07-24-2011, 06:51 PM
(07-23-2011, 07:14 PM)Cshad Wrote: I don't get how you wouldn't think it's coming eventually when you consider we've had a remake since generation 3 on.
DP: Announced late 2004, JP Release late 2006
Pt: Announced early 2008, JP Release late 2008
HGSS: Announced early 2009, JP Release late 2009
BW: Announced early 2010, JP Release mid-late 2010
Pokemon games are generally announced in Q1 or Q2 and are released in Japan in Q3 or Q4 (depending upon the quarter of announcement), so I'll say that Pokemon games take 2 quarters from announcement to Japanese release (which will take another quarter to localize). Keep in mind that DP took much longer because it was for a new platform, unlike Pt/HGSS/BW where they could reuse code.
If Nintendo announced a Pokemon game this month (beginning of Q3) they would be releasing it in Japan in Q1. That is, if it was for the DS. BUT we're already 4 months into the 3DS. A release in January (which would be unlikely if announced at this point, it'd most likely be February of March) would be 10 months into the 3DS. Nintendo is very unlikely to make a game for the DS at that point, Kirby will probably be the DS' death certificate. Obviously other companies are welcome to develop DS games and DSiWare, but Nintendo working on anything but the 3DS and Wii/Wii U would be a bad thing for a company to do. Why would you cater to those who have had 10 months to upgrade but haven't? Some people will, but a Big Name Game? I'd expect Captain America to have a VHS release before that.
What if they made Grey and the RS remakes for the 3DS? Well, we'd have a long wait. Long enough for them to make new generation anyways.
tl;dr: Nintendo would be stupid to make a RS game for the DS and it would take over a year to release it on the 3DS.