Are FireRed/LeafGreen remakes as likely/plausible as RSE remakes?

[Kanto_Johto]

So remakes for for RSE are sought-after by many fans of the series, some even going as far as saying they're almost definitely on the cards. I myself would love to see remakes for these games.

However, many in the RSE remake speculation thread have suggested that an Emerald remake could work better/RS remakes should at least include aspects of the Emerald storyline.

Pokemon Emerald was initially released in Japan on the 16th September 2004 in Japan, whereas FireRed and LeafGreen were released almost 9 months earlier, on January 29th 2004.

With that in mind, is there any possibility that we could see a second revamp of the games from Generation I (or remakes of the already revamped versions)?

This suggestion has come up a few times and is often met with criticism because FireRed and LeafGreen are remakes themselves. But considering the fact that FR/LG predates Emerald, are remakes of FR/LG equally as plausible, or even plausible at all?

I personally think that if GF were to remake both the RSE and FRLG games, they'd have to make a crucial decision regarding how to divide the games up. The only way I could see it happening realistically is if they made one remake for RSE (or just Emerald) and one for FRLG, and release them as paired Gen III remakes.

However, I don't think it's entirely necessary and GF could probably get away without remaking FRLG without too many angry fans...

So yeah, what are PC's views on this?

Edit: To avoid confusion, this is in no way a speculation thread concerning RSE remakes. There's a separate thread for that.

 

[Lugia_Da_Boss]

I think that FRLG's remake should come way after RSE's remake.

 

[RedJ]

I think it'll happen eventually, but no time in the near future. Gen III remakes are possible, but we already have access to Kanto in HG/SS (although I'd love to see what they could do with the region on the 3DS). If and when we get another Gen I remake, I'm expecting it to be around the 25th-30th anniversary of the series (....and I suddenly feel very old @_@). After all, what better way to celebrate than by remaking the game that started it all?

 

[Olli]

To be honest, I wouldn't really want another remake of Kanto, at least not yet. I mean, they're already hard at work with any future installments with planning and such, together with spin-off's and remakes of other generations, so FR/LG remakes aren't anything I'd see possible either, at least not stand alone. Though as your question was if they'd possibly go together with the R/S/E remakes, I don't really see how that'd work out. If it was featuring both regions, it wouldn't really be like a remake, but more like with G/S/HG/SS, where you travel to the next region afterwards, without the same story and with the main purpose of just beating gyms.

I'd rather want them to take care of some of the current generations first before tackling Kanto a third time.

 

[Sydian]

Why would they remake a remake? That's my only concern. It seems silly to me. Plus, Kanto is in 4/5 generations. That's enough appearances. Let another region have a shot, yeah? And FRLG were just...not good games imo. I'm not gonna sit here and say why I don't like them, because I feel like that's more irrelevant, but still...it would feel redundant to remake FRLG as they are already remakes, and aside from that, it's appeared plenty of times in the series.

 

[Kanto_Johto]

Why would they remake a remake?

So you can nostalgia while you nostalgia.

That's my only concern. It seems silly to me. Plus, Kanto is in 4/5 generations. That's enough appearances. Let another region have a shot, yeah?

Well like I said, they could do both Hoenn and Kanto and create a remake for both RSE and FRLG. Also, the Kanto region contributed to the initial success of the Pokemon franchise, so it's justified that it gets featured more often than the other regions. I do agree with you though, Kanto has had enough time to shine. Having said that, I can't say I'd be disappointed if it makes another appearance.

And FRLG were just...not good games imo. I'm not gonna sit here and say why I don't like them, because I feel like that's more irrelevant, but still...it would feel redundant to remake FRLG as they are already remakes, and aside from that, it's appeared plenty of times in the series.

Fair enough. Personally I thought they were great games, so I'm all for more of Kanto. I suppose that's just down to personal preference at the end of the day. As long as people are enjoying the games they're not redundant as I'm concerned.

 

[Xander Olivieri]

I'm one of few that says if they remake RSE they'd have to remake RBGY again cause those two are both on the same system and pretty much every reason for RSE being remade can be applied to RBGY's second remake.

I know there are 4 games with "Kanto" in it, but just cause the region is in it doesn't mean that it the same story from RBGY. GSCHGSS's implementation of Kanto was just to make it longer. There is no real story for Kanto so it just exists so you can't even count it as part of the game. Its there, but not there.

If they remade RSE as just an Emerald Remake then that's good news for RBGY's second remake cause there's no point in making 2 games with the same story just to have you fighting both evil teams in one while still keeping version exclusives. If they did 1 RSE remake they could easily do 1 RBGY second remake.

