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Pokémon Omega Ruby

During your adventure, you will battle Team Magma in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Team Aqua in Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. Team Magma seeks to increase the land, while Team Aqua wishes to increase the seas. In order to…

81 21 November 2014

Pokémon Omega Ruby is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 21 November 2014 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 80 hrs to finish.

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What Pokémon Omega Ruby is

Pokémon Omega Ruby is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2014. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire are 2014 remakes of the 2002 Game Boy Advance role-playing video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, also including some features from Pokémon Emerald. The games are part of the sixth generation of the Pokémon video game series, developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Announced in May 2014, the games were released in Japan, North America and Australia on 21 November 2014, exactly twelve years after the original release date of Ruby and Sapphire, while the European release was the following week.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Omega Ruby is the 197th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Alpha Sapphire in 2014. Its critic score of 81 is 7 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Omega Ruby holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 258 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 80 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 156.8 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Pokémon Omega Ruby launched on 21 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.

Cheats and codes

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Pokémon Omega Ruby — frequently asked questions

When did Pokémon Omega Ruby come out?
Pokémon Omega Ruby was released on 21 November 2014 for Nintendo 3DS.
How long does it take to beat Pokémon Omega Ruby?
The main story of Pokémon Omega Ruby takes around 80 hrs, or 156.8 hrs for 100% completion.
Does Pokémon Omega Ruby have multiplayer?
Yes. Pokémon Omega Ruby supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online.

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