magma. They can sometimes be powerful though so watch
out and I don't mean the grunts.
On the dept I gave it a 7
because it a little big game fun yet a little challenging. This is also a
game of- well I just can't explain it. All I know is this game is not much big.
If you ask me this game is a lot smaller than big. This game is just kind of
hard to me to. It is a lot harder than Pokémon fire red. Also funner. I used to
love Pokémon fire red but they came out with a Pokémon on Game Boy Advance that
moves. This is a cool game and fun as well. I love this game. It is my favorite
Pokémon on Game Boy Advance too.
On the difficulty I put 6
This game is pretty easy in my mind but to other people it may not be. I
really like some easy games that are especially fun but I like games that are
rather like bring on the challenge. I am talking like the hack Pokémon game
Light platinum hard. They are the type of games I like.PokeMon emerald is still
by far my favorite though. I guess it is very easy because I beat it so many
times. I really can't blame it for being easy in this case. Well I will wrap
this review up now.
I hope
you like my review I put a bunch of effort into this and I will see you later.
Also A tip from me be careful when you make it to the aqua hideout. Those
portals you take are tricky reason because it takes you to master balls and you
could make a mistake and don't get them. So take a certain portal to get there
and the master ball is as good as yours. So that means be careful what you are
doing on that ship. This is just a tip from me. See you all later. One more thing to
When you get to beat the game and you want to catch the legendary Pokémon, talk
to some guy in a building before you get to Fortree city. That is all bye and see you all later.
  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.5/5     Submitted: 05-26-13     Review Replies: 2


9.7
Pokemon Emerald - Good Or Rubbish?   GamingMonkey
Pokémon Emerald is one of the most famous Pokémon games on the vizzed retro game room.
Let's see how good this really is.
Graphics 9 : When Pokémon Emerald came out, people must of been like "Awe-amazing!" because it was such a improvement from gen 1 and gen 2's graphics. They added more colour and more better Pokémon designs. All the sprites are improvements as well. I can't refuse to say the games graphics were good for it's time. I am sure people would agree with me about the graphics. Nobody, should ever say this was not a improvement from the other games. It had more colour and everyone knows why this was put on GBA, because this is a advance game for it's time.
Sound 10 : The sound was a huge improvement as well. Generation 3 had the best themes in the whole Pokémon franchise. You should look at the elite four's theme. It was a huge improvement, the sound was more of trumpets and took time to make. Most of the themes are very addicting to listen to. So yeah, this game had the best music. Everyone who has played through the game has to agree that the music was excellent.
Addictiveness 10 : This game is truly addicting, you will keep on trying to find rare Pokémon like trapinch and try to evolve them all the time. Fighting team Magma and team Aqua and foiling their evil plans are truly addicting, also the tag battles are fun, like when you fight with Steven, I am not saying who you fight though. You get to play through the game as Maxie (Team Magma) and Archie (Team Aqua) wage war against each other and you fight both of them as they spread trouble across Hoenn. For their own desires. There are like new Pokémon every route and they are from the old generations sometimes, so if you liked the old Generations, I suggest playing this.
What also makes it addictive are the Gym Leaders, most of them have something to do with the story and tell you something essential sometimes. You can also fight them again, they have stronger Pokémon so you can grind easily. So if you like addicting games, I suggest playing this.
Story 8 : Well, people always rate the story low, but I am not going to do so. This is about a kid leaving home, yes but he/she is from Johto and his/her dad is the gym leader there. He/she just wanted to live there until he encounters Prof.Birch getting chased by a zigzagoon. You take one of these following Pokémon, Treeko, Torchic and Mudkip. You beat up the zigzagoon with of the Pokémon and you start your journey. Then you encounter a Team Aqua goon while going to Rustboro City. He is trying to steal goods from a man. For a reason but not known. You save the man and he introduces you to Devon company, they give you a device to phone previously battled people. But this turns into war after taking a package to Steven Stone, the former champion. Then Team Aqua and Magma come and tries to take property from cities. Like submarines. And you foil their plans. But then you try and summon the legendaries Kyogre and Groudon. But then, this awakens Rayaquaza which stops the fight. Then you can capture them after the game. So yeah, a short summary of the story.
Depth 7 : This game takes quite a long time to finish. Not much to say about the depth though. It explores other islands and shows how islands were built and some places were built far from civilization but they are also civilized.
Difficulty 9 : I have given the difficulty 9 because some gym leaders, trainers and the elite four are hard. It depends on your type most of the times. The elite four are truly hard because they can have different move types. So the elite four are truly very hard and take long to beat.
So yeah, the game is not really easy as some of the other games (the original red and such.) The difficulty has became harder  passed the generations and this makes the game hard to nuzlocke compared to other games. Yet again, this generation was when the Nuzlocke was made. 
Overall 9.7 : I have gave the game 9.7 because it is probably the best Pokémon game in the whole franchise. So yeah, this is a awesome game in the Pokémon series.

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 7   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 07-06-13     Review Replies: 1


10
My Thoughts   bazboyd
The game was great and started my love of Pokémon.
Rating: 9 The graphics were excellent. They weren't all "3D" or anything but they were very high detailed for a GBA game.
Rating: 8 The sound was pretty good but sometimes it got annoying. Like when your fighting the elite four and your like "SHUT UP!" to the music. You know?
Rating: 10 I became addicted from the start. The game kept my mind occupied and calm.
Rating: 10 The storyline was awesome and interesting. You got to become the best while two teams named "Aqua" & "Magma" try to awaken ancient Pokémon.
Rating: 9 The depth was good. You tried to catch all the Pokémon & beat the elite four.
Rating: 4 The game was fairly easy. The hardest part is victory road & the elite four.
Overall I rate this game 10. I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a good time.
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 03-22-12     Updated: 03-22-12     Review Replies: 1


8.3
Pokemon Emerald   DittoDude44
-Pokemon Emerald- Review by DittoDude44-
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Pokemon Emerald is a game in which you go on a journey and catch pokemon, train them, and much more. The game was fantastically made, I noticed no glitches. If you play this on VBA (Visual Boy Advance), there is a lot of cheats for this game, as this game is very popular. The game itself is played on the GBA (Game Boy Advance). This game includes the Generation 3 pokemon, including the generation 1 and 2 ones after you beat the game, most of them being in the advanced Safari Zone. (Yes, the Safari Zone is better after you beat the game). My opinion on the game is that it is 'great' not 'awesome' or 'literally excellent'. The storyline itself, is very good. It includes 2 teams, Team Magma, and Team Aqua. Team Magma being the bad guys, and Team Aqua being the good guys, is a good part of the game. There is a lot of parts including the two teams. 
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  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 10-13-12     Updated: 04-16-13     Review Replies: 8


10
Justme's Pokemon Emerald Review   Justme
Well this is my first review I am making to inform you that in my opinion
Pokémon emerald is the fun nest Game Boy Advance game ever. I will be blunt
with you, this is a very fun game and I enjoyed beating this game 7 times. I
enjoyed every moment of playing this game and will be trying to beat it again.
I don't know why but I just find this game very amusing and fun. That is why I
am reviewing this game below. So stick around and read. Thank you for your
cooperation. Well here I go with the flow.
On the overall I gave it a 10
The reason being is because it is a awesome fun loving game. It is full of
adventure and wild crazy enemies. This is by far the finest most enthusiastic
game I ever seen. Well at least in Pokémon. I love how you take on 2 teams and
I love this generation of Pokémon. Not to mention that hoenn is my favorite
region of them all.  I also like the
Pokémon on that game. I know they seem like the same game but Pokémon emerald
is a bit better than the original sapphire and ruby.
On the graphics I gave it a 9
The game has some pretty ok graphics. I won't compare them to Nintendo DS
graphics because a Nintendo DS is a way better source. Other than that I think
the graphics are pretty ok. I don't know why but I can't play a game that has horrible
graphics on Game Boy Advance. I don't like them because on game boy advance
graphics are supposed to be more advance than most systems. That doesn't mean
the quality where the game looks like it has squares in it. Another reason I
like Pokémon Emerald it doesn't have that.
On the sound I gave it a neat 10
Reason because sound is sound it doesn't matter what it sounds like. I like
some of the songs on Pokémon emerald though. The seem rather soothing to me lol
I don't know why. I just really like some of the songs on the cities and towns
and some on the routes. They aren't half bad if you ask me and I really don't
get irritated from them. The sound doesn't matter to me much. I only have one
problem from when I play games. Whenever I listen to he sound on the game I can
play better. I am rather weird like that I don't know why.
On the addictiveness I gave it a 10 also
To me
the game is very addictive and fun. When I first started it I didn't like it
very much but when I got close to the middle it was a really neat game. I love
it and I feel addicted. One time I lost my Pokémon emerald on the Game Boy
Advance and had a dream I found it. When I woke up I found it. It also happened
with my Pokémon fire red. I lost it from flipping and I dreamed on it and found
it. I was really
excited to play them when I got them back I vowed to not lose them again
and now I still have them to this day. I just don't play them much anymore.
On the story I gave it a 10 also
To me the story is kind of like addictiveness, so I give them both the same
grade. I really love the game a bunch and there isn't much explaining to this
part but saying it is really fun and addictive. I like it and used to play it
everyday. Now I just play it a lot on my laptop. I also have Pokémon ruby and
have to do the elite four on that. I really don't care much for it because I
have emerald though. And I didn't dream on it. So I don't care if I find it or
not. I like it though don't get me wrong. Well that's about it for this part of
it. But I do have something to say. I like how you take on 2 teams from the
game. Team aqua and team magma. They can sometimes be powerful though so watch
out and I don't mean the grunts.
On the dept I gave it a 7
because it a little big game fun yet a little challenging. This is also a
game of- well I just can't explain it. All I know is this game is not much big.
If you ask me this game is a lot smaller than big. This game is just kind of
hard to me to. It is a lot harder than Pokémon fire red. Also funner. I used to
love Pokémon fire red but they came out with a Pokémon on Game Boy Advance that
moves. This is a cool game and fun as well. I love this game. It is my favorite
Pokémon on Game Boy Advance too.
On the difficulty I put 6
This game is pretty easy in my mind but to other people it may not be. I
really like some easy games that are especially fun but I like games that are
rather like bring on the challenge. I am talking like the hack Pokémon game
Light platinum hard. They are the type of games I like.PokeMon emerald is still
by far my favorite though. I guess it is very easy because I beat it so many
times. I really can't blame it for being easy in this case. Well I will wrap
this review up now.
I hope
you like my review I put a bunch of effort into this and I will see you later.
Also A tip from me be careful when you make it to the aqua hideout. Those
portals you take are tricky reason because it takes you to master balls and you
could make a mistake and don't get them. So take a certain portal to get there
and the master ball is as good as yours. So that means be careful what you are
doing on that ship. This is just a tip from me. See you all later. One more thing to
When you get to beat the game and you want to catch the legendary Pokémon, talk 
to some guy in a building before you get to Fortree city. That is all bye and see you all later.
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 05-03-13     Review Replies: 2


