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The Problem with the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Remake

Sean Halliday of Pixel Gate writes:

''I’ve been a fan of Nintendo for as long as I can remember. I grew up with their games, their consoles, and their way of looking at how fun can be achieved in video games. Times change, as have my video game tastes, but my love for Nintendo has remained. The problem, however, is that my love for Nintendo has become a little bit strained as of late–and the recent announcement of remakes of both Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire have only made me more frustrated.''

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EcoSos34370d ago

Most remakes are not a bad thing they let new gamers play old games that they couldnt or didnt play back then. But if your going to argue about remakes then include Sony too, arent they remaking like 3 games that are not even a year or 2 old.

ats19924370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

But in everyone's eyes only Nintendo and Microsoft milk games. Sony can do no wrong.

Ratty4370d ago

Really? Where have you been for the past month with all the TLOU HD Remaster debates?

randomass1714370d ago

@One_Eyed_Wizard Yeah TLOU had a lot of debates, but I think Nintendo in particular got a lot of hate for Wind Waker HD. Taking an old game and making it look new is something I like. I'm not as interested in a year old game with a resolution upgrade BUT some people would indeed be interested in that. So I'm not really against it so much as uninterested.

colonel1794370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

arent they remaking like 3 games that are not even a year or 2 old.

I agree! It's nice to see remakes of old games, because it brings us back to this times, but now they are even remaking games recently released! I mean, if things keep going this way, we will have a remake of InFamous Second Son next year /s (but seems that way)

Remakes should be limited by 2 to 3 generations. Anything recent shouldn't be remade.

caseh4370d ago

'Remakes should be limited by 2 to 3 generations. Anything recent shouldn't be remade.'

This is my exact thought on the topic as well. I didn't buy a PS4 to see the games I bought last year on PS3.

Remake games from PS2 era and earlier by all means, but remaking games from HD games is a bit of a joke in my opinion.

randomass1714370d ago

@caseh Can't say I disagree. I really liked Halo Anniversary and I'd love to play Wind Waker HD. Making older games look new is a lot better than taking recent games and making them look slightly better.

rdgneoz34370d ago

Look at how many handheld Pokemon games there are and tell me they need to remake a pair.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

The 2 or 3 Sony are remaking were released on the PS3 right before the PS4 came out. Not everyone has a PS3 and some were saving for a PS4.

If you're already milking a series to death, why do you need 2 remakes?

paulcek4370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

I don't think it's being "milked to death" if "Hoenn Confirmed" became an internet meme (due to speculation), and fan demand has been around since the remakes of gold and silver. It's giving into fan demand, and it shows they have been somewhat listening to their fans.

It's been 11 years since Ruby and Sapphire came out. And Hoenn had awesome music and secret forts!

paulcek4370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

double post. so sorry.

xander707694370d ago

To be fair, lots of pokemon fans have been begging for hoenn remakes...and considering how they remade red/blue and gold/silver, it seemed inevitable.

randomass1714370d ago

Can't we look at these remakes as side projects until the big project comes out? Like how TLOU remastered is a side project there for fans until Uncharted 4 is made?

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Majin-vegeta4370d ago

Only one TLOU that we are aware of there was the rumor for Ascension but since it's still a rumor i'm not counting it.

randomass1714370d ago

GTAV and Beyond Two Souls were also rumored I think. Tomb Raider also got remastered.

tehpees34370d ago

The PS3 games they have done aren't even remakes. They are up-scaled ports.

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LanceLegstrong4370d ago

You know what's awesome!?!? Dating and sleeping with a hot chick when you're 18! Then ten years later she is older and hotter, and she comes back into your life and wants to hook up again. Then some guy out of nowhere says, "Yo bro, she's older and hotter and still super cool but guess what. Not a good idea." That guy deserves a kick in the nuts. End.

stragomccloud4370d ago

I hate articles like this. I'm a long time Pokémon fan, but gen 3 is the only gen I've never played. So this is great for me! My pokédex is at 530, and my biggest gap is gen 3, so the announcement of this game is wonderful news!

colonel1794370d ago

Every man's dream is to have a 3D, free-roaming, RPG pokemon, where you walk around towns and see the beautiful 3D-rendered pokemon living in the wild (kind of like FFXIII, and you meet people in the towns you visit, which are big (not huge) and there is a huge world with seas, deserts, mountains.

Then when you encounter a pokemon it goes in a 3D fight like Pokemon Stadium but better. The gyms are filled with puzzled (like Legend of Zelda) before you reach the pokemon master.

Man, those dreams!

Now, that's much better than having a Pokemon game remade.

Majin-vegeta4370d ago

If only Ninty knew what gold mine they are sitting on.

Solid_Penguin-644370d ago

The main problem I see is that it's not the Majoras Mask 3D remake...

Hawkinst5404370d ago

It's so coming though, the only question is: is it going to be on 3DS like Ocarina of Time or Wii U like Wind Waker

Solid_Penguin-644370d ago

Well I'd imagine it'll come to 3DS since MM is the direct sequel to OoT, not to mention the two games share similar assets so it makes sense from a development viewpoint.

randomass1714370d ago

YES. Majora deserves a remake. Period!

kirbyu4370d ago

Because you know, remakes of Ruby and Sapphire weren't being asked for by literally everyone.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7724d ago (Edited 24d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer49d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi48d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer49d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot49d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box48d ago (Edited 48d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno49d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay49d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno47d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK48d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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