HeatRotomFTW97 said:NachoMan and other R/S people:
I think the real discrepancy we are having is over the pattern of remakes. Most people on here think that remakes come out two Pokémon generations after the original games. But I think Generation V of Pokémon throws that off course. Think about it like this. FRLG came out on the GBA, the sixth generation of handheld consoles, and Red/Blue came out on the GameBoy, the fourth generation of said consoles. That's a two generation gap. Same thing with G/S: GBC was (allegedly) fifth generation, and DS was seventh generation. So, going by that pattern, we should be getting R/S remakes for the 3DS, which, as I said and many others have said as well, is just not feasible before the Generation VI new region/Pokémon game is released. I think we will get R/S 3DS in time, but not in 2013.
This brings me to another point: those expecting D/P remakes in Generation VI are going to be disappointed I literally cannot think of a reason in the world why they'd release two remakes in the same generation, aside from the Pokémon generation pattern, which is about to be broken today (pardon my hubris). Going by the above pattern, D/P remakes should be released on the "4DS" (ninth handheld generation, which may not exist given competition from smartphones/tablets/other technological gizmos). Though, I guess we'll see. Only a few more hours until this hype train pulls into the station. XD
Yes,
instead of looking at this purely from a generation perspective, the technical part obviously matters too.
So the reasonable way to look at it is something like this:
Gen 3 they made 3 main games +2 nostalgic games (RSE&FRLG) and then moved to the next handheld
Gen 4 they made 3 main games +2 nostalgic games (DPt&HGSS) but instead of waiting for the next handheld they decided to STAY ON DS A BIT LONGER, making 2 more main games and even +2 main games with more nostalgic aspect that is usually milked by remakes.
