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19	!!Trivia for ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', and ''Emerald'':
20	* {{Blooper}}: Before the post-game {{superboss}} battle with Steven in ''Emerald'', he says, "We battled alongside each other at the SOOTOPOLIS SPACE CENTER." The Space Center is actually located in Mossdeep City.
21	* DummiedOut:
22	** There is an ability called Cacophony hidden in the games' code. Its description is identical to Soundproof, but it has no effect programmed and no Pokémon have it, and it was removed in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.
23	** Secret Base Dolls for Regirock, Regice, and Registeel exist in the codes, but there is no way to get them without a cheat device, as they were only accessed from a Japan-only promotional e-Reader card.
24	** There are six hidden tracks in ''Ruby and Sapphire'', five of them GBA remakes of [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Generation II tracks]][[note]]the Pokémon Communications Center theme, the Route 38 theme, the Team Rocket Radio Tower Takeover music, the Raikou/Entei/Suicune battle theme from ''Crystal'', and the redone Viridian/Pewter/Saffron City music[[/note]] and the last one an alternate arrangement/possible demo of the Littleroot Town music. ''Emerald'' also contains the entire soundtrack from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed and LeafGreen]]'', though it does use a few tracks from the latter.
25	** Item sprites for Red and Blue Orbs exist in ''Emerald'' (a carryover from ''[=FireRed=]'' and ''[=LeafGreen=]'' even though they cannot be obtained there normally) but remain unused as the player never gets to seize the orbs themselves.
26	** Generation III was the first generation to introduce ribbons, which are attached to Pokémon as an award for accomplishing something. Alongside ribbons that are awarded to Pokémon for defeating the Pokémon League, clearing Contests or clearing the battle tower, there are a whopping '''64''' ribbons that are not obtainable within the GBA games. Only 2 of these are available through ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' (the National Ribbon, which are awarded to purified Shadow Pokémon, and the Earth Ribbon, which are awarded to Pokémon that clear Mt. Battle). The rest refer to events (such as battling competitions) that were apparently planned, but ended up not happening. The most mysterious are the tower ribbons, which are awarded for clearing places known as "Darkness Tower", "Red Tower", "Blackiron Tower" and "Final Tower". Nothing like that is even hinted at anywhere else in the ''Pokémon'' series.
27	* KillerApp: ''Ruby and Sapphire'' are the best selling titles to ever grace the Game Boy Advance, with more than 16 million units sold between them. ''Emerald'' is the third most successful with more than 6 million units sold, only beaten by the above titles and ''[=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]''.
28	* MeaningfulReleaseDate: ''Emerald'' was released on May 1, 2005 in the US; the emerald is the birthstone of May. Plus, "May" is also the name of the female rival in these games.
29	* TroubledProduction: ''Ruby and Sapphire'' were [[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-dev-says-rubysapphire-were-the-most-challe/1100-6452514/ apparently the most difficult to develop out of any games in the franchise]]. Shifting from the UsefulNotes/GameBoy to the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance required a lot of adjustment for Creator/GameFreak due to the significant upgrades in hardware. There was also uncertainty about the future of the franchise, as ''Pokémon'' was seen as a fad and the initial Pokémania wave was waning after ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' released.
30	* UrbanLegendOfZelda:
31	** Early on after the release of ''Ruby and Sapphire'' worldwide, rumors about being able to find wild Celebi on Route 117 cropped up, with an unbelievably low encounter rate, like one in 20 million. Nothing in the game's code suggests that Celebi can be found there.
32	** Another one involves a white rock that can be found in Mossdeep city. Apparently there is a tradition to attach slips of paper to it for good luck. This naturally spawned rumors of the rock actually being Jirachi that'll awaken when a certain number of rockets have been launched. None of these rumors are true and the white rock is just a red herring unconnected to Jirachi.
33	** And, of course, related to the rockets was one of Gen 3's most (in)famous examples: that certain launch counts would let you go into outer space to catch Deoxys and/or Jirachi. 50 and 99 were two of the most widely-cited numbers.
34	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
35	** In early betas of the game, several Pokémon such as Sharpedo would have no ability.
