But again, you fail to read what I wrote. AFTER HOENN'S ELITE FOUR, THERE WOULD BE NO RED. Because Red couldn't get any higher level than the leaders already are with 100 being the max, and lvl 60-90 is too low, you're like level 70 at the end of Kanto, so it would have to be higher. And once they hit lvl 95-100, Red can't get much stronger, so he's no longer that insane secret challenge anymore, he'll be brushed aside easily, he's supposed to be so strong and ahead of your team which is perfect since he's high level 70's when you fight him. If a professor calls you saying "Hey go to Mt. Silver!" that would ruin Red's charm, read what I wrote about how it's such a cool mystery and stuff. Also, Battle Frontier was stupid because everyone was the same level always, so it's not like a real gym leader where you can either undertrain or overtrain, you'll always be identical to them. And also the gameplay of R/S/E is also tied to the region, I and many others thought Emerald was boring because of the region too, it was so boring and ... blah. There was none of that Pokemon flare to it, all you did in the beginning was just run around from town to town doing errands in such plain looking towns. The grassy routes looked so bland and had that boring atmosphere, Gold and Silver somehow was more exciting ... plus the music tracks in GSC and RBY have this insane "stick-in-your-head" type thing to them, to this day I still whistle some of the tracks. Hoenn's music made me want to puke ... it failed to capture that feel the older games had, and the tracks were more annoying as hell than enjoyable. Plus the legendaries were all fat and stupid like Groudon and Kyogre, and Rayquaza ... Rayquaza tries so hard to look cool but fails miserably. Now, bringing my opinion into this about the new "elements praised today" that you mentioned: Contests are lame and stupid and are played by girls who suck too hard at the actual game so they have to tie a ribbon on their Pokemon and all this other stupid crap. Battle Frontier was terrible and so boring, it was so tedious and you just do fight .. after fight ... after fight .... after fight. And there's no challenge, you're all the same level. Everyone is like level 50, 60, etc. even if you went in with a level 75 it will bring you down to their ****** level, so what's the fun if I can't even used my hard-trained Pokemon? Natures are cool I guess, I never really cared about them much when I play the main storyline of Pokemon games but in competitive battling it is important. But the abilities should be more varied, it should be like one Pikachu has like 50 different abilities it can have, rather than just having "Static." Also, in your last paragraph when you refer to the "Classic Region," do you mean Kanto? If so, I don't know why the hell everyone says its so bland and empty and nothing to do, there was ENOUGH to do. Going through the gym leaders is enough, I don't want a stupid long epic story like Lord of the Rings, or Bioshock. I'm there to play the game, who cares about the story in a game like Pokemon? This also means there should be no more backstory on the Rival, because that would kill his mystery and that would change it from what it was before. What the games had before was perfect, it had a quest, which was to get through the gym leaders and collect Pokemon, beat the E4 and get to Red, the END. That was good enough, it was simple and a kid could play it (which I did) And yes, you're right, all I am in to is nostalgia, which is the whole ****ing reason we are buying the remakes you idiot. And people and Nintendo are trying to add enhancements into the game and replace our old things, well when this stupid company tries to recreate the old experience with new stuff added on, they forget that it's no longer the same original game we played years ago!!! Same problem with FRLG, Sevii Islands can go burn under my dog's stools, they were so damn boring and actually made me stop playing for 2 years. AFTER ELITE 4 SHOULD ALWAYS BE MEWTWO, no more questions no nothing, it should ALWAYS be Mewtwo after you beat Lance in RBY. End of story. But no, they had to add in stupid lame islands just to make more money and using that as a seller, and in this game they will likely add crap that will ruin our old loved game. And technically, you say I'm obsessed with nostalgia and don't like whats underneath it; gameplay, but you fail to understand that I want the nostalgia of the old gameplay. Also stop copying and pasting my own lines on me, that gets really annoying.