Would anyone else like Red/Blue version remakes on 3DS? 10 years ago FireRed and LeafGreen were released on Game Boy Advance, but with the X & Y engine, I really think that it'd be a worthwhile remake. Just imagining it makes me excited. It'd also be a great way to re-introduce those games to younger fans who missed out on the originals and the remakes and find the games too "old" to enjoy (you know what kids are like with graphics and all that) so another remake 10 years on would be welcome.
Honestly, I'm waiting for Hoenn remakes before the Kanto region receives another remake. I mean, it's been in at least
11 core series games already (
Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, Soulsilver - things get a bit murky if you decide to count the English Generation 1 games and the Japanese Generation 1 games as distinct entities/installments), including remakes..
And that's not even speaking of all of the
Continuity Nods towards Kanto that are present in
Pokemon X and Y - primarily, Kalos's Santalune Forest's internal layout resembling the layout of Kanto's Viridan Forest; Kalos's Unknown Dungeon sharing a term with Kanto's Cerulean Cave as well as the property of housing a wild Mewtwo; the presence of a Power Plant in Kalos hearkening back to Kanto's own Power Plant; the presence of the Kanto starter Pokemon of Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur within Kalos;
and the presence of a Kanto Legendary Bird in Kalos.
..I mean, yeah, Kanto is awesome and all, but that's a bit much. @_@
You go to Kanto in four of the six generations, but Hoenn only once. By all means, if they end up making a RBY 3D remake, I'd play it in a heartbeat, there are just other things I'd like to see first if possible.
This.
Considering the addition of Fairy and changes to type chart plus Electric and Grass's new bonuses, its kinda apparent that all the old games need to be remade to update the story.
I'd be interested in another Kanto Remake, but like with Hoenn, its not something I see happening until the ability to transfer is gone or we're so far into the future of the games that there's actually a point.
The whole of Gen 3 needs remaking now, Hoenn and Kanto, but so do gens 4 (HG/SS as well) and 5 thanks to the changes.
Would love to see how they redo Whiteny's Gym since her staple mascot has been ripped from her hands and is no longer a Normal type.
Although I don't think that the mere introduction of new types or battle system tweaks solely warrant remakes (I mean, if Generation 7 gives us something like the much-clamored-for Light type, are we going to start begging for XY remakes already, just a few months/years down the road? And battle system perks/changes practically happen every generation!), it's nice to integrate new mechanics with certain older region implementations (
FireRed/LeafGreen play much differently compared to
Red/Blue/Green/Yellow due to the type match-up fixes, the Dark and Steel types, the Special stat split, and Pokemon Abilities).
Despite her ace being Miltank, Whitney's Mascot is Clefairy.
XD
Her Gym has a mosaic Clefairy maze that you have to navigate through, though being a Normal typed Gym, and Clefairy being a pure Fairy Type Pokemon, it has no place on her team anymore.
Hmm...that's quite the quirk; I didn't think about that! XD I still perceive Miltank as Whitney's signature Pokemon, since it's had more reliable appearances compared to Whitney's Clefairy (skimming Whitney's Bulbapedia article, it seems like the only place where Whitney's Clefairy appears without tagging behind Whitney's Miltank is in Pokemon Puzzle Challenge). In Pokemon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle, only Whitney's Miltank appears during the 2nd round, with Clefairy/Clefable nowhere to be seen.. Maybe Whitney just didn't bother to change the Gym's layout when she became Goldenrod Gym's Gym Leader? XD Another reason could be that the Gym layout was chosen so that Whitney makes you think as if Clefairy is her ace Pokemon, and then she pulls out a never-before-seen (at the time) Johto Pokemon on you, Miltank! If Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal ever get remade (again), I wonder how her team would be handled.. I personally wouldn't mind if Clefairy was the only non-Normal type Pokemon on Whitney's team, since Cleafiry's presence did "used to" make sense prior to Generation 6, and Pokemon Stadium typically has Gym Leaders deviate from designated types (although sometimes a bit too unreasonably). And several Elite 4 members don't stick to a single type, so I don't see why the occasional exception can't be made for Gym Leaders, too...
