Why Pokemon BDSP Failed As A Remake

foreign diamond and Shining Pro were announced back in February of 2021 many Pokemon fans jumped for Joy finally the fourth generation arguably one of the most influential entries in the Pokemon franchise is getting the proper remake it deserves but to many of our surprise we were greeted with the opposite of what we envisioned for a Pokemon remake hello everyone my name is King Zork The Illusionist and today we're going to be taking a look at what makes a good Pokemon remake and why Pokemon bdsp falls short categorizing what makes a good Pokemon game from a bad one is hard since the definition of good is subjective for example I can say Pokemon Black and White are the greatest Pokemon games ever created however to someone who's been playing Pokemon since its Inception they would probably argue that Generation 1 is the best generation ever created since this can be interpreted as a vague statement I set aside four categories to judge these games on new content new features performance and improvements over the original games so now that we have a clear picture of what defines a good Pokemon game from a bad one it's time that we time travel back to the year 2009 Celebi would you like to do the honors thank you year 2009 when Pokemon HeartGold and Soul Silver release and little did we know these two remakes would set the bar so high that almost every future Pokemon remake that followed would fall flat the brand new slew of content features added in these two remakes makes Pokemon bdsp look like an incomplete game this whole is true when we compare the new features and content added in both games Pokemon Heart Gold and soul silver added the ability for all 493 Pokemon to follow you the Poke at the London which contained 10 mini games Team Rocket now has four new Executives you can battle the Johto battlefrontier was added the ability to capture almost every legendary from other Pokemon games practically the entire storyline from Pokemon Crystal and the Pokey Walker just to name a few while Pokemon brilliant diamond and Shining Pro added the grand underground super contest which I barely consider a new feature since it replaced the old Pokemon contest ravenous Park the ability for Pokemon to follow you which hardly works and super limited character customization despite all these new features being added in Pokemon bdsp some features you would expect to see in the remakes were removed like the batter Frontier and guaranteeing the story at Spirit pillar now before some of you may say hey Kings Arc these are supposed to be Pokemon diamond or Pearl remakes not a platinum remake therefore you shouldn't expect to see any of this content I would actually agree with you however ill could decide to cherry pick certain content from Pokemon Platinum don't believe me just wait till we get to the Improvement section of this video and see exactly what I mean now that I've cleared that all up and we've seen all the features in both games I'm left wondering why is there such a sharp decline in the amount of content from previous Pokemon remix well a few things come to mind the first being the developers of the game ilka ilka short for I love computer art lacks experience with developing a proper Pokemon title with the only experience they have with the Pokemon games development prior to bdsp is Pokemon home this can be one possibility another could be the rush to put out a game by the holiday season when we consider the time bdsp was released Nintendo just released a brand new Switch variant a couple of months earlier so it only makes sense to put Pokemon to sell along with the new console but the big reason I believe Pokemon brilliant diamond and Shining Pearl weren't meant to be a big remake like Pokemon Heart Gold and soul silver were had to do with Pokemon sword and shield game freak's Flagship Pokemon title I mean just think about it when Pokemon HeartGold and Soul Silver release they were supported with official Pokemon tournaments and even had compatibility with other 4th generation games while Pokemon bdsp weren't compatible with any other games on the Nintendo switch to back up my claim let's take a look at Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire these remakes push the boundaries of the 3DS for the time and just like HeartGold and soul silver are packed with so much content and new features unlike Pokemon brilliant diamond and Shining Pearl I suspect that bdsp most likely were filler games to hold fans over until the release of Pokemon Legends of Arceus now I want to talk a little bit about performance since recent Pokemon games have been struggling in this department Pokemon Heart Gold and soul silver don't have any performance issues but that's not much of a shocker where you consider these games were designed to run on the Nintendo DS Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire also don't have any performance issues except for triple battles when you're using three moltreses in the move Heat Wave but this is such a niche thing that some players will never see this happen now when we look at Pokemon bdsp things take an interesting turn surprisingly the frame rate's pretty consistent but the amount of glitches are pretty prevalent foreign s considered Pokemon bdsp's performance is pretty solid especially when you compare them to Pokemon scarlet and violet finally I want to mention before the games were officially released there are certain cut scenes and music that were missing from the game I'm not sure if you would consider this a glitch but it's something worth mentioning despite Pokemon bdsp's lack of content compared to other remakes they did make a lot of improvements over the original for example the game speed one of the biggest problems with Pokemon Diamond Pro were how slow they were why would you try surfing from Sunny Shore City to Victory Road and tell me how much fun you're having better yet try surfing from Sunny Shore City to Victory Road without any repels and I guarantee you're going to want to pull all your hair out Pokemon Platinum only events like Shaman Darkrai and even Arceus were released officially so now everyone doesn't have to rely on glitches to obtain these Pokemon even platinum only forms like skyform Shaman and every Rotom form are not accessible they even did away with HMS altogether making the Poke etch one of the greatest inventions of all time these are all big improvements over the original but I still have one question why did ilka just cherry pick certain improvements from Pokemon Platinum instead of bringing everything over I don't think it would have been too much of a problem to include the content from Pokemon Platinum and for those who would say it's impossible from a technical perspective I've got news for you take a look at Pokemon Renegade platinum and no I don't mean the