> [!game] *Pokémon Sapphire Version* > ![[Pokémon Sapphire Box Art - Front.jpg]] > > [!art]- Back of Box > > ![[Pokémon Sapphire Box Art - Back.jpg]] > > Developer: Game Freak > Publisher: Nintendo > Platform: Game Boy Advance > Release: March 19, 2003 [User Manual](https://www.videogamemanual.com/gba/Pokemon%20-%20Sapphire%20Version%20(USA).pdf) [Save data](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWW_S-6GGO9hfNUxrH5NA9aVm7ZHcc-1/view?usp=share_link) - Mr. King's 105 hour save data on the cartridge I bought, clearly hacked and all. I couldn't just delete that. # Summary The third generation of Pokémon and the first title for the Game Boy Advance. I honestly forget the name of the region, but there is lots of water and Water-type Pokémon. Game Freak was in their stride with updating, revising, and invigorating the formula. # Acquisition I bought at a local shop with credit from trading in duplicate copies of [[Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories|Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]] and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, alongside *Tony Hawk's Underground*, and *The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King* from a [[Advance Wars#Acquisition|Goodwill bundle]] and the *Final Fantasy XV* collector's guide and a physical Gwent set that I had. Quite the eclectic trade. # Memories I don't have many with this iteration of the series. My experience came later with [[Pokémon Alpha Sapphire]]. For some reason though, I *loved* Mudkip as a kid. So much, that it became my handle that has haunted me to this day—mudkip143 (it rhymes if you spell it out). I think "i herd u leik mudkips" was the first "meme" I grabbed ahold of me and my funny bone. # Related Posts - [[S6E5 - Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]] # Versions - [[Pokémon Alpha Sapphire]] - [[Pokémon Emerald Version]]