When comparing Return to PopoloCrois: A STORY OF SEASONS Fairytale vs Pokémon Omega Ruby, the Slant community recommends Pokémon Omega Ruby for most people. In the question“What are the best RPGs for the Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS?” Pokémon Omega Ruby is ranked 10th while Return to PopoloCrois: A STORY OF SEASONS Fairytale is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Pokémon Omega Ruby is:
The graphics and gameplay have been updated in this release in order to have some Parity with newer games in the series. This makes for an update that is welcome and allows for a new experience, even if played before.
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Pros
Pro Good mashup of gameplay elements
This is a mix of the RPG genre with farming. Pretty much a mashup of the Harvest Moon series with a classic Japanese RPG. Something more along the lines of Rune Factory, but combined with the PopoloCrois series. An original experience that brings a classic RPG series to a new system.
Pro Updated for newer hardware
The graphics and gameplay have been updated in this release in order to have some Parity with newer games in the series. This makes for an update that is welcome and allows for a new experience, even if played before.
Pro Should make a completionist happy
With over 700 Pokemon to collect and train, and many Mega Stones to find that can be powered up, there is much to collect in the game.
Cons
Con RPG elements are basic
The RPG elements in the game will be very familiar to anyone that is a fan of the genre. It tends to be pretty basic in play and can be a bit boring. While the story is really good, the actual RPG gameplay is pretty hum drum.
Con Very reliant on HMs
Later Pokemon games rely less on HMs (moves that can be taught to Pokemon in order to advance the games story), which means more room to have powerful moves on your equipped Pokemon. Being heavily reliant on them in Omega Ruby means many Pokemon or at least on will have to use up their valuable move slots to have moves that are only really useful to get past obstacles in the game.