Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire datamining appears to have revealed that the games originally had different names. It's not clear if these alternate names were only intended for internal use, or if the games nearly shipped with different titles entirely. However, the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire files shed some light on the development process of the games and creates an interesting "what-if" scenario to think about.
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire offered a major graphical leap over its core series predecessors. The series has previously dubbed its individual versions after colors, but switching to glittering gems when the series had never looked better seemed appropriate. However, this datamine seems to indicate that the series could have reverted back to simple color names.
One Pokemon fan notices that their biology exam paper includes a question based on Pokemon evolution, complete with diagrams and even accurate stats.
Dataminers KmiE_821 and Wobbuu revealed that they were looking through the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire files and discovered two script files that seemed to refer to the games by different names. The data seems to indicate that the games may have been called Pokemon Indigo and Pokemon Crimson at one point. The names are in Japanese,...