9.2
Just when you thought Pokemon couldn't be better...   mlb789
If you played the Ruby and Sapphire and thought that the generation of games could not get better, you were wrong.  Pokémon Emerald is Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire all over again, but with new legend's, the ability to get most of the Pokémon, and the Battle Frontier.  The main legendary in this game is Rayquaza, which is a flying-dragon Pokémon that keeps Kyogre and Groudon from fighting again, as they did many years ago.   Like most legend's, you have the opportunity to catch it before the elite four, which could help your team dramatically.  In Emerald, you can catch Pokémon that you can't usually catch in the other versions, as Seviper is only available in Sapphire, with Zangoose omitted from the game.  You can only not catch seven non-legend's in the game, creating a better chance to complete the Pokedex.  The Battle Frontier is also an interesting feature.  You have the ability to challenge non gym leaders to gain Battle Points, which can be exchanged for other items such as rare candies, which level up your Pokémon instantly.
Graphics:9.  The reason I gave Emerald a 9 is because it has very good graphics for a Game Boy Advance game,  but it is not the best graphics available to offer.  The sprites in this game are actually more recognizable than before, so you can tell if you have a Plusle or a Minun, two very similar but different Pokémon.
Sound:7.  The sound does not have much to offer, but it has differentiating music and is not a static sound.  Overall, quality, but not top notch sound.
Addictiveness:10.  You will not be able to stop playing after you start.  For some reason these little guys are just too awesome to put down.  Definitely an addicting game.
Story:9.  Offers the same story as Ruby and Sapphire, but adds a little more.  Overall, a very quality, but a little repetitive, story.
Depth:10.  This game never ends.  You can get all 386 Pokémon, beat the Elite Four a ton of times, and beat the Battle Frontier.  Need I say more?
Difficulty:7.  Takes a while to get the Pokémon, put isn't extremely hard to beat.
Overall:9.2.  Very good game.  I can never put it down, I just have to keep playing.  If you like Pokémon, you have to play this game.  It wraps both Ruby and Sapphire into one game, so it has to offer the best of both worlds.
  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 09-06-11     Review Replies: 0


9.5
Pokemon Emerald Review!   mehsk1ll
Overall - So, I just recently played through Emerald again! I've not completely gotten everything but I'm pretty close I suppose. Overall I've really enjoyed the game. Believe or not Emerald is one of the least liked Pokemon's!  Pokemon had falling out right before third Gen and well, bad initial reviews. But back to... me? I really wasn't able to stop playing this for the past couple days, not to mention it's one of the few games I'll actually listen to the soundtrack, if I've already played through. I also had a rag-tag team of random or just not good Pokemon and It was fairly difficult for me! xD
Graphics - Not much different from it's brother and sister, Ruby and Sapphire, although it was polished up a little bit and everything seemed to be running smoothly. I really can't say they're the most stellar graphics in the world, but for a gameboy game it's really nice looking!  As well as the animations, nice job in all!
Sound - I have always enjoyed the Pokemon soundtracks, and this is no different.  Usually if I play through a game more than once I turn the sound off and blast my own music. But this time I didn't; I sat down and listened to the game, not my music! As always Nintendo knows how to choose music and they did a phenomenal job once more! While listening to the music it draws you in to give you a better experience!
Addictiveness - Oh man, I almost didn't sleep!  I love RPG's personally and Pokemon is one of my favorites<3 There really isn't much I can say!
Story - Emerald has  a slightly different story than Ruby and Sapphire, instead of going after magma or aqua, you're going after both! Then you become acquainted with the third legendary (No spoilers, though that may already be too late). Also after  the main story and you beat the Pokemon league you have another place to visit, which makes Emerald slightly harder than it's counterparts! 
Depth - Emerald has quite a bit to offer! With a modified story and harder trainers, it's easy to get sucked into the gane! I also must say that it may take you a bit longer to finish the part of the game, which I am at, and it's obnoxiously hard!  (atleast with my team as stated before) As with the other games it brings in some Pokemon from the other region for you to catch and train, so that's a nice little addition! 
Difficulty - Even if you have the right team, you may still find a challenge within Emerald! The gym leaders have additional pokemon now that aren't pushovers! Then of course you have the rematches (that take forever and a day to happen) which can be challenging as well. Then the final stretch of the game is excessively difficult, so for once, we have a challenging Pokemon game!
To wrap this up, Emerald has just about everything that was missing from a traditional Pokemon game, I would really recommend this to any Pokemon game! I really hope this got you to play this game and if not well.. Sorry!

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 8   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 07-25-12     Review Replies: 0


9.8
Pokemon Emerald   marcus047
Pokémon Emerald is the 3rd installment of the Pokémon franchise for the Game Boy Advanced handheld system/platform. It is the 10th game in the entire Pokémon  franchise(10th game for Japan, 9th Pokémon game for America). This game takes place in the new Hoenn region, with all new generation 3 Pokémon in it. This game has tons of tough challenges that pushes your abilities as a Pokémon trainer to your limits, and have you practically  have to have Pokémon's levels  in the higher 60's, low 50's to fully enjoy this game. It has brand new and quite frankly a lot of legendary Pokémon in it( there's 8 legendary Pokémon), which is a lot judging from it's previous games in the franchise. It has all new features you can do after the elite 4, like take on the ultimate test for trainers, the Battle Frontier! Welcome all to The Game Boy Advances, if not the best game, then one of the best games that sold/came out for the Game Boy Advanced Platform Pokémon Emerald Version.
Graphics: Well to put it simply the games graphics were the best for its time. The trainers are fully detailed, the landscape and areas have amazing high quality color resolution, The water/sea has by far the greatest graphics/programming put into them, you can see reflections of people and the sky(clouds). The rain and the dry droughts(weather effects) were a nice touch/addition to the game, it made it feel 100 times more realistic. Also the cut scene when Rayquaza comes down from the sky and stops the epic battle between Kyogore and Groundon, had the most descriptive details and design. So for the graphics I gave the game a 10 out of 10.
Sound: the sound track for this game is the same as Pokémon Sapphire and Ruby, I doesn't noticeably change till you get to the Battle Frontier part in the game. The Pokémon battle cries are way more clearer and easier to tell them apart, and the regular town to town music isn't bad, I kinda enjoyed it time to time, so for sound I gave this game a 10 out of 10.
Addictiveness: I have played this game countless times over and over again because of it's story, and difficulty. Raising Pokémon and training them was a lot more challenging then what you would think from a Pokémon game which ended up having me stay up hours after hours just for training and preparing to take on challenges, so for addictiveness I gave this game a 10 out of 10.
Story: the story goes like this, You have just started your Pokémon journey off by helping a defenseless Pokémon professor fend off a wild Pokémon, so he gives you the Pokémon you defended him with  as a reward for helping him out. Not soon after that you discover he has a daughter named May or a boy named Brandon who has also just started his/her Pokémon journey.Little do you know, two new Pokémon crime syndicate's lurk in the shadow's and have emerged and are on the rise in the Hoenn region and are trying to reawaken and abuse the earth shattering power of the 2 elemental legendary Pokémon , to recreate/shape the Pokémon world in there own twisted and demented image and only you have the skills to stop them. So for the story I gave the game a 10 out of 10.
Depth: well I honestly don't even know where to start, this game is huge and quite lengthy.It has a all new add on feature for you to do after the elite four called battle Frontier where you earn silver symbols, and with all the legendary Pokémon in this game, between beating the frontier and catching the legendary Pokémon   this game takes a while to beat, an estimated time to beat in my opinion would be 4-5 weeks, one month without screen slot save and speed button.So for depth I gave this game a 10 out of 10.
Difficulty: Fist off the elite four is unlike any thing that came from previous games in the franchise, with Pokémon Hoenn league champion Wallace at its head, its very difficult. The Battle Frontier is a island in the game where it has 7 battle facility's which specializes in certain Pokémon battling tactics. It provides gamers with a very extremely hard challenge, between the A.I. System which virtually sets you up for failure, plus you have to beat trainers straight in a row multiple/consecutive times in order for the Battle frontier Brains(which are leaders in the 7 different battle facility's) to come out so you can battle them for the silver symbols. The A.I. Has had a striking difficulty upgrade in this so be forewarned its no cake walk/easy challenge. So for difficulty I gave a 8 out of 10 because although the A.I was updated it still makes easy mistakes which you can overcome with type advantage.
Overall: Overall I gave this game a 9.8 out of 10, because it was good, the story is well thought out , and it has decent dialog in it. My only complaints about it is I think you should be able to enter the safari zone with out the pokeblock case, and I feel as tho the rival could have been more of a challenge. I recommend this game to anyone who want's a well thought out plot/story to play through and beat, and also anyone who's wants to play a Pokémon game with a real challenge that actually takes time and effort to beat.
 
  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.4/5     Submitted: 03-15-13     Updated: 03-15-13     Review Replies: 4


10
Pokemon Emerald   dragon111
This is actually a game I know a lot. Iv beat this 5 times and still is working on number 6. Pokémon Emerald by far is really my favorite game boy advance Pokémon game. It does take some time to beat it if your are not all rushing on it. But you could really enjoy this game from playing it. I really love this game is because you face off with two teams team aqua of the ocean and team magma of the volcano. There goals were to get the blue and red orbs to awaken the 2 legendary Pokémon groudon and kyogre. The world with come to an end in water from there fight and you will have to go to the sky pillar to get help from raquaza. In that time raquaza will appear stop the fight and everything will be back to normal then you can finish your journey and become the champion. Honestly in my opinion the game is really good Iv made this review so you could see it and hopefully play this wonderful game.
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 03-05-13     Review Replies: 7


9.5
Pokemon Emerald Review!   mehsk1ll
Overall - So, I just recently played through Emerald again! I've not completely gotten everything but I'm pretty close I suppose. Overall I've really enjoyed the game. Believe or not Emerald is one of the least liked Pokemon's!  Pokemon had falling out right before third Gen and well, bad initial reviews. But back to... me? I really wasn't able to stop playing this for the past couple days, not to mention it's one of the few games I'll actually listen to the soundtrack, if I've already played through. I also had a rag-tag team of random or just not good Pokemon and It was fairly difficult for me! xD
Graphics - Not much different from it's brother and sister, Ruby and Sapphire, although it was polished up a little bit and everything seemed to be running smoothly. I really can't say they're the most stellar graphics in the world, but for a gameboy game it's really nice looking!  As well as the animations, nice job in all!
Sound - I have always enjoyed the Pokemon soundtracks, and this is no different.  Usually if I play through a game more than once I turn the sound off and blast my own music. But this time I didn't; I sat down and listened to the game, not my music! As always Nintendo knows how to choose music and they did a phenomenal job once more! While listening to the music it draws you in to give you a better experience!
Addictiveness - Oh man, I almost didn't sleep!  I love RPG's personally and Pokemon is one of my favorites<3 There really isn't much I can say!
Story - Emerald has  a slightly different story than Ruby and Sapphire, instead of going after magma or aqua, you're going after both! Then you become acquainted with the third legendary (No spoilers, though that may already be too late). Also after  the main story and you beat the Pokemon league you have another place to visit, which makes Emerald slightly harder than it's counterparts! 
Depth - Emerald has quite a bit to offer! With a modified story and harder trainers, it's easy to get sucked into the gane! I also must say that it may take you a bit longer to finish the part of the game, which I am at, and it's obnoxiously hard!  (atleast with my team as stated before) As with the other games it brings in some Pokemon from the other region for you to catch and train, so that's a nice little addition! 
Difficulty - Even if you have the right team, you may still find a challenge within Emerald! The gym leaders have additional pokemon now that aren't pushovers! Then of course you have the rematches (that take forever and a day to happen) which can be challenging as well. Then the final stretch of the game is excessively difficult, so for once, we have a challenging Pokemon game!
To wrap this up, Emerald has just about everything that was missing from a traditional Pokemon game, I would really recommend this to any Pokemon game! I really hope this got you to play this game and if not well.. Sorry!

