Joshawott
The Possibly Fake
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There's a target audience for absolutely everything from entertainment media to toilet brushes! The Pokémon franchise as a whole has always been marketed towards the 8-12 year old market. All because they tried something different with HeartGold/SoulSilver doesn't mean that they will stick with that strategy.There is no target audience for the games, at least not to such an extent where the rest of the players should get confused. Kids can feel excited about games they've never played even if they are presented as remakes.
Pokémon Black and White saw a huge change in how the Pokémon series was marketed overseas and it was really used a platform to reach out and attract more people to the franchise - more-so than the launches of any previous generation barring the first. It was a way to relaunch the franchise to a brand new audience of children and they are now continuing with that audience.The only thing that comes to mind is the lack of distinction between new Pokémon and alternate forms, but that has always been the case. And you can tell just from looking at a Pokémon if it is new or not. I have no idea why you thought Mega Mewtwo was a new Pokémon.The marketing strategy for Pokémon has seen a drastic change since the launch of Black & White.
With HeartGold/SoulSilver, I imagine the focus was put on nostalgia because that was one of the two generations that fans are most known for looking at with rose-tinted glasses, that were released when the Pokémon craze was near it's end. Ruby and Sapphire though? Overseas, Pokémon was in a lull.
And are you seriously going for the cheap point scoring of "hahaha, you were wrong before" thing? Remember, you were wrong on that one too - neither of us could have seen Mega Evolutions coming. It wasn't a new Pokémon, it wasn't a new forme by Pokémon, it was something in-between that was like something caught between the two.
[/quote]Anything to do with Hoenn would be a fresh take on the original games. It doesn't have to be a repeat of the original story.Please pray tell, how "fresh take on Ruby & Sapphire" can possibly mean sequels.
A fresh take on Ruby & Sapphire implies that it's a fresh take on the games as a whole, not just one aspect of it.
It means it's a new world for the target audience, who weren't even sperm when the originals came out. It could also be a reference to the dramatic changes Hoenn is undergoing due to the transition from 2D pixel graphics to the more sophisticated 3D environments of Gen VI.The "fresh take" thing definitely implies some sort of significant change, although I'm not exactly sure it's a sequel. I think at the very least, though, we can expect things like new areas, maybe revamps to older areas, 4th, 5th, and 6th gen Pokemon added to the Hoenn Dex, new Mega Evolutions, a different storyline, things of that nature.
What does "explore a dramatic new world" mean, then? When I think of a remake, I don't think of something completely different than what the original was.
Honestly, this is going to turn out to be Gen III's FRLG/HGSS and anyone expecting anything more, are simply setting themselves up for disappointment.