Pokémon Emerald (NA) Released!

The latest Pokémon game for the Gameboy Advance was finally released today. However, Pokémon Emerald is little more than a fan service game for the players who still play R/S/FR/LG. The game is a better version of R/S with much more added battles. You get to fight in more double battles and you get to fight Gym leaders over and over again. Theres a few more areas to explore including an underground tunnel and the Battle Frontier. Some Berries that you grow will be able to lower some of your Pokémon's stats so that you can train them for different stats. There are new effects for old Pokémon abilities that are in effect outside of battle. And you can capture more Pokémon that come from Johto in Pokémon G/S. I highly recommend this game for players who love to fight tough battles where both players are equally matched, and I recommend it for people who who are trying really hard to finsih their Pokédex.

Thankfully, for all of us who don't live in New York: The Pokémon Center is still closed, so they didn't have a release party this time. This is good news for most of us because we won't have to hate ourselves for not living in the New York area. Hopefully they will be giving out more Eon/Mystic/Aurora Tickets later this year when some of us actually have time to vacation there.

The official Pokémon Emerald website can be found here:
http://www.pokemon-games.com/emerald/

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