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 8   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 07-25-12     Review Replies: 0


9.9
Give me my 'Emerald!"   Kyle!
OK, having only played a couple playthroughs for Pokemon Emerald, I am confident enough to write a review for this magnificent GBA (GameBoyAdvance) Pokemon game. This game had many twists and turns, first-time-players having to spend countless  hours trying to figure out how to get 'Team Plasma' to interact with them- like making those pesky 'Whailmer' move at Lilycove Bay. The game over all was ratted 9.9 by me because it was a game where we remember those battles in the Battle Tower, the Elite Four, from the first gym leader-to the eighth leader. This game however contained things that I somewhat hated, yet liked-like the 'Team Plasma' interaction moments in the game left me annoyed the first time, but the second or third playthrough made it fun having to have a Pokemon with "Fly," or "Teleport" so you can do things to continue the main storyline. The depth and story were great, and it was very addictive spending time fighting other trainers in a route that's almost-equal-level to your Pokemon. The sound was a little off, aside from the fact that  first playthrough was on GBA, but my third was on the "RetroGameRoom" (RGR) . Overall, a great game, on the RGR I found little problems in this game. Have fun!!!
  Graphics 10   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 05-05-12     Review Replies: 2


7.8
Yeah, I'm Not a Big Fan of Hoenn, But It's an Okay Pokemon Game in my Book.   acam
This game is actually one of my least favorite in the Pokemon series. I find that the main problems are the game's lack of time-based features, as well as its lack of postgame activities and sidequests compared to other games. Anyway, onto the review...
Graphics score a 9 because considering that these are GBA graphics, everything looks very pollished. Not to mention the facts that the developers of this game bring back the animated frontal sprites, an idea fron Generation II, they also included moving back sprites for the first time. Sound is a9 due to its well-composed, albeit drum-heavy music. By the way, did you know that there are really only 37 different Pokemon cries? In truth, those are altered to fill in the rest of the slots. Addictiveness gets a perfect score because despite what I have said about it, the game still has hours of adventuring to be accomplished in the one cartridge. Story gets a 7 due to my belief that the story is more of a copy of past stories. I will say that the two-team story is a new thing. Ithink that I have already justified why I give Depth a 7. Difficulty is a 5 due to the game's nature as one with escalating difficulty.
  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 7   Depth 7   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3.3/5     Submitted: 08-04-12     Updated: 08-04-12     Review Replies: 1


7.2
Silver's Thoughts: Pokemon Emerald   SilverMaestro
  Pokémon Emerald is a game with some ups and downs, and it made it harder to get into the game since I had previously played and beat Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.  The game had some cool additions like the extended Pokedex and post Pokémon League, you were able to take part in various battle simulators like the battle tower.
The Graphics aren't improved at all from it's predecessor, but for a gameboy it is average, regardless of the entire game being sprites.
The Sound is the same as it's predecessor as well, but I personally am a big fan of the simplicity of music in Pokémon games...cool.
The addictiveness... well, we are talking about Pokémon!  It's addictiveness it very, very high because it takes so long to make a beast that obliterates everything, ya know?
The Story is simple and poorly written, but that seems to be a requirement of most Pokémon games, so I won't hold it against this game.
The depth of this game is not very deep, but there are a few side stories like  going to the battle area, and the Regi quest; as well as capturing Groudon and Kyogre post Pokémon League, so the game has a fair amount of depthy content, it's just that being the kind of game it is, its not like it has a super awesome story or anything, so the depth generally isn't very much better.
Pokémon Emerald can be difficult at times, but the game for the most part directs you where you need to go so it's not hard... just slightly irritating.
So that's what I think about Pokémon Emerald, actually putting aside the fact that this is a Pokémon game, there are not a whole lot of fantastic points about the game, but it is an addicting game with all the proper mechanics of a Pokémon game.  IF you for some reason haven't played Pokémon Emerald (assuming your a Pokémon fan), then I recommend that you play it... it is here you know (for free!).

  Graphics 7   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Story 4   Depth 6   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 3.1/5     Submitted: 10-24-10     Updated: 05-08-12     Review Replies: 0


10
awesomeness in a game cartridge   ender44
I can play this game backwards and forwards, at the same time. The simple reason is, it is a fantastic game, the second best of the series, behind Pokémon crystal, in my opinion. This game has new friends, enemies with actual depth (take that team rocket) and legendary who are important to the story. This introduced team aqua and magma, two teams with opposite goals but one true destination, destroying the world so their Pokémon king can rule. You of course, being a fresh new ten year old trainer, must save the world (doesn't this place have police or military?) You must now, dive into the wide world of Pokémon and defeat the new faces of evil> good luck
  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 7   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3.1/5     Submitted: 10-22-12     Review Replies: 0


9
Review 2 Pokemon Emerald   mike345
Pokemon Emerald is one of my favorite Pokemon games mostly because of the end when you beat the Elite 4 and more Pokemon are included and you get to choose which on to catch Latios or Latias
GRAPHICS
The graphics in the game are great especially when playing an opponent. I wouldn't give is a perfect 10 because of some of the glitches but still the graphics are really good.
ADDICTIVENESS
There are times when I'm really addicted to Pokemon Emerald but there are also times after beating the Elite 4 your just not into Pokemon that much.
STORY
The story line is great and it's much longer than the story line of Pokemon Sapphire and Pokemon Ruby. Because Both of the enemy teams are in one game which makes the story bigger.
DIFFICULTY
The difficulty in the game isn't that hard but there are times when you need to catch a rare Pokemon with an Ultra ball if you've already used your Master ball. There are also Gym leaders that some people are stuck on and I was also stuck on, also the Elite 4 seems difficult to some people.
OVERALL
Over all I thought the game was great and I think Game Freak did a pretty good job in making this game.
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 6   Story 9   Depth 7   Difficulty 9

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 08-21-11     Review Replies: 0


9.1
Pokemon Fans rejoice!   Dragoon Sword88
Pokémon: Emerald Version is a game where you can explore the Hoenn Region, and all it's wonders including the Pokémon League (Which I know is in every one of the Pokémon Version games) also the Battle Frontier (Which is similar to the Battle Tower in Pokémon: Crystal Version but has more facilities). I can say that Pokémon Emerald version is a fun game to play especially for those Pokémon fans. One of the amazing features in this game is the PokeNav (Pokémon navigator) which allows you to see a map of Hoenn, and to challenge Trainers to a rematch that you've beaten before. The Pokémon Contests are also a nice feature which allows people to show off their Pokémon (besides battling of course) these Contests also allow you to team up with friends for even more fun. So Pokémon Emerald has very interesting features to keep people playing it. So if you like Pokémon than this is the game for you.
  Graphics 8   Sound 7   Addictive 8   Story 7   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 04-14-12     Review Replies: 3


9.9
Pokemon Emerald   PokemonMaster121
Pokemon Emerald takes everyone back in the good old days when you played Pokemon red/blue and continued all the way to the Hoenn region.
Overall 9.9 One of the best games that came from my childhood. It was like beast the champion then off to the battle frontier. Well it wasn't like that when i was little and for you guys to.
It was beat leaders then of to champion and trying to beat the champion over and over again. This game was amazing with everything and possibly the best GBA game made.
Graphics 8 Well we all know that the graphics were just like Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen. Well for both games they were pretty cool. But what the Pokemon series gives us to this day is UNBEATABLE!
Sound 10 The music in this game is catchy because i remember me always humming the song from Littleroot town to Battle Frontier. Nothing can beat the themes for the Pokemon games.
Addictiveness 10 Every single Pokmemon game has to be fun so why can't this one be. It's fun when you get to start with your starter (mine was MUDKIP) and this is the only Pokemon game you get two enemy's and we know who those are TEAM MAGMA and TEAM AQUA and i forgot twice the evil, twice the fun!
Story 10 It's like every great Pokemon game. You start with a starter and start your adventure to beat the bad guys and claiming all the badges and becoming the champion. Nothing is better then always doing this at the start of a journey even if your a boy or a girl.
Depth 10 The story does have a lot to offer but every Pokemon game should always get a 10 in Depth since it takes time to beat the game and it's not as easy as 123,ABC.
Difficulty 6 It's not really hard but every game and i'm not just talking about Pokemon i mean every game is hard but Pokemon games can be easy at time to time.
I will always remember Pokemon Emerald till I die. But for right now i will treasure these moments and as i write i'm playing the game!

  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 11-18-13     Review Replies: 0


9
Sister Game Smash   Acemonman
Pokémon Emerald- Pokémon is known for it's addictive game play. Nintendo usually releases 2 Pokémon games at a time, Each similar but with different Pokémon you can catch in each, so you can get involved with your friend to get Pokémon from the other game.Usualily about a year and a have later, Nintendo releases a "Sister" game, featuring added Content. Pokémon Emerald is Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire's Sister game, and a good one at that.
GRAPHICS-- Outside of Pokémon battle, they're nothing spectacular. They're Pokémon's standards and the GBAs limits. But in battle, they're a GBA Greatness, With every move having it's own animation. Little things such as that show that Game Freak really tried to improve upon Ruby, Sapphire, Gold and Silver. The 2 Frames for a Pokémon when they enter battle tells you that you didn't go wrong with this game, As it TELLS you the game's superior to it's Ruby and Sapphire predecessors.
SOUND-- I was surprised to find that a lot of different areas had different music, as before, with a few notable exceptions, Cough Lavender Town Cough, Pokémon was pretty lax about putting different music in for different places.
 
ADDICTIVENESS-- All Pokémon games are notoriously addictive. Your drive for improvement makes you come back for more very often for making your team the best in the Hoenn region.
Story-- Finally we have a story that isn't simply just - 1. Catch the Pokémon- 2. Be the best! 3... Beat Team Rocket.
It's not like that. We have a story about a kid who's trying to save his home region from either being covered in water or magma, with the evil teams who are trying to do so battle each other and awaken Pokémon of mass destruction. I won't spoil the ending for you, but the end is pretty satisfying.
DEPTH-- Each Sister game adds more to the table, so you have a amazing and long adventure for you, with a long main story and post-game fun that results in it taking you a while to truly get everything in the game, which always feels satisfactory.
DIFFICULTY-- Pokémon is VERY easy in terms of controls. In terms of Battles, However, It's a whole nother story. In each Pokémon game you travel around battling "Pokémon Gyms". There's 8 in total and in my opinion these gyms were the hardest in the series, but still beatable by a long-shot.
CONCLUSION-- A content filled Pokémon jamboree that leaves you hungry for the next game in the series, and lucky for you there's many other equally addictive Pokémon-filled games, with some being better than Emerald. So, if you weren't into Pokémon, I hope you are now.This has been Acemonman signing out.

