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Originally posted by Phoenetic
The only thing they would be able to skip in this remake is make a draft of the region because Hoenn already existed, and creating the story. Everything else would have to be done all over again.
They need to remake the entire game for the new engine, create all the 3d assets, recreate the entire Hoenn region (they can't just copy-paste from RS), and they even changed the story a little (even though that was, in my opinion, completely unnecessary). They also added Delta Episode.
The fact that it was a remake probably meant nearly nothing to the development time.
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i am not that familiar with gaming development so i might be wrong here but
1. story/designs not only take a lot of time to come up with but also need to be ready before everything else begins (this was already complete for oras from the originals)
2. The new gen mechanics like megas/natures etc were also ready from XY
3. Yes they need to remake the game to a new engine and thats was the only thing they have to do not to mention that they were already familiar with the process from XY.. i mean they could easily take a set XY battle and just replace sprites and background leaving the code the exact same....
so in my mind one year is perfectly enough time... and they could do so much more if they wanted.... i have seen other franchises that are more complicated that pkmn and from smaller companies coming yearly without the quality being dropped... ...
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