Remake

A video game remake is a game that is made again, in a new and updated style.
In Pokémon terms, five pairs of core series and one spin-off game are remakes: 
 	
* (2004), Generation III remakes of the Generation I games (1996);
* (2009), Generation IV remakes of the Generation II games (1999);
* (2014), Generation VI remakes of the Generation III games (2002);
* (2018), Generation VII remakes of the Generation I game (1998). 
* (2020), a Generation VIII remake of the Generation III games (2005).
* (2021), Generation VIII remakes of the Generation IV games (2006).
==Terminology==
===Remake game titles===
The names of remakes of core series games are generally derived from the names of the original source games, with a modifier word attached to the front. For instance are remakes of .
In the case of the first core series game remakes, , their titles are derived from the Japan-only pair of games (which had been adapted in English as ).
The exception to this is Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, which are a pair of games based on a single game, so only the title of one of them (Let's Go, Pikachu!) is derived from the original game's Japanese title, since is known as "Pokémon Pikachu" in Japan.
In the case of FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, the original titles and the preceding words are joined without a space. In the case of Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, those words are separated by a space. Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! are the only core series games titles with multiple preceding words (Let's Go,) added to each game title.
In the case of Rescue Team DX, as a single game based on a pair of games, the colored signifier was cut; DX was added to signify the game's new status as a remake.
==Changes==
In addition to graphical updates, remakes introduce new features. The script is retranslated for localizations. The remakes in the first six generations also include all Pokémon and moves in the generation they are remade in.
===Core series===
====FireRed and LeafGreen====
* The new stat system, , the and types, friendship, genders, weather, and are carried over from .
* The Sevii Islands expand the main story and allow the player to obtain Pokémon native to Johto.
====HeartGold and SoulSilver====
* The physical/special split, foreign Pokédex entries, Pal Park, and the are carried over from .
* The Hoenn Sound and Sinnoh Sound can be used to find Pokémon native to those regions.
* The Pokéwalker replaces the .
* The Global Terminal is added to Goldenrod City.
* Walking Pokémon return for the first time outside of Amity Square since , and now all Pokémon can walk with the player rather than just .
* The Pokéathlon is introduced.
* and are introduced, which lead to the new Johto Safari Zone. The locations Cliff Edge Gate, Cliff Cave, Embedded Tower, and Safari Zone Gate are also added along this new path.
====Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
* The physical/special split, foreign Pokédex entries, the type, and Mega Evolutions are carried over from .
* The Pokémon Contest has been enhanced and it is now called the Pokémon Contest Spectacular.
* and can undergo Primal Reversion.
* Mauville City has changed in appearance from Ruby and Sapphire, being mostly an indoor city with three floors.
* can be encountered by completing the Delta Episode post-game story.
* Most Legendary Pokémon since Generation II can be encountered.
* The player can fly around Hoenn with or .
* The original has been replaced with new Mirage spots.
====Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!====
* Walking Pokémon once again return, for the first time since Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
* A new Pokémon catching mechanic, similar to that used in , replaces wild Pokémon battles.
* Compatibility with Pokémon GO and the Poké Ball Plus is added.
** The GO Park, which allows players to transfer Pokémon over from Pokémon GO, replaces the in Fuchsia City.
* Two new Pokémon, and , are introduced.
* Master Trainers, individual Trainers who each specialize in a single Pokémon species, can be found across Kanto after entering the Hall of Fame.
* PCs are removed, with Pokémon storage now being relegated to the found within the player's bag, allowing the player to switch out their party at any time.
* Pokémon can now be sent to Professor Oak in exchange for , in the same vein as Pokémon GO, with received Candies being kept in the Candy Jar in the player's bag.
* The from Pokémon GO have been added, with some of their effects being altered.
====Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl====
* Walking Pokémon return from HeartGold and SoulSilver, and all Pokémon can walk with the player outside of Amity Square across the entire Sinnoh region.
* Amity Square allows the player to bring up to six Pokémon with them to interact with.
* The Underground is upgraded into the Grand Underground, and includes , where various wild Pokémon can be encountered and captured.
* HMs are now replaced by Hidden Moves, a feature in the Pokétch that allows the player to summon wild Pokémon to perform field moves.
* Exp. Share is no longer an item, and its mechanics are present from the start of the game and cannot be turned off, much like in .
* Pokémon Box Link carries over from Sword and Shield, with the ability to access the PC at almost any time.
* Pal Park is replaced with Ramanas Park, a new location where the player can use to encounter Legendary Pokémon not native to Sinnoh.
