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Play Pokémon Ruby Version (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
Pocket Monsters Ruby
Play Pokemon Ruby online. Choose your first Pokemon in Mishiro Town and travel around the Hoenn region with the aim of catching them, challenging gyms, and completing the picture book.
Browser play

Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Pokémon Ruby Version
Quick start
After deciding the gender and name in "NEW GAME", get off the moving truck and enter the new house in Mishiro Town. Set your clock, talk to your family, visit your neighbors, then continue north. Select one from Professor Aquilegia's bag in Bandro 101, defeat the wild Pokemon, and return to the laboratory to recruit it. You can get the picture book by meeting your rival in Bandro 103 and returning to the research institute.
Controls
Move/select with the cross button. Press A to decide, have a conversation, look ahead, or send text. Press B to cancel, and after getting the running shoes, hold B and move to run. Menu at START. Sort tools and techniques using registered tools with SELECT. L/R is usually not used, but you can switch between left and right screens or change to L=A in Button Mode. For battle, use the cross button, A decision, B return.
Pokémon Ruby Version Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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