  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 11-27-12     Updated: 11-27-12     Review Replies: 3


9.5
Pokemon Emerald Review   Marcmoney
Pokemon Emerald was probably the first game I ever owned in real life. When I played it, it was better than Sapphire and Ruby. Pokemon Emerald is a great game to play, it is a new generation of new Pokemon's to play with. :) I started to get addicted playing this game because of the long adventure and the leveling up. :P Get this game, I highly recommend it. If you are a Pokemon fan, you will definitely love this game. Whats fun about Pokemon Emerald is that you can get the rare green Pokemon and another one either the blue or red Pokemon. Also, the rare dragon Pokemon's that is red and blue, you get to choose either one of them. This makes the game killer fun. :)
  Graphics 8   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 05-22-11     Review Replies: 0


9.7
Pokemon Emerald is awesome   caleb9127
Game is cool
  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 08-15-15     Updated: 07-07-21     Review Replies: 0


9
Pretty good game.   poopadooper
Okay Third time's the charm ( I am a third child so of course it's true) My review today will be Pokémon Emerald a game that introduced great new Pokémon. Re playability, interesting characters  and above all else great graphics lets break it down.
overall: 9 Like I said up there great game. This is my second favorite handheld Pokémon game ( NO I don't like 5 or 6th Gen just because they aren't original in the sense like Pokémon yellow or emerald )
Graphics: 10  When I first played this game and saw all the new sprites I admit, I was completely blown away by how great they looked. I mean some games surpass these sprites easily (FF I&II dawn of souls I'm looking at you) but for a Pokémon games these were a real improvement. I know Fire red and Leaf green were on their way but Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald is where the sprites really hit home for me. These are still some of the best sprites in my opinion.
Sound: 8   I do not enjoy this music as much as say Fire red/Leaf green (All them references) just because some of the music didn't fit the town like Rustboro I think deserves a somewhat more erratic music taste so it's a bit catchier but it wasn't at all bad just not as good as it could be. Not emeralds strongest point but not the weakest either.
Addictiveness: 9    This game is Really addictive in my opinion. With all the new Pokémon, coming back and fighting the elite four with a different team is what gives Pokémon games their re playability. There are roughly 2100 different combinations to choose from. That'll log some major time and effort into this game.
Story:10    This is where the game really captures my heart. The dual antagonists in this game really set this Pokémon game apart from the rest. The main difference in this is the two major gangs: Team aqua and Team magma both usually wielding poochenyas or mightenyas (sorry if i misspell its 11:00 at night. The things i do for my fans) or sabot and golbats (depends on how far you are in game) Now what proves they are different are Team Aqua has caravanas and Sharpedos   and team Magma has numels and Camelrupts. 
Depth:10    Since this is the first Game boy advance I've reviewed let me start by saying how much i love the Game Boy advance. The game boy advanced was the first handheld that let games expand in both color and size. The color capabilities far surpassed the Game boy color. As did the processing of the handhelds. These games could now handle larger processing power while at the same time reducing the size of the actual cartridge. This made (as I've said before) the game larger therefore giving more to do therefore giving it more depth as a game.
Difficulty: 7     While excelling in every other aspect the difficulty of this game fell a little flat it doesn't challenge me in any form, shape, or fashion. But i give it a 7 because i do know people who do have trouble with this game. It isn't Kansas that's for sure. I mean the psychic type gym leaders were difficult because i didn't prepare for them.
In conclusion. Another great game by game freak (GIMME 3DS REMAKE OF HOENN AND I WILL BE A HAPPY POKEMAN FAN) Worth playing definitely
  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 9   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 04-01-14     Review Replies: 14


8.8
Pokemon Emerald Review!   DaFlame12
Graphics- 10
For a game released in 2005, this game has some KILLER graphics. Probably one of the best graphics for a Game Boy Advance game. Better than ANY Game Boy or Game Boy Color game. And probably the best Pokemon graphics to the time this game was released.
Sound- 9
In my opinion, the music is better than about any other Pokemon game. Maybe not the BEST, but definitely up there very high. If you don't like the default, you can switch between stereo and mono.
Addictiveness- 9
Whenever I play this game, I play it for hours! Not as long as I play Pokemon Fire Red for in a sitting, or in total, but still very addicting. If you haven't tried this game yet, give it a try! You'll get hooked in the blink of an eye.
Story- 9
Although a very similar story to Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, (both released in 2003), the story is basically still original. Even with a few changed details, it can easily be considered brand new and original. Introduced in Ruby and Sapphire, this game is in the Hoenn region. The Pokedex gets boosted from 151 in Kanto, to 251 in Johto, and now 386 in Hoenn. (As of this post there is 649, soon to be over 700.)
Depth- 10
There are a total of 15 cities/towns in Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald (Littleroot Town, Oldale Town, Petalburg City, et cetera), a few points of interest, 34 routes (101 through 134, if you don't believe me, count fingers), 8 gyms, new gym leaders different from Kanto and Johto, a new elite four (Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia and Drake), and much more new things and upgrades from Ruby, Sapphire and other past games.
Difficulty- 6
Like other Pokemon games, Pokemon Emerald is not that hard. The hardest in about every game is catching all the legendaries and beating the elite four multiple times.
Overall- 8.8
A total score of the game gotten by adding the other scores (in this case, ten, nine, nine, nine again, ten and six) and dividing them by the amount of numbers there are, in this case, obviously six. It's a little below what I'd choose to rate it, but oh well. A rating is a rating.
Tips:
No matter how hard you try, you cannot get all the Pokemon in this game without cheating and trading. You can in a hack of this game, Pokemon Emerald 386, though.
The elite four is very hard, so bring a lot of max potions, full heals (or combine the two with full restores), max revives, and anything you think will be sufficient.
  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 07-02-13     Updated: 07-02-13     Review Replies: 15


9
General OFG's pokemon emerald review   General OFG
Yes this is a Pokemon emerald review one of the best GBA games of all time and it's still in really good shape. I can play this game any time any day and it's really fun too. I can give 6 good reasons why this game is so good and why you should play it.
When I look at the graphics it amazes me how far the game has come from the older series. The graphics are pretty good and it just makes you want to play more it has beautiful sprites textures colors backgrounds everything is good. Although there where some GBA games that had better graphics this game still has a beautiful scenario. Another thing that makes this games graphics amazing are the cut scene where Groudon and Kyogre fight i think that looks amazing for a GBA Pokemon game and it's still amazing to today's standards and i cant wait what it will look like in the remakes of this game.
When somebody asks me what is my favorite game music is I say it's Pokemon emerald why? Well it's because of the beautiful music you hear when you are traveling through the vast lands and battling other people i can say it's one of the best sound tracks for gaming. This game has amazing sound effects going through a storm a battle every thing makes this game amazing so that is why it makes the top spot.
I can never stop playing this game sometimes because of it's addictiveness it's really fun to explore,battle etc. But what makes this game good is the system link battle and trading i would always bring my GBA to school or my friends house just to trade pokemon or battle. This game is really addictive and fun so it deserves a play.
The story for this game is the same as all games it's a 10 year old boy trying to become a Pokemon trainer to become the very best and beating the elite four. But this game is a little changed up because you have 2 rivals 2 enemy teams which you figure out they are not actually bad. Also this game has more lovable characters like your 2 rivals your dad and more. More characters have a back story in this game which makes it better then the older gen games because of the depth which we are going to get into soon here.
So the depth the game longer than the older games the region is bigger gyms are less common and slightly harder in some cases. The elite four is also harder. This game would take you about a week to beat if you play it every day for me it took me 2 and a half weeks and I found some challenges too which makes the game of course longer. I found no problem with the depth because they added everything i wanted upset exploring different regions.
Now we are at our last point which of course is the difficulty of the game i find all the Pokemon games fairly easy but this game brings it to a new level. The gym leaders in this game have more of a challenge and the elite four is really hard. I find having more rivals, harder gym leaders, and 2 enemy teams a challenge sometimes but that makes the game good from the others it give you more play time and more of a challenge. 
So this was my review for Pokemon emerald i find this game to be the best in the series right next to gold and silver but I will get into that a different time
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 9   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 06-30-14     Review Replies: 2


10
Flying snakes?   Furret
Hey gamers! Today I’ll be looking at a game that I’ve probably gone back and played the most amount of times of any Pokemon game, Pokemon Emerald.
Pokemon Emerald was the last main series Pokemon game released for Generation 3, and the last one released for its console, the Game By Advance. It came out in September of 2004 and followed Crystal’s example of being a third enhanced version to Ruby and Sapphire.
Graphics - 8/10
The graphics were very clean for their time and console. Every texture felt alive, I’m shocked certain locations like Meteor Falls originated from the GBA, they’re just so pretty. Some character designs also got redone a bit, like Brendan and May utilizing more green in their design than their Ruby and Sapphire counterparts.
There’s a reason why so many rom hacks and fan made games use the Emerald textures as a base. They look great, aren’t too heavy on the game making them the perfect base. You can always add on to them, of course, but Emerald is king when it comes to this.
Character design is phenomenal. Hoenn has some of my favorite characters designs in Pokemon like Flannery, Drake, and Wallace. In fact there are very few designs in this game i don’t like. Maybe people like Brawly and Wally, if I had to name any, though they look better in the Gen 6 remakes.
Pokemon designs are on point. A huge amount of fantastic designs. All three starters look great, cool Pokemon like Aggron and Salamence dominate the Pokedex, with cute ones like Altaria complimenting them very well. There are of course a few, uh, exceptions (Volbeat for example) but they don’t bring the dex down at all. Also, this game continued Crystal’s tradition of making each Pokemon have their own battle animation when sent out of the Pokeball which is awesome.
Sound - 10/10
The Hoenn soundtrack is one of the more divisive ones lately I’ve noticed. You have people saying they’re amazing (I’m on this team), while others say it’s the most overrated one. I don’t know, I just find the horns used in the OST magical. Completely different to what we’re used to from Gen 1 and Gen 2, and I like that they took a risk of change here. I can just picture myself playing through the game and enjoying the accompanying music along the way.
Oh and let’s not even talk about tracks like the Abandoned Ship or Mt Pyre Exterior, truly masterpieces in the franchise. That Elite Four theme smacks as well.
Depth - 10/10
Pokemon games are usually a bit notorious for their lack of depth. Well, not this one. Pokemon Emerald, more than any other Pokemon game save maybe Platinum, has so much to offer post game. There are a few places you can now explore, there are some tough fights with the likes of Steven Stone that you can now attempt to beat, and of course, who can forget the Battle Frontier. The Battle Frontier is the single best post game content we have ever had, and it’s such a shame that it hasn’t come back after gen 4. Even worse is the fact that they keep teasing its return, like come on GameFreak.
To gain all golden emblems and beat all the frontier brains can take dozens of hours or even days. And the facilities are different enough that you never get bored of them either.
Story - 8/10
Emerald really enhanced the somewhat lacking Ruby and Sapphire story. Instead of following suit but with Rayquaza as the legendary instead, they chose to go wild and have both evil teams and legendaries from RUby and Sapphire go after each other. This leads to one of the greatest cutscenes ever made for Pokemon.
Throughout the game you often find yourself flipping from helping team Magma to helping team Aqua, and Archie and Maxie are way more complex of villains than Giovanni was, or even their previous selves were. For Pokemon I found the story perfect. It doesn’t go out of its way to be overly dramatic, it just flows nice and has a great ending.
Addictiveness - 10/10
Emerald, like I said, is the game I go back to the most of any Pokemon game. It single handedly made me fall in love with Gen 3, as I was never a RUby and Sapphire fan. Everything I’ve talked about up until here has been perfect, the game is so much fun to play through. It’s also perfect for challenge runs like nuzlockes. No parts of the game had weird level gaps, it just flowed nicely which meant you never really have to grind for too long to continue.
Oh and the Battle Frontier is so much fun. New players always say it’s an overrated feature and we have a Battle Tree or Tower or whatever now, but it’s just not the same. The creative Frontier design and feeling will always be a fond memory of mine.
Difficulty - 8/10
Emerald isn’t the most difficult Pokemon game out there, but it’s by far not the easiest. There are some commonly recognized difficult battles (Flannery, Norman, Winona, Tate & Liza) as well as an above average elite four in my eyes. It provides a good challenge but is never too unfair, which makes it get an 8 from me.
Overall - 9/10
A score well deserved. Pokemon Emerald is the first game I ever even played here on Vizzed, so I actually have it to thank for me being where I am now. It has perfect replay ability and doesn’t take too long to complete, unless you’re aiming for all gold symbols lmao
Thanks Pokemon Emerald for all the good memories. I hate Plusle and Minun and the move Spark.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 10   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 3/5     Submitted: 01-15-20     Review Replies: 2


