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And it isn't even close.
In Emerald, you need to seek out Rayquaza in order to progress the story. While it's a point of contention to have the box legendary be a mandatory encounter during the main campaign, I feel that Emerald actually uses this to its advantage. You don't actually NEED to battle Rayquaza, only traverse a watered-down version of the Sky Pillar and activate a cutscene. If you want to battle it, you need to make an entirely separate trek on your own time. The cutscene where Rayquaza descends from the heavens and puts Kyogre & Groudon in their place is not only a staple event in the franchise, it does a fantastic job at hyping up Rayquaza. It gives off the impression that he's worthy of being on the box art. It makes you want to climb the Sky Pillar a second time to capture it. However, when you do...
Level 70? What the shit?
That's right, this thing is overpowered as all hell (like all legendaries should be). It makes the whole Weather Trio debacle feel a lot more believable.
Kyogre & Groudon are also handled in an awesome manner. You need to go out of your way to track down their respective domains, and as you close in on them you're greeted with a foreboding presence. Terra Cave's presence is accompanied by harsh sunlight, whereas Marine Cave's is the same with heavy rain. Again, it feels like you're actively putting yourself in harm's way and awakening destructive beasts of legend.
The regis are also really awesome, but everybody talks about them thanks to their insane encounter methods. I hardly see anyone praise of the Weather Trio outside of memes, even though they were portrayed masterfully in RSE. It's worth mentioning that I'm mainly talking about Emerald here, because RS have considerably weaker presentation and ORAS are just shitty in general. Emerald though is truly the best when it comes to legendary Pokemon.
In Emerald, you need to seek out Rayquaza in order to progress the story. While it's a point of contention to have the box legendary be a mandatory encounter during the main campaign, I feel that Emerald actually uses this to its advantage. You don't actually NEED to battle Rayquaza, only traverse a watered-down version of the Sky Pillar and activate a cutscene. If you want to battle it, you need to make an entirely separate trek on your own time. The cutscene where Rayquaza descends from the heavens and puts Kyogre & Groudon in their place is not only a staple event in the franchise, it does a fantastic job at hyping up Rayquaza. It gives off the impression that he's worthy of being on the box art. It makes you want to climb the Sky Pillar a second time to capture it. However, when you do...
Level 70? What the shit?
That's right, this thing is overpowered as all hell (like all legendaries should be). It makes the whole Weather Trio debacle feel a lot more believable.
Kyogre & Groudon are also handled in an awesome manner. You need to go out of your way to track down their respective domains, and as you close in on them you're greeted with a foreboding presence. Terra Cave's presence is accompanied by harsh sunlight, whereas Marine Cave's is the same with heavy rain. Again, it feels like you're actively putting yourself in harm's way and awakening destructive beasts of legend.
The regis are also really awesome, but everybody talks about them thanks to their insane encounter methods. I hardly see anyone praise of the Weather Trio outside of memes, even though they were portrayed masterfully in RSE. It's worth mentioning that I'm mainly talking about Emerald here, because RS have considerably weaker presentation and ORAS are just shitty in general. Emerald though is truly the best when it comes to legendary Pokemon.
