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If Pokemon Ruby & Pokemon Sapphire was remade, would you buy it?

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Hoenn is my least favourite region, mainly because of the water routes. Here's hoping all of that wasted space is filled.
I doubt that would happen, that's what made up Hoenn kind of and if it was a remake they would want to remake it to exact detail, otherwise it would have something like 3 new towns in place of the water routes. I loved Hoenn with it's water and sand routes!

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Hoenn is my least favorite region also, but I am excited to see it with the new graphics. Maybe I'll like it better this time around because of that.

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Hoenn is my least favourite region, mainly because of the water routes. Here's hoping all of that wasted space is filled.
It can't happen because Hoenn's concept is based on contrast between land and water, that's why there must be so much water routes in this region.

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Hoenn is my least favourite region, mainly because of the water routes. Here's hoping all of that wasted space is filled.
It can't happen because Hoenn's concept is based on contrast between land and water, that's why there must be so much water routes in this region.
Add to the fact that they never changed the layout of the World maps in Remakes, they have ADDED to the maps, but generally the maps are always the same.

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One thing I did like about Hoenn were the gym leaders. I am looking forward to seeing them again!

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Add to the fact that they never changed the layout of the World maps in Remakes, they have ADDED to the maps, but generally the maps are always the same.
On top of that, the entire region of Hoenn is an island with Mossdeep, Sotopolis, and Ever Grande City being a trio of smaller islands. And Pacifidlog Town connected by floating logs supported by a colony of Corosola underneath. So in actuality, Hoenn's really a small archipelago. You're gonna have to do some surfing to get around~
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I hope the secret basses have a some added features though, at least like a PC or something like that you could pick up. I really liked building my base in the originals, at least though my first play through, but after that, it just seemed kinda pointless anything useful coming from it.
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I understand where your coming from , but that may not be the case for RS because the version differences was so great compared to others , and in my opinion that's what made it great so in the remakes they should stick to RS instead of emerald.
Would you really like R/S remakes without Rayquaza's appearance in storyline and Weather Crisis cutscene which has great potential to be much extended than original version?

If they base R/S remakes on Emerald's storyline, Ruby and Sapphire difference can still be saved by making Groudon or Kyogre catchable in Cave of Origin after Weather Crisis. Remember that there is no obligatory encounter with Rayquaza in Emerald storyline. I think it was done on purpose to make place in storyline for Groudon/Kyogre encounter in R/S remakes.

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Rayquaza will be the main legendary in remakes as was Suicune in HGSS, kind of anyway. Kyorgre & Groudon will be catchable at different levels depending on your game but I think the plot from emerald will be inserted into R/S remakes with a few slight changes here and there due to upgraded features etc.
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I am going to go with what Suicune just said about it.

I really want Gamefreak to use some really smexy graphics with it though.
Black and White wasn't awesome on the graphics, but sure, they were okay, I guess.
West, on a plane bound west
I see her stretching out below
Land, blessed mother land
The place where I was born

Scars, she’s got her scars
Sometimes it starts to worry me
Cause lose, I don’t want to lose
Sight of who we are

From the mountains high
To the wave-crashed coast
There’s a way to find
Better days I know

It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
This is still the place
That we all call home
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I'm not so sure. There are big differences in the stories of Ruby and Sapphire and Gold and Silver.

Gold and Silver didn't have 2 different storylines. The only difference was that Lugia and Ho-oh were obtainable at different points in the game, but they were both still there. HG/SS added a few extra battles and conversations about them to make them seem more important to the plot than the originals did, which all you did in those was go catch, there was not plot for Lugia and Ho-oh. Crystal didn't change the story, but added to it. Since Lugia and Ho-oh weren't story specific in the versions, the story involving Suicune didn't disrupt anything.

With R/S/E, it's different, as each story in all 3 games is very different. If they decide to release 2 remake versions of Ruby and Sapphire, they would have to keep Groudon's and Kyogre's plots intact, as that was what the version difference was. It would make no sense to use Emerald's story because it doesn't reflect the events of Ruby or Sapphire. They could always go in and give Rayquaza more story, like they did for Lugia and Ho-oh in HG/SS and make it mandatory to encounter it though. If not, they would be better off releasing 1 single remake of Emerald, rather than 2 of Ruby and Sapphire.

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They could still have both teams involved, just give one a bigger role depending on the game(Ruby- Magma bigger, Sapphire- Aqua bigger).

