>>47462051The Battle Frontier in Emerald was shit, anon.
I grew up with those games, it was garbage. It wasn't fun, it had some cool ideas but they were executed in a terrible way. People just latch onto it out of nostalgia and it being a sign of some small effort.
The Game Corner is fun, though. I think it's my favorite GC in the franchise. But I like New Mauville more than the original town and feel it better represents the themes of development and humanity vs nature.
ORAS also has the Dex Nav, better secret bases, better Contests (though worse ribbons and pokeblocks), etc.
I think Emerald and ORAS are on an even playing field.
