Generation III of Pokémon holds a special place in my heart. Although I didn't start playing Gen III until roughly a month before Gen IV's western release, it advanced the series in so many ways, when going from the Game Boy Color to the Game Boy Advance. Gen III introduced a lot of features, such as running shoes, abilities, natures and double battles. The user interfaces were also redefined, with all the Pokémon now having their own menu icons.
A thing that felt weird to me, was that a lot of the Pokémon from previous generations couldn't be obtained in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald without trading with other Gen III games. These include Fire Red, Leaf Green, Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness.
There's something about the shading style and poses on the sprites in RSE, that I don't know how to describe them. I like most of the Kanto Pokémon sprites in RSE better than the ones in FRLG which often had more generic poses, although FRLG did have some better back sprites such as Alakzam's. Most returning Pokémon's back sprites in RSE were revamps of their Gen II back sprites.
Back in 2009, I used to spend countless hours trading Pokémon from my copies of Sapphire, FRLG and Colosseum onto Emerald.
All Pokémon Sprite Animations
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