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Where do you think the remakes will end?

Gen1 remakes on the GBA
Gen2 remakes on the DS
Gen3 remakes on the 3DS
Gen4 remakes on the 5DS

I would assume Fall 2015 will be Z Version. No game in 2016. Then Something new in 2017. Then a Remake in 2018.
 
I don't think these will be the last remakes due to the fact that the game systems are being updated as the years pass. GB, GBC, GBA, GBASP, DS, DSI, 3DS. As long as there are new handhelds or platforms for the game being made and as long as the fans are asking for a remake, there most likely will be a remake to suit people who own the next gen console/handheld.
 
SnowpointQuincy said:
Gen1 remakes on the GBA
Gen2 remakes on the DS
Gen3 remakes on the 3DS
Gen4 remakes on the 5DS

I would assume Fall 2015 will be Z Version. No game in 2016. Then Something new in 2017. Then a Remake in 2018.
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Well that´s quite the prediction there. Wouldn't surprise me, i see 2016 as a new console gen shift.
 
Every gen will be remade at least once. So many thought Gen 3 remakes would not be a thing due to Gen 3 being able to connect to Gen 6 via Gen 4 and 5 but that was debunked meaning Gen 4 is being remade by 2020 if we use the patter. Gen 1 remakes 8 years after Gen 1,Gen 2 remakes 10 years after Gen 2 and Gen 3 remakes 12 years after Gen 3
 
Generation 1 Definitely Needs a Remake Wit 3D Graphics, Generation 4 Would Be Nice As Well. I Loved Generation 5 But I Don't Think They'll be Remaking Those For a While.
 
I'm not sure when they'll stop to be honest! If one assumes the series will go on indefinitely we could potentially see remakes for every generation, remakes of remakes, and remakes of remake remakes.

I expect we'll revisit Sinnoh. It'll be a while I'm sure, maybe as late as 2020, but I feel like it's a pretty classic generation and definitely one that deserves its time in the sun. After that I'm not sure, I could easily see us visiting Kanto again before we return to Unova. My "official" prediction is that after the Sinnoh remakes are done, we'll alternate between second remakes starting from Kanto and remakes of the gens from Unova-onwards.

But that's not something I think will go too well financially to be honest. Not sure how much demand there will be for Kanto 3.0, much less Johto 3.0...
 
François said:
I'm not sure when they'll stop to be honest! If one assumes the series will go on indefinitely we could potentially see remakes for every generation, remakes of remakes, and remakes of remake remakes.

I expect we'll revisit Sinnoh. It'll be a while I'm sure, maybe as late as 2020, but I feel like it's a pretty classic generation and definitely one that deserves its time in the sun. After that I'm not sure, I could easily see us visiting Kanto again before we return to Unova. My "official" prediction is that after the Sinnoh remakes are done, we'll alternate between second remakes starting from Kanto and remakes of the gens from Unova-onwards.

But that's not something I think will go too well financially to be honest. Not sure how much demand there will be for Kanto 3.0, much less Johto 3.0...
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I thought we got Kanto 3.0 in HG/SS XD
 
I don't see any reason why they'd ever stop.

And honestly - if I see one more person prattle on about whether or not you can trade from this gen to that gen, I'm going to reach through my monitor and slap him. Although that was something that was mentioned alongside FR/LG, I don't think it was ever the central issue, and it becomes more obvious with each set of remakes that that's not the point. The real point of the remakes, obviously, is to do updated versions of the older games on modern hardware, in order to appeal to fans who want to see the games they love take advantage of new technology. So stop it with the "but you can still trade this to that, then hook that up to the other, then blah blah blah, so they're not necessary" nonsense. Old games plus notably better hardware equals remakes.

Now - that out of the way - I would generally prefer a sequel or merely a return to the region over a true remake, just because I'd rather see a new story than an old one. Yeah - a true sequel would be sort of disconcerting for people who hadn't played the original games, but it's easy enough to do a sequel that has enough references to the past story to amuse those who did play it, but is separate enough that not having played it isn't a problem (and that's pretty much what they did with BW2, so we already know they can do it).

