A look back at: Pokemon Sapphire in Reverse

Info guide. Not a real walkthrough, but an info guide.

Well, after taking a while with other things, I opted for a quickie. Sapphire in Reverse is really just Sapphire in its entirety but with the major gym trainers and Elite Four members reversed. So Steven, the champion, is in Roxanne's place as first gym leader, while Roxanne takes his place, and going from there. The major differences are really just the gym trainers and their leaders, but otherwise, you're playing Pokemon Sapphire the same way as before. With the reversal of leaders, the most notable thing is the ability to more easily play with different team members. By the end of the game, having counters to Rock and Fighting are more important, as opposed to having those counters for the early game. I went through it with the team of Sceptile, Tentacruel, Claydol, Altaria, Manectric, and Hariyama. Some familiar types and Pokemon I've used, though I will admit this is a first time for me using Sceptile as a starter cause I usually pick the flame chicken. I've also used Ludicolo primarily for HMs and Crobat because of course.

So as you can see, all I have is an info guide since the ROM hacker only changed trainers in gyms and such. Trainers outside of gyms, wild encounters, these remain the same. There are a few dialogue glitches, but nothing too out of the ordinary or so. It's just a different way to play Sapphire. I would argue there should be a way to get trade evolutions or version exclusives, but it's not too important I guess.