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TwilightBlade May 9th, 2014 4:09 PM

Ah let's see... March 2003... I would be 10 years, 10 months old. The best there ever was. I first saw a classmate play Ruby or Sapphire on his GBA. I don't remember the starter, probably a Torchic, but he had a Wingull named Whispey.

I believe I got Sapphire for my 11th birthday because I wrote down that I caught Latias on May 25th. I used to be very keen with writing down the dates something important happened to me, and she's my favorite Pokemon, haha. Also, one month after starting Sapphire, I recall getting Pokerus in Ever Grande. In one month I had finished the story and caught the roaming legendary. This brings the start date around to my April 23rd birthday. I don't really remember opening it as a gift, but I sure do remember playing it for 300 hours... XD

RedJ May 9th, 2014 4:43 PM

I had just turned eleven when they were released, but I didn't have a GBA at the time so I wouldn't actually get the games until I was around 13 (got my GBA SP the Christmas of the year FireRed/LeafGreen were announced, would get Ruby at some point after that).

I remember one of my friends letting me start a new game on their Sapphire and playing it at some point before that, though. I didn't particularly care that I would have to stop eventually; by that point in time I just wanted to play the game, even if it was only for a short amount of time.

Danny0317 May 9th, 2014 6:54 PM

Didn't hear about the announcements. I didn't even know RSE existed until I was 7, I'm 14 now.

Shadowraze May 10th, 2014 5:35 PM

I played Ruby when I was like 8 years old which is like 2007? Although I played FireRed a year before that xD

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ May 10th, 2014 6:17 PM

I was a 5th grader when I started playing these games and man was I a happy person.


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Nomine May 10th, 2014 6:22 PM

I'm pretty sure I was eight. I'm too lazy to do the math. (Hah!)

Brendino May 11th, 2014 12:30 AM

Hmm, I can't remember how old I was when I'd first heard about Ruby and Sapphire, but I know that I got my GBA SP and Sapphire from Christmas in either 2004 or 2005 (which would've made me 12 or 13 respectively). Either way, I always seemed to be a couple of releases behind everyone else as far as the Pokemon games were concerned, but that didn't stop me from putting in a couple hundred hours into Sapphire before I finally got FireRed, haha.

Xebelleon May 11th, 2014 1:19 AM

I was in high school with Sapphire originally. Sixteen or seventeen.

Palkia May 11th, 2014 2:15 AM

I was about 6 years old when I first played a Pokémon game (The first rescue team game) at a after school club and I thought it was cool. I begged my dad for a DS so I could play pokémon and that Xmas I got a DS (the old chubby one) with mario kart and couldn't wait to get my hands on a pokemon game. I then got Emerald and played it using the GBA slot on the DS and I was hooked.

Tetra May 11th, 2014 9:56 AM

It was released in 2003, right? Yeah, I can remember the day of its release date. I just turned seven, and since my sister had forgotten to gift me a birthday present, she got me Sapphire when it was released. Everyone was talking about it in school. It's such a shame that its not as popular in school as how it used to be. I loved it to bits. I still play the same cartridge time to time, but its battery is dead. :(

Imperator161 May 11th, 2014 8:49 PM

I was about 11 when I heard of R/S, and when I purchased Sapphire. I remember excitedly waiting for Friday so I could get the game (since I had too much homework/other stuff to get it and start it during the week). I also recall being disappointed about the fact that I couldn't get Blastoise, my favorite Pokémon, and that there was no backwards compatibility with gen 2. I was actually tempted not to play Sapphire after learning that, but decided to give it a try anyway, and ended up enjoying the experience (though I still liked Gold better).

I also recall being thrown by the graphical changes. I had no idea what the new grass was when I first looked at it, and was mildly surprised to discover that it was the game's version of tall grass.