rom hack for the DS I mean the Remake they created from Pokemon brilliant diamond and Pokemon shining Pro this ROM had completely overhauled everything Pokemon bdsp has done and even added highly requested features that everybody wanted like all the events from Pokemon Platinum new Pokemon from other generations and there's even a mod from true to size Pokemon how is it possible that a team of unofficial passionate developers are able to create a better 4th gen remake could it be game freak doesn't know what Pokemon fans want it is possible that they're out of touch with the fan base I personally believe so don't get me wrong some of the decisions that game freak has made have been great take a look at Pokemon Legends Arceus while other decisions they made haven't been that great like at the whole Decks at Fiasco could it be game freaks just lazy and assumes that everything they create will sell millions regardless of the lack of content it's hard to say but all I know is that I don't like the current decision of picking and choosing what we receive as far as content goes for Pokemon remakes so now that we see all the shortcomings of the current Pokemon remakes let's talk about the future ones and how they can make them better we all know that Universe remakes are up next and since the 5th generation games are my favorite I want game freak or even ilka if they decide to take that route to do it right for starters let's take a look at oras I think this is a great Baseline for the future you make since it's more akin to what a typical Pokemon remake is first we need to establish the art style I'm not saying that Chibis were terrible but the character design should correlate to whatever the current Pokemon games are aura's heart gold and soul silver did this perfectly by having all the trainer models match up to the current art style of the latest generation character customization is something gamefreak needs to keep there is nothing better than creating a character you feel like you can relate to however instead of having limited options game freak should add as many customization options as possible and even add extra DLC outfits down the line the current generation gimmick this is a big one since it helps out with the flow for competitive play during the time auras was created we had Mega Evolution and this gimmick worked perfectly since a big selling point of the Gen 3 remakes we're seeing your favorite Generation 3 Pokemon receive a Mega Evolution if the next remix wants to Captivate the competitive side of Pokemon we need to have whatever the current generation gimmick at the time tie in with the old Pokemon from the generation the remakes are based on new story elements one of the biggest things that helped Pokemon Aura Stand Out is the retelling of the Hoenn region who would have thought that choosing the correct orbs would make the whole region fall into shambles and since Zekrom and Reshiram already have new forms that tie in with kirim game free can easily set up a story plot around these new forms the Delta episode took everything a child growing up playing Pokemon Ruby Sapphire and emerald and turned it on its head having that epic boss battle with Deoxys while riding on the back of Rayquaza going into space took every playground rumor about how to catch Deoxys and made it a reality game free can even capitalize on some of the brand new mythicals these games introduce like Meloetta Victini Genesect or even keldio and some form of a bonus episode or a filter DLC and speaking of DLC gay free can pick anything from the four generation 5 games and retell the story events I feel like Pokemon bdsp could have had more content with the addition of story DLC as of this recording we're currently awaiting the DLC for Pokemon scarlet and violet so these games credit the story left us with a lot of unanswered questions so imagine if game freak left us on a cliffhanger about n and how is bond with Pokemon transformed him into a Zurich and the only way that we can help him is by teaming up with korres just the simple retelling of story can make a regular remake into something special now let's talk about the legendaries and how adding new forms adds to the remakes experience in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire pretty much every legendary introduced in the original games received a new form this added a lot of depth to how we viewed these legendary Pokemon for example look at Latios and Latias these ion Duo went from optional forgettable legendaries in the original games to flow blown means of transportation and exploration imagine if we could have met Cresselia earlier in bdsp and through the power of a special key item it gained the ability of a new form so we could fly around and explore the center region or if our character had the ability to communicate with the lake Trio gaining the ability for them to change their Farms finally we have post game content to praise Pokemon bdsp the introduction of romness Park is brilliant I love how we have the ability to capture old legendaries but I dislike how we unlock the legendary Pokemon by having to dig up this mysterious shards from the grand underground it just seems boring and don't even get me started on Howard just gifted a meal and a Jirachi for playing Pokemon let's go and Pokemon sword and shield the new remake should make you work for the legendaries like in Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon Soul Silver for example take a look at how you catch Rayquaza in Pokemon HeartGold you have to catch a Kyogre trade for a Groudon get the Jade orb and then catch toys at the embedded Tower having to work for legendary Pokemon makes them seem more valuable versus them just being handed it to you gym leader rematches and rival battles are fine however there should be an option for the levels to scale to level 100. finally game freak should bring back the Battle Frontier or some form of multi-battle facility area in this area each battle facility could focus on different battle formats like triple rotation or double battles and even at Pokemon Showdown like Creator so competitive Pokemon is accessible for everyone regardless of how you feel about the current state of Pokemon I believe we can all agree that Pokemon bdsp is a remake that missed the mark and these shortcomings show when we compare it to past Pokemon remakes I believe my ideas of how to prevent the generation fire remakes from the same fate is good but I know your ideas could be much better than mine so leave them in the comment section below do you agree with me or do you think Pokemon remix are the best they've ever been until then I will talk to you guys next time goodbye foreign [Music] [Music]

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Length: 12min 41sec (761 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 19 2022