AWARDED GAMES "Games of the Year Division"

Award for excellence
Pokémon Omega Ruby and
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

Award for Excellence

General Description


Title Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Release Nov 12, 2014
Price 4,936yen(tax included)
Platform Nintendo 3DS and 3DS LL
Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Publisher The Pokémon Company
Developer GAME FREAK inc.
URL http://www.pokemon.co.jp/
Copyright © 2015 Pokémon.
© 1995-2015 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.
Pokémon, Pokémon character names and Nintendo 3DS are trademarks of Nintendo.

Reason for the Award for Excellence

This work is full of new factors such as "Mega Evolution," which increases the ability of Pokemon appearing in previous works, "Primal Reversion," "Cosplay Pikachu," and additional new episodes.
This work gained many votes from users who played the previous work "Ruby/Sapphire.
"The award was given to the work, which received many voices of "more fun than expected" and "nostalgic but new."

Work Introdution


"Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire" is the latest work of the series based on "Pokemon Ruby Version" and "Pokemon Sapphire Version," which were released as software Nintendo Game Boy Advance in 2002 and sold 16.22 million units all over the world.

Pokemon traveling together in GBA is made more powerful by a new mega evolution.
"Cosplay Pikachu," which enables you to enjoy various costumes.
Moreover, the "Delta Episode," a new story brewing in the Hoenn region.
This work is an ambitious work: nostalgic but full of new factors including new episodes that have never been experienced.

In addition, this work was released simultaneously worldwide, and players all over the world start an adventure trip during the same period.
Players enjoy competitions and exchanges of Pokemon through the Internet regardless of boarders.

Comment of the game producer

Revival of Pokemon game for the first time in 12 years after "Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Version." Staffs make concerted efforts to create this work so that old memories come back to users while cherishing the memories of users who played the series in the past and so that new users, who play the series for the first time, can enjoy it.

The theme of this work is "co-existence." We showed coexistence of people, Pokemon, and nature and created the expressive world.
We created the Hoenn region, which looks a rich region in the play, by further evolving functions that were popular at that time such as the "Super Secret Base" and "Pokémon Contest Live" while including new factors, which did not exist 12 years ago, such as "Mega Evolution" and "Fly."

Finally, we deeply appreciate receiving the wonderful award.
We will keep on creating games with strong impressions and surprises.
Thank you.

Shigeru Ohmori, Director of "Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire"
Development 2 General Manager, Development Division, Game Freak Inc.