>>33162125It IS a legit argument, and greentexting about it as if it weren't isn't a counterpoint to said argument. Crystal is an updated version of Gold and Silver, it improves and adds content compared to the original. HGSS incorporated everything from Crystal that didn't contradict the story of GS (with a few exceptions of the mobile adapter events and a few aesthetic additions like the Rooftop Square in Goldenrod Mart), and even with Suicune they added its own sidequest that goes all the way into Kanto. ORAS admittedly does add a (really fucking terrible job of a) Rayquaza subplot with worst girl Zinnia, but all the QoL features that didn't become a permanent part of the series, added locations, rematches, Battle Frontier, the fucking DOUBLE BATTLE SYSTEM FROM EMERALD, are missing despite not contradicting with the plot at all. There are a couple plot events they try to adapt from Emerald (and do a really terrible job of adapting it) like the Mossdeep Takeover where they remove the full-team double battle against Maxie/Archie and their respective right hand in place of a 12v3 stomp against an admin and a grunt where you can't even TRY to lose because Steven will take out the enemy's Pokémon before you could try to KO his full team of six, and this takes place LATER than the multi battle in Emerald! They ignore the things that could very easily be added to the game without rewriting anything.
Like they even say at the end of the Delta Episode "oh hey Wallace is going to become the Champion at a later point in time," they could EASILY put Juan in the game if they did rematches by having Wallace actually become Champion after the Delta Episode and putting Steven at Meteor Falls. But they didn't do this, they didn't add shit like Mirage Tower, they didn't do any of the things they could've done with Emerald content to improve the region and game because they shat this out in less than a year as a cashgrab.
