One of the things that The Pokemon Company has excelled at over the years is taking their pocket monsters in fascinating directions to bring the fans even more content. We all know about the mainline series and the anime, but they’ve done much more than that. The Poke-titles have had numerous spinoffs that have left fans wondering what they’ll do next, and the mobile market for the franchise has been a significant producer of money. Last Friday, the company’s Twitter feed decided to drop a post honoring the 20th anniversary of Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the second game in this particular spinoff line.
The original spinoff was done for the OG Game Boy and focused solely on the original 150 Pokemon. The sequel came to the Game Boy Advance to represent Gen 3. Both games focused on you using the Pokeball-shaped pinball to catch the Pokemon that appeared on the screen, intending to fill out your Pokedex.
The gameplay was simple yet enjoyable, so both titles were hits on their platforms. But 20 years after the sequel dropped, we haven’t gotten a third title, and fans want to change that:
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire was released 20 years ago back in 2003!
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