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m (→‎Trivia: These points seem plenty noteworthy to me. (Though it's unwieldy, since RSE/ORAS are the same basic story, the first trivia point should remain valid))
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'''Pokémon Ruby Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスタールビー''' ''Pocket Monsters Ruby'') and '''Pokémon Sapphire Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスターサファイア''' ''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: '''ポケットモンスタールビー''' ''Pocket Monsters Ruby'') and '''Pokémon Sapphire Version''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスターサファイア''' ''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. 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>
On March 15, 2003, the {{OBP|Pokémon Center|store}} 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, [[Pokémon Emerald Version]], two years later, and together they became the best-selling [[Game Boy Advance]] games of all time. [[Remake|Remakes]] of the games, in the form of [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]], were released [[Generation VI|three generations later]] in November 2014 worldwide.  
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. [[Remake|Remakes]] of the games, in the form of [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]], were released [[Generation VI|three generations later]] in November 2014 worldwide.


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