Just found out about the news (
in Reddit of all places!); SOOOOOOOOOO ECSTATIC! Finally, after all of this waiting,
HOENN REMAKES CONFIRMED! ^^
I just finished taking a Genetics final exam mere minutes earlier and this announcement is practically among the best pieces of news I could've received! I can't wait to see Hoenn envisioned on the Nintendo 3DS... It would've been nice to have received the news via an out-of-nowhere Nintendo Direct and/or at E3 2014 (or a Nintendo Direct around the time period of E3 2014); I'm not sure what makes today special of all days... I guess it's just a "because we can" kind of thing by Game Freak/The Pokemon Company/Nintendo..?
I
really don't want to be nitpicky, but the "OmegaRuby" thing is bugging the heck out of me. The terms "Alpha" and "Omega" bring up a specific order (at least in my opinion; I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the pair as "Omega-Alpha", in that order - then again, people like to "break" patterns these days, so I shouldn't be that surprised), so it's a bit odd to see Ruby coming first in the "Ruby-Sapphire" pairing yet getting the "last" Greek letter. "AlphaRuby" and "OmegaSapphire" would've made more sense to me. However, someone pointed out to me that Kyogre precedes Groudon in Pokedex numeration, so that's probably why Kyogre has "Alpha" to its remake version's name (that, and Kyogre's
Volcanic Veins seem to manifest the "Alpha" symbol while Groudon's Volcanic Veins kind of resemble an "Omega" symbol). And to top that, there's the bit of
Fridge Brilliance involving the symbols of Team Aqua and Team Magma:
Moreover, "OmegaRuby" sounded like a fanmade game/hack the first time I read it; I had to do a double-take and verify that the official
Pokemon site was listing the title. {XD}
Just saw the comments about ORAS possibly not being about Hoenn and thought. What if the Backpacker's region is the region. XD. Doesn't make much sense to me but it would be pretty funny for them to use old mascots and fan hype to promote something else.
LOL; that would just suck. XD I'm hoping the region is indeed Hoenn, but that mentioned turn of events is still a possibility..
Has anybody noticed how the markings on Kyogre's forehead resembles and A for Alpha and the marking on Groudon's arm looks like an Omega symbol? Akin to their titles?
Are these new formes?
What does that make Rayquaza?...
I really hope that the remake artworks are simply stylizations of the traditional Groudon/Kyogre artwork and that these
aren't new Formes or Mega Evolutions; Groudon and Kyogre are powerful enough as it is, IMO, and I don't think we need
more legendary Pokemon other than Mewtwo and Lati@s receiving such
Super Modes (since the point of Mega Evolution in itself is largely to bestow a Pokemon with strength on par with legendary Pokemon). And it would just seem wrong for the super-ancient Pokemon mediator, Rayquaza, to be weaker than them.. >_>
I can't wait to see what will be done with the graphics and music. The music could practically be left untouched from
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Versions, in my opinion; it's just that good!
I'll probably add more remarks later, but here's hoping that
Pokemon OmegaRuby Version and
Pokemon AlphaSapphire Version get (improved) simultaneous worldwide releases like
Pokemon X and Y did.. OMG; I just noticed that the "Version" nomenclature is officially absent yet again for the English releases.. I was okay with its foregoing for
Pokemon X and Y, but I'd hate to see it go away completely.. :(
(And finally the overdosage of "HOENN REMAKES PLZ" will simmer down a bit...I'm a fervent supporter of the games' existence, but it was getting quite irritating to see it in irrelevant contexts on
Pokemon Facebook page and the like in posts that weren't even related to Hoenn/
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire in the first place.)
AIIIIEEE; I can't believe they actually exist now! The only possible news that could top
OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire's news is the inclusion of playable Mewtwo and playable Ridley (and playable Roy?) in
Super Smash Bros. 4.
Thank you to everyone who brought about the existence of and/or supported the existence of
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire remakes! It's been a long journey (with
plenty of "stringing us along to seemingly no end" in play), but we
finally made it! ;-;