It's no secret that Pokémon Sapphire and Ruby stand as two of the best entries in the entire Pokémon franchise. Originally released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance, Sapphire and Ruby introduced gamers to Generation 3 of the series, and boasted a wealth of new elements like double battles, as well as new legendaries.
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Sapphire and Ruby eventually spawned Emerald, then later were remade on the Nintendo 3DS as Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. But as iconic as Sapphire and Ruby are, they were almost called something else entirely. The potential titles would've ditched the gem aspect in place of other colors. Information about the supposed Pokémon Sapphire and Ruby nixed titles comes from a datamine that was shared on Twitter.
Taking to Twitter, a Pokémon super fan and dataminer shared their findings about the early workings of what eventually became Ruby and Sapphire. In it, they found that the games were being internally called "Indigo" and "Crimson." That finding comes from translating the Japanese characters of "藍バージョン" and "朱バージョン." It's important to note, though, that the Kanji could translate to a...
