Maybe. But I wouldn't pay more than $20 for it. Like I did with the expansion pass for Sword.Better than not having the third version content like ORAS.
Maybe. But I wouldn't pay more than $20 for it. Like I did with the expansion pass for Sword.Better than not having the third version content like ORAS.
Better than not having the third version content like ORAS.
You are wonderfulI will forever maintain that ORAS' handling of the issue was ideal, at least for me. The issue of which evil team was the threat you were dealing with was no longer arbitrary because it was no longer a case of Team Magma/Aqua being heroes in one game and villains in the other, but rather a case of both being evil, but only one got given a necessary leg up from Zinnia to be able to move forward with their plans. Rayquaza still got a spotlight placed on it via Delta Episode, which remains my favorite post-game content to date. You lost out on having access to both Groudon and Kyogre and getting to see both clash, yes, but that was never entirely surprising.
I'm in the no-DLC camp. Not just because I don't want a Platinum Episode/Distortion World Episode/Whatever locked behind DLC, but because as Wulava said, timing is pretty tight for that sort of thing between launch and Legends. I agree that getting a Delta Episode sort of deal would be optimal here.
We did lose out on the Battle Frontier though, and there’s still no answer to that whole Looker popping up with amnesia thingI will forever maintain that ORAS' handling of the issue was ideal, at least for me. The issue of which evil team was the threat you were dealing with was no longer arbitrary because it was no longer a case of Team Magma/Aqua being heroes in one game and villains in the other, but rather a case of both being evil, but only one got given a necessary leg up from Zinnia to be able to move forward with their plans. Rayquaza still got a spotlight placed on it via Delta Episode, which remains my favorite post-game content to date. You lost out on having access to both Groudon and Kyogre and getting to see both clash, yes, but that was never entirely surprising.
I'm in the no-DLC camp. Not just because I don't want a Platinum Episode/Distortion World Episode/Whatever locked behind DLC, but because as Wulava said, timing is pretty tight for that sort of thing between launch and Legends. I agree that getting a Delta Episode sort of deal would be optimal here.
I highly doubt that we'll see any post-Gen 4 Pokemon in these games.I still think that we’re going to get the original 493 pokémon during the main game with all of the currently missing pokemon in Gen 8 being available in the postgame.
That was weird. Are they trying to move away from the Looker timeline before it becomes too cluttered for new fans.We did lose out on the Battle Frontier though, and there’s still no answer to that whole Looker popping up with amnesia thing
The only two post-Gen IV Pokémon I see making it into the games is Mr Rime if regional form trades are available during the main story and Sylveon if the Platinum Dex is the one the remakes use.I highly doubt that we'll see any post-Gen 4 Pokemon in these games.
I mean they've pretty much ditched the whole multiverse stuff after USUM, seeing how Let's GO and SwSh never touched upon itThat was weird. Are they trying to move away from the Looker timeline before it becomes too cluttered for new fans.
I don't even expect to see Sylveon here. I think that the dex will be restricted to just the 493 Pokemon that existed at the time of DP's release.The only two post-Gen IV Pokémon I see making it into the games is Mr Rime if regional form trades are available during the main story and Sylveon if the Platinum Dex is the one the remakes use.
SwSh sort of touches upon it in the Crown Tundra DLC. The Legendary and Ultra Beasts found in the Max Lair are implied to have come from a different place via a portal of some kind which explains why the Lair will change what is inside at random and why the UB have suddenly appeared in Galar knowing that they only come out of Ultra Space via wormholes and portals.I mean they've pretty much ditched the whole multiverse stuff after USUM, seeing how Let's GO and SwSh never touched upon it
LGPE did just that, and I expect all remakes to from this point forward because of Dexit.I think not having atleast Sylveon in the game would be really dumb and annoyin.
This evolution is part of Eevee now. Why do we need to regress backward? :/
That was an awful decisionLGPE did just that, and I expect all remakes to from this point forward because of Dexit.
ILCA would have to put the effort into doing so first tho which it’s still hazy for BDSP in general even with how it’s technically shown that it’s being improved on.Honestly, I doubt any form of DLC for this game. We're getting Legends in a few months after this releases.
Besides, they can just add the Distortion World and Charon (or any other supplemental character they want to add) to Giratina's story post-game.
