6th Gen The hypothetical 6th gen Emerald remake

[Sopheria]

This is something that comes up quite a lot in discussion here and there, so I figured it'd make for an interesting thread ^^ Since Emerald was such a great game and brought so much to the table back in 3rd gen, a lot of people have expressed a desire to see the a remake for 6th gen along with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Supposing that there were a 6th gen remake of the original Emerald along with the Ruby and Sapphire remakes:

• What do you think it should be called?
• What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
• Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
• Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
• How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?

 

[blue]

I would love an Emerald remake, it would work so well with ORAS and it would be a first to remake a third game!

What do you think it should be called?

I think the obvious choice would be Delta Emerald.

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?

Match Call. I know it was sort of present in ORAS, but in the originals the Match Call feature introduced in Emerald was like a much better version of it. It also included rematches with the Gym Leaders.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?

Not really, I think Emerald vastly improved on Ruby and Sapphire.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

Gym Rematches, Battle Frontier and possibly a few more mons in the Regional Dex.

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?

Unlikely. I think they're going to take the direction of the whole Zygarde formes, going back in Kalos and follow from the X & Y storyline.

 

[SaniOKh]

What do you think it should be called?
Delta Emerald is a no-brainer, especially considering Mega Rayquaza's shape.

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?

• Just like Blue said, match calls.
• All of the changes made to the overworld, the Gyms and the trainers.
• I also liked how in Emerald, two trainers could spot you at once, I don't think I've seen it in Gen 6 yet, so bringing that back could be cool.
• And also, they could bring back the Altering Cave and make it work with Street Pass or something.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
Not bringing back the stupid trading restrictions (can't trade Eggs or non-Hoenn Pokémon without the National Dex) would already be a tremendous improvement over the original Emerald.
The biggest change of all would be the story, elements from the Delta episode should be incorporated into the main story. I've thought about it a while ago, it's not much, but here goes:

• Zinnia makes her first proper appearance way before the Delta Episode (not simply in the first cutscene) . The player spots her at various times both as a Team Magma member and a Team Aqua member, after which she always covers her face and runs away, or pretends to be twins.
• Instead of just finding Wallace alone in the Cave of Origin, the player witnesses him and Zinnia conversing, with Wallace fuming and screaming at Zinnia for putting Team Magma and Team Aqua against each other and causing the awakening of both Groudon and Kyogre and the ensuing cataclysm. Zinnia replies that she wanted to use both teams to summon Rayquaza in time to thwart an impending danger (the meteoroid) , but the Teams found their respective Pokémon faster than she expected; and asks to wait until the meteoroid appears in the sky before doing anything. Wallace objects to that, saying that if they followed her plan, by the time the meteoroid appeared and Rayquaza could be summoned, there would be no world left to save. He then orders Zinnia to summon Rayquaza ahead of time to stop Groudon and Kyogre, and asks the player to follow her to the Sky Pillar.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

• Bring a degree of character customization. I know they want to keep highly customizable characters as a Kalos-exclusive feature, but it would be nice if you could at least change the color of your clothes.
• At least attempt to explain how Groudon can make the Sun shine at night (at least, the French translators were smart about this: the characters referred to the source of the heat as a "big fireball", implying it wasn't the real Sun that was causing the drought, but something Groudon actually created) .
• I think it goes without saying that the Delta Episode should be rewritten and (maybe) renamed. I think that, in the story, if Rayquaza was summoned and left during the main story, another component could be necessary to re-summon it once the meteoroid actually appears... maybe another legendary Pokémon could have the power to make Rayquaza reappear, maybe it's the one that grants wishes... basically, what I'm saying is: bring Jirachi in the Delta Episode as well and make him non-event exclusive.

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
Considering Game Freak's track record when it comes to remakes, highly unlikely.

 

[Sopheria]

What do you think it should be called?
Delta Emerald is a no-brainer, especially considering Mega Rayquaza's shape.

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?

