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.