So - I fully expect a return to Sinnoh in the future, then a return to Unova, then a return to Kalos, then a return to... wherever the next new region is. But I wouldn't expect the Sinnoh ones for at least one more generation of hardware. It seems to me that while the 3DS is obviously advanced over the DS, there just haven't been enough improvements in the capabilities to make remakes worthwhile yet. And I think it needs to just languish a bit, to give the fan base time to really build up their appetite for the remakes.
 
Arlo said:
I don't see any reason why they'd ever stop.

And honestly - if I see one more person prattle on about whether or not you can trade from this gen to that gen, I'm going to reach through my monitor and slap him. Although that was something that was mentioned alongside FR/LG, I don't think it was ever the central issue, and it becomes more obvious with each set of remakes that that's not the point. The real point of the remakes, obviously, is to do updated versions of the older games on modern hardware, in order to appeal to fans who want to see the games they love take advantage of new technology. So stop it with the "but you can still trade this to that, then hook that up to the other, then blah blah blah, so they're not necessary" nonsense. Old games plus notably better hardware equals remakes.

Now - that out of the way - I would generally prefer a sequel or merely a return to the region over a true remake, just because I'd rather see a new story than an old one. Yeah - a true sequel would be sort of disconcerting for people who hadn't played the original games, but it's easy enough to do a sequel that has enough references to the past story to amuse those who did play it, but is separate enough that not having played it isn't a problem (and that's pretty much what they did with BW2, so we already know they can do it).

So - I fully expect a return to Sinnoh in the future, then a return to Unova, then a return to Kalos, then a return to... wherever the next new region is. But I wouldn't expect the Sinnoh ones for at least one more generation of hardware. It seems to me that while the 3DS is obviously advanced over the DS, there just haven't been enough improvements in the capabilities to make remakes worthwhile yet. And I think it needs to just languish a bit, to give the fan base time to really build up their appetite for the remakes.
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I'm hoping Sinnoh remakes hit the HD handheld. I know Masuda gave up a possible future for the series a few months ago and while it might not look like that it seems the future is bright.

The thing about these remakes unlike the past is the hardware jumped...a lot for gen 6. So these remakes will truly be special. :) my fear about Unova remakes is how that is going to be done. Will it be on the same system as Sinnoh since both were on DS and how will BW2 be done?
 
I don't think these will be the last remakes. We'll probably see Sinnoh remakes on the successor to the 3DS. (and Unova remakes on it's successor)

The only reason we can't picture Kalos remakes is because they only just came out and we don't have any more advanced games in the series to compare them to. 10 years from now X & Y will look old hat, maybe not as drastically as earlier pokemon games but it'll still be there.

There's no reason for them to stop.
 
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Perhaps Sinnoh Remakes at a push, but not for a long time yet. I'm pretty much content with all the remakes now, I was just holding out for those Ruby & Sapphire Remakes and now they have finally been announced!
 
cyanosis said:
I don't know what to think exactly. But here's what I think will end up happening.
I think eventually Nintendo will decide to reset the Pokemon series and start over. The new games will continue on from where the last games left off mechanically. But the characters, region, and Pokemon will all be new. Or at least mostly new. I don't think they'd get rid of Pikachu. And to quell the angry fans that would surely appear I think they should keep Arceus and Mew (Implying that the new games are a split time-line.)

And I don't say that just out of personal reasons. With each Pokemon game the art assets increase dramatically. There are well over 700 art assets per game. You have to make a model for every Pokemon, and their various forums, and trainers, and backgrounds. Not only that but you also need animation data for each of those too. It's a lot of work and eventually it will probably become an issue financially.
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But they basically tried that with BW, did they not? And wasn't the general consensus that is kinda sucked to only have Unovan Pokémon to work with?
I can't see them doing a total reboot with the same concept. I would actually not mind them adding no new Pokémon and instead concentrating on the uniqueness of each region and cooler storylines and additions.
 
