New Pokemon Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire trailer: Hoenn has never looked so exciting!

Nintendo and the Pokemon Company have just released a new trailer for Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire.

The trailer goes over the features found in the remakes of the original Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, reintroducing the Hoenn region, the starter pokemon, the gym leaders, as well as two villainous teams: Team Aqua and Team Magma. These two teams are each after one of two legendary pokemon, Kyogre and Groudon.

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In the remake, Kyogre and Groudon are beneficiaries of a new feature: Primal Reversion. Certain pokemon in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire can undergo Primal Reversion become to become Primal Pokemon, bringing with them a host of buffs and changes. In the case of Primal Groudon, its ground, fire, and attack stats will increase, while Primal Kyogre will see its special attack stat increase.

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In addition to these, the trailer also focuses on updates to a couple of features that were pioneered by the original Gen III games.

Secret Bases, now called Super Secret Bases, will have all the trappings of secret bases. They will also allow base sharing via Street Pass or QR codes, and the collection of Secret Pals. The latter are virtual representations of other players that provide a host of options such as battling, pokemon leveling, and more.

In addition to these, Super Secret Bases will also allow players to play a form of capture the flag as well as act as their own personal Pokemon Gym, similar to the official gyms in the game.

Another returning feature from the previous games are the Pokemon Contests, now called Pokemon Contest Spectaculars. These contests will now have Talent Rounds, which will be similar to the appeal round of the previous games where the players pokemon performs moves to impress the judges and woo the crowd — they can even perform a Mega Evolution to hype the crowd up even more.

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This trailer is a great precursor to Pokemon Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, which are set to be released worldwide on November 21, 2014.

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