Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire 2003

Is it still worth playing?

Two tables, one themed on Pokémon Ruby and one on Sapphire, turn catching Pokémon into pinball, in this 2003 game for the Game Boy Advance. It is a sequel to Pokémon Pinball for the Game Boy Color. You keep the ball in play for a high score and hit bumpers as in ordinary pinball. After meeting certain requirements you aim your Poké Ball at the center of the table to weaken and capture a Pokémon. Which ones appear is random and depends on your location, which you change by hitting a table element three times. There are 200 Pokémon to catch, and the highest scores need the bonus rounds and the chances to catch, evolve and hatch them. A Pokémon can save the ball for a long time, which makes the game forgiving, and the flippers sit close together. Forgiving saves and a long list of Pokémon to catch still make it an easy way into pinball.