36	** Double Battles with wild Pokémon were planned but never fully implemented. This was later included in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'' (only when traveling with one of the {{Guest Star Party Member}}s), ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''.
37	** [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Latias_Blaziken.jpg There's concept art of a Pokémon that looks suspiciously like a combination of Blaziken and Latias]]. It's also being ridden by a blue-haired unused character wearing a Greek-inspired dress.
38	** [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Torchic_Beta.jpg Torchic was originally going to have big, rabbit-like ears in place of its head tuft.]]
39	** It was stated in a Magazine/NintendoPower interview that ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'' Pokémon Shellos and Gastrodon were originally designed for ''Ruby and Sapphire'', but ultimately they were not implemented due to time constraints.
40	** Creator/GameFreak [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711151510/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/?p=28 considered altering the number of Pokémon that could be kept in the party, as well as the number of moves a Pokémon could know at a time, but eventually concluded that the limit should be maintained for the purpose of competitive balance.]]
41	** ''Ruby and Sapphire'' were intended to be a SoftReboot of the franchise, hence the red and blue cartridges. This is why Wumple and Tallow are similar to the Caterpie and Pidgey lines.
42	** The games' name couldn't be agreed upon for four months until the team thought of continuing the theme from ''Crystal'', specifically by using corundums, a type of crystal classified into rubies and sapphires. However, The Pokémon Company objected because they didn't want the games to be named after crystals. They had to relent due to the game being far late into development.
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45	!!Trivia for ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'':
46	* DummiedOut: As you're not supposed to encounter most Pokémon within the game's demo, only a select few are programmed into the game. The rest are replaced with placeholder data a la Missingno from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. What's unique about this is the fact that said placeholder data happens to be an actual canon Pokémon but with a cry different than normal. To be specific, it's a [[VisualPun ?-form Unown]] that has the cry of a Bulbasaur. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTgC8KC0n4]]
47	* FandomNod: The original games were rife with rumors that you could go to the moon on a spaceship from Mossdeep to battle Jirachi or Deoxys. Come [=ORAS=], and Deoxys is indeed fought by [[spoiler: riding Mega Rayquaza into space]].
48	* LifeImitatesArt: ''[[WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals Dorkly]]'''s take [[http://www.dorkly.com/post/53563/most-useless-megaevolutions-in-pokemon on Mega Slowbro]] ended up being very close to the official Mega Slowbro.
49	* LyingCreator:
50	** Official materials state that none of the Mega Stones introduced in ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'' can be traded over to ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. In actuality, Latiasite and Latiosite can be traded and will even function since their data was left in ''X'' and ''Y''.
51	** The official site had advertised Megas using moves they can't legally learn, such as Diancie with Power Gem and Blaziken with Ice Punch. Once the games were out and people were able to confirm those moves were unobtainable, an official statement with an apology was released and the misleading images were removed from the site. Diancie would eventually be able learn Power Gem through legal means in Generation VII.
52	* MemeAcknowledgment: [[http://youtu.be/-EPAij3Nugg?t=28s Masuda says Hoenn Confirmed]] in this ORAS promo at Gamescom 2014.
53	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Mauville Game Corner became a failed business due to influence from the European MoralGuardians.
54	* TrollingCreator: Flygon is one of the biggest {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s from Gen III, and most people were expecting it to get a Mega. Not only does it not get one, the game's most notable Flygon user, Aarune, gives you ''Garchomp's'' Mega Stone instead.
55	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
56	** In a Nintendo Dream interview in April 2015, Ken Sugimori revealed that Creator/GameFreak had attempted to include a Mega Evolution for Flygon in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and then ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire''. It fell through because they couldn't come up with a design they were satisfied with.
57	** The ability Levitate and a higher Attack boost were considered for Mega Metagross, but Tough Claws and the large boost to Speed won out due to give it more options in battle.
58	** Creator/{{Nintendo}} trademarked "Delta Emerald" in Japan, suggesting that a remake of ''Pokémon Emerald'' may have been planned (it would have been the first [[UpdatedRerelease "third game"]] to be remade). However, this may just be a blanket trademark made to cover their bases, [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Core_series#Unused_trademarks as Nintendo and Game Freak have done for many other possible titles,]] including ''Grey'', ''Purple'', and ''Brown''.

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