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Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. The game contains the 200 Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex, as well as Jirachi. Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Aerodactyl can also be obtained with the use of e-Reader cards, but cannot be obtained without them.

Subpages

• Pokédex: A table with the locations of each Pokémon and their encounter rates.
• Locations: A series of tables with encounter information for each location.
• Mechanics: A general overview of the game's mechanics and pinball boards.
• Bonus stages: Bonus stage mechanics.
• Scoring: A list of all methods of obtaining points, and the amount of points that can be obtained.
• Special encounters: All non-standard encounters in the game and how they are determined.
• Slots: The slot sets the player can see with the slots feature.
• Travel: An explanation of how the next map is chosen when the player Travels.

Credits & sources

• The Pret disassembly of Pokémon Pinball RS, this video, and this pastebin, for information about Pokémon locations and rarity mechanics. WhenGryphonsFly on the pret discord also answered a few questions about the e-Reader.
• andu on the Pokémon Pinball Discord server, for his documentation of scoring. He also answered a few questions about the Spheal bonus game.
• Retn and red on the Pret discord, for correcting a few mistakes I made.
• Spriter's Resource for bonus icons.
• Spriter's Resource for Pokémon icons.
• Bulbapedia for the map images.
• This guide, for the slots lists used on the Slots page.