Honestly my excitement has done a 180 on these games. After being inundated with bullshit from S&M, I'm kind of glad to go back to a simpler time with what will probably be a relatively faithful remake with some cute elements thrown in like motion control capturing and following Pokemon, all in HD (it looks fine enough). I could do without the PoGo stuff but it doesn't bother me too much considering it seems optional and fairly nonessential. Pokemon Yellow is still one of my favorite games and although it'd be nice to at least have Gen 2 Pokemon or the evolutions from later gens thrown in, I can live with the original 151(+1).
I would be utterly disappointed if this was the new course for the games, but with an additional core game being released in 2019, how can I complain? It'll have a long development cycle and will likely cater more to the long-term fans, hopefully forgoing some of the bullshit handholding of the last 2 generations. This is probably the best part of these games being released - they're meant to cater to the type of people that Gen 6 and 7 over-catered to so that Gen 8 can just go wild. I shouldn't get overly hopeful but at this point I think Gen 8 could be a stunner.
I would be utterly disappointed if this was the new course for the games, but with an additional core game being released in 2019, how can I complain? It'll have a long development cycle and will likely cater more to the long-term fans, hopefully forgoing some of the bullshit handholding of the last 2 generations. This is probably the best part of these games being released - they're meant to cater to the type of people that Gen 6 and 7 over-catered to so that Gen 8 can just go wild. I shouldn't get overly hopeful but at this point I think Gen 8 could be a stunner.