# Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

> Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are Game Freak's 2002 Game Boy Advance RPGs set in Hoenn, adding double battles, abilities and 135 new Pokémon.

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- Console: Game Boy Advance
- Released: 2002
- Developer: Game Freak

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were developed by Game Freak and released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002 in Japan and 2003 elsewhere. The player travels the Hoenn region, collecting gym badges and stopping Team Magma or Team Aqua from waking the legendary Groudon or Kyogre.

They introduced double battles, abilities, natures and Pokémon Contests, along with 135 new species, and were the first Pokémon games on the Game Boy Advance.

A static recompilation provides a separate native build for each version.

## Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire PC Ports

- [Ruby Recomp](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gba/games/pokemonrubyandsapphire/ports/rubyrecomp/index.md): Ruby Recomp is a static recompilation of Pokémon Ruby for Windows by mstan, from the RubySapphireRecomp project, with an absolute real-time clock mod.
- [Sapphire Recomp](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/gba/games/pokemonrubyandsapphire/ports/sapphirerecomp/index.md): Sapphire Recomp is a static recompilation of Pokémon Sapphire for Windows by mstan, from the RubySapphireRecomp project, with an absolute real-time clock mod.