9.4
pokemon? I'll pass...   bsnowotter
Ignore the point scores I chose them at random to vex you. 
Pokemon is a neat idea that combines the leveling up of dragon warrior with the collecting of stuff from... um.. baseball cards.  Where can you go wrong? 
I will tell you where!  Pokemon is an insult to gaming in several ways.  By relying on the baseball card collecting and the leveling up of tons of characters, the pokemon franchise has subtituted addictive nonsense for actual innovation, storytelling, or interesting gameplay. 
Don't get me started on the dull turn-based gameplay of the final fantasy series, but at least that tries to tell an interesting story (old wizards committing suicide to get revenge on the arch villain who killed his daughter, twin child wizards who commit suicide to turn to stone to save their friends, wizards who get sucked up by a leviathan, age a bunch and return unexpectedly when you thought they were dead, basically the final fantasy series at least had wizards doing a bunch of freaky stuff). 
The pokemon series is a transparent attempt to throw not only gameplay but also storytelling out the window and to rely on cliched anime nonsense, pointless leveling-up grinding and cute poke characters and the inexplicable desire of youngsters to collect things to get young people to ask their parents to spend money on what barely can be called a game at all.  it would be better to call the latest poke-sequel a rehashed version of something that was not a game to begin with, it's a calculated appeal to get people gaming whose thumbs and minds are not coordinated enough to want challenging gameplay nor interesting plot.  Let the pokemon fan-fiction begin, i am hoping for a romance between ash and team rocket and then we can have a cosplay after and attend comic con.  :P
  Graphics 5   Sound 9   Addictive 7   Story 5   Depth 3   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 2.9/5     Submitted: 12-23-12     Review Replies: 2


10
ALL. HAIL. THE. REDEEMER.   KittenJen
All. Hail. The. Redeemer. This Pokémon game was one that I've always loved, in fact at one point I owned three of this game and had no idea how. I found myself playing this game for hours and hours on end after I first bought it and didn't see myself stopping anytime soon. While this game wasn't much of a challenge for me, I still found it extremely addictive. Those Summer days of breaks between business I found myself playing this game and every time I played it was like the first. What this game lacks in difficulty, it more than makes up for with the extra features. Random scattered battle tents taking the place of the contest halls, I admit, did have me skeptical at first, especially since I'm really a contest person. But after I realized the contests were put into one place in Lilycove, it did slightly ruin the authenticity of travelling Pokémon Contest competitions, but it also provided convenience since you didn't need to fly from town to town just to enter another rank(Or worse if you didn't have fly yet, having to walk from town to town just to participate in other ranks).
The Battle Tents were an interesting edition. I loved how each one had a different condition to it and I especially enjoyed the one in Verdenturf town (If I'm not mistaken) where it was mainly up to your Pokémon to choose which move to use. It made you realize friendship level and training really does mean something more than a level up or evolution requirement.
Graphics I have to say were an amazing improvement. I love the graphics on buildings and in towns, or in case anyone had noticed, in games like Fire Red, Leaf Green, Blue, Yellow, Etc. The details in the faces of opposing trainers left alot to be desired. The adorable little dance a Pokémon does when being released into battle is actually a feature I like looking for in Pokémon games ever since the release of Emerald. The water graphics are also commendable, I love how the water along shorelines bubbles or how your footprints stay in the sand for a bit.
Sound wise, I think this game was interesting. I would notice the cries of Pokémon in the background of a cave or forest and it really gave the game an interesting factor. Sometimes I would stand still in the middle of a cave or forest just to hear what Pokémon cries out in the background.
Story wise I think this followed the traditional Pokémon story pretty well. But I love how Legendaries actually come into play more. In previous games the Legendaries were there for the catching, but there wasn't much of a story revolving around them. Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno were just there to be caught, Suicune(Played a slightly bigger part), Raikou, and Entei were roamers and Ho-Oh and Lugia were just there in their respective places. However, in this game, You get to see a new story of the Legends. Kyogre and Groudon's battle brought to life right in front of the hero and the search for the Legendary Raquaza, A favorite. Then in addition, as a Post-game story you have the Battle Frontier which I found an exceptionally exciting piece. The Battle Frontier was that Personal Quest in a way that made me want to catch and raise more Pokémon so that I could have more of a variety in challenging the different attractions. (My favorite being the Battle Pike)
Difficulty, not so much. This game isn't the least bit difficult for me, more so than it is a patience game like other Pokémon Games. Many people tend to confuse frustration with patience and difficulty. (No offense to any of you that are impatient xD Cause I'm impatient too)
All in all I think this is a very interesting, fun, well-made, and addicting game that I can't seem to put down. =D
  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 2.9/5     Submitted: 09-28-12     Review Replies: 0


9
Pokemon Emerald   Joey W
Hello, I am Joey W and this is my first ever review! I have been a big Pok?mon fan since I was young. My first region was Hoenn through Pok?mon Ruby. I have beaten Emerald countless amount of times and it never really gets too old. With that background information, let's begin!
Graphics: Emerald's graphics are great, hence the 9 rating. It is a classic. Generation 3 revolutionized the graphics for Pok?mon in my opinion. It added new and improved sprites. Before Gen 3, the graphics were terrible (mostly because the game boy color was new and low tech). When Gen 3 came around it changed lots of things. One of those things was the sprites. It added more pixels and detail to the characters.
Sound: The sound in this game was good too. I decided to give it a rating of 8 mostly because although I really enjoyed it, it was really overplayed throughout the entire game. I did however like the fact that when the scene changed, so did the music. The battle music was good.
Addictiveness: The only reason that this is rated 8 is because I have played this so much, it is not that addictive to me anymore. However, it is still very addictive and is still lots of fun to play. I encourage all of you reading this, to also play it if you have not already.
Story: The story, the story. This is hard to talk about because it is so amazing! The addition of 2 villainous teams was shocking. Also with 2 rivals you could not go wrong. In Emerald something changed however. It is the first game to include the players father as a gym leader. I loved fighting my dad in a heated gym battle. That never gets old. Also, there is so much for you to do after you beat the elite 4. The battle frontier is new and exciting. It gives you the most out of battling. The story is truly tremendous and that is why it deserves a 10.
Depth: I pretty much gave that all away in the story section. There is an infinite number of things to do in Emerald which is why it is truly great. Beat the elite 4, great battle frontier. The battle frontier is so time consuming but worth the gold prints. It deserves the 10 I gave it.
Difficulty: Emerald isn't that difficult. I was being nice giving it that 6. It is actually pretty easy but there is so much to do that it really balances itself out.
Overall: Now for the fun part. I gave it a 9. I just found the average of all the categories (with the exception of the difficulty). I think it is the best Pok?mon game out there with all the new and exciting features it offers.
Well, that's it! Thanks for reading and be sure to comment on what you thought about it or send me some suggestions for future reviews. I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks!!!
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 2.8/5     Submitted: 06-13-14     Updated: 06-13-14     Review Replies: 1


9.5
Poke-review   gotgan
Overall:
The continuing saga of games Pokémon, this is Pokémon emerald, an innovative and incomparable game, with several new features, more 135 Pokémon, leaving us with a total of 386, and a new and highly detailed visual, then begin the review .
Graphics:
As I said, the graphics in  the  Pokémon Generation III evolved very  since  generation II, now with more colors, details, better animations, a freedom of expression for the characters, Pokémon's more like their anime versions and much more well done buildings. In my opinion, Pokémon emerald, along his brothers games, Pokémon ruby and sapphire is the games with the greatest impact on his art, give my congratulations to the graphs artists.
sound:
The music and sound effects are certainty incredible like the other classics of the game freak, a good and well distributed song to each location accompanied by incredible sound effects ensures to the player a good experience while playing this game, and to this category note 10.
addictiveness:
this game have some great addictive, he will hold you for at least five days, not only by the appearance or good music, but also for all the new features. If 386 Pokémon, 354 moves and 77 abilities not please you, take your life out of the outlet for 5 minutes, and then start again from your childhood.
story:
despite having almost the same plot of Pokémon red and blue, the interaction with the story grow significantly, giving an 8 for emerald.
depth:
The incredible depth of the game and has various tasks, such as filling the pokedex and catch legendary Pokémon, besides several locations unlocks after you beat the elite four will entertain you for a long time.
Difficulty:
early in the game you will think it so hard, however as you play it again it starts getting easier, so I recommend you all what can complete everything the game has to offer before playing again, so it can turn the note 8 to 9 .

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 10   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.8/5     Submitted: 09-29-13     Review Replies: 0


7.5
pokemon emerald   kage27
Pokémon comes to the hoenn region for the second time or third depending on if you count ruby and sapphire as one time or two times anyway this time around both Groudon and Kyogre are waking up and you have to fight both team Magma and team Aqua and during all this chaos the legendary Pokémon Raquaza wakes up and he is not happy.
Overall: 7.5 in Pokémon Emerald the graphics are just like they have always been with some minor tweaks the sound is kind of new but the addictiveness is good like most Pokémon games the story actually changes a little the depth is like normal and the difficulty is average more info below.
Graphics: 6 The graphics in Pokémon Emerald are basically the same some character sprites changed in Emerald compared to Ruby or Sapphire but that's about it.
Sound: 7 Again in Pokémon Emerald a lot of the sounds are the same but some of the Pokémon sounds have changed and that's about it for the sound.
Addictiveness: 8 Pokémon Emerald like other games in the series can be very addictive if you are into that type of stuff for example I like replaying Pokémon with a different starter or different teams and you get the idea but if you don't like replaying them then it you probably will find this less addictive than me
Story: 6 Pokémon Emerald's story starts out like all the others choose your starter fight some gym leaders but you soon run into teams aqua and magma fighting then you fight some members of each team and they leave soon you find them again and figure out there plan's try to stop them fight a legendary fight the elite four and the rest is how the professor says try to fill up your national dex.
Depth: 5 Pokémon emerald has the battle frontier and the ability to catch both Kyogre and Groudon and Pokémon from both Ruby and Sapphire are in emerald.
Difficulty: 3 I didn't find Pokémon Emerald hard but I don't find any Pokémon games hard so the difficulty is just how good you are at Pokémon like for example if this was my first time playing Pokémon I probably would have rated it a 7 but I have beaten several Pokémon games and they are all about a 3 in difficulty for me

  Graphics 6   Sound 7   Addictive 8   Story 6   Depth 5   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 04-02-13     Review Replies: 8


10
FUN GAME   LegendOfZelda
Emerald is by far the best game ever to touch the GBA in 2004.Ever since Nintendo realized it had struck gold with Pokemon, the company has never backed down from milking the virtual cow. Even in the early days of the series the company kept the money rolling in by offering basic updates to the RPG game design, even when those games had already run their course. On the original Game Boy, the success of Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue spawned Pokemon Yellow. When the Game Boy Color hit the scene, Pokemon Crystal kept the series alive after Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver had their time in the sun. Pokemon changed my way of thinking. ITS THE BEST GAME EVER! ITS UBER FUN GO PLAY IT NOW

  Graphics 9   Sound 9   Addictive 7   Story 9   Depth 9   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 02-08-13     Updated: 02-11-13     Review Replies: 2


9.8
My favorite pokemon game   JSHF
This is just amazing and my no1 game for doing nuzlocke challanges
 Overall:Like i said amazing and very fun to play i would recommend this to anybody i know that plays pokemon
Graphics:Good 'ol GBA graphics never gets old
Sound:Like all pokemon games its very cool and the Elite 4 music is just EPIC (I do like the FireRed elite 4 music better but its still one of my favorites)
Addictiveness:All the pokemon games are VERY addictive and nerve breaking
Story:Its way better than Ruby and Sapphire.I mean team magma and team aqua are both evil so MORE BAD GUYS YAAAY!!! and Rayquaza is the main weather pokemon (Kyogre and Groundon are still catchable so dont worry)
Depth:Its kinda sad that theres no real aftergame besides catching all the legendaries but still some new stuff that arent in Ruby nor Sapphire
Difficulty:The elite 4 is hard but all the pokemon games grow hard eventually
Overall:You arent a real pokemon fan if you dont play it or dont like it.

