Combination, Destruction, and Recombination - Emerald's Presence
With the recent news about Team Aqua and Team Magma's role in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire it seems as though the remakes will use the plot-line of Ruby and Sapphire respectively as a base rather than that of Emerald. But what does this mean for the changes that Emerald brought?
Ruby and Sapphire were the first games to have significant differences separating the two games. Aside from a few Pokemon, the Generation One and Two games were essentially the same thing. Anything that happened in one game happened in the other. So when Crystal came out the changes it made were almost purely supplemental as opposed to revisionary. Combining Crystal into Heart Gold and Soul Silver took very little reworking. But the changes Emerald brought were significant. Emerald had to reconcile the differences in the plot-lines of Ruby and Sapphire. In doing so Emerald fused the two games together and took its place as the 'canon timeline.'
Emerald was a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire. Now, it seems, it will have to be broken down and fused back into the originals. How do you expect the elements Emerald brought will be incorporated into the latest remakes?
Will we see the return of Rayquaza's fight between Kyogre and Groudon?
Which team do you think the Gym Leaders will use, the originals or Emerald's, neither?
Will Pokemon Contests be spread out across Hoenn or be centralized in Lilycove?
Will we get to choose which of the Eon duo we fight or will it be chosen for us like it was in the originals?
Will Terra Cave and Marine cave still exist?
Should Team Magma's base be relocated?
Do you expect to see Pokemon Jump and Dodrio Berry Picking to make a return?
What about the e-Reader features that Emerald prominently featured?
(As an aside to the moderators, I'm aware of the topic '
Emerald?' however the opening post sets the topic as being about an imaginary name for an Emerald remake rather than discussing how the elements from Emerald will be brought to the remakes.)