I think it would be neat to see but I'd honestly prefer a RSE 3DS remake/sequel.
I think Hoenn would be totally awesome to play through in 3D.
Also, I think I'm a little tired of Kanto. I feel like I've played through it so many times that they'd have to add a lot of new and cool stuff to make it interesting again.
This.
We've had Kanto very recently in HeartGold and SoulSilver, so if newer players want to experience this region, they could easily grab either of these two games and play. d: Personally, I'd like to see Hoenn remakes right now more than anything. Been waiting for quite some time; if you ask me, it's long overdue.
About
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Versions, speak for yourself! :P A
quick perusal of Amazon yields prices of $93.75 and $112.49 for Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, respectively
(of course Lugia would get more love), more than even the current cost of
Pokemon X and Y for the Nintendo 3DS. And from what I've heard, it's notoriously hard to obtain even used copies of HG/SS, due to their apparent limited production run and copies now being somewhat scarce. In order to keep Kanto relevant while still pushing newer regional content, Game Freak could just have uploaded
Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen to the Wii U Virtual Console (since Game Boy Advance games are being released there now, and in my opinion, FR/LG are passable presentations for the Kanto region, even in the modern day)... Similarly,
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow,
Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal,
Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen, and
Pokemon HeartGold/Soulsilver could all be uploaded to the Nintendo 3DS eShop/Virtual Console so that modern-day players could still experience Kanto somehow..
-Regarding Nintendo games being more "recent", Nintendo is planning to axe online connectivity for them anyway, so it seems like they're pushing more for 3DS content anyway.
-Apparently, Game Freak is more oriented towards the connectivity/social aspect of the core series Pokemon games (which is apparently none of the core series games, even the pre-Nintendo-DS ones, are on any Virtual Console, be it Wii, Wii U, or 3DS). Given that "connectivity" for the DS Pokemon games will be highly restricted soon (due to no online connectivity), I don't see a valid reason NOT to upload the games to Virtual Console, as people are still willing to play Pokemon even if they can't trade properly.. The only game I could foresee withholding from the Virtual Console (at least temporarily) is
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, if Game Freak and Nintendo want to encourage sales of whatever
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald remakes come about.
Anyway, if Generation 1/Kanto remakes come up again, I personally think they would be more fitting if reserved for another "special"
Pokemon anniversary (like say 25th, 50th, or 100th anniversary). Hoenn remakes are the only ones I feel should be made, due to Hoenn still being the only region not displayed in third-dimensional (3D) graphics (and the Hoenn League also got shafted in terms of pre-Generation 6 DS-quality Versus sprites, but that's another ordeal) and being the only region that hasn't been able to take advantage of Generation 4's Physical-Special split
and the availability of the Focus Sash (I imagine that Hoenn's Battle Frontier plays quite differently just because of the split, let alone other recent gamepaly-mechanic innovations). Kanto just seems way too ingrained in memory and
almost seems to be getting overexposed as a region.. Many of Kanto's staples typically show up in subsequent games anyway (like Gyms and Department Stores and islands), Kanto Pokemon are usually bound to show up in subsequent generations, and Kanto League members can just cameo in another Pokemon World Tournament hosted in another region, if necessary..
I mean, as each generation goes on, we just pile on the number of regions.. At this rate, if we want to repeatedly "update each region to the current standard" in terms of gameplay and graphics, we might as well just make an online
Pokemon MMORPG with all the regions to date and call it a day; no point in beautifying and upgrading the regions one/two games at a time. Essentially, I'm fine with the idea of remakes once in a while (FR/LG, HG/SS, and
Ruby/Sapphire remakes have all been warranted so far, in my opinion; after that, I hope to not see another core series remake for quite some time), but not when it seems like the older
Pokemon regions are hard-pressed to play "technological 'catch-up'" every few years.
