PUSA: GS remakes "very unlikely"

[pkmn Trainer Zach]

Passionate fans I think would agree with Unown Lord, as do I. That's not saying that people like Habunake aren't just as passionate, but he seems to be a "go with the flow" kind of guy, and not get that worked up over something like a Battle Frontier or the concept of a remake of GSC.

I'm not one, either, to stop and smell the roses on something that I really think should be done. And I do think that Game Freak should have more on their minds than "simple entertainment". Of course, it is what it is in the end, so anyway I have no choice but to enjoy it...or get so frustrated with it that I just don't play it. I doubt the latter will occur with Diamond and Pearl and the possible GSC remakes.

 

[Silktree]

In the end, Habunake's tendency to go with the flow probably is the best approach for enjoying a game you know in advance is enjoyable, but it doesn't suit me.

I have very high, but in my eyes perfectly reasonable, expectations of Game Freak. This is due to the fact that I had only played the Game Boy games a few months before I learned of Gold and Silver in Japan, and in the very same year, I followed Crystal's Japanese release and the formation of the Mobile Adapter service. That development has since left me with a very powerful impression of Game Freak's direction for their games.

 

[fhqwhgads]

I think the only reason they're not too interested in remaking and releasing GSC is because it's still fairly early (it's only been 6-7 years?)

FR/LG were released in 2004 in the US, six years after Red and Blue came to the US. If anything, it's the perfect time. I'd buy it.

 

[FabuVinny]

And then we'll get R/S remakes in Gen V, then D/P remakes in Gen VI...

The only thing I have against GS remakes is the precedent it would set.

 

[Doctor Oak]

Well, there's not as much value in remaking R/S as it stands. The first two generations ended up being completely secularised 'cause of the GBC-->GBA incompatability. They can't even be played by anyone who doesn't have a system older than an SP to play them on any more. (Not to mention that they've both aged rather severely).

R/S doesn't really have that problem. Aside from the difference in the battle mechanics, it's still fairly close to D/P in most other regards and the graphics aren't like the GB/GBCs in that they were outdated before they were even released - they're still perfectly playable.

And with complete compatability sitting the way it is currently, all the Advance games are still 'active' as it were, while R/S on the GBA pretty much meant the end for R/B/Y/G/S/C.

They only real incentive there will be for an R/S remake is if the hardware the 5th Generation finds itself on doesn't have a GBA slot/compatability. And considering that the GBA slot is used to a fair degree in the DS as it is, I can't really imagine a successor abandoning it completely. If it WAS going to be abandoned, it would have been done in the DS Lite.

Mind you, I would have absolutely no objections whatsoever to seeing a Hoenn game in 3D on the Wii or a future console... Which would be a plausable enough route if they were absolutely determined to follow on from the precedent of a G/S remake.

 

[Habunake]

R/S did have probably the coolest landscape to see in 3D as well...

Speaking of 3D, I think Cel Shaded would be more suited. Agreed?