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Personally I think we need Kanto games. Even though I still have FRLG (as well as a copy I picked up of Yellow way back, I never originally had Gen I or II games because I started at Ruby.) a couple reasons are there for why it's necessary.
1. 3D Kanto. We haven't experienced a Kanto game in even DS graphics, HG/SS gives us Kanto but it isn't the Kanto story.
2. Nostalgia. Yellow was a fan favorite and now feels like a good time to revive Yellow, with the 3DS, you playing as Red, getting Pikachu and all three starters, additionally, I think you could choose the mega stone during the main game for one of the three starters, and kind of make a "choice", perhaps Oak finds them and offers you a choice of one, which in my mind is a humorous call back to the traditional starter selection.
3. Last, and most importantly! Timeline continuity! ORAS skewed what was the traditional timeline with FRLG and E all the way up to BW2. Now the timeline looks something like: ORAS -5-7 years-> XY, the other regions exist but their new, mega evolution universe story hasn't been shown to us. For this reason, I think we need remakes for every Gen, 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Oh, and here's a quote from a thread involving multiverse theories I participated in heavily awhile back, and I agree fully with this post:
1. 3D Kanto. We haven't experienced a Kanto game in even DS graphics, HG/SS gives us Kanto but it isn't the Kanto story.
2. Nostalgia. Yellow was a fan favorite and now feels like a good time to revive Yellow, with the 3DS, you playing as Red, getting Pikachu and all three starters, additionally, I think you could choose the mega stone during the main game for one of the three starters, and kind of make a "choice", perhaps Oak finds them and offers you a choice of one, which in my mind is a humorous call back to the traditional starter selection.
3. Last, and most importantly! Timeline continuity! ORAS skewed what was the traditional timeline with FRLG and E all the way up to BW2. Now the timeline looks something like: ORAS -5-7 years-> XY, the other regions exist but their new, mega evolution universe story hasn't been shown to us. For this reason, I think we need remakes for every Gen, 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Oh, and here's a quote from a thread involving multiverse theories I participated in heavily awhile back, and I agree fully with this post:
Posting what I posted in the other thread for my views on this
. Each version is an alternate timeline influenced by minor choices (e.g., starters you choose, legendaries that get confronted) and each timeline is governed by a more "macro-universe" that underlies the mechanics of that universe and major defining events that influenced it. I think there are three clear macro-verses:
RBGY--->GSC
Major event: Time Machine
Unlike the remakes, these games have a time machine linking them. In a meta-perspective, these are also the most glitch-ridden games and were cursed to die because of their internal battery. An in-game explanation could be that the time machine destabilized the universe--all the glitches are manifestations of this, and ultimately led to the universe's destruction (i.e., internal battery dying)
FrLg/RSE--->DPPt/HgSs--->BW->B2W2
Major events: Averted Time Machine crisis/Switched Orbs
This macro-verse is more defined on what didn't happen. In terms of the underlying mechanics of the universe, Pokemon were granted unique abilities and their genetic structure differed (reflecting the IVs). While Mega Evolution didn't happen, I think that Primal Reversion still existed, but its existence was lost to history. Of course, the only time it could have been unveiled by Aqua/Magma, they switched the orbs and the knowledge of Primal Reversion remained lost.
What I find most interesting about this macroverse is how much Kalos is affected by the loss of Mega Evolution. Presumably, Sycamore didn't become a prominent researcher, and even if he did, he wouldn't have sent the XY gang on their adventure. Lysandre wouldn't have been so influenced by his family's history, and even if he still somehow believed the world was greedy and unable to share, he would not have the means to achieve his plan. Secondly, who knows if Sycamore and Lysandre would have even met--Sycamore was Lysandre's mentor, but would he have been his mentor had he not researched Mega Evolution? If Lysandre didn't study under Sycamore, would he have made Lysandre Labs? What would that mean in terms of Kalos' technological development?
Origins/ORAS--->XY
Major event: The Ultimate Weapon
Not really much to say, since this is the current generation. While people may have originally considered Origins to be a second-tier canon, the events in it has more credibility now that we know that Mega Evolution resulted in an alternate universe. For the purpose of organizing these macro-verses, I would definitely include the events of Origins.
also the best universe in that it kills off the character derailment of FrLg/HgSs!Giovanni
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Now, I only sorted games based on what macro-verse I think they fit in, but that doesn't mean I don't think the Johto/Sinnoh/Unova events didn't happen in the third macro-verse in some form, its just that we don't have any games to place them in. Of course, for the RGBY--->GSC, I don't think the Unova events happened since my theory assumes the macro-verse collapsed on itself around the GSC-era.