<s>
and	O
are	O
2014	O
remakes	O
of	O
the	O
2002	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
also	O
including	O
features	O
from	O
Pokémon	B-Device
Emerald	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
sixth	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
and	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Freak	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Pokémon	O
Company	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Australia	O
on	O
21	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
exactly	O
twelve	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
European	O
release	O
was	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Omega	I-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
are	O
remakes	O
of	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
,	O
they	O
retain	O
changes	O
made	O
in	O
later	O
generations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
type	O
split	O
from	O
the	O
fourth	O
generation	O
and	O
unlimited	O
TM	O
usage	O
and	O
triple	O
battles	O
from	O
the	O
fifth	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
retain	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
X	I-Application
and	I-Application
Y	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Mega	O
Evolution	O
,	O
Pokémon	O
Amie	O
,	O
and	O
Super	O
Training	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
and	O
story	O
of	O
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
are	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
encounters	O
the	O
antagonist	O
group	O
Team	O
Magma	O
in	O
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
or	O
Team	O
Aqua	O
in	O
Alpha	B-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
who	O
wish	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
legendary	O
Pokémon	O
,	O
Primal	O
Groudon	O
in	O
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Primal	O
Kyogre	O
in	O
Alpha	B-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
suit	O
their	O
desires	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
21	O
new	O
Mega	O
Evolutions	O
were	O
added	O
since	O
Pokémon	B-Application
X	I-Application
and	I-Application
Y	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
"	O
primal	O
reversions	O
"	O
for	O
Groudon	O
and	O
Kyogre	O
,	O
which	O
function	O
similarly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
side	O
quest	O
is	O
featured	O
in	O
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Delta	O
Episode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pokémon	B-Application
Omega	I-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Australia	O
on	O
21	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
exactly	O
twelve	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
Ruby	B-Application
and	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
European	O
release	O
was	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
the	O
third	O
remake	O
pairs	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
following	O
Pokémon	B-Device
FireRed	I-Device
and	I-Device
LeafGreen	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
in	O
2004	O
and	O
Pokémon	B-Application
HeartGold	I-Application
and	I-Application
SoulSilver	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
DS	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Pokémon	B-Application
X	I-Application
and	I-Application
Y	I-Application
,	O
the	O
games	O
include	O
all	O
official	O
translations	O
,	O
unlike	O
previous	O
generations	O
where	O
games	O
contained	O
only	O
certain	O
languages	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
region	O
or	O
country	O
they	O
were	O
originally	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pokémon	B-Application
Omega	I-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2014	O
Game	O
Awards	O
it	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
Best	O
Remaster	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
out	O
to	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omega	B-Application
Ruby	I-Application
and	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
Sapphire	I-Application
had	O
the	O
biggest	O
launch	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
history	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
beating	O
the	O
previous	O
record	O
held	O
by	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Black	I-Application
and	I-Application
White	I-Application
.	O
</s>