Maybe you could foil one team(the lesser one in your game)'s efforts at reawakening their pokemon, buying the other team(main one in your version) time to get through with their final plan(s). This way we would still get the extreme drought or rainfall, etc...

Except there's a problem with that. Where would Rayquaza fit in(due to it being used to calm down the fight of both)? It would seem pretty stupid to awaken it just to calm down one, imo, as the colossal battle between Groudon and Kyogre added much more to the depth of the story. It would also be a waste to just leave it waiting until after the E4, with no interaction in the main plot, throwing away Emerald almost completely. Even the Battle Frontier wouldn't do it as much justice as being able to add in the main 'Emerald' element, if you get what I mean(pretty much is the combination of the two).

I say this because I highly doubt they'd choose to just make one version over two, but then again this time they have a bit more on their hands: They probably would want to make them true to the originals, but without scrapping Emerald completely.

That's why I would see them making two different versions like they have, but just make one team more dominant than the other, depending on which version you choose to get, although I'm not sure how they'd implement the Rayquaza storyline then, if one gets defeated and the other succeeding(which is all I can think of atm that would give them a separate feel, hm...).

This is a really interesting thing to think about if you think about it...
Don't you think Hoenn deserves to be at least this beautiful?

Source: http://pokemon-diamond.deviantart.com/art/Hoenn-BW-styled-map-251951922
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As we know, there is no storyline encounter with any legendary in Emerald, so having storyline encounter with Groudon or Kyogre after Weather Crisis in R/S remakes would perfectly fill that lack of encounter from Emerald storyline.

I thought that remakes' storyline after Weather Crisis could be like this: player must go again to peak of Mt. Pyre and be informed that only one team leader gave back Red or Blue orb (depending on your version). The other team leader is still trying to control Groudon or Kyogre, causing drought or heavy rain (just like in original Ruby or Sapphire). Player will must to defeat team leader and encounter Groudon or Kyorge in Cave of Origin to stop drought or heavy rain.

Storyline like that would keep most important Ruby and Sapphire differences without canceling storyline from Emerald.

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Where have you been? You do encounter the legendaries during the story, just not 'by yourself'. Also facing both teams, the colossal battle, etc. is what made Emerald...well Emerald. Taking those out of the plot would indeed keep true to the original Ruby/Sapphire, but you honestly think they'd scrap Emerald completely in the remakes? I highly doubt that, tbh. The BF is just the BF btw, I'm talking storyline.
Don't you think Hoenn deserves to be at least this beautiful?

Source: http://pokemon-diamond.deviantart.com/art/Hoenn-BW-styled-map-251951922
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Where have you been? You do encounter the legendaries during the story, just not 'by yourself'. Also facing both teams, the colossal battle, etc. is what made Emerald...well Emerald. Taking those out of the plot would indeed keep true to the original Ruby/Sapphire, but you honestly think they'd scrap Emerald completely in the remakes? I highly doubt that, tbh. The BF is just the BF btw, I'm talking storyline.
I didn't say anything about scraping Emerald's storyline.
I said that Groudon or Kyogre extension should be after Weather Crisis - the one from Emerald. After Rayquaza calms down both Groudon and Kyogre, everything would seem to be fine until player is informed that Maxie/Archie tries again to control Groudon/Kyogre, causing drought/heavy rain. At this point player would battle with Groudon/Kyogre, making encounter with one of legendaries. That encounter with one legendary would event that was missing in Emerald's storyline.

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I didn't say anything about scraping Emerald's storyline.
I said that Groudon or Kyogre extension should be after Weather Crisis - the one from Emerald. After Rayquaza calms down both Groudon and Kyogre, everything would seem to be fine until player is informed that Maxie/Archie tries again to control Groudon/Kyogre, causing drought/heavy rain. At this point player would battle with Groudon/Kyogre, making encounter with one of legendaries. That encounter with one legendary would event that was missing in Emerald's storyline.
Just seemed very different from the way you posted that originally. By 'after the weather crisis' it seemed like you were referring to when said game's mascot was calmed down(as in just that one arises and whatever), so wasn't sure where the heck Emerald fit into your plot, but I see it now.

The way you worded the crisis was a little vague; Would have helped if you mentioned Groudon and Kyogre's battle or something along that line, haha. My apologies.
Don't you think Hoenn deserves to be at least this beautiful?

