Haha you're right, that wasn't a very good example. But for the many people who play and can't connect to Nintendo Wi-fi, they would be very conveinient. Plus, a remake (if made after the third version) would give people something to do while waiting for Gen VI. Oh and BTW, I don't like Heatran either.
I myself am one of the poor souls with no wifi. But gf has recently been giving out tons of stuff via wifi, and they only plan to implement it more. So the high link offers a way for that, and to randomly reward people with wifi and further alienate the people (like me >.<) who don't.
^This. I think the focus should be moved a little more toward rare Pokemon like Rotom or Lucario than actual legendaries (note that in the sense of the word I mean one of a kind/event pokemon that you can't breed more of). It makes the actual legendaries remaining seem so much more unique and rare, IMO, if they're few and far between.
A really good idea. I enjoyed the little quests to get those kind of unique pokemon. If more were like that, it would indeed give more to do after the E4 than just roaming around, rematching and battle tower/frontier.
new evolutions = new pokemon. And yes, there are a lot of pokemon who suck right now and have no purpose being in the game at all. (see: Luvdisc) so all of these are drastically in need of an evolution to make them at least useable in higher levels of play. What's to say that Luvdisk can't get an evolution that will make it awesome? all it needs is a sufficient boost in stats, and maybe a 2nd stage evolution to top off the process.
As for the whole 'new ways to obtain them that wasn't available in the new games' argument, do you honestly believe that every single new evolution needs some crazy unique way of evolving? Just let it hold an item and level it up or increase it's happiness. Bam. Problem solved. It's not a hassle at all.
That new items thing is exactly what I mean. The only way to get pokemon like ryhperior and dusknoir was to trade with an item that was a real pain to track down. Plus, unless you hacked or something, you could only get one. Another note is that unless you have two DS, you need to do a quick trade-trade back with a friend, and since trading is slow and boring, it becomes a chore.
Pokemon like luvdisc, delibird, shuckle, plusle, minun and pachirisu will never get evos, because they are gimmicks. They don't perform well because they are just a little joke or nod to something. Plusle, Minun and pachirisu are pikachu knock offs, no more. Luvdisc is simply a means to get heart scales. delibird has a signature move that is no longer unique. Shuckle... not a bad pokemon, actually.
See, game freak's message is to love all pokemon regardless of their strengths, and see them for what they are. Cheesy I know, but it's a kids game.
I can't seem to find where Black/White city would be on the map. The only place I can see working is right above the western mountain range, as far away from where I project the starting town to be as you can get.
I haven't liked the previous ones .-.