• Just like Blue said, match calls.
• All of the changes made to the overworld, the Gyms and the trainers.
• I also liked how in Emerald, two trainers could spot you at once, I don't think I've seen it in Gen 6 yet, so bringing that back could be cool.
• And also, they could bring back the Altering Cave and make it work with Street Pass or something.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
Not bringing back the stupid trading restrictions (can't trade Eggs or non-Hoenn Pokémon without the National Dex) would already be a tremendous improvement over the original Emerald.
The biggest change of all would be the story, elements from the Delta episode should be incorporated into the main story. I've thought about it a while ago, it's not much, but here goes:

• Zinnia makes her first proper appearance way before the Delta Episode (not simply in the first cutscene) . The player spots her at various times both as a Team Magma member and a Team Aqua member, after which she always covers her face and runs away, or pretends to be twins.
• Instead of just finding Wallace alone in the Cave of Origin, the player witnesses him and Zinnia conversing, with Wallace fuming and screaming at Zinnia for putting Team Magma and Team Aqua against each other and causing the awakening of both Groudon and Kyogre and the ensuing cataclysm. Zinnia replies that she wanted to use both teams to summon Rayquaza in time to thwart an impending danger (the meteoroid) , but the Teams found their respective Pokémon faster than she expected; and asks to wait until the meteoroid appears in the sky before doing anything. Wallace objects to that, saying that if they followed her plan, by the time the meteoroid appeared and Rayquaza could be summoned, there would be no world left to save. He then orders Zinnia to summon Rayquaza ahead of time to stop Groudon and Kyogre, and asks the player to follow her to the Sky Pillar.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

• Bring a degree of character customization. I know they want to keep highly customizable characters as a Kalos-exclusive feature, but it would be nice if you could at least change the color of your clothes.
• At least attempt to explain how Groudon can make the Sun shine at night (at least, the French translators were smart about this: the characters referred to the source of the heat as a "big fireball", implying it wasn't the real Sun that was causing the drought, but something Groudon actually created) .
• I think it goes without saying that the Delta Episode should be rewritten and (maybe) renamed. I think that, in the story, if Rayquaza was summoned and left during the main story, another component could be necessary to re-summon it once the meteoroid actually appears... maybe another legendary Pokémon could have the power to make Rayquaza reappear, maybe it's the one that grants wishes... basically, what I'm saying is: bring Jirachi in the Delta Episode as well and make him non-event exclusive.

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
Considering Game Freak's track record when it comes to remakes, highly unlikely.

Great answers! I especially love the idea of Zinnia successfully putting Team Magma and Team Aqua against each other in order to summon Rayquaza. It would really bring the Delta episode from OR/AS into to the main story c: I definitely think that in an Emerald remake, Zinnia would be a big part of the story. Zinnia's involvement in Team Magma & Team Aqua's plans was definitely a cool twist on the originals :3

Altering Cave would also be nice to bring back. It was potentially a cool concept (a cave that changes based on Mystery Gift events), and there would be a lot of potential for it in 6th gen, given how prominent and easy to access Wi-Fi events are now. And like you said, trading caves with people via StreetPass or PSS would be really neat!

I think Game Freak has a good track record on remakes, since we got quite a few, but looking at the pattern, 3rd versions never get remakes, so yea doesn't seem likely. But you never know, they could surprise us o:

 

[twocows]

What should it be called?
Epsilon Emerald... well, it's all Greek to me, anyway
What features would you like to see return?
GameShark compatibility
Would you like to see any improvements?
Support for Amiibos
How likely do you think it'll happen?
On the advice of my lawyer, I choose not to answer this question

No, but seriously

What should it be called?
<some Greek character> Emerald
What features would you like to see return?
It's not really a feature but I just really liked the relaxed feel that a lot of areas in RSE had. I don't know if it's just too different, but I didn't really feel like I got that as much with OR/AS.
Would you like to see any improvements?
I can't think of a way to make it possible, but something I've always wanted in Pokemon in general is a co-op mode.
How likely do you think it'll happen?
Well, if Nintendo thinks they can make a lot of money from it, pretty likely.

 

[DraconianWing]

What do you think it should be called?
Sigma Delta Emerald of course! Plus, Nintendo already took the rights for the name, so why waste it?

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
The Battle Frontier! The 3rd Gen form of the Frontier is post-game content that remains unique to Emerald and differentiates it heavily from RS. This would be the cherry on top to the already vast amount of improvements introduced in ORAS. It would be great if the Mauville Game Casino made a return as well.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
The post above sums it up. Also, a key system similar to the one from BW2 so that you can change the difficulty of the game to your liking.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
Mega Flygon Off the top of my head, a follow-up to the Delta episode (so we find out what happened after Zinnia left etc.)

