How many Pokemon are in Ruby and Sapphire?

386 total across Generations 1 through 3. The Hoenn regional dex has 202 Pokemon available during the main story. The rest require trading with FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald, or Colosseum/XD. Gen 3 can't trade with Gen 1 or Gen 2 games.

What are the version exclusives in Ruby and Sapphire?

Ruby gets Groudon , Mawile , Zangoose , Solrock , and Seedot line. Sapphire gets Kyogre , Sableye , Seviper , Lunatone , and Lotad line. Plus about a dozen other minor differences.

What is the best starter in Ruby and Sapphire?

Mudkip and it isn't close. Swampert is Water/Ground with only one weakness (Grass, 4x). It gets Earthquake and Surf for dual STAB and tanks most things. Torchic evolves into the solid Blaziken , and Treecko 's Sceptile is fast but frail.

What are abilities in Pokemon?

Abilities are passive traits introduced in Gen 3. Every Pokemon species has one or two possible abilities that provide an automatic effect in battle. Examples: Slaking 's Truant forces it to skip every other turn despite 670 BST. Swampert's Torrent boosts Water moves when HP is low. Abilities can make or break a Pokemon.

What generation is Ruby and Sapphire?

Generation 3, released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in North America for the Game Boy Advance. Introduced abilities, natures, double battles, and the EV/IV system that still exists today. Set in the Hoenn region.

Which is better, Ruby or Sapphire?

Groudon (Ruby) vs Kyogre (Sapphire) is the main decision. Kyogre is generally considered stronger for in-game use since Water STAB with Drizzle covers more matchups. But the non-legendary exclusives matter too. Ruby's Zangoose and Sapphire's Seviper are thematic rivals.

Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire Pokedex

The Hoenn Pokedex from Ruby and Sapphire covers 386 Pokemon across three generations. Gen 3 added abilities, natures, and EVs, which means every Pokemon has more going on under the hood than just stats and typing. Double battles are new too. Use the type filter to narrow down the Hoenn roster, or sort by BST to find the stat leaders. Click any card for the full details.

#0049

Venomoth

bugpoison

#0050

Diglett

ground

#0051

Dugtrio

ground

#0052

Meowth

normal

#0053

Persian

normal

#0054

Psyduck

water

#0055

Golduck

water

#0056

Mankey

fighting

#0057

Primeape

fighting

#0058

Growlithe

fire

#0059

Arcanine

fire

#0060

Poliwag

water

#0061

Poliwhirl

water

#0062

Poliwrath

waterfighting

#0063

Abra

psychic

#0064

Kadabra

psychic

#0065

Alakazam

psychic

#0066

Machop

fighting

#0067

Machoke

fighting

#0068

Machamp

fighting

#0069

Bellsprout

grasspoison

#0070

Weepinbell

GrassPoison

#0071

Victreebel

grasspoison

#0072

Tentacool

waterpoison

#0073

Tentacruel

waterpoison

#0074

Geodude

rockground

#0075

Graveler

RockGround

#0076

Golem

rockground

#0077

Ponyta

fire

#0078

Rapidash

fire

#0079

Slowpoke

waterpsychic

#0080

Slowbro

waterpsychic

#0081

Magnemite

electricsteel

#0082

Magneton

electricsteel

#0083

Farfetch'd

normalflying

#0084

Doduo

normalflying

#0085

Dodrio

normalflying

#0086

Seel

water

#0087

Dewgong

waterice

#0088

Grimer

poison

#0089

Muk

poison

#0090

Shellder

water

#0091

Cloyster

waterice

#0092

Gastly

ghostpoison

#0093

Haunter

ghostpoison

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Gengar

ghostpoison

#0095

Onix

rockground

#0096

Drowzee

psychic

386 total across Generations 1 through 3. The Hoenn regional dex has 202 Pokemon available during the main story. The rest require trading with FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald, or Colosseum/XD. Gen 3 can't trade with Gen 1 or Gen 2 games.
Ruby gets Groudon, Mawile, Zangoose, Solrock, and Seedot line. Sapphire gets Kyogre, Sableye, Seviper, Lunatone, and Lotad line. Plus about a dozen other minor differences.
Mudkip and it isn't close. Swampert is Water/Ground with only one weakness (Grass, 4x). It gets Earthquake and Surf for dual STAB and tanks most things. Torchic evolves into the solid Blaziken, and Treecko's Sceptile is fast but frail.
Abilities are passive traits introduced in Gen 3. Every Pokemon species has one or two possible abilities that provide an automatic effect in battle. Examples: Slaking's Truant forces it to skip every other turn despite 670 BST. Swampert's Torrent boosts Water moves when HP is low. Abilities can make or break a Pokemon.
Generation 3, released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in North America for the Game Boy Advance. Introduced abilities, natures, double battles, and the EV/IV system that still exists today. Set in the Hoenn region.
Groudon (Ruby) vs Kyogre (Sapphire) is the main decision. Kyogre is generally considered stronger for in-game use since Water STAB with Drizzle covers more matchups. But the non-legendary exclusives matter too. Ruby's Zangoose and Sapphire's Seviper are thematic rivals.

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