Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire

Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
The cover of Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire
Category	Utility
Players	1
Publisher	Nintendo
Developer	The Pokémon Company
ESRB	E for Everyone
Release dates
Japan	May 30, 2003
N. America	July 12, 2004
Australia	July 16, 2004
Europe	May 14, 2004
Korea
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Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire

English Title Screen

Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire is a Nintendo GameCube product released May 30th, 2003 in Japan and in North America on July 11th, 2004. In North America, however, it was only available at the Pokémon Center in New York City. Pokémon Box itself is not so much a game as it is a storage unit for a Trainer's Pokémon.

European gamers were able to purchase the game with a GameCube Bundle which included Pokémon Colosseum, a memory card, and a GameCube link cable. There were also a limited amount of Pokémon Box games available online at the Stars Catalogue on the official Nintendo of Europe website.

Features

Trainers can store up to 1500 Pokémon in twenty-five boxes that hold sixty Pokémon and trade between Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, as well as FireRed and LeafGreen. All of the Pokémon can be stored on a GameCube memory card, requiring 59 blocks for save data. A special edition Ruby and Sapphire Memory Card 59 is included with the game for players to use.

The host of the game, Brigette, is the creator of the mass storage system, and is the sister of Lanette, who developed the standard storage system along with Bill.

The game also comes with a GameCube-to-Game Boy Advance link cable, which allows Trainers to deposit Pokémon from their GBA game to Box without the need to trade.

Once a Pokémon is in a box, Trainers can examine the stats of their Pokémon and, using the "Go to List" option, open a spreadsheet style graph with numerous categories such as original Trainer, moves, Pokémon Contests stats, friendliness, and level. This is similar to the List view found in Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2 when using the box feature found within both of those games.

Players may also display their Pokémon using the "Showcase" option from the main menu in Brigette's Room. This feature allows players to create a stage from a combination of ten backgrounds, ten stage patterns, and five types of display pieces. They are also able to chose from one of eight music tracks, all of which have been remixed or ported from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. However, this view is only for show, and does not display any statistics about the Pokémon that are being displayed.

Please note, however, certain conditions in each game must be met before Pokémon Box can be fully utilized.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

• Players must have received the Pokédex from Professor Birch before they can deposit their Pokémon.
• Players must have 100 Pokémon caught in the Pokédex before they can withdraw any Pokémon which they did not deposit.

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

• Players must have finished the Sevii Islands quest and activated trades with Hoenn-based games with the Ruby and Sapphire before they can deposit or withdraw any Pokémon.
• Players must have 100 Pokémon caught in the Pokédex before they can withdraw any Pokémon which they did not deposit.

Bonus eggs

When a certain amount of Pokémon are deposited from a game cartridge, a Pokémon egg is deposited in box. The Pokémon that hatches will know a special move that it would not learn normally and can not be passed down through breeding. It is important to note that these Pokémon do not all need to have the same original Trainer ID number, but must be transferred from the same game cartridge into Pokémon Box. This means that, in cases where a player has access to multiple games, all of the Pokémon can be transferred to one, then moved into Box. The Pokémon that are available from the special eggs are:

Receive at the start

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
SWABLU ♂/♀		Dex No.	333	Random nature.	Flying	Peck	None
Lv.5		Type		July 12, 2004	Normal	Growl
		Normal	Flying	Hoenn/Kanto	Normal	False Swipe
		OT	(Hatcher's)	Arrived at Lv. 5.	--	--
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)	-	There is no limit to this Pokémon's availability. It may be obtained on any date, beginning from when it was released. It was available in all regions.
Item		Ability		-
None		Natural Cure		-
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from Pal Park.
The OT and ID No. of this Pokémon is the same as its hatcher's.
This Pokémon was distributed as an egg.
Can be obtained with: R B G Y G S C R S FR LG E D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: Colo XD PBR Box Ranch Chn Ra SoA Distribution
Please go here to know this Pokémon's in-game effect.

100 Pokémon from one game

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
ZIGZAGOON ♂/♀		Dex No.	263	Random nature.	Normal	Tackle	None
Lv.5		Type		July 12, 2004	Normal	Growl
		Normal		Unknown	Hoenn/Kanto	Normal		ExtremeSpeed
		OT	(Hatcher's)	Arrived at Lv. 5.	--	--
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)	-	There is no limit to this Pokémon's availability. It may be obtained on any date, beginning from when it was released. It was available in all regions.
Item		Ability		-
None		Pickup		-
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from Pal Park.
The OT and ID No. of this Pokémon is the same as its hatcher's.
This Pokémon was distributed as an egg.
Can be obtained with: R B G Y G S C R S FR LG E D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: Colo XD PBR Box Ranch Chn Ra SoA Distribution
Please go here to know this Pokémon's in-game effect.

500 Pokémon from one game

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
SKITTY ♂/♀		Dex No.	300	Random nature.	Normal	Tackle	None
Lv.5		Type		July 12, 2004	Normal	Growl
		Normal		Unknown	Hoenn/Kanto	Normal		Tail Whip
		OT	(Hatcher's)	Arrived at Lv. 5.	Normal	Pay Day
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)	-	There is no limit to this Pokémon's availability. It may be obtained on any date, beginning from when it was released. It was available in all regions.
Item		Ability		-
None		Cute Charm		-
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from Pal Park.
The OT and ID No. of this Pokémon is the same as its hatcher's.
This Pokémon was distributed as an egg.
Can be obtained with: R B G Y G S C R S FR LG E D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: Colo XD PBR Box Ranch Chn Ra SoA Distribution
Please go here to know this Pokémon's in-game effect.

1499 Pokémon from one game

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
PICHU ♂/♀		Dex No.	172	Random nature.	Electric	ThunderShock	None
Lv.5		Type		July 12, 2004	Normal	Charm
		Electric		Unknown	Hoenn/Kanto	Water		Surf
		OT	(Hatcher's)	Arrived at Lv. 5.	--	--
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)	-	There is no limit to this Pokémon's availability. It may be obtained on any date, beginning from when it was released. It was available in all regions.
Item		Ability		-
None		Static		-
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was obtained from Pal Park.
This Pokémon must forget the move Surf in order to be able to be sent to Pal Park.
The OT and ID No. of this Pokémon is the same as its hatcher's.
This Pokémon was distributed as an egg.
Can be obtained with: R B G Y G S C R S FR LG E D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: Colo XD PBR Box Ranch Chn Ra SoA Distribution
Please go here to know this Pokémon's in-game effect.

Emulation

Aside from being a storage device, Pokémon Box can be used to play Pokémon Ruby or Pokémon Sapphire on the television without the Game Boy Player. Only those two versions (but not FireRed, LeafGreen, or Emerald) can be played and the storage system on the memory card cannot be accessed via the in-game PC, just the game cartridge's boxes. In this way, it is much like the Game Boy Tower of Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2. Players can access this feature by choosing the option "Go to Adventure" from the title menu. This is currently the only way to play any hand held version of Pokémon on the Wii.

This article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.