I will forever maintain that ORAS' handling of the issue was ideal, at least for me. The issue of which evil team was the threat you were dealing with was no longer arbitrary because it was no longer a case of Team Magma/Aqua being heroes in one game and villains in the other, but rather a case of both being evil, but only one got given a necessary leg up from Zinnia to be able to move forward with their plans.
Rayquaza still got a spotlight placed on it via Delta Episode, which remains my favorite post-game content to date. You lost out on having access to both Groudon and Kyogre and getting to see both clash, yes, but that was never entirely surprising.
I'm in the no-DLC camp. Not just because I don't want a Platinum Episode/Distortion World Episode/Whatever locked behind DLC, but because as Wulava said, timing is pretty tight for that sort of thing between launch and Legends. I agree that getting a Delta Episode sort of deal would be optimal here.
Eh, not really. You still had the opposite version's team helping you which made little sense, and different teams showing up in different locations that felt inappropriate. Why is Aqua in Mt. Chimney? Why is Magma's Hideout in Lilycove? Why is Groudon in Seafloor Cavern instead of Mt. Chimney? Emerald handled all of this much better and much more realistically.
First of all, why does it matter if it's surprising? It's a remake, it's never going to completely surprising.
Second, there was MUCH more to Emerald that we lost out on than Groudon and Kyogre fighting. We lost out on the Battle Frontier giving us multiple battling styles, Match Call allowing us to rematch gym leaders, the Safari Zone expansion which added more post game Pokemon, Mirage Tower and Desert Underpass which added new areas to explore and allowed you to get the second fossil, and multiple other smaller things. ORAS had some great postgame content, but it was one step forward and one step back from Emerald and excluded the vast majority of what Emerald brought to the table. So it didn't feel like the proper celebration of Hoenn it should've been because it wasn't a definitive experience that represented all three games, mainly just a celebration of RS with them throwing a bone to Rayquaza and then doing a bunch of completely different things.
I agree that the timing is too tight for DLC so it won't actually happen, and in theory a Delta Episode situation would be better, but in practice in terms of how they did it in ORAS and how they're likely to do it here, we're going to miss out on some of Platinum's content and it's not going to feel like they're properly representing its content.
LGPE did just that, and I expect all remakes to from this point forward because of Dexit.
Ehh, I see this argument both ways. I absolutely don't disagree that Emerald's handling made sense, but none of those things failed to make sense in the remake.
The opposite team supported you because they felt the other was going too far, using Zinnia's help to push their goals in an extreme direction. Team Magma/Aqua were at Mount Chimney because they thought the Meteorite could be converted into a Mega Stone or a Key Stone; this makes no more or less sense regardless of the version you play. The team's base being at Lilycove holds up because Team Magma or no, having a base to store their stolen submarine makes perfect sense. You could turn this in another direction and argue perhaps that Groudon being sealed in an undersea cavern makes no sense and that everything else falls apart by consequence, but given how long its slumbered for, that doesn't feel like a big enough issue to question the integrity of the entire story.
Again, I'm not saying ORAS did a better job than Emerald, per se. What I am saying is that given that they wanted to retain the paired version format and the story differences that entailed, the way they handled it--by retaining those differences while making them entirely more sensible--was the ideal way to do it. Would a singular remake of Emerald have been better? Maybe yes, maybe no; given the end result, I'm not particularly inclined to say it matters all that much.
I agree with you on all points here, but I was talking purely in terms of story. All of these things are great things Emerald had, and not having them in ORAS sucks. But they were well capable of including them in ORAS regardless of whether the story aligned with Emerald over Ruby/Sapphire, and I consider that a separate issue.
They seem to as well, since their decision to exclude the Battle Frontier was unrelated to the games not being remakes of Emerald.
Perhaps. I think this part boils down to a difference in priorities. I've never been overly concerned with representation of past content; for all Delta Episode was, it was not really a representation of Emerald's story in any significant way (the only overarching similarity is that both involved scaling the Sky Pillar in search of Rayquaza). In its place we got a totally new story unrelated to past content, and I personally value that much more highly.
I don't think there's a right or wrong to that. If representation of Platinum's content is the priority, yeah, a Delta Episode situation wouldn't be satisfying. But for me personally, getting a new story focusing on Giratina and the Distortion World would be far more enjoyable.