>>57002629I can see if some view HGSS as a Crystal remake rather than a GS Remake. Aside from Odd Egg, top floor of Goldenrod Department Store, Crystal Encounter Slots, etc., most features in HGSS such as Eusine subplot and Extremespeed Dratini match Crystal rather than GS. Some aspects are different, e.g. unlike Crystal, the monk trio in the Tin Tower play no role in HGSS while the Ecruteak Kimono Girls become crucial to the plot of HGSS despite being generic NPCs in GSC. Overall though, it's clear that HGSS takes more inspiration from Crystal than from GS.
I don't agree with ORAS though. Aside from Battle Frontier (most important omission), ORAS has no Mirage Tower, Desert Underpass, Magma Base in Mt. Chimney, Trainer Hill, Gym Leader rematches, etc. To be fair, there were some nods to Emerald like references to the Battle Frontier Brains, Scott, rematch with Wallace using his Emerald team, etc. but these references are all superficial. The base game clearly takes more inspiration from RS than Emerald. It's just not as egregious as BDSP because ORAS added completely new content (BDSP was a bit more restricted because it was supposed to be "faithful") and RS were flawed but not quite as flawed as DP. I honestly still prefer BDSP to DP since HM spam annoy me more than friendship and untoggleable Exp. All, but BDSP is unarguably worse than Platinum. ORAS is worse than Emerald in many aspects, but at least it is better in other aspects (physical-special split and expanded Dex being the most significant, but also Dexnav, visible Day-Night cycle, Soaring, underwater trainers, etc.). While I do like the addition of the Fairy type, improved Underground and HM Poketch app, it's simply not enough to justify the existence of BDSP when Platinum already exists.
