OMG, a Pokemon All Stars would be amazing. But I do want them to get fancy with it: with every new game that starts, make me start with a starter as usual, but once I get access to trading, let me pull Pokemon that are below the soft level cap out of my boxes.

And Magi Nation!

I mean the game in question is the first of two remakes of Pokemon Red, and (if I remember correctly) the first official re-release of a remake of Red. I'm not going to say all of the releases are the same experience by a long shot, but it's a little hard to argue they're only now figuring it out.

If you want to say that it should have been made more available to current platforms sooner then that's a different argument.

"hanging out with your friends"

That is not semi-parasocial, it is full parasocial, and you should do your best to discourage that kind of sentiment if ever conveyed genuinely.

I know it's a tough subject. Pretty much everyone is semi-parasocial. But describing someone you literally don't know and just watch content from as a friend is parasocial and an incredibly delusional and dangerous mindset.

Now that you mention fancy features, i wouldn't mind if they did some stuff with QOL changes. I know some people hate it but i'd love to have the Modern Exp. All for my entire party in everything outside gen 1

I've been trying to fill out the pokedex in home, and i know i'd get a lot of usage out of that. It'd be nice to be able to track it in game rather than having to hop between

I would way rather play on a platform that allows me to save state at any time and as many as I want (Though I guess most of my devices are set up to have 10-20 saves max, but I could set them up for however many I want.)

I would Pay $60 for a switch physical cartridge with all of their GB through GBA Pokemon games, especially if there was a way to trade pokemon with myself. I would still play them all on roms on my other devices, but I would totally buy that cartrage. But I'm not paying $20 for a digital version of just one of them.

“We think it’ll be fun.”

I am part of the problem