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The Zelda game did it as a full style switch. They didn't try to say it was "faithful" to the originals because it wasn't.
BDSP isn't faithful any more than FRLG is faithful for removing Cross-Gen evos even though it goes against the entire ethos of Gen 1. Defenders are just saying it because it's a cheap cope to avoid saying that they made a shitty decision that should have been turned down at the drawing board.