Everyone says Emerald's a terrible game, and an exact copy of RuSa with little changed. I just got it at Gamestop, and I think it's a heck of a lot better than Sapphire.
Upgrades over RuSa:
-Added pictures (added in FR/LG)
-Addition of National Dex in story (added in FR/LG)
-First game to ever feature "New" heroes in the same generation (Trend followed in Platinum)
-Addition of Battle Frontier (Battle tower added in Crystal)
-You get to battle both teams.
-Both legendaries can be obtained (Trend followed in Platinum)
-Third legend, formerly only obtainable until after beating the game, is available before beating the E4 (Trend followed in Platinum)
-Introduced the option of double battling when seen by two single battle trainers. (Followed in DPPt)
-New characters, like Scott. (Trend was followed in platinum with "Handsome".)
-Contests were of all ranks in only one city (Trend followed in DPPt.)
-You can also catch new pokemon like Smeargle and Sudowoodo. (Trend followed in Platinum with Tropius and Tangela)
-Cloning Glitch (Not an upgrade, but very nice.)
The only complaint I have is that you can't catch Zangoose.
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