===Spin-off series===
====Rescue Team DX====
* The physical/special split, type, foreign Pokémon evolutions (such as and ), Mega Evolution, and Primal Reversion are all carried over from Generations IV and .
* All evolution items have been replaced by the Evolution Crystal.
* Many minor changes to various dungeons, such as Oddity Cave becoming accessible after completing Mt. Steel, the Friend Bow moving to the end of Solar Cave, and 's dungeon—Western Cave—being reduced from 99 floors to 20.
* Shiny Pokémon—excluding Shiny —appear as "Strong Foes" in completed dungeons.
* The maximum team size has been increased from 4 to 8, but as in the original games, only 3 Pokémon may be brought into a dungeon. The other 5 team members must be recruited after entering.
* Rare qualities replace the IQ system, and Gummis have been lowered to only two varieties.
** Rainbow Gummis will raise a stat at random, and will sometimes give the Pokémon a new rare quality.
** DX Gummis will raise a stat at random, and will always give the Pokémon a new rare quality.
* and originally appeared as cameos, but can now be recruited through the use of Mystery Houses—rare rooms found in post-game dungeons, accessible with an Invitation.
==Impact on other media==
===Animation===
====Pokémon the Series====
Due to the release of , in , and traveled back to Kanto to compete in the (also a reference to ) and Kanto Pokémon Contests. However, its influence can be seen as early as A Six Pack Attack!, where visits from Kanto and brings , , and .
Due to the release of , several references to those games appeared in , such as the Pokéathlon in A Marathon Rivalry!, the Johto Festival introducing several in-game Key Items, Ash's main rival being Paul who resembles in many ways, temporarily journeying with the gang and her attempt in participating in the Johto League, about half of the Johto Gym Leaders reappearing with their redesigns, and several main characters obtaining Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex like Dawn's Quilava or with a cross-generational evolution line like Ash's Gliscor he caught as a .
With the debut of , several references appeared during . Sawyer, originally from the Hoenn region, was introduced as Ash's new rival and is first shown to have a and a . A Mega and its respective Mega Stone also made an appearance in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!, under the ownership of Nurse Joy.
Many newly introduced Mega Evolutions were seen in Mega Evolution Special II. Steven Stone, in his new design, and his Mega also made an appearance along with Mega in the aforementioned special. Both Pokémon reappeared in Mega Evolution Special III with the inclusion of Primal and Primal . Rustboro City made a reappearance in the aforementioned special but was first mentioned in the former. Ahead of the games' release, Mega debuted in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre also made an appearance in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages with Mega , Mega and a Shiny Mega Rayquaza. Also, a Mega , Mega , Mega , Mega , Mega , Mega , Mega and Mega made an appearance in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. Steven reappeared in the main series in a flashback in Coming Apart at the Dreams! and in person in The Right Hero for the Right Job!, Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!. Steven helped Ash, Alain, Diantha and the Kalos Gym Leaders defeat Team Flare's Giant Rock, first appeared in Mega Evolution Special II as a huge stone that contains huge amounts of Primal energy. At the end of Pokémon the Series: XY, decided to travel to Hoenn and compete in Pokémon Contests to improve her skills.
Several references to appeared in . In A Plethora of Pikachu!, before the games' release, several of the Pikachu that appeared within the Pikachu Valley sported hairstyles similar to the ones players could give their partner Pikachu and . From Lillier and the Staff! to Bright Lights, Big Changes!, a series of shorts called Where Are You Going, Eevee? aired, which focused on a wild Eevee and its journey, before finally meeting Ash and his friends. In We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!, which was broadcast after the games release, the wild Eevee was captured by , who nicknamed it "Sandy". Furthermore, she cut its unruly hair into one of the styles used on the partner Pokémon in the game. A group of , a Pokémon species introduced in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, debuted in Evolving Research!, with one of them getting caught by Ash in Got Meltan?.
References to have appeared in . In Nightfall? Nightmares! and A Midsummer Night's Light!, Ash, Goh, and Chloe visited the Sinnoh region, and reappeared, with Goh and Chloe meeting her for the first time. During these episodes, they intervened in Team Rocket's attempts to capture and . In Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!, Ash had a rematch with Volkner in the World Coronation Series, with the episode later revealing that Sinnoh Champion is a member of the Master Class. Cynthia herself appeared in Star Night, Star Flight!, intervening in a mysterious situation involving . In The Gates of Warp! and Showdown at the Gates of Warp!, Ash, Goh, and Chloe visited Sinnoh and met up with Dawn and Cynthia once more, and were forced to solve an interdimensional crisis involving and . While Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles is a tie-in with , it also features the return of Team Galactic s Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter, as well as a reappearance of and the two Pokémon he caught in Sinnoh, and the newly evolved .
