Continue your Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire adventure after the Elite Four! Get the SS Ticket, encounter Latias or Latios, and upgrade to the National Pokédex.
The first thing you'll notice when continuing your file is that you'll be back in your room at Littleroot Town. Head downstairs and your dad will reward you with an SS Ticket. You can use it to board the SS Tidal to get between Slateport and Lilycove Cities. Sure, it may seem pointless when you can use fly to get between the two, but you'll need to board it at least once to get to an area called the Battle Frontier; an area I'll cover later on.
The next thing you want to do is press A in front of the flashing TV. There will be a report saying that a bzzt-colored Pokemon was seen flying around Hoenn. After, your mom will ask you what color it was. You can pick between red and blue. Selecting red means Latias will appear randomly in the wild, and selecting blue means Latios will be the one roaming Hoenn. Unlike Ruby and Sapphire, you can select which one you want to capture. Well, that's all to do here. Leave your house and be ready for another surprise.
Upon leaving your house, you'll find Professor Birch who will take you to his lab. Inside the lab, he will upgrade you and your rivals Pokedex to a "National Pokedex". With it, you can trade with FireRed and LeafGreen. It expands your Pokedex so that you can capture all 386 Pokemon, and you can also go after Pokemon that weren't on your original Hoenn Pokedex. Now, your rival on the other hand, will just help out Professor Birch forever, so no more fighting between you two. Time to bust out of here and do what we want. Ok, maybe not. Scott will call you saying to board the SS Tidal. Look Scott, it's nice of you to offer, but I'm busy right now doing all of these other neat side quests we get upon defeating the Elite Four. We'll get back to you later.
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