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The then recently founded [[The Pokémon Company]] originally announced the games as the single-version '''Pokémon Game Boy Advance''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター ゲームボーイアドバンス版}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Game Boy Advance Edition'') or simply '''Pokémon GBA''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケモンＧＢＡ}}''' ''Pokémon GBA'') alongside the [[e-Reader]] on March 7, 2001, with a tentative release date of 2002.<ref>[https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010307/gba2.htm GAME Watch]</ref><ref>[https://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/321/321417/ ASCII.jp]</ref><ref>[https://dengekionline.com/news/kako/new/200103/0307/0307nintendo.html 電撃オンライン ''DENGEKI ONLINE'']</ref><ref>[https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0103/07/news04.html ねとらぼ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010310074936/http://pocket.ign.com/news/32141.html IGN]</ref><ref>[https://www.zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro01-4b.html CoroCoro's April 2001 issue (published on March 15, 2001) on ゾイド総合ランド]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010401130323/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/ Game Freak website's update from March 23, 2001]</ref> President [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] revealed the company's lack of optimism towards the future of Pokémon during this announcement and [[Junichi Masuda]], former veteran employee of [[Game Freak]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|director of the games]], has expressed the hardships posed by their development in post-release interviews.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/08/14/why-ruby-and-sapphire-were-the-most-challenging-pokemon-to-make.aspx Game Informer interview from August 14, 2017]</ref><ref>[https://lavacutcontent.com/masuda-game-freak-history/ Dr. Lava's translation of a Famitsu interview from May 23, 2019]</ref> The aforementioned tentative title would be used alongside the final titles during {{pkmn|Festa#Pokémon Festa 2002|Pokémon Festa 2002}}.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXd_FG0MLSc RAI-GER's footage from July 20, 2002, reuploaded by xdanielDZD to YouTube on June 3, 2010]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020802094513/http://www.pokemon-festa.com/events.html Pokémon Festa 2002 website's events section as of August 2, 2002 (differs from the June 28, 2002 copy)]</ref> | The then recently founded [[The Pokémon Company]] originally announced the games as the single-version '''Pokémon Game Boy Advance''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケットモンスター ゲームボーイアドバンス版}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Game Boy Advance Edition'') or simply '''Pokémon GBA''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケモンＧＢＡ}}''' ''Pokémon GBA'') alongside the [[e-Reader]] on March 7, 2001, with a tentative release date of 2002.<ref>[https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010307/gba2.htm GAME Watch]</ref><ref>[https://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/321/321417/ ASCII.jp]</ref><ref>[https://dengekionline.com/news/kako/new/200103/0307/0307nintendo.html 電撃オンライン ''DENGEKI ONLINE'']</ref><ref>[https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0103/07/news04.html ねとらぼ]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010310074936/http://pocket.ign.com/news/32141.html IGN]</ref><ref>[https://www.zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro01-4b.html CoroCoro's April 2001 issue (published on March 15, 2001) on ゾイド総合ランド]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010401130323/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/ Game Freak website's update from March 23, 2001]</ref> President [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] revealed the company's lack of optimism towards the future of Pokémon during this announcement and [[Junichi Masuda]], former veteran employee of [[Game Freak]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|director of the games]], has expressed the hardships posed by their development in post-release interviews.<ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/08/14/why-ruby-and-sapphire-were-the-most-challenging-pokemon-to-make.aspx Game Informer interview from August 14, 2017]</ref><ref>[https://lavacutcontent.com/masuda-game-freak-history/ Dr. Lava's translation of a Famitsu interview from May 23, 2019]</ref> The aforementioned tentative title would be used alongside the final titles during {{pkmn|Festa#Pokémon Festa 2002|Pokémon Festa 2002}}.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXd_FG0MLSc RAI-GER's footage from July 20, 2002, reuploaded by xdanielDZD to YouTube on June 3, 2010]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020802094513/http://www.pokemon-festa.com/events.html Pokémon Festa 2002 website's events section as of August 2, 2002 (differs from the June 28, 2002 copy)]</ref> | ||
On March 15, 2003, the | On March 15, 2003, the [[Pokémon Center New York]] held a party at which players could purchase Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. The games were not sold in stores across North America until March 19, 2003.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030604202304/http://pokemon.com/letters/2003314.asp Pokémon.com - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR! - 3/14/2003] (archive)</ref> | ||
Like all paired games beforehand, Ruby and Sapphire were followed by a third version, {{game|Emerald}}, two years later, and together they became the best-selling [[Game Boy Advance]] games of all time. [[Remake]]s of the games, in the form of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, were released [[Generation VI|three generations later]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in November 2014 worldwide. | Like all paired games beforehand, Ruby and Sapphire were followed by a third version, {{game|Emerald}}, two years later, and together they became the best-selling [[Game Boy Advance]] games of all time. [[Remake]]s of the games, in the form of {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, were released [[Generation VI|three generations later]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in November 2014 worldwide. | ||