>>50151476My favorite part of Emerald/RS was defeating Norman and then getting to redo the Petalburg -> Dewford -> Slateport journey via surfing, getting to finally investigate the cool things you would see along the way, like the abandoned ship. Or you could surf to the same area near Route 103. Player choice.
They fucked it up in the remake so bad
>replace moving in the overworld on Brineys boat with a basic cutscene>no initial mystery about the surrounding world for new players for later investigationAnd the worst fucking part is they force you to be teleported straight to Mauville and then not 5 minutes later give you a free Latias without any battling.
Fucking insane.
BDSP is worse though, to my surprise 