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 06-02-12     Review Replies: 5


9.4
Pokemon Emerald   leafjammer
Pok-AH-mon or Pok-EH-mon say what you want Pokemon emerald is a great pokemon game on the pokemon series in the GBA era. Plus with the addition of the Battle Frontier, Trainer Hill, and Catching Kyogre and Groudon makes it really longer.
Graphics : Yes it is pixelated but it is early before the DS with the Cel-shape or like that
Sound : Still the same soundtrack
Addictiveness: 3 words - VERY ADDICTIVE INDEED
Story: There is not much story but The addition of beating both Team Magma and Team Aqua it has more story
Depth: It give really more in store for Emeral than Ruby and Sapphire
Diffcult : If your new to Pokemon You will master it easily just catch pokemon train beat gyms be the champion that's what you need to master
Well I'll give it a 9.2 well I expected more but still a really good game and I recommed to play it if you're a fan or play it for fun :LOL:
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 2.7/5     Submitted: 05-27-11     Review Replies: 0


9
Great, Great Childhood memories   Nyan_Wolf
Oh man, have I got some things to say about this game!
The Graphics for this game were pretty nice since this was one of the first Pokémon games where you could actually pick out what something was easily. The Pokémon looked very nice for this being a pretty old game!
I think we can all agree Emerald had the best soundtrack out of all current soundtracks in Pokémon from Red all the way to Pokémon Black 2 and White 2! Getting wrapped up in this game can be very time destroying and distract you from a lot of things.
The story in this game was not to great not to bad, and especially as a kid I found it a bit hard to wrap my mind around the story line but it was still very fun! The game was very fun and it took me quite a while to beat as a kid but I blew through it in about a week with somewhere around 30-35 hours played even with all the Regies!
Although the story line was a bit challenging to grasp as a kid I blew through the actual game, since half the time I didn't read what was going on so I went into big buildings and gyms until I had gotten stuck on trying to dive into stopples city!
Altogether I want to say this was one of the best Pokémon games that Game Freak and Nintendo ever made.
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 8   Story 6   Depth 7   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 04-10-13     Updated: 04-10-13     Review Replies: 1


9.3
Pokémon Emerald Review   Tekky7
I'll admit... this was probably the easiest Pokémon game EVER. Like,
beating it at least twenty-three times when I was like eight
years old (but, that may be just because of my OP Rayquaza). But,
nevertheless, fun, like every Pokémon game ever.
Ok, now the real review. New plot over Ruby and Sapphire, it's better. Quite fantastic,
if I do say so myself. Teams Aqua and Magma are
quite menacing and fun to battle (especially Archie/Maxie's music,
love that). The evolved graphics over Ruby/Sapphire are great, and
Rayquaza's own AMAZING cut scene at Sootopolis (excuse spelling) is
completely awe-inducing in my opinion, and I truthfully cannot recall
a better cut scene in the fourth generation or onwards... not now
anyways. I greatly enjoyed Match Call, but at the same time it just
wouldn't stop ringing! Rematches with gym leaders were fun as well,
with stronger Pokémon on both sides, new Pokémon not in the
main story, etc. Quite an exciting Post-Game as well...
Regi's, Steven, and an Elite Four rematch are just some
of the Post-Game's features. All in all, great game... I
like it more than Ruby/Sapphire... but, that's just my opinion.
  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 9   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 12-23-12     Review Replies: 5


9.8
Certainly the most fun I ever had playing a video game.   Tylerlord717
Totally the most fun I ever had playing any video game. I love the graphics, the music, and everything else this game has to offer. I really love this game and I would recommend this game to everyone! The Pokémon images are just so great.But there's only one bad thing. It is amazingly addicting which is a good thing but I mean i couldn't stop playing to hang out with my girlfriend :P. I loved this game I hope everyone else does also and if you haven't played it before i'm telling you this is the best GBA game ever! :D
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 08-11-12     Updated: 08-11-12     Review Replies: 2


5.1
Pokemon Emerald review.   Kackarot
Since it was popular, I thought I would play Pokémon Emerald to see how good it was, it's an okay game.   The game is a little slow paced for me, tutorials and all.
The game's graphics are like Zelda: A Link To The Past, they can't be beat.
The game's sound is like most other Game Boy Advance game's sound, like it's off of a small speaker.
I like to play the game every now and then, but I'm not a real big Pokémon fan.
The story is real small and predictable by any Pokémon fan.
The game's map looks really big, there are a lot of characters, challenges, and objectives.
Anybody could get a hang of this game, and with some strategy could beat it.
  Graphics 10   Sound 4   Addictive 3   Story 2   Depth 7   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 12-17-11     Review Replies: 7


9.7
The best of Pokémon   ClassicSable-eye
DISCLAIMER: First of all lets state one thing, I will be comparing the generations of the pokémon games and I have played on all generations at one point but more so from the third generation and up (this being third generation, but I think you might already know that) so comparisons of first and second generations might be a little bit vague. End of disclaimer.
As you can guess form the title I believe that Pokémon Emerald is the best pokémon game. However you might be thinking why, because surely a series will get better as it goes on, but I think it got it right from classic pokémon to new innovative parts of game play. For example I thought 5th generation took all of the classic parts of previous titles (like Red) and threw them away, and the story from the 4th generation  was just poor.
Any way back to Emerald. This game is incredibly addictive and even deserves a ten for that one, but because of this I do not recommend this to be played any time in-between times when you wish to be doing some-thing else , such as going some-where or just going to bed if you need to get up early for any sort of reason. This is because (fun anecdote time) I woke up one morning at the weekend and realised I had nothing to do. Then, remembering this site, I thought I'd go on pokémon emerald for an hour or two... several hours later, well you get the point about that. Even though the graphics and animations are not up to standard compared to that of Black 2 or White 2 but compared to the entire game boy advance archive of games it comes quite close to top on the list of animation and graphics, and they have aged very well compared to Red and Gold (not Heart Gold, the original). The animations for certain moves such as tail whip can get incredibly tiresome with it's overuse even late in game but these animations can be turned off in the menu. It can be moderately difficult if you aren't willing to add 5 to 10 minutes for each pokémon after end of each gym if it was a tight squeeze which can lead  into a vicious cycle but this is unlikely as it is an enjoyable processes unlike in other games. Just seeing that level up part of the screen is just as exiting when not expecting it, to knowing it will happen, from early on and on until you reach the level cap of level 100 however unlikely you will get there because the slogan of "you gotta catch 'em all" is still in force in Emerald so you are not likely to have the same six (or less) pokémon in your team from your first gym  to the Elite 4 however it is more likely that this will be the case as you get access to the better pokémon as you go on through Hoen (not sure if I spelled that right) such as going from weak pokémon like zigzagoon to sable-eye (which to this day has the top type resistance count only matched by spiritoom or others in the later generations with the same dark ghost combinations) and rayquazza at the end as the legendary. But enough of you reading just go play this fantastic game.
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 06-30-13     Review Replies: 1


9.5
My review and legendary tips   port753
I'm sorry, but I tried this once and wasted about half an hour because my computer wouldn't save the review so I have to do this again.
If you know any Pokémon rpg games, you know the beginning. A crazy mom will send her child off without money, not for college, meets Pokémon, and becomes the best trainer. What I love most about this game than other generations is the music, the Pokémon, and the gameplay.
I'll go on youtube to listen to the gym leader or elite four music extended when I'm doing work. This is my favorite music, with johto close behind.
Then I prefer this generations Pokémon since there aren't a lot of rare Pokémon that don't evolve that aren't legendary, and this generation doesn't build off of other gens, like sinnoh how a lot of Pokémon were added to many evolution trees from learning a move, evolving at a certain place in the game, or raising friendship. This generation has it's own set of Pokémon, it's own identity.
The gameplay? I just love hoenn better than other regions. It's some connection I have with this one game in particular.
Do not read ahead unless you are FAR ahead in the game, already beat champion.
Go on Google and search this site, Serebii.net. This has detailed information about every game, movie, and everything else. Just go to the generation in specific or certain game, and you can learn about the Pokémon, their moves, location, and you can find info on legendaries like the regis or latias.
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Also there is a glitch in the game at the Battle Frontier that lets you clone. This is only a good thing in the actual GBA where you can trade and migrate for a good purpose like arceus in johto. I'm not sure the precise info, but there is a video on youtube that shows how to do it.
You'll need to go to a certain building in multi wifi and right when it says saving or it is saved, restart the game. There should be an empty slot thou. Again, I'm not certain on the specifics, so go on youtube.
      Review Rating: 2.6/5     Submitted: 12-01-12     Updated: 03-09-13     Review Replies: 0


10
One of the best.   xXBad-Influence..
This game has to be the greatest Pokémon game out there. First off, the graphics- Gave it a high score because everything is well-colored and even shaded. The sound is alright, it really doesn't help that my speakers sound terrible, but it is still great, better than others. Addictive? Yes, this Pokémon game is one of the first games to have gotten me sucked into the game, once I began, I could not stop until I beat it. This game isn't all that difficult, like any other Pokémon game, it has a challenge to catch the Pokémon, but a little challenge is good for the brain and the skills. All together this game is one of the best games put onto the Gameboy Advance.
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.5/5     Submitted: 07-08-12     Review Replies: 4


8.7
Pokemon Emerald   DogBoy52
Pokémon emerald, the timeless classic. I have replayed this game so many times that I lost count, it was, in my opinion, the best game of its time, and still is a great game... so lets get to it then!
Graphics: Emeralds graphics are just pixels, but at the same time, can be very stunning. 8
Sound: The cute little jingles of emerald not only brings back a lot of memories, but fit the game perfectly. 9
Addictiveness: Pokémon in general is vary vast, so many people to battle, so many Pokémon to train, it can make for hours upon hours of gameplay. 7
Story: This is just my opinion but... the story of Emerald (and all Pokémon games really) is cheesy, A young boy sets out on an adventure, thwarts some bad guys, then becomes champion. 4
Depth: Like I said in "Addictiveness" it just has so much to offer. 8
Difficulty: Pokémon is easy... 3
So overall I would give emerald an 8.7 even though its pretty out dated now, it will always have a special place in my heart...

