Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow to be re-released for the 3DS Virtual Console

[noobcubed]

I think a lot of people are treating this like a full remake and not merely a virtual console release. Playing this game on virtual console should be pretty much the same as playing it on the original GameBoy; with the 3DS's wireless replacing the functionality that the Link Cable had. That means no removal of glitches, no Easter eggs, no Wi-Fi capabilities.

When it comes to proper remakes (ie the same game on a more modern engine), you can make substantive changes to improve the experience. Even when you do, you're likely to face criticism from people who wanted to play a faithful copy of the original (see the recent shitstorm over the FFVII remaster replacing the traditional turn-based combat with a real-time battle system). But when you're being sold a straight re-release, you should expect nothing more from it.

 

[Karxrida]

People are worried because of how they worded the announcement. They said they would try to recreate the originals as closely as possible, implying that some changes have been made. They could admittedly be very minor changes or just the addition of wireless trading (and battling?), but it's not unreasonable to believe that they decided to remove some glitches or axe the Game Corner to keep the rating from getting raised. TPCi has been known to be paranoid with their brand's representation, even when it seems totally unreasonable (no Mon sounds in Mario Maker, for instance).

 

[The_Emperor]

Yay! Now we need a re re make of the games!

 

[Karxrida]

Oh God no. Kanto is boring as hell and Sinnoh deserves a chance to get fixed first.

 

[Redmayo]

Kanto is a novel experience.
Jhoto is a suburb from hell.
Hoenn is water hell.
Sinnoh is mountain hell.
Unova is, well, okay by Sinnoh standards.
Post-apocalyptic Future Unova is redundant hell.
Kalos has yet to be played.
I rank Kanto as a lesser evil, at least in terms of an in-game story experience.
If you want an engaging geography, go play Minecraft.

 

[Kurona]

I always personally found Kanto to be my favourite region to go through, probably purely because I enjoyed the non-linearity and I find myself preferring settings where the majority is urban.

 

[The_Emperor]

So what new things will they exactly add for this virtual console release?

 

[Kurona]

So what new things will they exactly add for this virtual console release?

Nothing

 

[noobcubed]

So what new things will they exactly add for this virtual console release?

Oh didn't you know? They're remaking it from the ground up to be an immersive, Skyrim-style Western RPG, featuring one hundred hours' worth of gameplay, Oculus VR functionality and a fifty-dollar season pass ;)

 

[HelenTheHero]

Oh didn't you know? They're remaking it from the ground up to be an immersive, Skyrim-style Western RPG, featuring one hundred hours' worth of gameplay, immersive Oculus VR functionality and a fifty-dollar season pass ;)

I would love a Pokemon game like that in the future though. Maybe with Pokemon Go... maybe....

 

[Dreamox]

Nothing

Except updating trading/battling to be wireless.

 

[Karxrida]

The games will have serial code functionality because Japan is getting special codes that give you Mew.

 

[a0161613]

And that's the only reason I'd consider getting it.

If it happens then great.

 

[Cresselia~~]

Japanese are going to get special 2DS with Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow installed.
Pre orders start from 26th December

https://twitter.com/Pokemon_cojp/status/680217664824868864

 

[HelenTheHero]

Japanese are going to get special 2DS with Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow installed.
Pre orders start from 26th December

https://twitter.com/Pokemon_cojp/status/680217664824868864

So, this kinda confirms that Japan will get Green version as an option too, but us Americans won't?

Bit of a bummer, because I would really enjoy doing Green.

 

[Pikachu315111]

So, this kinda confirms that Japan will get Green version as an option too, but us Americans won't?

Bit of a bummer, because I would really enjoy doing Green.

I wouldn't count us not getting the Green edition yet. When they were remade we didn't get WaterBlue but LeafGreen.

 

[Karxrida]

You're not missing anything bar some glitches not present in other releases (and some like Missingno. not present at all if I'm understanding Bulbapedia correctly) and different and/or crappier art. It's basically the same as Blue with a different name and a few inconsequential tweaks.

 

[The_Emperor]

I would actual say that green is worse since it came out slightly before the others.

 

[Redmayo]

Heh, it's going to be just as bad as Red for Japan.

 

[Kiga]

Personally speaking, I do still have functioning cartridges of each Red, Blue, and Yellow. I even played through Red the summer before last. So despite the nostalgia that would come from playing one of those games again, I think the novelty of playing Green could be worth choosing it over one of the other three, if it was offered in America. Green was a game that I didn't even consider as more than a rumor or a myth when I was originally playing Red as a child, and being able to finally play now it would be an actually novel experience, and it would be one of the two actually new experiences that could possibly come from playing these re-releases.

 

[Cresselia~~]

So, this kinda confirms that Japan will get Green version as an option too, but us Americans won't?

Bit of a bummer, because I would really enjoy doing Green.

Japan Green is the same as English blue
It's Japan blue that's different, where you can catch wild jynx in Seafoam caves.

 

[Karxrida]

You can also catch Lickitung in Japanese Blue's Safari Zone and the locations of some Mons are different.

Also I misread the Missingno. part; it's still in the original original games.

 

[The_Emperor]

Wait so is it the Japanese or English edition on virtual console?

 

[Darth Manaphy]

Japanese people are getting Japanese games and American people are getting American games.

And Cresselia~~ there IS one more difference. The American Red and Blue are based off the engine and sprites of the Japanese Blue just with the Pokemon locations being that of the original Japanese Red and Green.

 

[The_Emperor]

What about Europe?