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3rd Gen Preferred Series between FR/LG and R/S/E

What is your favorite 3rd gen series?

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i liked hoenn more than i did kanto (in the games) and plus my favorite pokemon, blaziken, is from hoenn
 
As much as I do like the remakes of Green and Red, I just like the main series better. Hoenn is my favorite region and Ruby came out during an awesome time in my life, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. I love the Pokemon that were introduced as well too and the many new features we got in R/S/E.
 
As far as the games go FR/LG > R/S

Emerald was my middle ground.

I measure my experience with the games by the narratives and judge the overall narratives by the characterization and effectiveness of the antagonists. In my opinion, Giovanni is legitimately more threatening than Chuck or Maxie.

Honestly, in R/S/E, what was Teams Aqua and Magma's motivation for doing what they did? What did they have to gain by either flooding the world or making it a barren wasteland? Additionally, when they do put their plans into action, they seem surprised that what they did could mean the extinction of humans and Pokemon alike. Their plans have no rhyme or reason. It's glaringly obvious that Chuck and Maxie are idiots who clearly did not know what they were doing.

Comparatively, Giovanni is a Mob Boss. Team Rocket were collecting rare and valuable items to trade in the black market (Cubone skulls). It's implied that Giovanni controls Kanto and its people by controlling its socioeconomic condition (casino, corporation takeovers). Giovanni was cool and calculating; he knew what he was doing. His purpose was to carry on the family business and to continue the tradition of power and corruption left to him by his mother. He is legitimately more threatening because his crimes mirror what happens in the real criminal underworld.

I will admit, however, that Gen 3 in Hoenn has better graphical design and added another dimension in game mechanics (natures, abilities) but the overall plot and context of the events transpiring in Kanto wins it for me in the end.
 
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Well, I did like Squirtle on Gen I... FR/LG wasn't just as appealing to me. Even if there is B2W2 now, Emerald is still my favorite game. Having two opposing Teams, epic war/love battle between Kyogre and Groudon, Regi's, Lati's, and my most favorite Pokemon Metagross! R, S, and E are just awesome.
 
RSE, not only on the GBA, but all time too. I always loved the conflicts of the game, with Groudon and Kyogre being the focus behind most of the story. The Hoenn region was always so fun to travel. And most of all, the Pokémon of the Hoenn Region are bar none.
 
I think FRLG are the better games, balance-wise. The gameplay in Hoenn is not that good to me, heavily biased towards Mudkip. Meanwhile, in FRLG Charmander has the poorest matchup against gyms, but he's still very much usable thanks to the options they give you in terms of Pokémon.

Also, Team Rocket is cooler than Aqua/Magma.

Both have some oversights, though. In FRLG, Giovanni's last Pokémon is a Rhyhorn, while it was a Rhydon in the originals. In Emerald, May uses a Torkoal in the second fight, then changes to Slugma the next time you fight her.
 
I used to enjoy R/S/E more than FR/LG, however since I've played that series of games like 10 times, FR/LG is becoming my preferred of the two.
 
I think I prefer Fire Red and Leaf Green more than Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald because I didn't really like Hoenn and its Pokemon.
 
RSE as Emerald was my first of the newer games and made me fall in love with Gen 3, I got LG afterwards though and adored that too :)
 
The Sevii Islands are what make my answer FR/LG. For some reason, those islands are my calling card for some of my favourite features in a Pokemon game. When I got SS, I would send whoever I had in FR/LG down to SS just so I could play alllllllll the way through again just to complete the Sevii Islands again.
 
Its R/S/E for me simply because i love the Hoenn region and some of my favout=rite pokemon come from there.
 
Ruby was my first game, but I prefer FireRed
In Ruby the surfing routes are so sometimes so confusing and the gym leaders are a little bit op
 
I like FRLG better than RSE. After GSC, Ruby and Sapphire let me down because they didn't include all of the Pokemon (and as Blastoise was my favorite Pokemon, I was upset that I had no way of obtaining one until FRLG came out), weren't backwards compatible, and only included one region. I suppose after GSC, I expected new games to continue the trend of allowing trades with previous generations and letting the user explore the regions present in previous games, so I was surpised when neither Kanto nor Johto was present in R/S. I've also never cared too much for water in Pokemon regions, and Hoenn's abundance of oceans didn't sit well with me. Overall, the Hoenn games have always been my least favorites, and I think a lot of that stems from the fact that they followed my favorite games and didn't live up to the same expectations.

By contrast, FRLG brought back many of the Pokemon I loved, and allowed me to explore Kanto all over again, which I loved. Also, when I first played Red, most people I knew used the Missingno glitch all the time, and I liked the idea of playing through an expanded Kanto region without the same glitch issues present in RBY. Unlike with R/S, I knew what to expect when I bought LeafGreen, as I'd played most of the game before in the form of RBY. Consequently, FRLG lived up to my expectations better than RSE did, and as a result, I continue to prefer the Kanto third generation games to the Hoenn ones.
 
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As much as I liked FRLG I think the Hoenn games were a little better, especially Emerald. But then again Sapphire was the first game I played so I am a little biased.
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I loved Emerald way more than Sapphire/Ruby. This is because the Story I could battle both Team Aqua and Team Magma!

However, I do love Fr/LG so much.
 
Sapphire was my first game, so in a slightly biased decision, I'm going to say RSE. FRLG was outdated with the release of HGSS, anyways.
 
Emerald >> RS > FR/LG
I have to vote for RSE, even if Red was the first Pokemon game I have ever played.
In my opinion, Red/Blue lack of story, yeah there's TR, but not much is known of their goals/history/etc. Ands FR/LG haven't really improved that part.... I prefer when they're tons of sidequest (by sidequest I mean everything that isn't getting badge and beating elite 4 & Champion).
The only let down of Emerald is the lack of some previous gen Pokemon that were liked by players (like eeveelution/Gengar/etc.) But it bring out couple of really nice new Pokemon too
 
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