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  • Thursday, May 24, 2007
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After the release of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, people got pretty excited about Nintendo's plans for future. Many people hoped for remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver in close future. Since Generation III times are over, people still hope that Nintendo will release GS remakes for the Nintendo DS.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl have many Generation II references: Jasmine's cameo, Oak's cameo, SecretPotion, non-player characters mentioning Johto and Kanto places and characters, etc. Game creators were apparently trying to keep old characters and objects alive. It excited some people in hope for possible future GS remakes. However, it's also possible Game Freak made all these references because there will be no remake. It makes sense, too.

However, also hidden in game data is Johto location data. There are two Johto location entries in game data (Gold and Silver?). That suggests that Pokémon may be able to be transferred from Johto to Sinnoh. It may be a sign of possible GS remakes, or it may just be dummy data. However, if one looks at DP items - all non-key Generation III items have their data in DP because they can be transferred along with Pokémon via Pal Park. So, if there was a GS remake with GS items, all things like Johto Poké Balls or Apricorns could be transferred to Sinnoh. But, there is no data about them in DP. However, if that data existed, it would be an overly obvious sign of GS remakes. Nintendo does not want to be predictable, does it? In the event of GS remakes, it could find a way to make these items untradeable.

Finally, the strongest point against GS remakes: They are pointless. Pal Park makes it possible to get all old Pokémon without any new games. FR/LG and Emerald were necessary to get all Pokémon in Generation III. GS remakes are not. But, let me take us back to older generations. Yellow was not necessary to get 150 Pokémon in Generation I, and Game Freak/Nintendo made it. Nor was Crystal. Don't forget that there will most likely be a third version of DP. Despite that a third version is "pointless" to catch all the Pokémon, I'm pretty sure it will be out. So, the same situation may apply to GS remakes. I know, the chance of GS remakes are unlikely, but the chance is not nonexistent.

Don't forget, Generation IV is said to be last by some. If it will really be last Pokémon generation, I am sure that Nintendo will do anything to please fans and keep the franchise's glory. So, it may mean lots of games.

I wonder what else can be released. A Sinnoh-based Generation IV puzzle game? A Generation IV Pokémon Card DS? I hope for good spin offs in this generation.