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
The posters above beat me to it: not a very big chance, since Game Freak is known for leaving out 3rd versions when it comes to remakes.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I would love a Delta Emerald (maybe released along Z...)

Improvements would be to adapt the Emerald teams and improve on those. Give each gym leader a Mega at some point like how they gave the E4 Megas in OrAs (hopefully some pre-post game). Give the E4 their Megas pre-game and change them. Mega Shiftry should be made and given to Sindey. Mega Banette is better than Mega Sableye so switching Phoebe's Mega would be good imo. Maybe give Glacia Mega Floslass instead. Drake can keep his Mega Salamence.


Also redesigns of the characters in terms of clothing (hopefully Brendan's eyes don't look cross eyed too).


Have AZ appear in the post game. Have Jirachi deep in Artisan cave in BF island (since DE was similar to Destiny Deoxys maybe DE's post game should be similar to the PS Emerald arc). Also have Archie and Shelly play a role. Perhaps Zinnia could too and tries to get Jirachi to revive/return Aster for her.


Also the return of rematches! Also Mega Flygon and Mega Milotic. Mega Flygon can replace the Latis in flying in the sky feature to reference how in Emerald it replaced the Latis.
Also have Hoopa appear once all ring legends are captured. In addition have Volcanion appear around Mt. Chimney as an event like Deoxys in FrLgE, Shaymin in Gen DPP, Victini in BW.

 

[Sun]

What do you think it should be called?
Delta Emerald, as a reference for the Delta Episode, Delta Stream and Mega Rayquaza's design.

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
Battle Frontier, Multi Battles, Gym Rematches, Mirage Tower, Faraway Island, fast frame rate, an egg route (a convenient hatching route: from Verdanturf to Route 118)

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
Nope, to be real honest no game has been as perfect as Emerald.

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
As much as I want it, the chances are less likely to be honest.

I would love a Delta Emerald (maybe released along Z...)

Improvements would be to adapt the Emerald teams and improve on those. Give each gym leader a Mega at some point like how they gave the E4 Megas in OrAs (hopefully some pre-post game). Give the E4 their Megas pre-game and change them. Mega Shiftry should be made and given to Sindey. Mega Banette is better than Mega Sableye so switching Phoebe's Mega would be good imo. Maybe give Glacia Mega Floslass instead. Drake can keep his Mega Salamence.


Also redesigns of the characters in terms of clothing (hopefully Brendan's eyes don't look cross eyed too).


Have AZ appear in the post game. Have Jirachi deep in Artisan cave in BF island (since DE was similar to Destiny Deoxys maybe DE's post game should be similar to the PS Emerald arc). Also have Archie and Shelly play a role. Perhaps Zinnia could too and tries to get Jirachi to revive/return Aster for her.


Also the return of rematches! Also Mega Flygon and Mega Milotic. Mega Flygon can replace the Latis in flying in the sky feature to reference how in Emerald it replaced the Latis.
Also have Hoopa appear once all ring legends are captured. In addition have Volcanion appear around Mt. Chimney as an event like Deoxys in FrLgE, Shaymin in Gen DPP, Victini in BW.

Drake can get back to rapping.

While Mega Absol for Sidney makes perfect sense, I agree that he should be given a Mega Shiftry. Since the rival from XY has a Mega Absol as his/her signature.

Just give us the customization from X and Y, or simply let us switch between their original classic outfits and whatever design they are gonna come up to.

 

[Admison]

I would love an Emerald remake, it would work so well with ORAS and it would be a first to remake a third game!

What do you think it should be called?

I think the obvious choice would be Delta Emerald.

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?

Match Call. I know it was sort of present in ORAS, but in the originals the Match Call feature introduced in Emerald was like a much better version of it. It also included rematches with the Gym Leaders.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?

Not really, I think Emerald vastly improved on Ruby and Sapphire.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

Gym Rematches, Battle Frontier and possibly a few more mons in the Regional Dex.

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?

Unlikely. I think they're going to take the direction of the whole Zygarde formes, going back in Kalos and follow from the X & Y storyline.

