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ORAS disregarded Scott. I can see ?D?P doing the same with Charon.
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ORAS disregarded Scott. I can see ?D?P doing the same with Charon.
What I'm saying is that they might ignore Charon completely in the remakes as he is a Platinum only character and the fact that he did barely anything in the game aside from the small post-game plot he got.
I won't even be surprised if they introduce a completely new commander and discard Charon after seeing what ORAS did.
It is probably useful to keep in mind, as well, that ORAS didn't actually ignore that much from Emerald. What they did (for the most part) was either repurpose or reframe things unless they were already made totally redundant by other features. Now, granted, yes - they flat-out didn't keep the Gym Leader teams or some of the Trainers on the routes, and I do think that's unfortunate. But they kept Wallace's Champion team and Rayquaza's cutscene music and gave Team Magma/Aqua a reason to invade the Space Center - just as a part of the Delta Episode rather than the main story. They kept the Johto Starter gift from Prof. Birch and added two more. Which I'd argue is all content to which Charon is at the level of. Not to mention all of the stuff that was totally new to ORAS, which are probably their least-conservative remakes thus far. It's not really as though they went hardcore regressionism and just put up a 3D version of Ruby & Sapphire. They took that basic outline and then modified numerous aspects of it in order to make it more modernized (even though I myself don't think they went far enough).
So I think it's realistic to expect something similar for DP (and that's assuming they don't take the progress even further - whereas they have been on an upward trend with each subsequent remake). They will probably use the DP story treatment as far as focusing on only one box mascot, but then the post-game is where the Platinum material is likely to end up anyway, and guess when Charon actually starts to do things? In the post-game. It's a natural fit - he's already kind of a built-in Zinnia, who had brief, inconsequential appearances seeded throughout the main campaign of ORAS, only for her to really come into effect alongside the post-game Emerald tribute. The only real question in my mind is how do they fit the Giratina stuff in.
Eh, not really. The Delta Episode had very little to do with Emerald, Emerald's plot enhancement focused on Groudon/Kyogre's fighting and how Rayquaza's role was to mediate the two. Neither Groudon and Kyogre made an appearance in the Delta Episode (somewhat justified, because you probably already caught one of them by then, but still)
There was an entire cutscene in Sky pillar in which Zinnia talks about how Rayquaza came to stop the fight between Groudon and Kyogre in ancient times which happened in Emerald but in the present of course.
And how were they supposed to repurpose that part anyway without significantly changing the plot from RS. The whole purpose of the lore dump was to include as much of Emerald's story elements as possible.That's a reference, it's just a lore dump explaining their role instead of it actually taking place. Not really a repurposing of Emerald's plot, it's relegating it to a text blurb.
Most locations in Emerald were tiny or brought in just to include more Pokemon. It seems to me that the only major new locations in Emerald were Marine/Terra Cave and Team Magma's new hideout, and that's clearly done to combine Ruby and Sapphire. The locations weren't left out of ORAS because they wanted to skip over Emerald-they were taken out because their purpose was either already fulfilled (by adding the Pokemon in other ways) or no longer needed (because the Ruby/Sapphire split meant players didn't need both Groudon/Team Magma and Kyogre/Team Aqua)The Distortion World was a cool place but it is really unlikely that we will see it in the remakes as it is a Platinum exclusive location, not even post game I fear. Giratina with likely appear on Turnback Cave like DP that's it with a reference to the Distortion World which was already there in DP. Remember ORAS didn't feature any of Emerald's exclusive locations.
Don't forget about the biggest location of them all, the Battle Frontier!Most locations in Emerald were tiny or brought in just to include more Pokemon. It seems to me that the only major new locations in Emerald were Marine/Terra Cave and Team Magma's new hideout, and that's clearly done to combine Ruby and Sapphire. The locations weren't left out of ORAS because they wanted to skip over Emerald-they were taken out because their purpose was either already fulfilled (by adding the Pokemon in other ways) or no longer needed (because the Ruby/Sapphire split meant players didn't need both Groudon/Team Magma and Kyogre/Team Aqua)
And it's not like ORAS skipped over Rayquaza-we literally went into space on that thing. Surely we could pop into the Distortion World for just a bit?
"I don’t think we’re focused exclusively on making all new stuff," Masuda said. "I think it’s important – the nostalgia factor is one thing – to give these memories, this content, another chance to shine for new players. And as a player myself I enjoy that kind of thing, as well."
Well, logically as long it's several years apart from the actual games' releaseSo can we stop with the "oh these games don't need remakes" nonsense?
At least they'll still be a chance of Diamond/Pearl Remake, although we won't them after Gen VIII. I was looking forward to Sinnoh Sequel, so GF could break the pattern of remake, If Masuda is still interested in remake, then I'm looking forward to DP Remake.So can we stop with the "oh these games don't need remakes" nonsense?
Currently, it's been 11 years since DP came out.Well, logically as long it's several years apart from the actual games' release
I feel like UBs are the exception that proves the rule. UBs are supposed to be so strange they don't even seem like Pokemon-having some appear mid-generation helps add to the bizarre effect. Meanwhile, new Pokemon appearing in Sinnoh are just new Pokemon-it raises the question of "why the heck weren't these in the other games this generation?"So New UBs were announced for USUM, making it the first time completely new species of Pokemon are introduced in a mid gen game. Could Sinnoh remakes be following suit? That would actually make things a little more interesting and help with some of the lingering variety issues even after Platinum (still only 2 Dragons in Platinum? That needs to change).
I feel like UBs are the exception that proves the rule. UBs are supposed to be so strange they don't even seem like Pokemon-having some appear mid-generation helps add to the bizarre effect. Meanwhile, new Pokemon appearing in Sinnoh are just new Pokemon-it raises the question of "why the heck weren't these in the other games this generation?"