  Graphics 8   Sound 9   Addictive 7   Story 4   Depth 8   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 2.5/5     Submitted: 06-29-14     Review Replies: 3


9.5
pokemon emerald review   redclub111
The hoenn region is by far my favourite region in the Pokémon series and emerald is the best of the 3 games. If you are a Pokémon fan then you will definitely remember this region and the great starters 
STORY-you don't really ever expect much story from Pokémon game you are a 10 year old trainer that starts your journey to catch every Pokémon and there is a certain team to take over the world and in this game it is team magma and team aqua they are different villain's that try to awaken the 2 legendary poke groudon for team magma and kyogre for team aqua
GRAPHICS- the graphics are very good for the Pokémon series and this was the second Pokémon game that Pokémon would move upon coming out the poke ball, giving Pokémon movement nowadays is simple but when emerald was released it was rare to see a moving Pokémon in the games
SOUND- I have always loved the battle music and gym music in the series and the cries for every single Pokémon although some are bad most of the sounds coming from the Pokémon are pretty cool
ADDICTIVENESS-Pokémon games are addictive I would say the most addictive in the entire RPG genre and picking the perfect team for you will take about an hour of game play
DEPTH-the after game is absolutely brilliant after beating the elite 4 (with the quest of catching every Pokémon) you still have a lot of areas to explore and tones of new items to find and collect
DIFFICULTY-this games difficulty depends on what Pokémon your team are but I still always have a little trouble trying to beat this game you can train your Pokémon to be prepared to fight the leaders or just go in there and hope for the best
after all that I give this game a 9.5 this is a brilliant game and I would really recommend it to someone who hasn't played it before

  Graphics 7   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 9   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 2.4/5     Submitted: 05-15-13     Review Replies: 4


9.4
Incredible!   TheGameLegend
Incredible
Well the whole thought of the game was great. I really love all Pokémon games but out of all the retro ones Emerald has to be the best.
OK The Story And Depth.
I really expected the story to be the same thing over and over again... Even though it is it is also quite remarkable how they made this game so great that you wont get bored of it. Still the story is pretty much simple. To be the greatest Pokémon trainer ever and to catch the legends. The Depth of the game was incredible... It usually takes me 3 weeks to complete a game and if I'm bothered 2 weeks. This game took me a month! It shows how long Pokémon games can take.
Sound Time!
The music of this game was quite addictive. Most of the battles have the same tune while gym battles have like a "ATTACK" or "FIGHT" tune. But the most deep and shocking music is when you battle a legend. The whole definition and point of Pokémon changes when you battle a legend. And that's what I love about the music.
The Graphics.
The Graphics of this game was way better than all the previous Pokémon games. Here are few of the reasons:
1. They Include more color and animation.
2. They have different Pokémon which means a variety of colors which makes you love the game.
3. They contain more fighting animations and better grassland/rocky area/ water area quality.
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To Sum It Up!
Great Game!
Addictive!
Great Quality!
Perfect Music!
Overall: 9.4 Or A Almost Perfect Game!
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 9   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.4/5     Submitted: 03-24-13     Review Replies: 0


10
LinkShade's Opinion: Pokemon Emerald   linkshade 121
   Pokémon Emerald overall is one of my favorite titles from this series. My overall rating of this game is ten out of ten. The reason I say that is it's addictiveness and story. The story where both Team Magma and Team Aqua are in the same game is really cool. In Pokémon Ruby/ Sapphire, it was either Team Magma in Ruby or Team Aqua in Sapphire but now those two teams are finally incorporated into the game. The game in my opinion is very addictive because of the fact the story wants you in suspense. Also you might want to keep battling to your heart's content. It's battle music is really addicting too. I still can't get that champion theme out of my head. It's graphics are good but there is one game boy advance game that still has better graphics and I am not trying to offend when I say this. I also seen games with more depth than this like the final fantasy games but the game introduces new things like the battle frontier and new locations in the game's world. I also liked the idea of getting one of the starters from the Johto region after you complete the regional pokedex. Now I will wrap it up with the difficulty this game. It is frustrating at times but overall it is pretty easy. Well that's my opinion, what's yours?
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 8   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 2.3/5     Submitted: 06-02-13     Review Replies: 4


8.6
It's not really anything new...   weeniedog12
Hello, peoples, weeniedog12 here, reviewing a hack of Pokémon Emerald.
So, first of all, the graphics.
It was a large step up from all the other games, and I loved that!  Disappointingly, the Pokémon had lost their 2-sprite thingy going on from Pokémon Crystal, but the awesome sprites make up for that.
10/10.
Sound:
Emerald was always groovy, and I loved the music.
It was easy to jam to, and some parts were soothing, which actually fit the current place you were at. 9/10.
Addictiveness:
Once I first picked up and bought emerald, I finished past the 4th gym, and I pretty much abandoned it for a long time after until I discovered Lost Silver. 5/10.
Story was okay for a lot of Pokémon games, but this generation didn't really have one to me.
None/10
Depth oh my god, if you're planning to do the post game, it is a pain in the butt to do so.
But in general, it's pretty not-time-consuming-if-that's-even-a-word.
6/10.
Difficulty: 5.
You know you have Blaziken, and you're going to sweep them all like it's 1999. Otherwise, you can have a tough time.
Overall, I give it a 8.6.
(Sorry for the horrid review..)
  Graphics 10   Sound 9   Addictive 5   Depth 7   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.3/5     Submitted: 01-30-15     Updated: 02-17-15     Review Replies: 3


9.5
I was not dissapointed   minimuffin12
This is my first Pokémon game, and it did not disappoint me. I have become EXTREMELY addicted to this game. After years of hearing how great the Pokémon series is, I finally went and tried out Pokémon Emerald, since I had heard from many people that it is the best one. I loved it. I love the strategy that is involved in battles, not just simply using one move over and over again. The graphics look great for a GBA game, and the sound is really good. If anyone wants to get into the Pokémon series, I recommend this one to start with.
  Graphics 8   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 5   Depth 10   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 2.1/5     Submitted: 09-15-13     Review Replies: 1


9.5
Pokemon Emerald   Produce44
Pokemon has always been a charming series and Emerald version is no exception. I have always been a big fan of these games and wholly encourage people unfamiliar with them to try them out. Being the first generation to be on the GBA the graphics really improved and the tunes still have that wholesome Pokemon feel. The story in these games has always been secondary to me but do not take away from any of the fun. These games can take a long time to complete entirely but they aren't difficult to master. Just be careful to not become too addicted, it is easy to go on a Pokemon binder. Good luck have fun.
  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 9   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 2.1/5     Submitted: 03-25-13     Review Replies: 1


9.8
pokemon emerald thoughts   Shinygallade
This is a great game. It introduced many more new Pokémon, especially dragon types. My only complain is that there is too much surfing. However, that does not make it bad. I like it a lot. My first Pokémon game is Pokémon emerald, and it stayed number 2 in my favorite Pokémon game list. The graphic got a huge boost compare to gold, silver, and crystal. The moves are more animated. I don't like the way it choose if a move is special or physical. Nevertheless, if you like Pokémon games, try it out. It will definitely not disappoint you.

  Graphics 7   Sound 9   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 4   Difficulty 2

      Review Rating: 2.1/5     Submitted: 12-15-12     Updated: 12-21-12     Review Replies: 7


10
this is AWESOME   shinymaster990
This is the most played game on vizzd amazing.1st this is my fav on vizzed its becuz its the BEST Pokémon game ever and alot of people think its under rated its over 700,000 hits on vizzed now tell me that is amazing.2 its a good gamplay game you'll be playing it for 1-10 hours trying to beat it.3 I like hard games and that's what emerald is its eh hard game but its still the best game Eva.4 you will never stop playing (until you beat it) no no after you beat it theres still stuff to do like the latios/latis then theres groudon and kyoger and that stuff well I got to go now bye

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 9   Difficulty 7

      Review Rating: 2.1/5     Submitted: 09-15-12     Review Replies: 3


8.5
its GOOOOODDD!!   Xxxwhisper
I love the Pokémon games they are so addictive that you will be playing tell 5 in the morning just to get your guys a little higher in level or the catch one in particular my only problem with the game is that once you have beaten the elite four and got the legendary Pokémon and the story will begin to slow it just is not as addictive and begins to dull all fun of the game but good thing we are on viz and can simply choose from thousands of other games so not a big problem if you see it that way
  Graphics 9   Sound 7   Addictive 10   Story 6   Depth 9   Difficulty 4

      Review Rating: 2.1/5     Submitted: 08-22-11     Review Replies: 2


10
Pokemon   TheBotanyBoss
The game pokemon is a game we all enjoy.We played it as little kids,
maybe challenged your friends to see who could get the high score,or just played
it when you did not have any chores.I personally love this game
and have played it many times. Overall the animation level for any of these games is good for its time.
The sound is pretty nice. Its not terribly difficult like some games similar to it are. I am a big fan of retro games and pokemon reminds me of the time when retro games were all we had. Rate this post if you enjoyed it.

  Graphics 10   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 2/5     Submitted: 11-21-12     Review Replies: 2


10
pokemanz emador   wiiuman
Ah Pokémon emerald. This game is the fan fav for some reason. Honestly  fire red is my fav. But that's not what I'm here to talk about. I'm talking about why this is a great game. First of all the graphics are amazing and the audio is very good. Victory roads theme is one of the best Pokémon themes ever. In Pokémon emerald you can collect over 300 Pokémon. That is a lot of Pokémon to collect. Shiny rayquaza (Ray-Quay-Za) (or) (Ray-Qua-Za) looks so epic it basically a black metal flying serpent. With eight gyms to conquer and gym badges to get and the elite 4 to beat and the champion to beat this game should take you 20 hours at minimum. This game is very nostalgic and its a great game in my opinion. Lets talk about the starters. There is torchic mudkip and sceptile?  Ah screw it I don't know what the grass types name is. All I know is grovyle. torchic is the best starter because it has the highest stats out of all 15. torchic evolves into combusken and then blaziken which is getting a mega evolution. mudkip ( I herd you liek mudkipz) evolves into marshtomp and then swampurt. I recommend you get torchic. This is a great game for me 2nd best game on game boy advance. I recommend you play this game and if you don't like Pokémon then why are you reading. And that's my review on Pokémon emerald.

  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 1.8/5     Submitted: 09-09-13     Review Replies: 1


9
Emerald   1080xXxProSkater
this pokemon game is one of my better rated pokemon games on this site. i actually beat this game twice, this is nite worthy because i only beat red and yellow one time each. in my opinion, this game in the ookemon series has a less than great story. this is only my opinion. it has a good enough story on it's own. but comparing this story to yellow, well, there is no camparison to be made. if you want a good pokemon game, i would suggest that you play yellow before you pick this up. but maybe you may like this one too.
  Graphics 7   Sound 7   Addictive 5   Story 7   Depth 5   Difficulty 5

      Review Rating: 1.8/5     Submitted: 08-26-13     Review Replies: 1


10
Love it!   tamdot
I've been playing Emerald for a pretty long time, however as technology improved I soon found myself throwing away my game boy because it simply didn't live up to what I thought. However, as I still loved this game I never found myself throwing it away but still losing it never the less. I realized later that I could just play on an emulator but I was still uneasy about how well it would work and how close it would be to the actual game since the site was filled with hacks. Beginning to play this again was like going back in time and now I play it everyday to finish off the game. Hopefully beating Steven and the frontier brains. I am truly amazed on how accurately the game play is. I love this game so much and I don't see how I am supposed to go on without this game and site.
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Story 7   Depth 9   Difficulty 8

      Review Rating: 1.8/5     Submitted: 05-05-13     Review Replies: 1


9
P   Ishmael
Now I am a pokemon fanatic. So of course I would rate any pokemon game highly because they are so good. But as of Pokemon Emerald, this is one of my top 5 pokemon games. Of course, Gold was the best. Haha! Anyways for anyone who wants to play an original instead of a hacked version, Emerald is the way to go about it. It has a complete storyline throughout the region of Hoenn. Unlike Ruby and Sapphire, you can catch all three legendary pokemon after you beat the elite 4, which in my opinion makes it too easy. There is a lot to do in the game, especially when you get to Battle Tower. But if you want a Pokemon game, I'd suggest this one!
  Graphics 9   Sound 10   Addictive 10   Story 9   Depth 8   Difficulty 6

      Review Rating: 1.8/5     Submitted: 08-27-13     Review Replies: 3


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Pokemon Emerald Review by a 10-year-old gamer   awesomedude132
This game is awesome, and especially since I never had this or a Game Boy Advance. The character is, as always, around my age, so I can relate to them. Apparently, your character is from Olivine City in the Johto region, but Hoenn is a lot nicer. However, the crazy mom has the kid ride in the back of a moving truck! MOM, AT LEAST MAKE ME A SANDWICH! Anyway, not very realistic... but hey, who would want that? It's got more stuff than in Ruby and Sapphire, and it's great. I don't like how Wallace is now the Champion. But, who cares? You still get to fight Steven! It's a great game overall, and I can't even describe it!
  Graphics 9   Sound 8   Addictive 10   Story 10   Depth 10   Difficulty 3

      Review Rating: 1.5/5     Submitted: 07-13-13     Review Replies: 5

Pokemon Emerald Box Description

The Hoenn region is unstable. Rayquaza has awakened! Your skills as a Trainer will be challenged like they've never been challenged before as you try to maintance the balance between Kyogre and Groudon. Prove your skills by earning badges & gaining access to the Battle Frontier, the front line of Pokémon battling that offers a whole new level of competition. Never-before-experienced battles await you!

