For the first time ever, a demo of a main series Pokémon game is being released to the general public outside of an event, allowing for you to download it at home and play it whenever you please

Demo Details

The Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version is set briefly in Mossdeep City. This demo has you select a starter Pokémon between Grovyle, Combusken & Marshtomp. From there, you travel throughout Mossdeep City, finding trainers and even encountering both Team Aqua and Team Magma admins in a nearby cave

This allows you to encounter various Pokémon including Loudred, Nosepass, Linoone & Slakoth, all of which originated in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire. The demo will culminate in the obtaining of a Mega Evolution, one which has never been seen outside of this demo before now. They also wish for you to play the demo every day, saying something special will happen if so.

Demo Details

When you start the demo, you begin by going to an island with Steven, getting the starter Pokémon at Level 35, meaning they're close to evolution. They also receive their Mega Stone and Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn or Hydro Cannon later. You then have to hunt down a Pokémon said to Mega Evolve to protect it from Team Aqua & Magma. This Pokémon is a new Mega Evolution which was not known before the release of this demo, and it changes depending on your region. Below is a list

Picture Name Location
Photo Mega Glalie Europe
North America
South Korea
Australia
Photo Mega Steelix Japan

Once you have captured the Pokémon, the first part of the demo ends, but you can go on more adventures with Steven to a variety of different island layouts and you receive the other two starter evolutions. These islands then have various tasks such as find a Pokémon, find a lost child or battle all the trainers. These change with each playthrough. After you finish the task, the demo will end again and something will change. On the 5th and 10th adventures, you will face up against an Elder with a more powerful team. You will either receive an item gift, or a new person can be found in Mossdeep City such as Gym Leaders like Flannery and Wattson, or other random NPCs including a swimmer who swam all the way from the Kalos region.

This works up to the 10th time, where you can continue to go on new adventures, but you'll no longer receive any bonuses for completion. Experience on the Pokémon resets after each adventure

Pokémon Link

This demo is rather unique in that it will allow you to transfer aspects of the demo to the main Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire games once purchased. This is done through the Pokémon Link feature of the games.

The demo will allow you to send over any items that you have collected throughout the playing of the demo, as well as the special Mega Evolved Pokémon that is encountered within this demo!

PictureItemAdventures Required
Mega Steelix1 Adventure
Mega Glalie1 Adventure
PokéBall Set3 Adventures
Heal Ball Set5 Adventures
Heart Scale Set10 Adventures
NuggetComplete Strange Secret Mission
Characters

As you play through the demo, more and more characters will be added into Mossdeep City. These characters rotate each time you play the demo and can appear both in Mossdeep City and on the various islands. These characters range from random NPCs but can even be special characters

On the odd occassion, you will find a variety of Hoenn Region Gym Leaders throughout the city. Talk to them and they will talk about wanting to battle you at a later point. In addition to this, you may also find characters like Aarune and Lisia on the islands, giving you notes about their respective features in-game.

Secret Mission

As you play through the demo multiple times, there is a small chance that you will be able to activate the secret mission. This mission has you go to an island where there are no wild Pokémon. On this island, you will encounter Team Aqua or Team Magma and have to team up with May. The team you face is random.

As you battle through the grunts in the demo, teamed with May & her Raichu and Swellow, you will learn that they are there to hunt for the Mega Evolved Pokémon still. Upon completion, you will anger Matt or Tabitha depending on the team and they'll report back to their leaders.

This special mission doesn't provide any new items, just new battling opportunities. After you have completed it, it can be selected again at any time from Steven's options, by selecting the phrase "Let's Go Somewhere Secret".

Secret Mission #2

Another rare secret mission, with a low appearance rate after 15 days of play, has you go to another new island in search of a strange suspicious man. When you get to that island, the man will be found in part of the maze like part of the forest.

When you speak to the man, he will say that he has brought Nuggets to Hoenn and that he has more Nuggets than he can handle, and will give you one. This Nugget can be sent to the main games when you connect with Pokémon Link.

The man implies that he has more Nuggets so it may be possible to get this mission multiple times. We'll bring more as it comes.

Completion of this mission also opens up more parts of Mossdeep City, including Steven Stone's house.

How To Obtain

This demo isn't like many other game demos where you can just download it off of the Nintendo eShop. Instead, there are events spread globally that will give you a unique code to enter in the eShop in order to download the demo to your Nintendo 3DS. These codes are all one-time use and will be obtained for a very short period