===Manga===
Generally, only long-running Pokémon manga series are affected by remakes, considering most series begin and end within the time frame of one generation.
====Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon====
A manga titled Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon was created at the time of 's Japanese release. It features the Pokéathlon, a new feature added to the remake games.
====Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure====
A single-volume manga, Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure, was released concurrently with the games , which it takes its name from. It features the adventures of a Trainer named Jō in his travels through the Johto and Kanto regions, following the storyline of the games.
====Pokémon Adventures====
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, the , , and return the focus of the story back toward characters introduced in older chapters (the /, , and /, respectively). However, instead of focusing on the whole region like the originals, the main plot of the remake chapters generally focuses on events and places which were new to the enhanced remakes of their game counterparts. FireRed & LeafGreen focuses on the Sevii Islands, HeartGold & SoulSilver focuses on the Pokéathlon, the new Johto Safari Zone, and the Sinjoh Ruins, and Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire focuses on the events of the Delta Episode.
====Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪====
In the Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪ manga, there are several bonus chapters focusing on characters from Magical Pokémon Journey. As a Generation III sequel of the Magical Pokémon Journey series, this manga was being speculated by fans as a first hint for the remakes of (later was named as ).
====Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire====
In the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga, which is based on the Generation III games of the same name, some of the chapters in revolve around Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. This includes a character named , who is designed based on 's appearance in the remakes; and a character named , who is based on 's appearance.
Following the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire series, the manga began a trend of rebooting its numbering and naming system with the release of each core series game. After the end of Generation III and the Ruby-Sapphire series, the manga's story continued with , which led the main characters to Sinnoh. When the Generation II remakes were released, the series once again rebooted with , which led the main characters back to Johto; which they had previously visited during the original Pokémon Pocket Monsters series.
====Pokémon 4Koma Encyclopedia====
The manga was released around the time of . It is five volumes in total and has comics featuring each Pokémon in the National Pokédex up to the end of Generation III. The volumes feature artwork of as he appears in FireRed and LeafGreen.
===TCG===
In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the expansion was inspired by and released concurrently with the video games.
Likewise, the , , and expansions correspond with the video games.
 was the primary expansion that corresponds with the video games. , , , and featured Mega Evolutions introduced in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and also introduced .
The and expansions correspond with Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, primarily featuring Generation I Pokémon.
One of the , , was released as part of a purchase campaign to Japanese customers who bought and Pokémon Card game products at participating Geo stores.
==Trivia==
* Some remakes have several unique distinctions:
** are the only remakes:
*** To originally be released for a platform that could also play their original games via backwards compatibility.
**** However, the Nintendo 3DS can play via backwards compatibility as well as as Virtual Console titles. Also, the Nintendo Switch can play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX natively as well as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team via the Nintendo Switch Online service.
*** Not to incorporate any features from the upper version of the original games. However, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! were remakes of the upper version itself, while Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team did not have an upper version.
** are the only remakes which did not include a type that did not exist in the original games. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen included the and types, which did not exist in Generation I; and , Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, , and included the type, which did not exist in Generations I, , and .
** Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! are the only remakes:
*** To introduce new Pokémon.
*** To be based on an upper version.
** Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is the only remake:
*** Of Spin-off Pokémon games.
*** To not be a paired release.
*** Of games that do not have nor are upper versions.
** are the only core series remakes to not be developed by Game Freak and the first core series games overall to not be developed by Game Freak.
* Each set of main series remakes uses unique Pokémon artwork on the boxart. This artwork differs from the official standard Pokémon concept artwork that is usually released with the games. Rescue Team DX, meanwhile, uses an updated version of the artwork used for the original titles.
* Several generations that received remakes have several unique distinctions:
** Generation I is the only generation to have multiple remakes of its core series games.
** Generation III is the only generation to have a remake of one of its spin-off titles.
** Generation V is the only completed generation since Generation III to not have introduce any remakes.
** Generation VIII is the only generation to:
*** Feature more than one remake, namely Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Coincidentally, neither remake was developed by Game Freak.
*** Feature a remake of a spin-off game, namely Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX.
* While is the only to be remade, several features introduced in , , and were incorporated into the remakes Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, respectively. Conversely, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team do not have an upper version for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX to incorporate features from.
* The accessories included with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver serve as precursors to a feature found in their respective following generations. The Generation IV games used the Nintendo DS's wireless play for communication, while Generation V's was somewhat similar to the concept of the Pokéwalker.
==External links==
* Wikipedia article
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