This is just something I'd want and like happen.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I doubt that FR/LG will be remade. They already remade Kanto twice (the aforementioned game and HG/SS), so I don't see much of a reason for it to come back.

 

[chella182]

I can't see FRLG being remade either. As it stands, Hoenn is the only region not to be on the DS, so I think if there are to be any remakes to cap off Generation V, they should be remakes from the Hoenn region.

If there are RS remakes, they most likely will contain aspects of the Emerald storyline, since HGSS contained aspects of the Crystal storyline, but I think they'd want to release the two games instead of one, so I think an Emerald remake is unlikely as well.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Tbh I've been thinking of this these past week. Also the lack of all the Kanto and Johto legends might be a sign of them being remade as they can't be obtained in any Gen V games so far. If they do remake them I hope they add Johto 3 years in the past.

 

[Olli]

Tbh I've been thinking of this these past week. Also the lack of all the Kanto and Johto legends might be a sign of them being remade as they can't be obtained in any Gen V games so far. If they do remake them I hope they add Johto 3 years in the past.

I think that'll be a bit unlikely, since travelling to a previous region seems to be exclusive to the second generation games only and it's not anything we've seen in remakes yet, even though there has only been two. You do bring up some good points for it, though if R/S remakes are on their way, I think they'll find another way to lengthen the game more and give us a better game experience than including another region.

 

[MiTjA]

The other meaning of this question is:

Would plain RSE remakes be just as silly as FRLG ones?

They are both exactly the same graphics and game mechanics, so any argument for RSE remakes is just as good for FRLG remakes.
But of course no one even considers more gen I remakes.

The sole difference is that Kanto has been featured 4 times up to gen V, while Hoenn was only the setting in its initial games.

But honestly, it's not so hard to think of a way to use Hoenn again WITHOUT being it remakes, and I'm quite confident gamefreak is smarter than that. Partially because Ive always had fun predicting what they'll do next, and then ended up being surprised by something at least a bit better than my expectations.
Doing boring RSE remakes (instead of releasing the originals as one of the first e-shop GBA games), would be way to lame. They have milked most of what was left of the remake cow with HGSS.
Gotta do something more creative next time, especially now when we can point at BW2 as proof that they can do it.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I think that'll be a bit unlikely, since travelling to a previous region seems to be exclusive to the second generation games only and it's not anything we've seen in remakes yet, even though there has only been two. You do bring up some good points for it, though if R/S remakes are on their way, I think they'll find another way to lengthen the game more and give us a better game experience than including another region.

I was talking about adding past Johto if they do remake Kanto again not to Hoenn.

Anyways if they do manage to remake Kanto perhaps it'll have more features and give it some new routes (those north of it) like they did with Unova. Or they could just make a sequel to RBGYFrLgGSCHgSs featuring Mewtwo as a mascot...though I doubt they will. Personally I don't really want them to remake Kanto again...it needs a break.

 

[Tigerkit300]

Honestly, if they did decide to do remakes of FRLG RSE I would prefer the FRLG ones over the RSE's anyday

 

[WingedDragon]

If theres going to be Changes to fire red, green, or even Emerald. They should make it like they are doin to B2/W2. Add a few years from the events, maybe new villains

 

[Lord Varion]

What I've been hoping is a remake of Yellow and a Remake of Emerald.
Have the to games able to link and stuff, so you can catch Kanto Pokémon and Hoenn Pokémon, and Johto Sinnoh and Unova could be taken from D/P/PT/HG/SS/B/W/B2/W2.
If they'd do it on DS.
I heard B2/W2 was the last 'major' release for Ds.

 

[blue]

In short no, Ruby & Sapphire are necessary but FRLG aren't IMO.

 

[Railgun]

I want Hoenn remakes but only for 3DS. So much they could do on 3DS with the series it would be a shame for them to put them on the DS

 

[MiTjA]

There won't be anything new for the DS coming, doesn't matter if remakes.

 

[ShinyUmbreon189]

IMO, they won't remake Fire Red and leaf green. I mean they already made 1 remake of Gen 1. How many do you want? I mean I would like to see it with the new move, stats, and stuff but I doubt they will.

I want Hoenn remakes but only for 3DS. So much they could do on 3DS with the series it would be a shame for them to put them on the DS

A lot of people don't have a 3DS so that would be pointless as well. I think they should do what they do with the PS2 PS3 thing. Make a separate one for DS and the 3DS.