Pokémon Emerald beta

Unlike other Pokémon games, third version games rarely contain prototype information because they are based on an already existing game. Pokémon Emerald is no exception.

Very little was changed in Emerald, in relation to Ruby and Sapphire Versions, with the exception of the Battle Frontier and storyline tweaks to better include the legendary Pokémon Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza. While there is no evidence to suggest the storyline was changed seriously, there is evidence that the Battle Frontier was changed slightly in various stages of development; however, these changes are minor and strictly relate almost entirely to building placements and static objects, such as fences.

New music

While Ruby and Sapphire, the base versions of Emerald, had upconverted Generation II music in their coding, Emerald contains the music from FireRed and LeafGreen in addition to its own themes.

"Special Area"

A new, empty header included after the empty Kanto and Sevii Islands ones is named "Special Area". There is no actual information on what would have been included in this area, so it might have been intended merely to be a name for an event. This is probably the same case with the map header named 'SPECIAL' in Generation II with index number 0.

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