"Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were the best 3DS Pokemon games"

Gen 6 is often swept under the rug, and while XY definitely has its glaring flaws, the Gen 3 remakes that followed definitely deserve more praise, and having replayed them, I feel like they're honestly the best of the 3DS Pokemon titles.As someone who never grew up playing the original Gen 3, being able to experience a modern retelling of the Gen 3 story with extra features was a very fun experience.I'll start with the music. ORAS has probably the best music out of the 3ds era. While XY and SM/USUM had really good tunes, ORAS definitely brought it home with its remastered score. Every song in the game is fun to listen to, and it was the first game that I actually bought the soundtrack for. I love the quirky, yet cool rival theme. I love the theme for the fight against Wally at victory road and how it symbolizes his growth. I love the spine-chilling Primal Groudon/Kyogre theme and how it has bits of the original theme. I love the intense otherworldly theme of Deoxys. Zinnia's theme is probably my favorite fight theme in all of Pokemon with its violins. The Team Leader theme with its drops and riffs. The soundtrack is just so fun to listen to overall.The gameplay was also really good. While the story was nothing too much to write home about, I do like the modern and expanded retelling of the classic Gen 3 story, and keeping Poke Marts and Centers separate was a nice touch and homage to the original, and the addition of the QoL changes introduced in XY allowed for a smoother experience. I loved the addition of new Megas such as Lopunny, Beedrill, Sharpedo, Camerupt, Rayquaza, and the starters. While I wasn't too fond of contests, it was nice to see the addition of Lisia and Cosplay Pikachu. Being able to fly around the Hoenn region on Mega Latios/Latias with the Eon Flute is something I really wish was in future games. Secret bases were fun to make and explore.The post-game was phenomenal, a vast improvement over XY's abysmal post-game. The Delta Episode was a really good side story, there were so many more legendaries to catch (with them having their old themes to boot), and while there unfortunately wasn't a Battle frontier, they did include a remastered Frontier Brain theme as a nice homage in the Battle Chateau.And while yes these games are still not perfect, they're still extremely enjoyable and some of my fondest Pokemon memories come from ORAS battling and trading my old friends to whom I miss dearly, and I still remember my team of Hydreigon, Shiny Lopunny, Nidoking, Electivire, Staraptor, and Gallade, half of which have since made it to Sword.In conclusion, ORAS is a fantastic title for the 3ds era of Pokemon, and is easily in my top 3 Pokemon games of all time alongside SoulSilver and Ultra Sun via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/31o4EPE