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{{StrategyWiki|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire}} | {{StrategyWiki|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire}} | ||
'''Pokémon Ruby Version''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター ルビー|Poketto Monsutā Rubī}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Ruby'') and '''Pokémon Sapphire Version''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター サファイア|Poketto Monsutā Safaia}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Sapphire'') are the first paired [[core series]] of [[Generation III]] games that are set in the [[Hoenn]] [[region]]. They were released in Japan on November 21, 2002, in North America on March 19, 2003, in Australia on April 3, 2003 and in Europe on July 25, 2003. | '''Pokémon Ruby Version''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター ルビー|Poketto Monsutā Rubī}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Ruby'') and '''Pokémon Sapphire Version''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケットモンスター サファイア|Poketto Monsutā Safaia}}''' ''Pocket Monsters Sapphire'') are the first paired [[core series]] of [[Generation III]] games that are set in the [[Hoenn]] [[region]]. They were released in Japan on November 21, 2002, in North America on March 19, 2003, in Australia on April 3, 2003 and in Europe on July 25, 2003. | ||
On March 15, 2003, the {{OBP|Pokémon Center|store}} New York held a party at which players could purchase Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire at this party. 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, [[Pokémon Emerald Version]], two years later, and together they became the best-selling [[Game Boy Advance]] games of all time. | Like all paired games beforehand, Ruby and Sapphire were followed by a third version, [[Pokémon Emerald Version]], two years later, and together they became the best-selling [[Game Boy Advance]] games of all time. | ||