I just decided to quote Blue because he basically said everything that I was thinking. So, thank you, Blue! {XD}

To add to the first question, GameFreak has never made three game remakes of any generation, so the likeliness of Emerald being an exception is highly unlikely. I was beaten to that as well, but I still felt the need to say it myself. :P

 

[Sopheria]

What do you think it should be called?
Sigma Delta Emerald of course! Plus, Nintendo already took the rights for the name, so why waste it?

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
The Battle Frontier! The 3rd Gen form of the Frontier is post-game content that remains unique to Emerald and differentiates it heavily from RS. This would be the cherry on top to the already vast amount of improvements introduced in ORAS. It would be great if the Mauville Game Casino made a return as well.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
The post above sums it up. Also, a key system similar to the one from BW2 so that you can change the difficulty of the game to your liking.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
Mega Flygon Off the top of my head, a follow-up to the Delta episode (so we find out what happened after Zinnia left etc.)

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
The posters above beat me to it: not a very big chance, since Game Freak is known for leaving out 3rd versions when it comes to remakes.

I miss the game casino, but I think they removed it from recent games because of concerns that they were promoting gambling. Maybe there's a way they could bring some form of it back without it being full-on gambling? Like some other kinds of games that aren't as luck based?

I would love a Delta Emerald (maybe released along Z...)

Improvements would be to adapt the Emerald teams and improve on those. Give each gym leader a Mega at some point like how they gave the E4 Megas in OrAs (hopefully some pre-post game). Give the E4 their Megas pre-game and change them. Mega Shiftry should be made and given to Sindey. Mega Banette is better than Mega Sableye so switching Phoebe's Mega would be good imo. Maybe give Glacia Mega Floslass instead. Drake can keep his Mega Salamence.


Also redesigns of the characters in terms of clothing (hopefully Brendan's eyes don't look cross eyed too).


Have AZ appear in the post game. Have Jirachi deep in Artisan cave in BF island (since DE was similar to Destiny Deoxys maybe DE's post game should be similar to the PS Emerald arc). Also have Archie and Shelly play a role. Perhaps Zinnia could too and tries to get Jirachi to revive/return Aster for her.


Also the return of rematches! Also Mega Flygon and Mega Milotic. Mega Flygon can replace the Latis in flying in the sky feature to reference how in Emerald it replaced the Latis.
Also have Hoopa appear once all ring legends are captured. In addition have Volcanion appear around Mt. Chimney as an event like Deoxys in FrLgE, Shaymin in Gen DPP, Victini in BW.

I love the idea of having additional megas in an Emerald remake. Mega Milotic would make all kinds of sense, since Wallace would be the new champion. Mega Flygon would make sense too if Zinnia were to play a more prominent role in the story. Mega Jirachi is another Mega that I was hoping for, personally, so if they were to make Jirachi catchable in-game, it'd be awesome to see a Jirachiite come along with it :D

I would like to see this happen but I'm more set on Z happening right now. I don't think there is much they could do with an Emerald game right now. :(

But Ben, don't you want to see Champion Wallace? ^^

 

[Boured]

What do you think it should be called?
Delta Emerald
What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
Battle Frontier and the ability to customize your player like in X and Y and also having more clothes to choose from.
Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
Better story.
Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
Actually add the Battle Frontier
How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
Not very likely, but you never know.

 

[OffRoadSP]

I'm going to go out of the box on this one. What about... "Emerald Z?"

What if Kalos and Hoenn are geographically near each other? I don't know if there was ever any canon reference as to how close or far these regions are, and if there was, my apologies. What if it was something along the lines of Gold & Silver where you could battle all 16 Gym Leaders? Maybe there's a fourth regional 'Dex in Kalos that can connect the two and add 150 more old gen pokemon to Kalos?

Like I said, maybe being a little "out in left-field" here, but just speculating some different ideas.

On the other other hand, we already have the capability to catch every non-event Pokemon between X/Y/OR/AS, I feel like there's not exactly a need for another game this gen. Yet, if the demand is there...

 

[Sopheria]

I'm going to go out of the box on this one. What about... "Emerald Z?"

What if Kalos and Hoenn are geographically near each other? I don't know if there was ever any canon reference as to how close or far these regions are, and if there was, my apologies. What if it was something along the lines of Gold & Silver where you could battle all 16 Gym Leaders? Maybe there's a fourth regional 'Dex in Kalos that can connect the two and add 150 more old gen pokemon to Kalos?

Like I said, maybe being a little "out in left-field" here, but just speculating some different ideas.

