Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire demo

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A Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire demo was playable at Pokémon Festa 2002.

Overview

The demo starts with a different title screen than the final game. It takes place on Route 104. The exit to Petalburg Woods is blocked by an NPC. The Pretty Petal Flower Shop can be accessed, but it is "not yet open" according to the lady inside.

The player, named (Japanese: ヒロ Hero), has 20 Potions, 10 Ethers, 5 Revives, $10000, and the following Pokémon:

PKMN Trainer ヒロ Route 104 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: None
Types: Water Dark Ability: None Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.12 Bite Dark   --       Leer Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Color Change Held item: None Kecleon♀ Lv.14 Scratch Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Lick Ghost   --       Struggle Normal   --

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Lady Shiori シオリ Reward: $200	Wynaut♀ Lv.10 No item
	Taillow♀ Lv.10 No item
Twins Kumi & Rumi クミとルミ Reward: $180	Azurill♀ Lv.9 No item
	Volbeat♂ Lv.9 No item

Video

By xdanielIDZD

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Trivia

Sharpedo's lack of ability. In the place where the ability description should be, it says "It doesn't have an ability."

• Some moves, like Surf and Faint Attack, are depicted with different animations than those seen in the final release.
• When a battle starts, it is not possible to see how many Pokémon the Trainers have.
• It is shown that Sharpedo has no Ability in the demo. This could mean that either not all Pokémon could have Abilities, or that Sharpedo was yet to have an Ability determined in the final game.
• Given Sharpedo's low level in the demo, it could also mean that either Carvanha didn't exist at the time or that Carvanha's evolution method to Sharpedo was yet to be decided.