This is one of those games that I played endlessly as a kid. I'm pretty sure I completed the Hoenn-dex when I was younger, and had a few Frontier symbols to my name as well!
Decided to replay it recently. It's been more than a decade, yet there's still aspects about the game embedded in my head even after all these years. A certain NPC's dialogue, the Pokémon an NPC battles with, or the Pokémon pool available on certain routes or caves. I tried catching and using some of the same Pokémon from when I was a kid too.
It made me somewhat emotional. I've been on a depressional spiral lately, and it was nice to reconnect with my childhood self for a small while. Maybe I needed it.
My whiney nostalgia bullshit aside, however, is it still a good game? Yeah, I'd say it's still pretty fun. Not perfect, and far from the best the series has to offer in my opinion, but I'd definitely call Emerald required reading for any Pokémon fan.
Decided to replay it recently. It's been more than a decade, yet there's still aspects about the game embedded in my head even after all these years. A certain NPC's dialogue, the Pokémon an NPC battles with, or the Pokémon pool available on certain routes or caves. I tried catching and using some of the same Pokémon from when I was a kid too.
It made me somewhat emotional. I've been on a depressional spiral lately, and it was nice to reconnect with my childhood self for a small while. Maybe I needed it.
My whiney nostalgia bullshit aside, however, is it still a good game? Yeah, I'd say it's still pretty fun. Not perfect, and far from the best the series has to offer in my opinion, but I'd definitely call Emerald required reading for any Pokémon fan.