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ORAS trimmed a lot of "useless fat" from Gen 3, a lot of things with no use in the new games like: berry blender game, Desert Underpass, Altering Cave, Sand Castle in the desert, etc. All those are pretty useless now, so there was no point in losing time to remake them. Instead, they COMPLETELY remade Mauville, added many small locations like Mirage Isles, etc. A whole storyline was added to Latios/Latias, a whole side plot has been given to contests, new npcs, a whole new concept like Primal Reversion, a whole post game Epidode, a brand new Battle Island, 20 new Megas, etc. A lot more was adeed, but people are whining about the exclusion of the berry blender. Trainer's Hill was substituted with Mauville Court, Gym leader rematches was substituted by Type Specialist rematches, and Secret Base rematches were added too. It's not like ORAS had a smaller content than Emerald...
Not all of that is useless fat, Desert Underpass would work as a place to find fossils, and they didn't really replace the Safari Zone Expansion and the game could've used the extra Pokemon (there should've been at least 500-550 Pokemon in the game). And Type Specialist rematches and the Battle Resort don't really replace gym leader rematches or the Battle Frontier. Regardless, simply keeping the same amount of content as Emerald isn't a good approach, ORAS needed more than Emerald. At the very least, they need to add in more post game areas, but the Mirage Spots don't really satisfy that well. And if they're not going to include the Battle Frontier, there should be at least some kind of side feature that unlocks post game.