History NightmareFuel / PokemonRubyAndSapphire

** On the topic of the Drought, the remake even manages to make it look like a much more threatening situation. While in the original game the screen was just bright and flashing, in the remake it ''literally looks like the sky is on fire''. And don't think playing that part of the game at night will help — the same thing will happen, [[DaylightHorror and it will still be day in-game]].

* Getting to and confronting the legendary mascot Groudon/Kyogre is pretty unnerving. Ok, so you are already pretty paranoid after awakening the beast and triggering unrelenting heat/downpours all while listening to the admittedly frightening Drought/Heavy Rain theme as you get to Sootopolis City. Once you get to the city, enter the Cave of Origin, and proceed down to the bottom-most part of the cave where [[MysteriousMist there is fog]], you are constantly treated to moments of when the cave starts to shake as you hear the version mascot's roar during it, [[NothingIsScarier which builds up your paranoia of what is about to happen.]] Once down there where the energy source is, the music stops and your bottom screen [[InterfaceScrew is running wildly with electricity]] from all the energy in the room, and in the center of it all is the awaiting version legendary for battle.

For the nightmarish Pokédex entries, check [[NighmtareFuel/PokemonPokedex here]].

--> Omega Ruby: [[MadnessMantra THIS IS YOUR FAULT THIS IS YOUR FAULT THIS IS YOUR FAULT YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL THIS IS YOUR FAULT]]'''

* The conclusion of the O-Power quest, while a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, is still pretty disturbing: all the O-Power givers ''merge themselves into one other man'', turning him into '''Mr. Bonding''', making a character who already had a creepy reputation in VideoGame/PokemonXAndY ''even worse''.

* On the topic of the Drought, the remake even manages to make it look like a much more threatening situation. While in the original game the screen was just bright and flashing, in the remake it ''literally looks like the sky is on fire''. And don't think playing that part of the game at night will help — the same thing will happen, [[DaylightHorror and it will still be day in-game]].

** Some would even say that despite it generally being considered less ominous than the drought theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Db9NDkTUQ the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVGK0zx6tY music]] still sounds equally as sinister and sets the tone just as well, with it sounding very frantic, like a race against the clock to save Hoenn from a watery grave.

* Getting to and confronting the legendary mascot Groudon/Kyogre is pretty unnerving. Ok, so you are already pretty paranoid after awakening the beast and triggering unrelenting heat/downpours all while listening to the admittedly frightening Drought/Heavy Rain theme as you get to Sootopolis City. Once you get to the city, enter the Cave of Origin, and proceed down to the bottom-most part of the cave where [[MysteriousMist there is fog]], you are constantly treated to moments of when the cave starts to shake as you hear the version mascot's roar during it, [[NothingIsScarier which builds up your paranoia of what is about to happen.]] Once down there where the energy source is, the music stops and your bottom screen [[InterfaceScrew is running widely with electricity]] from all the energy in the room, and in the center of it all is the awaiting version legendary for battle.

* When you reach Sootopolis during the apocalyptic event, all the doors to the houses are locked. It's because the Sootopolis citizens are so scared that they locked themselves in their houses. The only people who you can talk to at this point are the ones in the Pokemon Center and Pokemart, and they'll comment on how scared and confused they are.

* Meteor Falls and Cave of Origin share the same theme. The theme by itself means little in the former, where you visit in the mid-game. But in the latter, it becomes suddenly ominous thanks to story-related context. You come to the Cave of Origin in the end-game to stop Groudon or Kyogre. Up until this point, the only music you've heard is the Drought or Flood themes, but the moment you enter the cave, you're treated to the Meteor Falls theme. The ground of the cave thuds and you can hear the cries of the Box Legendary as you go down each floor while the theme plays in the background. Once you make it to the final floor, there is suddenly [[ItsQuietTooQuiet no music whatsoever]] and you're completely alone with the apocalyptic monster. Basically, what was once a simple, mysterious melody now sounds like an anthem to signify that the player character is ''[[HeroicSacrifice marching to their death.]]'' The impact of this scene is ''much'' less in the remakes however thanks to the remastered soundtrack softening the theme.

** [[NightmareRetardant Though it is worth noting that Deoxys can't touch Shedinja]], who has type advantage, until it runs out of moves and is forced to Struggle, making it only a little less frightening. It's still very intimidating, as it still has an awful catch rate that means it can KO itself even if you do nothing but chuck Pokeballs at it the entire time.

* The conclusion of the O-Power quest, while a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, is still pretty disturbing: [[spoiler: all the O-Power givers ''merge themselves into one other man'', turning him into '''Mr. Bonding''']], making a character who already had a creepy reputation in VideoGame/PokemonXAndY ''even worse''.
* Courtney, a character who originally had very little personality of her own in Ruby (she didn't appear in Emerald, oddly enough) now has an incredibly unnerving, almost robotic speech pattern that is interrupted from time to time by monotone giggles. Not helping at all is her ...Strange, to say the least, {{Yandere}}-like interactions and attraction towards the roughly 12-year-old player character. [[spoiler: And then there's her Villainous Breakdown during the Delta Episode...]]

