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Because it did what we all want from a remake. It gave us the original game with updated graphics and mechanics from the latest gen while adding a little more content to make it worth playing over the original. Sevii islands, trainer hill, Johto legendaries, a way to encounter gen 1 pokemon in gen 3 since gen 2 and gen 3 couldnt transfer, and most importantly this thing came FREE with each FR/LG copy.