>>51735446Okay I'm a little late, but the thread's still here. Nice. Now I'll cover: Story and Characters
The Story of the original games is pretty open to interpretation, and was strong because of it. While Gen 5 did story-driven Pokémon well, it's not the one being re-made.
The story up until Silph Co. remains largely unaltered, although Blue will mirror his Japanese version, and be a decent bit friendlier to the player. Somewhere between the Blue we in the west got, and May (specifically from the original Gen 3, not OR/AS where she wants the D)
In Silph Co, the player will hear hints about Mewtwo, with Giovani trying to convince the Silph President to relinquish the Master Ball because, in his words:
"I know how it works, I know what it wants. I am it's creator! I am the only one capable of containing that Pokémon's power." The player and Blue (he healed your Pokèmon after your battle like Barry at Spear Pillar) will enter the room together. Blue battles Ariana, and you battle Giovanni. After beating him, he'll forebodingly tell you something like "You have no idea what you've done...the power you're allowing to unleash."
If you battle Blaine after clearing Silph Co. and talk to him afterward, he'll deny any involvement with the "Mewtwo Project" (you weren't given its name until this point) before spaghetti-ing about how nobody involved knew what they were unleashing.
No Sevii Islands here folks. You'll see why, also I played through them again last week. Boring as fuck.
When you beat Giovanni for the last time, he'll encourage you: Go to the Pokémon League. Prove that you can succeed where he failed. (he doesn't say anything directly about Mewtwo).
Everything else stays the same until the Elite Four, specifically Lance. He'll have a Pokémon healing box (like the ones at Pokémon Centers I just don't know their actual name) and as you approach his Elite Four room you'll hear the door at the back close, and Lance will be healing his Pokémon.