She_Delphox May 12th, 2014 3:16 AM

When the good old Gen.3 games originally came out I was around 11/12 years old (also when I first got word of it). First I played a bit of Sapphire but that game was from a rich friend unfortunately, so I must have been around 13/14 years old when I could buy my first Gen.3 game, which was Ruby :3

Currently playing Emerald to re-live those days of awesome gameplay! ^_^

Khoshi May 12th, 2014 3:33 AM

I was only 5 years old when they originally came out... :x

Believe it or not, but I completely missed out on buying them ;_;. My parents didn't have enough money to buy me gaming devices back then, so I was stuck playing my friend's GBA SP, and he had Ruby Version. I think that was back in...2006-2007? 8 or 9 years old when I got them. Around when I got a DS to play Diamond Version.

I finally got the games for myself via emulator around I think 2010, which would have made me 12. I'm a very late person, I know :(

encas May 12th, 2014 10:32 PM

When Ruby and Sapphire were released, I was an eight year-old third grader. I remember being so incredibly hyped when those two versions were released in Japan in November 2002, but despite my enthusiasm for the releases, I ended up waiting until the following spring to get my hands on the games. Although I preordered both of them, I mainly played Sapphire (to this very day, I have kept one of my oldest Sapphire files, as I still have the Eon Ticket item on it, so I maintain that file just in case I need to mix records onto any of my other Hoenn cartridges).

Pepperton June 6th, 2014 10:46 AM

I can't remember exactly how old I was when I first bought Pokemon Sapphire, but I remember coming home from school they day they were released and begging my mom to drive me to Target and purchase it. After half an hour of bickering, she gave in and we set out to buy what later become one of my most coveted video games. My brother got Ruby, and we spent hours playing through the story line and trading with each other. I have so many fond memories travelling through Hoenn for the first time, and it always brings a smile to my face reminiscing about them. :]

Juno June 6th, 2014 2:14 PM

I got both Ruby and Sapphire almost immediately after it came out - I remember it being sold out at my local EB, so I had to go to a different mall to get it. I must have been about 9 then, since it was out in 2003.

Altairis June 6th, 2014 7:29 PM

Wow. I was six when they came out. However, I don't remember if I bought them as the came out or a little bit later. I think Emerald had already come out by then, so I was a little older by the time I got Sapphire and Emerald.

YungKnowledge June 6th, 2014 7:48 PM

10 or 11 I played Ruby 1st because I was helping a friend with his game. He hated grinding and level up his Pokemon. So I did it for him. I played Sapphire & Emerald emulators. The only 3rd Gen game I owned was Fire Red if you count that one.

enigmaeffect June 12th, 2014 3:01 AM

In 2003, I would have been 7 years old. I remember naming my first Sapphire team after Muppets.

Dreg June 14th, 2014 2:03 AM

I was 12 at the time when Ruby/Sapphire came out. I had the feeling that the move to Game Boy Advance would be better. And, indeed it was, and Ruby/Sapphire still remains my favorite games of the series.

Harmonious Fusion June 14th, 2014 9:18 AM

I was 8 when I heard the news and 9 when I played. I eventually got all the Hoenn games, but my first was Sapphire.

I remember all the rumors and speculation at school before the games came out.

"I hear your Pokemon can follow you in certain places."
"Yeah? Well I heard that the game has tornadoes in it and you have to outrun the storm."
"How cool is that? I can't wait!"

bewbs June 23rd, 2014 2:38 PM

I am currently Fearow years old.
I would have been about Butterfree or Weedle years old when I first started playing the games.

AluminiumOxide June 25th, 2014 11:45 PM

I was 15 or something when i first played Pokemon. Maybe 13 to 15. ahh yes between these years i used to play Pokemon games sooo much. Its was my drug and addiction.

Jellicent♀ July 15th, 2014 12:18 PM

I was around 11 years old when Ruby and Sapphire came out. They became my pure obsession the moment I got them.

nikkissippi121 July 15th, 2014 8:11 PM

I was 7 when I first saw the screenshots, 8 when I got Ruby. :)


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