CountryMethodDate
JapanCoroCoro November 2014 IssueFrom October 15th 2014
Chao Magazine December 2014 IssueFrom November 1st 2014
Amazon JapanFrom November 1st 2014
Pokémon CenterFrom November 1st 2014
Toys 'R' UsFrom November 1st 2014
Famitsu MagazineFrom November 13th 2014
Smart Magazine January 2015 IssueFrom November 22nd 2014
United StatesPokémon Trainer Club NewsletterFrom October 21st 2014
Pokémon Art Academy eShop DownloadFrom October 24th 2014
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge eShop DownloadFrom November 6th 2014
Pokémon Trading Card Game eShop DownloadFrom November 13th 2014
Nintendo Network ID e-MailFrom October 31st 2014
Selected CinemasNovember 7th to November 13th 2014
Selected Retailers"Holiday" 2014
Nintendo Holiday Mall TourNovember 24th - December 21st 2014
CanadaPokémon Trainer Club NewsletterFrom October 21st 2014
Pokémon Art Academy eShop DownloadFrom October 24th 2014
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge eShop DownloadFrom November 6th 2014
Pokémon Trading Card Game eShop DownloadFrom November 13th 2014
Nintendo Network ID e-MailFrom October 31st 2014
YTV WebsiteFrom November 8th 2014
United KingdomAmazon, Smyth Toys Superstores, ShopTo and the Nintendo UK Official Store - Sent through e-mailFrom October 15th 2014
GAME - Nintendo ZoneFrom October 15th 2014
Wikia, Bin Weevils and Nintendo LifeNovember 2014
The NetherlandsFirst Look & Autumn ToursOctober 11th/12th 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
November 2014
GameMania StoresFrom October 15th 2014
Italy Topolino and Il Giornalino MagazineOctober 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
Focus Junior Early November 2014
Nintendolandia Tour October 18th 2014
Milan Games WeekOctober 24th to October 26th 2014
Fieramilanocity & at Nintendo stand in G come GiocareNovember 21st to 23rd 2014
BelgiumF.A.C.T.S. FestivalOctober 18th/19th 2014
Nintendo On Tour Mall TourNovember 2014
PortugalIBERANIME OPO 2014 FestivalOctober 11th/12th 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
PressPlay PortoOctober 18th 2014
Lisboa Games Week & Comic Con PortugalNovember 6th-9th 2014
FNAC, Media Markt and El Corte InglésFrom October 15th 2014
Switzerland Swiss Toy FairOctober 1st - 5th 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
Official Nintendo SiteFrom October 18th 2014
France Paris Games WeekOctober 29th - November 2nd 2014
Official Nintendo NewsletterOctober 18th 2014
Spain GAME - Nintendo ZoneFrom October 15th 2014
Official Nintendo MagazineFrom October 15th 2014
Manga Fair - BarcelonaOctober 31st - November 2nd 2014
Germany McDonalds Nintendo ZoneFrom October 15th 2014
Australia Club NintendoFrom October 15th 2014
RetailersFrom November 3rd 2014
Russia IgroMir 2014October 1st - October 5th 2014
Greece Germanos StoresFrom October 16th 2014
Sweden Official Nintendo Website
(Codes ran out on October 7th 2014 - Started again November 18h)
From October 16th 2014
Denmark
Norway
Finland
South Africa rAge ExpoOctober 10th - 12th 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
BT Games, Toy Zone, Toys R Us, or AWX From October 15th 2014
Austria Game City Vienna 2014 Event October 10th-12th 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
South Korea eMart, HomePlus & LotteMart StoresFrom October 18th 2014
Singapore Maxsoft Facebook PromotionFrom October 21st 2014
Taiwan Official Nintendo page on Weibo October 22nd 2014 to November 28th
Hong Kong Official Nintendo page on Weibo October 22nd 2014 to November 28th
Available Pokémon - Post-Demo

After you have completed the demo, you will get given the other starter Pokémon, as well as the Mega Evolution that you captured. The experience earned resets at the end of every demo and you can only send Glalie/Steelix to Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire afterwards. These Pokémon are typically higher levelled than most of the opponents you will encounter during the demo.

Glalie /
Level 40
OT:Orlando
ID:Random
Ability:Inner Focus
Hold Item:

Glalitite
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
Faraway Place. Level Met: 40
Ice Fang
Headbutt
Protect
Frost Breath
 
Steelix /
Level 40
OT:Orlando
ID:Random
Ability:Sturdy
Hold Item:

Steelixite
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
Faraway Place. Level Met: 40
Iron Tail
Crunch
Rock Slide
Screech
 
Sceptile
Level 36
OT:Orlando
ID:Random
Ability:Overgrow
Hold Item:

Sceptilite
Quirky Nature.
Date of Receiving
Mossdeep City. Level Met: 36
Leaf Blade
Aerial Ace
Slam
Frenzy Plant
 
Blaziken
Level 36
OT:Orlando
ID:Random
Ability:Blaze
Hold Item:

Blazikenite
Serious Nature.
Date of Receiving
Mossdeep City. Level Met: 36
Flamethrower
Double Kick
Slash
Blast Burn
 
Swampert
Level 36
OT:Orlando
ID:Random
Ability:Torrent
Hold Item:

Swampertite
Docile Nature.
Date of Receiving
Mossdeep City. Level Met: 36
Waterfall
Mud Bomb
Rock Slide
Hydro Cannon
 

Area Information

Area Anchors
Island 1Island 1 - CaveIsland 2Island 3
Island 4Island 5Island 6Island 7
 Island 8Island 9 
  

Island 1 - Outside

Island 1

Standard Walking
Linoone Slakoth

Island 1 - Cave

Island 1

Standard Walking
Nosepass Loudred

Island 2

Island 2

Standard Walking
Tropius Pelipper

Island 3

Island 3

Standard Walking
Meditite Chimecho

Island 4

Island 4

Standard Walking
Pelipper Absol

Island 5

Island 5

Standard Walking
Volbeat Swellow

Island 6

Island 6

Standard Walking
Slakoth Nincada

Island 7

Island 7

Island 8

Island 8

Island 9

Island 9

Standard Walking
Shroomish