Relive generation 3 of the Pokémon series with a twist, Alpha Sapphire features the story of the original Pokémon Sapphire (released in 2002) with an additional chapter after becoming the Pokémon champion and inherits a number of features introduced in later generation games such as Pokémon X and Y.

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire was released on the 12th anniversary of its predecessor and received positive reviews on release, scoring slightly higher on average than Pokémon Sapphire.