Technically yes. I honestly wish they would roll out a update for easy difficulty, more pokemon usable and options to turn the chibi graphics off.
Omega Ruby only has a few major flaws.
1-The 3DS effect can be nauseating.
2-Dex-Nav is frustrating since it doesn't always detect those THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND WITH IT.
3-HM's are mandatory in ridiculous areas like the Rock Smash North of Mauville City.
4-GTS is flooded by many hackers making manual searching risky since it can softlock the 3DS forcing a reboot.
But why would anyone expect a Platinum style Dex overhaul in ORAS? Platinum was a third version of DP that was meant to have new features as an upgrade of DP whereas ORAS were remakes of RS designed to pander to nostalgia. So of course ORAS were going to have the same Dex as RS just for the sake of keeping it consistent with the original RS.sticking to the same Hoenn Dex and replicating its variety issues instead of giving it a real, Platinum-esque dex expansion
But I think the overworld looks too boring in the chibi style.
But why would anyone expect a Platinum style Dex overhaul in ORAS? Platinum was a third version of DP that was meant to have new features as an upgrade of DP whereas ORAS were remakes of RS designed to pander to nostalgia. So of course ORAS were going to have the same Dex as RS just for the sake of keeping it consistent with the original RS.
It’s are amazingYes. This was my issue with doing a direct translation of DP, which was mostly simple abstraction. Felt the same way about Let's Go's Kanto. ORAS was chibi, but also made an effort to modernize the world map for 3D. As an example.
At any rate, we have over 900 Pokemon now. There's no excuse to have Flint style situations because of small, horribly unbalanced regional dexes (and it's not just DP Sinnoh, ALL of the early series regional dexes have the same issue on some level) in anything other than a straight port of the originals (and I mean like, a VC/NSO-esque copy/paste of the original game, not a remaster/remake put onto a new game cart on a newer console). Other than that, I don't want to see another small 150-200ish regional dex with only 1 or 2 Dragon families or something ever again because it SIGNFICANTLY holds the game back. The 300-400 Pokemon regional dexes we see in the newer regions are what every regional dex from now on should be like.
Speaking of having over 900 Pokémon, can we talk about how every new one introduced in SwSh have appeared in NO OTHER mainline Pokémon games? Even the new dynamax/gigantimax system is NOWHERE besides SwSh! Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I feel that this does not bode well for the series going forward…
Sorry, I should’ve phrased my post better. What I meant was that none of the Pokémon introduced in SwSh have appeared in any other mainline GEN 8 Pokémon game. Neither BDSP or LA include any Pokémon from SwSh & don’t have the Dynamax mechanic (introduced in this generation). SV is gen 9, the next generation of Pokémon games & therefore pertains to my point that gen 8 introduced new Pokémon & mechanics then did nothing with them for the rest of its lifetime. That is what worries me, especially when coupled with the fact that they’ve stated that no Pokémon games going forward will include all Pokémon…Can't tell if serious. There are a few appearing in SV (so far Stonjourner, Chewtle, and Coalossal), so SV will certainly break that pattern. And it's not really reasonable to expect Dynamax back when SwSh dumped Mega Evolution and Z-Moves. Also not really related to BDSP that well. You could say that maybe they could've thrown a couple into BDSP's post game (and maybe Mr. Rime in the Sinnoh Dex), but they probably weren't going to have much because they wanted you to have a reason to still buy SwSh.
It might even be useless to even use the term "generation" anymore when all the new Pokemon games have their own Pokemon selections, graphics, gameplay mechanics, and the inability to communicate outside of Bank.Sorry, I should’ve phrased my post better. What I meant was that none of the Pokémon introduced in SwSh have appeared in any other mainline GEN 8 Pokémon game. Neither BDSP or LA include any Pokémon from SwSh & don’t have the Dynamax mechanic (introduced in this generation). SV is gen 9, the next generation of Pokémon games & therefore pertains to my point that gen 8 introduced new Pokémon & mechanics then did nothing with them for the rest of its lifetime. That is what worries me, especially when coupled with the fact that they’ve stated that no Pokémon games going forward will include all Pokémon…
I wouldn’t worry so much that dynamax does not appear in any games outside of Sword and Shield. It was stated clearly in the games that dynamax only occurs in Galar as a result of Galar particles. That mechanic was made clear that it was only going to be there for these games.Sorry, I should’ve phrased my post better. What I meant was that none of the Pokémon introduced in SwSh have appeared in any other mainline GEN 8 Pokémon game. Neither BDSP or LA include any Pokémon from SwSh & don’t have the Dynamax mechanic (introduced in this generation). SV is gen 9, the next generation of Pokémon games & therefore pertains to my point that gen 8 introduced new Pokémon & mechanics then did nothing with them for the rest of its lifetime. That is what worries me, especially when coupled with the fact that they’ve stated that no Pokémon games going forward will include all Pokémon…
That just makes me MORE worried! It tells me that there is no point in getting invested in any new mechanics introduced into later Pokémon games as they can just be replaced or removed entirely with whatever game comes next! I never really liked dynamax to begin with, but knowing that it was never meant to feature outside SwSh is like finding out that the battle system will change from turn based to action style to I don’t know Tetris style(?) over the course of 3 games!I wouldn’t worry so much that dynamax does not appear in any games outside of Sword and Shield. It was stated clearly in the games that dynamax only occurs in Galar as a result of Galar particles. That mechanic was made clear that it was only going to be there for these games.
But why would anyone expect a Platinum style Dex overhaul in ORAS? Platinum was a third version of DP that was meant to have new features as an upgrade of DP whereas ORAS were remakes of RS designed to pander to nostalgia. So of course ORAS were going to have the same Dex as RS just for the sake of keeping it consistent with the original RS.