On the other other hand, we already have the capability to catch every non-event Pokemon between X/Y/OR/AS, I feel like there's not exactly a need for another game this gen. Yet, if the demand is there...

I don't think there's been any canon reference to how close they are to each other, but they're based on France and Kyushu in the real world, which is why I'd personally be more inclined to say they're pretty far from each other. But that doesn't mean we couldn't explore both regions in such a game! There could be a boat that takes you between the regions. Or heck, there could even be some other crazy shenanigans involved, like a portal created by Hoopa, or something to that effect.

Emerald Z sounds like a really cool concept. But how do you think they'd combine the plot of Emerald and the plot of Z? Would you just go through Emerald first, and then go through the Kalos story once you defeat the Hoenn Elite Four perhaps? Or maybe the other way around?

 

[bobandbill]

What do you think it should be called?
Delta Emerald is the obvious choice. (Alpha, Omega; Delta episode...)

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
Battle frontier! Also more double battles like Emerald had, better (more) Trick Master puzzles, the berry mixing minigame...

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
Not particularly, what ORAS had was decent enough for me.

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
See the second point. =p

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
Extremely unlikely. Besides the weight of history (sure, only two remakes without third versions, but that is still something), there's the clear marketing for Z rather than a third version, the fact Emerald has its signature Pokemon (Rayquazza) already show up in its Delta episode (like how Crystal's segments were already in HGSS), and that chances are the game after Z, whatever that will be, will be 7th gen rather than another 6th gen title, and I don't see them giving us an ORAS counterpart in a different gen.

There's also just not much that a Delta Emerald would offer over ORAS imo. Sure, it'll make some money probably, but not that much more for the effort of branding, etc. And what would be put in it won't differentiate too much from what ORAS has either. The main thing is the BF, and imo if they intend to give us a Battle Frontier, they'll put it in Z.

 

[Syrex]

I am just waiting for this to come out.

Hopes for the remake of emerald has caused me to NOT purchase ORAS for myself.
I'm girlfriend plays AS. and I play pokemon Y.

 

[Sukyandaru]

What do you think it should be called?
Probably Pokemon Delta Emerald to match the other names, especially since there was a "Delta Episode".

What are some of your favorite features from Emerald that you'd like to see return in this remake?
The Battle Frontier <3. And match call, especially for the gym leader rematches! And the Steven end-boss battle.

Are there any improvements/additions that you'd like to see it make over the original Emerald?
I think it would be nice if they gave Wallace a better team as the champion. Also if match call and gym rematches were re-added, giving each of the gym leaders a mega evolution as their teams progressively became stronger would be pretty cool as well. Possibly in the final rematch when they're at top strength? It would be like going through the gyms all over again, with more challenge!

Are there any improvements/additions would you like to see it make over Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
Player customisation like in XY (or better), and I guess an expansion on the story, possibly with new characters, would be great too. And exclusive move tutors? c;

How likely do you think such a remake would be to actually be released for 6th gen?
Seeing as there was no "3rd game" for the FRLG 1st gen remakes and HGSS 2nd gen remakes... not too likely. More likely, would be the Z-game following XY, especially with the release of the Pokemon XYZ anime. But I'll still hope x:.

 

[Ammako]

There wasn't a Blue/Yellow remake, there wasn't a Crystal remake. Doubt there'll be an Emerald remake.
OR/AS already include pretty much anything an Emerald remake would have had. Special storyline specifically about Rayquaza? Already has its Mega Evolution? IMO they'd have kept all that special Rayquaza stuff for an Emerald remake if they were going to make one.
Just like how HG/SS had the special Suicune storyline elements Crystal had without being Crystal, and without having a Crystal remake released later.

 

[Kaiyu]

If a remake version for Pokémon Emerald ever does get released I'll probably get it. After beating Pokémon Emerald I always wondered if there will be a remake of it. I'm not having high hopes for this but still hoping.

 

[FioriKikuchi]

A remake for Pokémon Emerald sounds like a nice idea. I'd definitely get it. The Battle Frontier was something I really liked so hope that gets brought back.

 

[Ammako]

A remake for Pokémon Emerald sounds like a nice idea. I'd definitely get it. The Battle Frontier was something I really liked so hope that gets brought back.

Assuming an Emerald remake was made, doubtful it would have the Battle Frontier.