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.

Very nice, and neat review dude. It was awesome, gave detail on this game, ad it had depth. I liked it, and I enjoyed this game as well. Most people who have beat this game countless of times already know that this game is the bomb. They are actually right to. This game is actually better than the original to me. By original I mean Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Ruby. They were some fine games, but this one tops it all off with a great big bang. Pokémon Emerald is by far the best Game Boy Advance Pokémon Game I ever played. Not including hacks. Anyways nice review, and this must be rated for good reviewing. Keep them coming. I am open to catch them all .

It was a good review if anything. I just think that you could always leave room for more detail in any Pokemon game. Maybe gives some examples of how good each category fairs with the game and maybe even with others in the franchise? Referencing other GBA games in it's entirety would even help. It's still a good review so don't give up.

DaFlame12 :  Hello there man! Thanks for writing this review. It gave me something to read.

Firstly, I can see you structured your review well. Everything is laid out very, very nicely; this made it very easy to read which is awesome. Your layout actually makes it easier to read. I've never seen a layout that actually compliments a review! Nice work!

I read over your sections and noticed that you aren't developing your points. You said "KILLER graphics","one of the best graphics for..." You didn't say why you thought they were killer or the best. If you make a huge statement like that you must back it up with evidence of some sort or even more details.

Other than that, this review is pretty good - some grammatical errors but I'm not going into detail on them.

Thanks for writing this! Very good review!

linkmaster99 : Thanks! I think this is my worst review yet, I was tired and in a hurry when I wrote it. (I'm still tired) I agree that it's better than Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, but I like Fire Red better. I will keep them coming! Have a great day!

chaoscontrolx : Yeah, it's only alright, I know. Thanks for the encouragement anyway and have a great day!

Dean2k13 : Hey buddy! I'm glad it gave you something to read. Thanks for the compliments on formatting. Keep in mind it's YOUR layout, which I bought from YOU. I love it by the way. Thanks! I know, the review isn't the best. I was in a hurry and I'm kind of tired. Please tell me my grammar errors, I don't see any. Thanks for the compliments and have a super fantastical day!

DaFlame12 :
Amazing review man! Very detailed and easy to read, heh, and let me tell you, I was at the pulga on Sunday, and they had a dozens of pokemon games over there! But mostly, ruby, sapphire, and this one you're reviewing! Anyways, keep up the reviews man!

RedHotToddy: Thanks! I'm glad you like it. Can you tell me what a pulga is? Is it like a flea market or something? Is it in another country? I don't know... please tell me!

Nice review! It would be nice if you added a little more details..

Black Bot : I know. Thanks for saying it was nice. It was by far my worst review yet, and it needs improvement. I'm tired and I was in a hurry.

DaFlame12 : I was saying Nice to just be nice..
We had fun and long conversations, which I enjoyed!

Keep working on it!

- Black Bot of Vizzed..

Black Bot : I know. I enjoyed our conversations too, and thanks for adding me as a friend. I will indeed keep working on it. I plan to get up early tomorrow and send out at least 2 reviews and a lot of posts. I want to win at least one jersey. Have a great night!

DaFlame12 : Thank you! You too! I also sent you 1,000 viz! Now we better stop spamming on this thread and wait for somebody else to post..

seems like a good review.

Black Bot : Since it's my thread, it can't really be spamming. You can keep posting, and thanks for the thousand Viz!

B619ook : Thanks! I'm glad you like it. It's probably my worst so far.

This game is pretty interesting. I like this generation, and along with the other 2 games with the gen, this game is pretty cool. Not a bad debut to the GBA(?)

pacman1755 : Technically, Pokemon EMERALD was released in 2005, so it's not the Game Boy Advance debut for Pokemon, or even for the Hoenn region, but Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, which were both released in 2003, are.