Emerald shares the same 386 roster as Ruby and Sapphire but changes availability. Some Pokemon show up earlier, others appear in new locations, and move tutors hand out coverage moves that aren't available in RS. Rayquaza is catchable at Sky Pillar before the Elite Four. Wallace is the Champion instead of Steven. Filter the Hoenn dex by type or stats to plan your team.

C
Yanma
#0193

Yanma

bugflying
D
Wooper
#0194

Wooper

waterground
C
Quagsire
#0195

Quagsire

waterground
C
Espeon
#0196

Espeon

psychic
C
Umbreon
#0197

Umbreon

dark
C
Murkrow
#0198

Murkrow

darkflying
C
Slowking
#0199

Slowking

waterpsychic
C
Misdreavus
#0200

Misdreavus

ghost
D
Unown
#0201

Unown

Psychic
C
Wobbuffet
#0202

Wobbuffet

psychic
C
Girafarig
#0203

Girafarig

normalpsychic
D
Pineco
#0204

Pineco

bug
B
Forretress
#0205

Forretress

bugsteel
C
Dunsparce
#0206

Dunsparce

normal
C
Gligar
#0207

Gligar

groundflying
B
Steelix
#0208

Steelix

steelground
D
Snubbull
#0209

Snubbull

fairy
C
Granbull
#0210

Granbull

fairy
C
Qwilfish
#0211

Qwilfish

waterpoison
C
Scizor
#0212

Scizor

bugsteel
C
Shuckle
#0213

Shuckle

bugrock
B
Heracross
#0214

Heracross

bugfighting
C
Sneasel
#0215

Sneasel

darkice
D
Teddiursa
#0216

Teddiursa

normal
C
Ursaring
#0217

Ursaring

normal
D
Slugma
#0218

Slugma

fire
C
Magcargo
#0219

Magcargo

firerock
D
Swinub
#0220

Swinub

iceground
C
Piloswine
#0221

Piloswine

iceground
C
Corsola
#0222

Corsola

waterrock
D
Remoraid
#0223

Remoraid

water
C
Octillery
#0224

Octillery

water
D
Delibird
#0225

Delibird

iceflying
C
Mantine
#0226

Mantine

waterflying
A
Skarmory
#0227

Skarmory

steelflying
D
Houndour
#0228

Houndour

darkfire
B
Houndoom
#0229

Houndoom

darkfire
B
Kingdra
#0230

Kingdra

waterdragon
D
Phanpy
#0231

Phanpy

ground
C
Donphan
#0232

Donphan

ground
C
Porygon2
#0233

Porygon2

normal
C
Stantler
#0234

Stantler

normal
C
Smeargle
#0235

Smeargle

normal
D
Tyrogue
#0236

Tyrogue

fighting
C
Hitmontop
#0237

Hitmontop

fighting
D
Smoochum
#0238

Smoochum

icepsychic
D
Elekid
#0239

Elekid

electric
D
Magby
#0240

Magby

fire
  • 386 across Gens 1 through 3. No new Pokemon over Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald's additions are about where things appear, not what exists. More wild encounters earlier, move tutors for coverage, and a few Pokemon in new locations. You still need to trade for version exclusives.

  • Both Team Aqua and Team Magma are antagonists (instead of one per version). Rayquaza is catchable at Sky Pillar before the Elite Four. Wallace is Champion instead of Steven. The Battle Frontier replaces the Battle Tower with 7 facilities. Move tutors teach coverage moves RS didn't have. And some wild Pokemon show up in new locations.

  • Yes. After the Groudon vs Kyogre showdown at Sootopolis, you go to Sky Pillar to summon Rayquaza. It flies off to stop the fight. Later, after getting the eighth badge, you can return to Sky Pillar and catch it. Level 70, 680 BST. It's one of the strongest Pokemon you can get before the credits.

  • Mudkip is still the best. Swampert's Water/Ground typing with one weakness carries through the whole game. The Champion is Wallace (Water specialist) in Emerald instead of Steven (Steel), so you need to adjust your endgame team. Sceptile does well against Wallace though.

  • Gen 3, GBA, 2004. Emerald is Hoenn's third version. The roster and ability system are the same as Ruby and Sapphire, but the story plays out differently (both villains active, Rayquaza resolves the conflict). The Battle Frontier postgame is the main draw for experienced players.

  • The Battle Frontier is Emerald's postgame challenge facility with 7 different battle formats: Battle Tower, Battle Factory, Battle Pike, Battle Dome, Battle Palace, Battle Arena, and Battle Pyramid. Each has a Frontier Brain boss. It's considered one of the hardest postgame challenges in any Pokemon game.

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