emeraldrafael said:
I always thought they'd never make one cause thre was never a point to. LG/FR and HG/SS were made primarily because cross game transfer was extremely difficult with them. With R/S/E you neveer had that problem.
That problem's back now, actually. If Nintendo/GF want players to be able to get all pokemon using just the newest/main console (i.e., the 3DS), Hoenn's would be the toughest since you can't put GBA cartridges into the 3DS like you could with the DS Lite. I mean, Hoenn's pokemon are probably almost entirely covered across Gens 4, 5, and 6, and if you can get your choice of Hoenn starters in HGSS (I honestly forget), I think it might be complete. But a Hoenn remake would certainly make that much easier.
...not to mention remakes print money (admittedly subjective, haven't looked at the FR/LG or HG/SS numbers), especially considering the relative ease of production compared to something ground-up like X/Y. There were plenty of people that loved the Hoenn games, so that might catch that other group of 'older' pokefans and bring them back to the new generation (after X/Y roped in so many Gen 1/2 players), and combine them with new players and the other returning players that might be game to try out a new/old region again, and that's a lot of dough. Plus it gives them more time to work on Z/(X-squared and Y-squared)/Origin, to fix X/Y's major issues (not enough new pokemon compared to Dex size, plot with Moffat-sized holes, plot culminating way too early, no postgame, etc.) and/or continue on from that story with sequels (could almost see them playing like all the Eridium in Borderlands 2, if something started cropping up more after [REDACTED]. Maybe more Mega Evos?)
