>>47138275I've always been of the mindset that Pokémon has never been a graphically-impressive series even if its games may have good art direction. But the later games feel like they sacrifice content and don't have the graphics to make up for it. Sinnoh has a lot to do in it, but is it going to have any more content than DPPt, or is it going to just be "faithful"? For twice the price of what I paid, I expect more than the original. One of the reasons I adore HGSS is that it included tons of things I wanted when I first played Gen II as a kid. It had most of Crystal's content, it had a Giovanni battle when he was totally absent. It had a way to get the Kanto fossils. The PokéGear could fit every appropriate Trainer and you didn't have to pick and choose. There were Gym Leader rematches. Removed/reduced areas like Viridian Forest, Seafoam Islands, and Cerulean Cave were restored, and I could even catch Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo just like what I wanted in the original. There are following Pokémon for every last Pokémon instead of just Pikachu like in Yellow. You can get a Kanto starter postgame for beating Red. The female character even plays an NPC role. The Pokéwalker is a huge upgrade over the Pocket Pikachu 2 and even uses the Game Boy Printer music. Not only that, but you can get a number of Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokémon too using things like your radio or new Legendary events. Yeah, I have some new complaints, but it felt like a real love letter.
With BDSP, I own DPPt, so why should I pay the price for either version if it's going to be mostly 1:1? The "modern Pokémon conveniences" they mention make me nervous like the baked in Exp. Share, and I'm sure they'll be more linear like Platinum, so I imagine something mostly 1:1 that sacrifices art direction and makes a few unfortunate changes but for twice the price (+ the NSO subscription to use online which was free in DPPt, and potentially a Home subscription to even have a GTS).
