1 island 6 island
FireRed. If Ruby, Sapphire, and emerald you must have Ruby and Sapphire gem and give it to celio in one island
Combined with the sapphire the ruby and sapphire will allow you to trade with ruby and sapphire and emerald.
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you can then trade to ruby,sapphire, and emerald games
Sapphire and Ruby came out before firered and leafgreen but they are compatible with them.
After you have obtained and restored the Sapphire gem, you now are given the ability to trade with trainers from the Hoenn region. Mind you these need to be your real life friends, and they can give you all the Pokemon from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
Mt. Ember for the Ruby, and Sixth Isle for the Sapphire. Trade
you find the ruby in the cave right next to mount ember on island 1. to get the sapphire gem you have get the pass from celio to go to island 4567 and it is on island 6
The sapphire orb is in ruby and sapphire, not firered and leafgreen.
You cant have the ruby and sapphire at the same time because you have to give the ruby to celio in order to get islands 4-7 which is were you get the sapphire
Ruby and sapphire both were made in 2003, firered and leafgreen both were made 2004 and emerald was made in 2005. So to answer your question yes ruby and sapphire were made before firered and leafgreen though firered and leafgreen are based on the original red and blue version so if you want to get technical firered and leafgreen where made first. But in reality ruby and sapphire were made first.
trade from Ruby/Sapphire