History Awesome / PokemonRubyAndSapphire

* In the French translation of the game, upon challenging Brawly, he actually says (in French) "I discovered the secret of the true power by [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon staring at a Helix Fossil for days and days]]."

* For Red/Blue veterans of Mt.Moon, the ability Soundproof, which negates all sound-based moves, feels like all Christmasses come at once.
-->''WILD ZUBAT used SUPERSONIC!''\\
''WHISMUR's SOUNDPROOF blocked SUPERSONIC!''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Riding on a dragon and saving the world from a giant meteor? What more could a 10-year-old dream of!]]

* In a meta-moment, for ''all the flack'' people gave Generation III, the [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/20/fans-lining-pokemon-omega-ruby-alpha-sappire/ lines]] in Japan finally [[VindicatedByHistory put the case to rest]]: the fanbase ''loves'' Hoenn. These are just lines for ''pre-orders'' and they span from Sendai, Nagoya, Sapporo, Yokohama, Fukuoka, and Tokyo Bay. [[AwesomeMusic/{{Pokemon}} Let the trumpets sound.]]

* On a meta level, [[GameBreaker Mega Rayquaza]] is ''so'' powerful that Website/{{Smogon}} wound up ''banning it from the uber tier.'' They had to create a new tier known as "Anything Goes" just to hold this legendary beast.
** For reference, the Uber Tier wasn't even entirely real until then. It was basically "anything goes" given a name, for things that were too powerful for other tiers. Mega Rayquaza basically broke the Smogon tiers and topped ''that''.

* In the French translation of the game, upon challenging Brawly, he actually says (in French) "I discovered the secret of the true power by [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon staring at a Helix Fossil for days and days]]."

* On a meta level, [[GameBreaker Mega Rayquaza]] is ''so'' powerful that Website/{{Smogon}} wound up ''[[UpToEleven banning it from the uber tier.]]'' They had to create a new tier known as "Anything Goes" just to hold this legendary beast.

* In the original games, Groudon and Kyogre's special abilities automatically summoned permanent sun or rain to the battlefield. Unfortunately, a {{Nerf}} in Gen VI changed the abilities to just an automatic Sunny Day or Rain Dance, ending their effects after five turns. Then comes ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', and the introduction of Groudon and Kyogre's Primal forms, who have two new abilities: Desolate Land and Primordial Sea which, [[AwesomeMcCoolName besides sounding really badass]], came with a few new effects:

** Professor Cozmo proceeds to ''completely overshadow'' this by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling Zinnia she has absolutely no proof whatsoever and destroyed the link cable "out of this fantasy"!]]. The thing is, he's right as not only does Zinnia ''not'' provide any evidence of the alternate world existing but her plan nearly fails due to Rayquaza not having enough power and would have doomed the world due to her believing. Only the protagonist showing up with the meteorite allows Rayquaza to Mega-Evolve.

** And the '''music''' (specifically, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrdWwqlNwRM "Heavy Rain"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLNMZPF2DA "Rayquaza's Descent!"]] accompany the scenes), which could be considered CrowningMusicOfAwesome in their own right.

** If that wasn't incredible enough, the [[AwesomeMusic music]] probably alone makes it a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. The music even starts ''before'' the battle begins. During the transformation, you hear an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8ZM7vxOcY energetic rock/orchestra remix of the Groudon/Kyogre battle from the original]]. Not only is it not just a simple updated version of the original track, the extra instruments truly convey the awesomeness of facing against a mighty beast from thousands of years ago, let alone one that pretty much nearly ended the world via floods/droughts, and isn't hesitant to do it again. After the transformation, the Primal-reverted Pokémon challenges you to a battle, to which the cutscene seamlessly goes into, with the music still playing.

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** If that wasn't incredible enough, the [[AwesomeMusic music]] probably alone makes it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The music even starts ''before'' the battle begins. During the transformation, you hear an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8ZM7vxOcY energetic rock/orchestra remix of the Groudon/Kyogre battle from the original]]. Not only is it not just a simple updated version of the original track, the extra instruments truly convey the awesomeness of facing against a mighty beast from thousands of years ago, let alone one that pretty much nearly ended the world via floods/droughts, and isn't hesitant to do it again. After the transformation, the Primal-reverted Pokémon challenges you to a battle, to which the cutscene seamlessly goes into, with the music still playing.

* The credits are really cool as well as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, showing you not only moments throughout your adventure but also what Pokémon you were using at that time, even during some more obscure moments. Then [[TheStinger after the credits]] you and May/Brendan arrive at the pond where you first battled and they challenge you to one final battle, this time showing that they finally were able to obtain a Mega Evolution.

