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Like I said, I don't think most people care much about something as obscure as a Nugget Bridge. Most people however do care for Misty (as seen from all those walls of text whenever Misty gets mentioned) and Brock and Sabrina etc. These people would love to play a game where they're front and center once again. Even though they did announce that Red and Blue would make cameo appearances. I think that is still news that won't get the attention of people who aren't already in touch with Pokemon news since it is kind of obscure. Genwunners would also obviously rather have the original Pokemons and not the Alolan versions.
Many (and I mean MANY) 'Genwunners' returned to try the first main series game they found launching after GO mania- Pokemon Sun and Moon. It's a reason it's got very high sales. Alolan forms as a concept we're designed with these people in mind.
Aye. I understand that. Still, carbon-copy Kanto isn't going to be a good idea. There should be more differences other than updated graphics. Misty should come back with a whole new design and more dialogue/action other than being stuck in the gym or dating someone in front of Bill's house. Give characters something to do other than the usual predictable course.
As for the mons, yes the original 151 would attract Gen1 fans, but that's it. The other 700+mons get shoved in the corner despite many of the non-gen-1 mons contributing heavily to the promotion of the franchise throughout the 20 years. That shouldn't be the course of action of the next games.
Also, a lot of people dropped GO after the fad died down.
Anecdotal, but whenever I visit pokemon events, the visitors are split in two groups: those who own up to the recent games/up-to-date with the recent anime episodes, and those who barely know past Togepi and visited the event because their kids wanted to come.
Nostalgia marketing won't work forever.