* [[MegaCorp The Mauville Corporation]] as a whole is a nightmare fuel ''refinery'' [[spoiler:(literally)]], seeing how many hidden layers of creepy every single place named Mauville has. Some notable examples:
** [[NoOSHACompliance Sea Mauville’s]] [[BlatantLies 10 slogans for a cheerful and fun workplace]]. The first two? Relatively rational. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick And then come the statements]] that working overtime is mandatory, that the only source of leave is retirement, that employees should risk their lives during safety checks, that the upper management must be praised and obeyed absolutely, and that the crossing of the DespairEventHorizon in order to become almost mindless and work at maximum productive efficiency is '''[[MoralEventHorizon outright encouraged]]''' by the sadists running the place. A FateWorseThanDeath doesn’t come close to describing what that place would have been like when it was still operational. It's no wonder why it led to [[spoiler:[[TearJerker Raizo Cozmo losing his wife and becoming the broken man he is]]]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vdxypeLxU The Drought music manages to be even worse in the remake than in the originals]]. They didn't even change much of the track in the remake. It sounds very similar to the original, albeit more "remastered" and with an ominous choir added to it. One Website/{{YouTube}} commenter had pointed out that the remastered version uses the same 8-bit effects used in the original version.

* Courtney, a character who originally had very little personality of her own in Ruby (She didn't appear in Emerald, oddly enough) now has an incredibly unnerving, almost robotic speech pattern that is interrupted from time to time by monotone giggles. Not helping at all is her ...Strange, to say the least, {{Yandere}}-like interactions and attraction towards the roughly 12-year-old player character. [[spoiler: And then there's her Villainous Breakdown during the Delta Episode...]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4vdxypeLxU The Drought music manages to be even worse in the remake than in the originals]]. In Omega Ruby, the fucking sky is burning. And don't think playing that part of the game at night will help — the same thing will happen, [[DaylightHorror and it will still be day in-game]].
** What's even worse is that they didn't even change much of the track in the remake. It sounds very similar to the original, albeit more "remastered" and with an ominous choir added to it. One Website/{{YouTube}} commenter had pointed out that the remastered version uses the same 8-bit effects used in the original version.
* On the topic of the Drought, the remake even manages to make it look like a much more threatening situation. While in the original game the screen was just bright and flashing, in the remake it ''literally looks like the sky is on fire''.

* Courtney, a character who originally had very little personality of her own in Ruby[[labelnote:*]]She didn't appear in Emerald, oddly enough[[/labelnote]], now has an incredibly unnerving, almost robotic speech pattern that is interrupted from time to time by monotone giggles. Not helping at all is her ...Strange, to say the least, {{Yandere}}-like interactions and attraction towards the roughly 12-year-old player character. [[spoiler: And then there's her Villainous Breakdown during the Delta Episode...]]

--> '''Hex Maniac:''' [[NightmareFuel/PokemonXAndY No, you're not the one.]]\\

* While a lot of people say that the flooding situation in Sapphire doesn't have the same creep factor as the drought situation in Ruby (possibly because of the face-paced, less-minimalist music and a rainstorm being considerably less scary than a land becoming desolate and shriveled up), it's still disturbing to think about what exactly would happen to Hoenn in that event. You think dehydration and heatstroke is bad? Try an entire region ''drowning in a constant maelstrom of rain''.

** Some would even say that despite it generally being considered less ominous than the drought theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Db9NDkTUQ the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVGK0zx6tY music]] still sounds equally as sinister and sets the tone just as well, with it sounding very frantic, like a race against the clock to save the region from a watery grave.

* When you reach Sootopolis during the drought situation, all the doors to the houses are locked. It's because the Sootopolis citizens are so scared that they locked themselves in their houses. The only people who you can talk to at this point are the ones in the Pokemon Center and Pokemart, and they'll comment on how scared and confused they are.
** In the original game, the Sootopolis citizens are oddly the only people in Hoenn who are absolutely terrified during the drought, despite the drought also affecting Lilycove and Mossdeep. The remake fixes this by having the Lilycove and Mossdeep citizens terrified too and commenting on the ordeal.
* While a lot of people say that the flooding situation in Sapphire doesn't have the same creep factor as the drought situation in Ruby, it's still disturbing to think about what exactly would happen to Hoenn in that event. You think dehydration and heatstroke is bad? Try an entire region ''drowning in a constant maelstrom of rain''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Db9NDkTUQ The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVGK0zx6tY music]] even sounds just as sinister and sets the tone just as well, with it sounding very frantic.

* Any fan who grew up with Ruby would tell you that even if [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeGusU8z_s the infamous Drought music]] didn't absolutely terrify them, it still creeped them out. Despite being a very minimalist track, it's still a very creepy tune that puts Lavender Town to shame.

* Any fan who grew up with Ruby would tell you that even if [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzeGusU8z_s the infamous Drought music]] didn't absolutely terrify them, it still creep them out. Despite being a very minimalist track, it's still a very creepy tune that puts Lavender Town to shame.

* While a lot of people say that the flooding situation in Sapphire doesn't have the same creep factor as the drought situation in Ruby, it's still disturbing to think about what exactly would happen to Hoenn in that event. You think dehydration and heatstroke is bad? Try an entire region ''drowning in a constant maelstrom of rain''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Db9NDkTUQ The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVGK0zx6tY music]] even sounds just as sinister and set the tone just as well, with it sounding very frantic.