''WHISMUR's SOUNDPROOF blocked SUPERSONIC!''\\
''[victory lap]''

!!Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

** During Episode Delta, [[spoiler: his keystone gets stolen. His initial response isn't to break down but adamantly states his priority is to protect his family, lack of Mega Evolution be damned]].

** [[spoiler: His post-game team (after you beat a Chatellaine on a Super line) then takes it further. His team levels range from high seventies, with Gallade at 81. Furthermore, a large portion of them use sets actual competitors use. Wally could essentially pick a fight with the likes of ''Steven, Cynthia, or Red''.]]
* The newly-revealed Delta Episode, which apparently involves [[spoiler:riding Rayquaza into space to fight off an asteroid, which is also Deoxys - and from the details revealed, there are links to the [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY war in Kalos]] from 3,000 years ago.]] This is awesome for three reasons:
** Firstly, just re-read that description. [[spoiler:'''Riding Mega Rayquaza into SPACE!''']]
** Secondly, [[UrbanLegendOfZelda there used to be rumours]] that [[spoiler:it was possible to go into space to get Deoxys and Jirachi in the original games. [[AscendedFanon Game Freak took one of the most-parodied rumours in the entire franchise and ran with it]].]]
** Thirdly, just how unexpected [[spoiler: Deoxys' appearance is.]]. All you know is that a meteor is on a crash course towards the planet and there's a dragon-user going around trying to harness Rayquaza's power to prevent it. [[spoiler: Then you catch Rayquaza yourself after it deems you worthy of facing him and not Zinnia and after defeating Zinnia you ride Mega Rayquaza into space and it pierces through the meteor. Threat cleared! But then you see that lone triangular object floating among the chunks moving in triangular patterns until it grows red and tentacles emerge behind it, with Deoxys' theme kicking in as very familar tentacles emerge from the object until it breaks and reveals the DNA Pokemon, finally obtainable outside of events and spin-offs, who then lunges at you, kickstarting the epic battle against a legend 10 levels higher than your newly adquired Rayquaza. No hints were ever given that Deoxys would ever appear, and that it was never catcheable in-game unless you got lucky with events only adds to the unexpected of the moment.]]

* The credits are really cool as well as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, showing you not only moments throughout your adventure but also what Pokémon you were using at that time, even during some more obscure moments. Then [[TheStinger after the credits]] [[spoiler: you and May/Brendan arrive at the pond where you first battled and they challenge you to one final battle, this time showing that they finally were able to obtain a Mega Evolution]].

* Groudon and Kyogre's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwJViCjDkLA epic]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxbbJfpuNjA battle]] in ''Pokémon Emerald''. And more importantly, Rayquaza, [[spoiler:who flies to Sootopolis after you encounter it at the Sky Pillar. Once you arrive there and witness Groudon and Kyogre again, Rayquaza comes out, flies through the clouds, descends with a trail of green light cloaking it, and swoops down to Groudon and Kyogre. With one mighty roar, it sends them both away, and departs, returning the weather to normal.]] How intense is that?

* Zinnia destroying the device for transporting the meteor to another dimension, saving the Pokémon world of the first five generations from a fate it could not have prevented.

** If that wasn't incredible enough, the [[AwesomeMusic music]] probably alone makes it a CrowningMomentofAwesome. The music even starts ''before'' the battle begins. During the transformation, you hear an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8ZM7vxOcY energetic rock/orchestra remix of the Groudon/Kyogre battle from the original]]. Not only is it not just a simple updated version of the original track, the extra instruments truly convey the awesomeness of facing against a mighty beast from thousands of years ago, let alone one that pretty much nearly ended the world via floods/droughts, and isn't hesitant to do it again. After the transformation, the Primal-reverted Pokémon challenges you to a battle, to which the cutscene seamlessly goes into, with the music still playing.

** It gets better. Mega Rayquaza's ability, '''Delta Stream''', lessens its weaknesses as Delta Stream negates any super-effectiveness against Flying-types, thus taking its 4x weakness against Ice to only 2x and negating its Rock weakness altogether, making it much less easily taken out by Groudon or Kyogre.

** And most importantly, ''[[NoSell completely negates water]]'' (if Desolate Land is in effect) ''[[NoSell or fire]]'' (if Primordial Sea is in effect) ''type attacks used against Groudon or Kyogre''. Thought you could one-shot Primal Groudon with a [[KillItWithWater water type attack]] thanks to its [[ForMassiveDamage 4x weakness]]? '''[[SubvertedTrope NOPE]]'''.