Stranger still, the tile treats the player like a current tile. It’s possible to walk on one of those ocean tiles as if it were land or shallow water.
On one shallow water patch on the southeast side of Route 134, there is one peculiar title that doesn’t behave like it’s supposed to.Īt the bottom right of the patch there is jagged edge bordered by ocean. These are tiles that they player can walk on instead of having to surf through.
Spaced throughout the watery routes are patches of shallow water tiles. Usually, ocean tiles require a Pokémon that knows Surf for the player to travel on them. These range from ocean tiles all the way down to puddle tiles. In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, there are multiple types of water tiles. Each tile is coded with the properties of land or water, or where wild Pokémon may appear or not, and so on. The worlds of the core Pokémon games are made up of coded tiles. Using this trick, though, you can Surf in Fortree City and jump off your Pokémon from the bridge south of Fortree Gym and get in that way. Normally, you have to use the Devon Scope to detect the camouflaged Kecleon that blocks your path to the Gym. With this bug, it is possible to sneak into some areas that are hidden the the player, such as the Fortree Gym. Select “yes” and voila- you will now be surfing on land.
If done correctly, the Surf dialogue box will appear while the player is facing a regular land tile. You have to use the Acro Bike to side hop north or south onto a tile adjacent to a water tile and press the A button at precisely the right frame. However, in the Japanese versions of Ruby and Sapphire, there is a way to make your trainer surf on land. They can ride their Pokémon to isolated land masses or underwater locations and step back on land seamlessly. Throughout the Pokémon games, your trainer may traverse the seas by mounting a Pokémon who knows the Surf move. Have you ever wanted to swim through grass fields like they were kelp or surf through the air as if it were waves in the sea? Well there is a way to do it in the Japanese versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. You can’t go too far away from the proper area map due to invisible walls, but you can sneak into this area and pretend to ghost Kyogre. Also, by using the dive glitch on the Route 129 entrance to the Marine Cave, the player can access an area normally behind rocks. Using this glitch, it is possible to resurface from the Route 104 entrance to Marine Cave and appear on a rock tile.įrom there, the player can walk on the water but cannot return to the land. If the player presses the B button at the right time while entering and underwater cave, the game will ask the player if they want to resurface while on top of the entrance. In the Generation III Pokémon games, there’s a traversal glitch called the Dive Glitch. However, there is a glitch that makes Marine Cave even more special. The player has to race to each cave when they appear to get a chance of capturing Kyogre in the Marine Cave or Groudon in the Terra Cave. Unlike most locations in Pokémon games, Marine Cave may appear in one of four different routes in the Hoenn region. Marine Cave is a special location that only appears in Pokémon Emerald. Here are the 15 Hidden Locations in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire That Only Experts Found! 15 MIRAGE ISLAND With the subsequent generations, it’s possible to catch Pokémon in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire that Hoenn had never seen before.įor this list we’re taking a look at some of most unique, challenging and powerful secrets that the Hoenn region has to offer in both its original appearance and its remake. Some of these are maintained in the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Generation VI remakes. However, the remakes also introduced their own secret locations and hidden Pokémon. There are even secrets to discover by cheating or glitching the game itself.Ĭertain dedicated Pokémon fans have brought to light numerous hidden locations and treasures. Training hard and smart enough to beat each gym and eventually the Elite Four was quite a challenge. However, Hoenn has plenty of secrets to unlock for the more exploration minded trainers. Hoenn had its own cities towns and landmarks, and its own Pokémon League. Ruby and Sapphire introduced players to the whole new region of Hoenn, which was filled with new Pokémon to capture and train. They premiered first in Japan in Novermber 2002, and then in North America, Australia, and Europe throughout the first half of 2003. Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were the first two core Pokémon games released as part of Generation III.