![]() ![]() If you gave me a real, living, breathing Pokemon I wouldn’t ruin it. If you gave me a grand I wouldn’t ruin it. While I usually don’t care about spoilers, especially for games that are 12 years old, HGSS is just different. That’s all stuff you just need to enjoy in the moment. I haven’t even bothered mentioning any of HGSS’ features here - not the integrated Celebi event, not the Battle Frontier, not the incorporation of illustrious trainers like Cynthia. None of these things happened - I suppose the last one didn’t on account of the fact that Kommo-o didn’t actually exist yet, but still, you get the point. Imagine Nintendo had spoiled Gen 2 - there would have been Uproar, Outrage, and Clangorous Soulblaze. The fact Pokemon Gold & Silver are already two of the best RPGs ever made obviously helps, although would have been a major hindrance had the remakes not been up to scratch. HeartGold & SoulSilver satisfied all of these conditions a decade ago, and yet still feel as if they could have launched yesterday to unanimous acclaim as benchmarks of modern design. On the other, there’s a demand for this game to be made approachable as per contemporary standards. On one hand, it’s probably going to earn you lots of cash - you’re not doing this out of the goodness of your hearts. At the same time, there’s a reason it needs to be remade. You need to modernise a game while preserving what made it special in the first place - you can’t excessively alter its identity in terms of story, visual integrity, or just good old-fashioned feel. The thing about remakes is that they’re tricky. I reckon we’ve got Goldenrod fever - the town named after me can get in the bin, though. ![]() ![]() We’ve also lamented Unite’s lack of love for Johto here at TheGamer and theorised about how cool it would be to see the series’ second region integrated into Pokemon Legends: Arceus via the Sinjoh Ruins. Just last week, I wrote about how 20 years later, Pokemon’s Gen 2 Pokedex is still its best one ever. This appears to have become a sort of running theme with me. ![]()
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