Source: http://pokemon-diamond.deviantart.com/art/Hoenn-BW-styled-map-251951922

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I just wish they add the a similar user interface if not exactly the same user interface as HGSS into the game where you don't need to press the the "X" button so many times.
Now I really liked the design and format they used for HGSS with the touch screen and the integrated Running Shoes, I'd be happy for that to return in R/S remakes.
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Just seemed very different from the way you posted that originally. By 'after the weather crisis' it seemed like you were referring to when said game's mascot was calmed down(as in just that one arises and whatever), so wasn't sure where the heck Emerald fit into your plot, but I see it now.

The way you worded the crisis was a little vague; Would have helped if you mentioned Groudon and Kyogre's battle or something along that line, haha. My apologies.
I thought that if I mentioned both team leaders being involved into having both orbs, it should be clear enough I'm talking about Emerald's Weather Crisis.

Anyway, is that plot I posted acceptable for remakes? Or maybe it should be done differently?
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You have to remember that the remakes are going to keep the same storyline as the version they are being remade from. The are too many differences between HG/SS using Crystal's story and trying to combine all 3 different stories betweeen Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Suicune was a side quest for after you beat the League.

If they remake these games, I'm 99% sure they'll be a new Ruby and Sapphire and not 1 new Emerald, meaning the storylines will remain intact for the most part. Fans like for their games to remember as true to the original as possible, so mixing the stories just for the sake of doing it wouldn't thrill too many people. I loved the SoulSilver was basically the same game I use to play on my GameBoy Color. I would buy the Ruby remake, and I would want to face Groudon and Team Magma again, not Rayquaza, Kyogre or Team Aqua. (though I do like Rayquaza)

As much as it may disappoint some people, I can see the Emerald story being cut. I feel that they would want stay true Ruby and Sapphire, though they could add an additional story, like Suicune in HG/SS in which you are told about Rayquaza and you then have to go catch it. It wouldn't be the same as it was in Emerald, but the Suicune story was altered as well.

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If they made remakes of ruby/Saphire/Emerald, I'd be stoked. I never really thought that that may be any possibility. I just took the egg from Steven and then went to catchy Kyogre and never really thought about it.....XD. Emerald was the first GBA generation game I played, and I'd love to see a DS version of it. Note to Self: Find my DS
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You have to remember that the remakes are going to keep the same storyline as the version they are being remade from. The are too many differences between HG/SS using Crystal's story and trying to combine all 3 different stories betweeen Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Suicune was a side quest for after you beat the League.

If they remake these games, I'm 99% sure they'll be a new Ruby and Sapphire and not 1 new Emerald, meaning the storylines will remain intact for the most part. Fans like for their games to remember as true to the original as possible, so mixing the stories just for the sake of doing it wouldn't thrill too many people. I loved the SoulSilver was basically the same game I use to play on my GameBoy Color. I would buy the Ruby remake, and I would want to face Groudon and Team Magma again, not Rayquaza, Kyogre or Team Aqua. (though I do like Rayquaza)

As much as it may disappoint some people, I can see the Emerald story being cut. I feel that they would want stay true Ruby and Sapphire, though they could add an additional story, like Suicune in HG/SS in which you are told about Rayquaza and you then have to go catch it. It wouldn't be the same as it was in Emerald, but the Suicune story was altered as well.
Suicune's story was a bit altered in HG/SS but actually it was almost the same like in Crystal - you meet Suicune and Eusine few times during the storyline. The only difference is encounter with Suicune after League, not before. Actually, Suicune plays bigger role in HG/SS than Lugia and Ho-oh because it appears more times than Lugia and Ho-oh. Just like in Crystal. Ho-oh or Lugia encounters were just added to keep Gold and Silver difference more visible. They don't have much impact on overall storyline, they are just alternate events.

It's more likely that in R/S remakes they'll keep Emerald's storyline, just like they kept Crystal's storyline in HG/SS. And it's also likely that after Weather Crisis cutscene with Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza, one of remakes' mascots - Kyogre or Groudon will be catchable like Lugia or Ho-oh in HG/SS, even though Rayquaza would play bigger role in storyline, just like Suicune in HG/SS.

They also should keep some standard in making R/S remakes. B/W featured full 3d cutscenes with both Zekrom and Reshiram in both versions. To keep that standard, they should remake Weather Crisis cutscene from Emerald into 3D. It means the need of keeping Emerald's storyline to remake that cutscene.

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I love speculating about music for remakes, I'd love for it to be something like this (with a bit of BW mixed in):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4s3qk6x4tg

(Starts at 1:51)