Pokemon's winning concept refuses to crumble with age, and Emerald is as much fun as our old friends Red and Blue were back in 1998. But while there's no point trying to argue that Emerald isn't fun in a bun, you can probably smell our cynicism from here - with so little that's actually new, we do wonder, why don't we just wait for Pokemon on DS?
Pokemon Emerald review
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