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UNLOCKABLES

[Altering Cave]
You can go to Altering Cave after you beat the Elite Four. It is located on Route 103.

[Battle Frontier]
Once you beat the game, you can go to the Battle Frontier.

[Berry Master's Wife Passwords]
Tell the Berry Master's Wife certain phrases to receive the following berries. You can only tell her one of these each day:

CHALLENGE CONTEST (You will receive a Pamtre Berry)
COOL LATIOS (You will receive a Durin Berry)
GREAT BATTLE (You will receive a Spelon Berry)
OVERWHELMING LATIAS (You will receive a Watmel Berry)
SUPER HUSTLE (You will receive a Belue Berry)

[Catching Gold/Silver/Crystal Pokémon at the Safari Zone]
After you defeat the Elite Four go to the Upgraded Safari Zone. In the Safari you can catch GSC Pokemon such as Houndour, Aipom, Stantler, Mareep, Miltank, and more. This Unlockable only works in Pokemon Emerald.

[Fishing Rods]
- Good Rod: Talk to fisherman on route 118
- Old Rod: Talk to fisherman near Dewford Gym
- Super Rod: In the house north of the Space Center

[Glass Items]
To the right of Fallarbour Town is Route 113 where there is a house in which a man will make you items if you bring him ash. To collect ash, walk through the ash covered grass. Then bring it to the glass item maker:
- Black Flute: Walk 1,000steps in the ash.
- Blue Flute: Walk 250 steps in the ash.
- Pretty Chair: Walk 6,000 steps in the ash.
- Pretty Desk: Walk 8,000 steps in the ash.
- Red Flute: Walk 500 steps in the ash.
- White Flute: Walk 1,000 steps in the ash.
- Yellow Flute: Walk 500 steps in the ash.

[National Pokédex]
After you beat the Elite 4 Professor Birch will visit you and give it to you once you leave your house.

[Prizes from Scott]
Talk to Scott in his house in the Battle Frontier and he'll give you certain decorations/berries depending on your accomplishments in the Battle Frontier:
- Gold Shield (Decoration): Win 100 Battles
- Lansat Berry: Obtain all Silver Frontier Symbols
- Silver Shield (Decoration): Win 50 Battles
- Starf Berry: Obtain all Gold Frontier Symbols

[Special Unlockable Pokémon]
There are certain pokémon that can only be caught when you trigger certain events, like castform:
- Beldum: Go to Steven's house after you beat the Elite four.
- Castform: Take out the rival team at the weather institute.
- Chikorita, Cyndaquil or Tododile: When you complete the 200 Pokémon of Hoenn Professor Birch will call you on your Pokénav.
- Deoxys: Get the Aurora Ticket, and go to Birth Island
- Groudon: Beat the Elite Four, and go to the land lair.
- Ho-oh/Lugia: Get the Mystic Ticket, and go to Navel Island
- Kyogre: Beat the Elite Four, and go to the sea lair.
- Latios or Latias: After beating the elite four, watch the T.V. downstairs in your house.
- Latios or Latias: Mix records with a Ruby or Sapphire with the Eon ticket, and go to Southe
Island.
- Mew: Get the Old Sea Chart, and go to Faraway Island
- Rayquaza: Get Magma and Aqua to get Kyogre and Groudon out of the cave, and go to Sky Pillar.
- Treeko, Torchic, or Mudkip: Help Proffesor Birch escape the wild pokemon

[National Pokédex Diploma]
Capture all 386 pokémon in your pokédex. Then go to the hotel in Lilycove City and talk to the Game Designer.

[Trainer Card Color Upgrades]
As you accomplish more along your jou
ey, your Trainer Card will change colors and rise in rank, depending on completing certain tasks. After completing one task, it will rise in one rank, but there are some tasks that cannot be completed until beating the Elite Four. You must do these tasks:

-Become Pokémon League Champion
-Complete the Hoenn Pokedex
-Collect all the gold symbols in the Battle Frontier
-Win one ribbon in all five of the Master Rank Pokémon Contests

Unlockables:
- Bronze Rank: Do one of the tasks mentioned above.
- Copper Rank: Do two of the tasks mentioned above.
- Silver Rank: Do three of the tasks mentioned above.
- Gold Rank: Do all four of the tasks mentioned above.

[Training on Hills]
To unlock Trainer Hill, you must beat the Elite Four.

EASTER EGGS

[Getting Latias or Latios]
After you defeat the Elite Four, go to your house and watch the television downstairs. After you watch it, your mom will ask you what color the Pokémon is. If you say Red, you will find Latias. If you say Blue, it will be Latios.

[Getting the Other Lati]
To get the other Lati (Latios or Latias), Mix Records with a Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire game that used the Eon Ticket. You can then get to a hidden island via the SS Tidal where you can find the Lati you didn't choose.

[Shiny Pokémon]
Every time you encounter a pokémon you have a 1/8192 chance of the pokémon being a different color, this is called a shiny pokémon

SECRETS

[Battle Steven, the Former Champion]
After beating the Elite Four, a new part of Meteor Falls opens up. It is in the northweste
co
er where you found Iron Tail. A new cave was made and you'll find Steven in it. His Pokemon are in the high 70's.

[Compound Eyes Second Effect]
If your fist pokémon is holding Compound Eyes then the chance of running into a wild pokémon holding an item increases by 50 percent.

[Cut's Avoiding Battle Effect]
Have a Pokémon use CUT to remove grass where wild Pokémon live. It will remove the chance of encountering wild Pokémon. The grass will regrow once you leave the area or enter a building.

[Cute Charm's Second Effect]
If you have a Pokémon with Cute Charm 1st in your Party it will more likely draw Wild Pokémon with the opposite gender of the Pokémon with Cute Charm.

[Hatching Eggs Faster]
Simply put a pokémon with the ability Flame Body or Magma Armor on your team to cut the amount of steps needed to hatch an egg in half.

[Get the Mental Herb]
In one of the treehouses in Fortree City is a man with a Wingull. Talk to the Wingull, and it will fly off out of the treehouse. When you get to Mossdeep City, you will see a person with a Wingull. Talk to it and it will fly off as well. Then go back to Fortree City and into the treehouse where you talked to the first Wingull. Talk to the man next to the Wingull, and he will give you the Mental Herb. It is a hold item that prevents attraction to the Pokémon that is holding it.

[Hustle's Second Effect]
If you have a Pokémon with Hustle 1st in your Party it will draw Wild Pokémon that are a Higher Level than the Pokémon holding Hustle.

[Inherit Pokémon Natures through breeding]
To do this you need an Everstone. To get one, search in Granite Cave for a lone rock on top of a plateau. Once you get an Everstone let a Ditto or a female Pokémon that you are breeding hold on to it. Once you receive and hatch the eggs, the offspring will have a 50% chance of inheriting the Nature from the Pokémon holding the Everstone.

[Intimidate and Keen Eye's Other Ability]
If you put a Pokémon that has intimidate or Keen Eye 1st in your party the chances of wild Pokemon encounter is reduced by 10%.

[Lightningrod's Second Ability]
If you have a pokémon with lightningrod as an ability, you will get calls from registered trainers more often.

[Magnet Pull's Secondary Effect]
If you have a pokémon with the Magnet Pull ability in th front of your party it increases the chances of finding wild steel-type Pokemon.

[Mirage Island]
Mirage Island is an invisible Island located on Route 130. Most of the time it will be invisible but on rare cases, the island will be visible. To find out if the island is there or not, go to Pacifidlog Town and talk to the old man in the bottom right house looking out the window. He will tell you whether the island is there or not. The cause is unknown, so a bit of luck is needed to find it. On the island you will find the rare Leichi Berry that powers up your Pokémon's attack in battle when it gets weak. In the grass, you will only find Wild Wynauts.

[Mystery Gift]
To unlock mystery gift, go to a pokémart and press A on the piece of paper on the counter. Then insert the words LINK TOGETHER WITH ALL. Press select to easily find the words. After this the store lady will talk to you and tell you that the mystery gift is now unlocked.

[Static's Secondary Effect]
If you have a pokémon with the Static ability in the front of your party, it increases the chance of finding a wild electric type pokémon. This is EXTREMELY useful for finding such rare types like Pikachu in the Safari Zone.

[Suction cups/Sticky hold's second ability]
If a pokémon in your party has suction cups/sticky hold held then you will have an easier time fishing for wild pokémon.

[Swarm's Second Ability]
The Pokémon ability Swarm has 2 effects. It raises Bug-type attacks by 150% when the user is weak, and new to Emerald, it makes pokémon cry in the background more often. For example, in caves outside of battle you will hear a Pokémon screech more often.

[Synchronize's Second Ability]
If you have a pokémon with synchronize as an ability, you will encounter more pokémon with the same nature as the pokémon with sychronize. Note that the pokémon with this ability must be in the front of your party.

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Comments for Pokemon Emerald

Marlonv1 12-20-16 - 01:24 PM
 Yo guys, I'm doing a Challenge Playthrough of Pokemon Red. Check the Pokemon Red Thread to vote on my fate.
giri25dharan85 10-06-16 - 01:16 AM
 i cant play it
cafeman55 08-09-16 - 02:45 AM
 guys you can still play the game here when you downloaded the rgr http://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=93282
megurman 07-29-16 - 09:00 AM
 bmartin,if you haven't already you have to download the rgr plugin and go to that other rom site
bmartin1224 07-24-16 - 04:51 PM
 How do you play this game?
megurman 07-13-16 - 07:28 AM
 also ik why they're not playable,but why is it back up?
megurman 07-13-16 - 07:22 AM
 the hell? how did it get back up?
Sir-metaknight2 03-31-16 - 05:18 PM
 I agree, nintendo can be really stupid sometimes
Zekrom1247 03-25-16 - 09:31 AM
 what happened to the game? why did the pokemon company remove it
sacker 03-19-16 - 05:46 AM
 IT's a disaster! I will kill those fools!
Lexatom 03-17-16 - 05:40 PM
 This is dumb. Nintendo is dumb sometimes. Stop killing your company.
Lexiloofroo70 03-16-16 - 10:34 PM
 Man I admit I am a noob already, but how do you get this? I am pretty sure I have the 25 Viz for it, but I can't see where you download or aquire it... any suggestions? (I have my boy already so is there a button or something?)
mikester 01-28-16 - 08:52 AM
 i played this game so much when i was younger
caveman123 01-09-16 - 06:26 PM
 is there a way to fix the :Internal Battery Has Run Dry ... Error ? it stops all time based events
caveman123 01-09-16 - 06:06 PM
 I think I need to buy a site item with vizzed to use net play
Lexatom 01-09-16 - 04:07 PM
 GBA games do not support netplay as of now.
Game08 12-20-15 - 07:59 AM
 Great Game
mr.ziggyphoenix 12-14-15 - 11:09 AM
 Does this game support netplay?
jeuxdegarcon 12-03-15 - 08:14 AM
 Amazing game, still playing !
nes1234 09-23-15 - 05:39 PM
 Great game, i love it
ltdRhiannon 08-23-15 - 03:53 PM
 I just lost my save data? Any way to retrieve it?
jackzwirk 08-20-15 - 09:48 PM
 granite cave without flash!!! XD
darkfire3 08-12-15 - 02:54 PM
 Yay Its Fixed
darkfire3 08-12-15 - 02:46 PM
 Mine too any 1 else having the same problem
malikfaiz123 08-12-15 - 01:35 PM
 Yeah Me too

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