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.

#0193

Yanma

bugflying

#0194

Wooper

waterground

#0195

Quagsire

waterground

#0196

Espeon

psychic

#0197

Umbreon

dark

#0198

Murkrow

darkflying

#0199

Slowking

waterpsychic

#0200

Misdreavus

ghost

#0201

Unown

Psychic

#0202

Wobbuffet

psychic

#0203

Girafarig

normalpsychic

#0204

Pineco

bug

#0205

Forretress

bugsteel

#0206

Dunsparce

normal

#0207

Gligar

groundflying

#0208

Steelix

steelground

#0209

Snubbull

fairy

#0210

Granbull

fairy

#0211

Qwilfish

waterpoison

#0212

Scizor

bugsteel

#0213

Shuckle

bugrock

#0214

Heracross

bugfighting

#0215

Sneasel

darkice

#0216

Teddiursa

normal

#0217

Ursaring

normal

#0218

Slugma

fire

#0219

Magcargo

firerock

#0220

Swinub

iceground

#0221

Piloswine

iceground

#0222

Corsola

waterrock

#0223

Remoraid

water

#0224

Octillery

water

#0225

Delibird

iceflying

#0226

Mantine

waterflying

#0227

Skarmory

steelflying

#0228

Houndour

darkfire

#0229

Houndoom

darkfire

#0230

Kingdra

waterdragon

#0231

Phanpy

ground

#0232

Donphan

ground

#0233

Porygon2

normal

#0234

Stantler

normal

#0235

Smeargle

normal

#0236

Tyrogue

fighting

#0237

Hitmontop

fighting

#0238

Smoochum

icepsychic

#0239

Elekid

electric

#0240

Magby

fire

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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