There's something about the game-development precedent for generations that's interesting. I mean, Sinnoh is the new DS era Kanto, but Fire Red/LeafGreen were made for the GBA. Why remake a game in its own console era? That's a gamble. Maybe the remakes are just there for hints on the next "main" generation games, such as the Kanto/Sinnoh thing. Also, for those of you who play by the book, have you noticed the pattern for choosing starters? Red chooses Grass, Gold chooses Fire, Brendan chooses Water, Lucas has a Turtwig, and the new trainer will choose Fire. The hint for the new trainer is in Sunyshore Lighthouse. A youngster says: "I love how far you can see with the binoculars. I'm going to go that far away one day!" This hint is similar to the Ranger 2 main character cameos in Ranger 1. Roark is found in Fire Red/Leaf Green. A boy with the sprite of a Psychic/Rich Boy on Route 4 says: "BROCK is cool. He's not just tough. People like and respect him. I want to become a GYM LEADER like him." This is on the Fame Checker, so you can check it out. This is also another future character cameo, as is Janine. These games, HG/SS, are hints on the colors for the first next generation games. Who knows, maybe they'll have another console/era division of more than three gen's. Maybe two quadrilogies...? By the way... For the person who said that the 4th generation's underdog color is not blue this time, but red, they're RIGHT. Just think of all them mentions of Dialga and Diamond color over Pearl's, ie, the common abbreviation DPt, not DPPt, as all hints or hopes that Soul Silver is more popular with these remakes.