Let's not get into arguments here - not everyone is going to think 'so-and-so' about the possibility of GS remakes.
I for one do somewhat doubt that a GS remake would be made and released this year - it's not impossible, but it seems a bit too soon for it to be both announced and released.
I've no qualms with randomspot555's opinions (especially as it's not a given by any means that a GS remake is being made), although I wouldn't mind knowing some more on the reasoning behind some statements...
Nintendo probably does know how many want a G/S remake. And the answer is probably not nearly as many as this thread thinks.
I'm somewhat doubtful of that... on every single semi-big Pokemon forum there's constant discussions about a GS remake, and this has gone on for a some years now. Execpt for serebiiforums, and that's because they banned GS remake discussions because everybody repeated the same old infomation to death.
Not everybody wants a GS remake, obviously - but from what I have seen, a heck of a lot of people do, and certainly more than those who voiced their want of FR/LG when it was announced. And that's just the people who go on Pokemon forums and talk about such things if it's allowed. I know plenty who don't, and who also want it. Chances are the number wanting a GS remake is in fact quite large.
Saying that a Johto re-make is "all but inevitable" isn't being open-minded, it's called FALSE HOPE. There's absolutely no evidence to suggest a Johto remake is being made, and it's highly unlikely that a new game is going to be released so soon within the US. We've got the upcoming Shaymin (and likely Regigias) events, Platinum, probably some similar Wi-Fi events like JApanese Platinum is getting, and then stuff revolving around Movie 12.
Firstly, the only thing there that is possibly going to delay a GS remake (IF it's made of course) is Platinum. Events are really extreme minor compared to games - and not all countrys get them either for the non-wifi ones. Movies also have very little bearing on the sales of games, purely because they are not games themselves (and for instance, they are very much 'meh' in many contries like Australia, as opposed to Japan - I'm pretty sure at least one of the 12/13 (?) movies made have co-incided with a game release). So really the only thing is Platinum atm.
On that... well, I'll say that there are things suggesting that at least it was/is being considered, and if something is being considered, there's chances it's being made. On the flip side it's quite likely it's not being made of course, but to say that there's no evidence may be a bit much, becuase it sounds a bit like one's forgetting that it's clear that it has been considered seriously by Nintendo.
After all - they put in coding in D/P/Pt for Pokemon to be 'from Johto', and this piece of code isn't even necessary, if you look to Colo/Xd's Pokemon being from a 'Distant Land', and there being no coding beforehand in 3rd gen games saying 'From Orre' or whatnot. Then there were the million-and-one references that at the very least do show they were thinking about the original GSC games while making DP, and it surely can't be so hard to think 'remake' seeing they made FR/LG. The notable absense of the Johto beasts in Platinum, but inclusion of Kanto birds and the Regis, making any of the 2nd gen legendarys absent from 4th gen games unlike any other gen, also suggests that it has been considered...
But it doesn't mean that they are making the game, of course. But it is something - and there's nothing that says the opposite, admittedly.
Lets also not forget that platinum is coming out in america in 2009 and if a gs remake would come out this year it would be in 2009. Or wait no of course sales in japan would surely effect american sales.
Remember, FR/LG didn't perform nearly as well as the Hoenn duel games. It's a fairly good assumption to make that it's worth it to make a duel of new games rather than spend almost the same amount of effort and re-make games resulting in less sales.
I'm lazy, but I do recall making a post some time ago on why I thought a GS remake could very well make more sales than what FR/LG did - and that still sold and made Nintendo a tidy profit. Basically, I wouldn't discount GS remakes in what sales it could make. Plus don't forget that it would be a new game for those people who arrived on the Pokemon scene after GSC - and it's quite a number, judging by the sales of DPPt. I'm quite confident that if a GS remake was made - it would sell and sell well.
Lets also not forget that platinum is coming out in america in 2009 and if a gs remake would come out this year it would be in 2009. Or wait no of course sales in japan would surely effect american sales.
Maybe check the post before posting...'if a GS remake comes out this year... it would be in 2009...' umm... :/ =P
But there is nothing saying that it HAS to be this year. The fact that FR/LG was made for the 'aniversary' was nothing but a pretence - there's no reason why Nintendo have to give a reason to remake GS besides the $$$ reason... so don't jump up and down that it'd be this year just yet - it could be this year - it could be next year, it could be next gen, or it could be never. Randomspot555 is correct in saying that there is nothing that shows that it is being made for this year - although there are things showing it is being seriously considered at least - and that there is nothing saying that it will happen this year.
Having said that, I still believe it will happen sometime. =P But we all will have to wait and see - it's all well and good speculating what Nintendo might or mightn't do, but we don't know what they're thinking right now on whether they will make the game that they've shown consideration of, whether they'll deem that it'd sell (IMO I think it quite easily will), and if so, when they make it.