Arlo said:
And I think it needs to just languish a bit, to give the fan base time to really build up their appetite for the remakes.
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Cutting down this quote because it's a big post but I really agree with this line a lot. I think a huge part of the hype for these remakes is the fact that HGSS were absolutely ages ago, and people have been dying for a nostalgia trip as a result. If Sinnoh comes along in a year or two it just won't have a fraction of the impact, so making people wait is definitely the way to go. It's part of the reason I think we'll be waiting 5+ years, along with wanting to leave a sufficient time gap for greater improvements in technology. The jump from Sinnoh to Kalos in terms of graphics and so on is already pretty big, but Hoenn to Kalos is much more extreme.

Aquacorde said:
But they basically tried that with BW, did they not? And wasn't the general consensus that is kinda sucked to only have Unovan Pokémon to work with?
I can't see them doing a total reboot with the same concept. I would actually not mind them adding no new Pokémon and instead concentrating on the uniqueness of each region and cooler storylines and additions.
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Yeah, one of the worst things about Unova was the inability to capture old Pokémon. Though that was definitely exacerbated by gen 5 introducing quite a few aesthetic horrors and my own pickiness with what I use!
 
Aquacorde said:
But they basically tried that with BW, did they not? And wasn't the general consensus that is kinda sucked to only have Unovan Pokémon to work with?
I can't see them doing a total reboot with the same concept. I would actually not mind them adding no new Pokémon and instead concentrating on the uniqueness of each region and cooler storylines and additions.
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Not really. With the fifth generation they only made new Pokemon available to that region. But the older Pokemon still existed. The art assets for them still had to be made. The general consensus that only having Unovan Pokemon sucked isn't really the issue here. It has more to do with how adding Pokemon inevitably impacts the budget. After a certain point GameFreak will have to either stop making new Pokemon, which I don't think the fan-base as a whole would be okay with, start annexing certain Pokemon from the games, or do a total reboot.

People seemed to be generally disappointed at the low number of new Pokemon in X and Y. It's one of the biggest complaints I've personally seen. I'd also like to point out that while Pokemon has been making strides to improve on the story most people don't play Pokemon explicitly for it.
 
Nintendo has ultimate power over what they do with the series. However, they would be ignorant if that neglected to take into account what the games fans wanted. RSE remakes have been of great interest to the Pokemon Fanbase since the release of HGSS. Logically, once ORAS comes out, there will be interest in a DPPt remake. However, Sinnoh marked the beginning of a radical change in the aesthetic style of the game, and they might only be remaking the first three to bring them up to a modern graphic style. Now that X and Y have revolutionized the graphics again, they very well could make a Sinnoh remake. Las long as it will sell, Nintendo will be interested in developing it.
 
It's hard to say. I doubt we're gonna see any remakes soon though, since the point of the original remakes were to make the games more graphically updated, and at the moment, the only games that are really majorly graphically outdated are the first generation games and the third generation games (which they obviously won't be for long). So until we see a more powerful handheld that really brings it all a step further, both in performance and in graphical features, I honestly don't think we should be holding out for any more remakes. Well, they might do Kanto once more, but other than that.

Gamefreak loves to surprise us though, so they could already be thinking about a gen 4 remake haha.
 
Not really. With the fifth generation they only made new Pokemon available to that region. But the older Pokemon still existed. The art assets for them still had to be made. The general consensus that only having Unovan Pokemon sucked isn't really the issue here. It has more to do with how adding Pokemon inevitably impacts the budget. After a certain point GameFreak will have to either stop making new Pokemon, which I don't think the fan-base as a whole would be okay with, start annexing certain Pokemon from the games, or do a total reboot.
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As long as fans of Gen I and II exists... I don't see that happening. they would be OUTRAGED at the fact that their favourite pokemon got reconed out and don't exhist in Pokemon universe anymore. ( plus I don't want my favorite Gen 1 and 2 pokemon such as Gyarados and Manoswine family not exhisting.)
 
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