>>47853976Any complaints are gonna be extremely trivial bullshit with one (sort of two) important exceptions.
Presentation.
Which you can split into visuals and soundtrack.
FRLG is more detailed, absolutely. But gen 1’s aesthetic really does have a cool factor beyond just nostalgia. The sound effects are fucking killer and are so ‘strong’, the music has a distinct charm (hearing it out of gb speakers is different than off of computer speakers) and the visuals have this sort of roughness to them. There are some attack animations that are also neat, like some water and psychic moves distorting the screen in cool ways or electric moves causing the colors on screen to flash.
The presentation in the originals honestly is better despite the presentation in the remakes being “better”.
The remakes do some things right though. Having a sorted inventory is a godsend, you dont have to deal with gen 1 wrap’s bullshit, you have running shoes that speed up the game immensely…there are enough quality of life improvements I wont try to list them all. Also the sevii islands, for what those are worse.
There’s an extra tutorial or two at the start and a couple lines changed, which people hyperfocus on.
The originals have great presentation and a fair number of annoyances. The remakes have unremarkable presentation and some really nice qol improvements. One isnt better, it’s a matter of what you prioritize. I’m impatient so I like having running shoes so I prefer the remakes, but I get why people like the originals.
As an aside, frlg is ‘okay’ to emulate but dont play rby unless you can get them on a portable device. Playing them on pc is just an ugly experience and stretches the visuals too much and the sound is worse. I’m not telling you not to pirate them, but if you ever try them out put the file on a 3ds or something.
