6th Gen What are your favorite aspects of OR/AS?

[Starry Windy]

I liked the Soaring mechanic in the game, because I can traverse Hoenn region with Lati@s with me, it's neat if you want to see good scenery from the sky. Besides, it means you don't have to use Fly HM user if you want to go to different places, and it can go to places like Mirage Mountain that can't be accessed by Fly alone.

 

[JJ Styles]

Storyline wise, basically the improvement and refreshment of the Hoenn storyline. Perhaps its the reason why i kept playing the game and finished whatever in-game content there is to do.

Gameplay aspects:
- Dexnav as everyone have said.
- Elite 4 members getting Megas to their signature mons.
- The ability to get both bikes and keep them in the inventory.
- The architecture of the many places. Hoenn's Victory road is gorgeous in particular.
- The easy moments to Soft Reset (such as the starter, the free Latias/Latios)
- Sky Tower revision. I never liked that Mach Bike puzzle from RSE.
- Zinnia

 

[HollyYoshi]

The DexNav. The fact that there's a chance to get Pokemon with moves you'd normally have to breed for is amazing. My Thunder Fang Poochyena was one of my key players in my OmegaRuby Nuzlocke.

 

[Dreg]

Without a doubt the Dexnav. Knowing what moves the pokemon will have, and it's potential? At least you won't have to go through a ton of random encounters to get that 4% encounter chance pokemon that you have wanted.

 

[Meng Jiaxin]

Soaring and mirage spots. Definitely love the entire experience, though I wish we could get to soar on something other than Latias/Latios after a while (Gyarados! Rayquaza!)

 

[Dragovion]

I love how much easier they made it to get into competitive battling(6th gen really made my love for it grow, and haven't looked back to a lot of other games since.) I also love the secret bases, the move tutors, contents, ect. There is a lot to do in this game if you look. That's why I always 100% my games on the side of doing the competitive stuff.

 

[Witchcraft]

Hmmmmmmm.
I'm not even anywhere near done with my Alpha Sapphire, but so far I'd say it just might be the secret bases. I also love the new horde of mega evolutions, even if I was disappointed in some of them and disappointed in some that weren't made.

 

[Bounsweet]

ORAS is easily my favorite game as far as new features. Battle Resort being a haven for breeding and competitive battling, QR code Secret Bases, Soar, DexNav is unbelievably addicting, and I even like the whole idea with the Mirage Spots and all of the legendary Pokémon available for capture post-game. No lie, this game would have easily been a perfect Pokémon game for me if they had just included the Battle Frontier.

 

[Tamashi_Seishiro]

The graphics improved! Love it!Mega evolution caught my eye. Also the mirage spots.

 

[SamuraiPizzaCat]

Love soaring but wish I could do it on my Salamence or any of my Pokemon that are capable of flying.

The Dex nav is a cool feature, just wish I had more patience to seek out Pokemon with it, but admittedly I wouldn't of caught my Deino without it :o

I like how you can fly to routes not just towns, that does save some time walking to places too :3

 

[whatzit66]

Really there's so much good stuff thrown into the new game, most listed above are great inclusions, but what I really appreciated about it was that it took one of my least favorite set of games in the series and turned them into my favorite. Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald felt, to me personally, like a slog to get through. Not because the games were hard, but just because they were tedious. ORAS turned that right around with easier leveling (although maybe a bit too easy), better move spread, and made water movement easier and more enjoyable.

 

[CountessGardevoir]

Easily the Eon Flute, lot more fun than flying

 

[Sopheria]

Since a few other people have brought it up, I love how some of the overworld surfing sprites actually look like the Pokemon you're surfing on. It's a small aesthetic touch, but I love it. Especially the way riding Sharpedo moves you across the water more quickly.

Oh oh, another thing: I love diving! I loved it in the originals, so the graphical upgrade really made it a beautiful experience!

 

[SamuraiPizzaCat]

Since a few other people have brought it up, I love how some of the overworld surfing sprites actually look like the Pokemon you're surfing on. It's a small aesthetic touch, but I love it. Especially the way riding Sharpedo moves you across the water more quickly.

Oh oh, another thing: I love diving! I loved it in the originals, so the graphical upgrade really made it a beautiful experience!

I completely forgot about about diving! The graphics are great! I do it with Kyogre xD which of course his Sprite is him which is pretty cool! I like the Pokemon you see swimming about and the divers! It really is a nice touch to the experience :3