
(02-01-2016, 02:50 PM)Teadrinker Wrote: So are these like red and blue remakes or..?
While they are re-releasing Red and Blue for the Virual Console, that's for the 20th anniversary of Pokemon Red and Green and not what's currently being discussed
What people in this thread are talking about, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, are remakes of the GBA games Ruby and Sapphire
and they're freaking fantastic remakes, so!!
![[Image: Pokemon-5.png]](http://cdn.segmentnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pokemon-5.png)
(sorry, gen 3 is my favorite and I can get defensive of it; playing emulators of old games won't accomplish what Aaron is looking for, in any case, although that's definitely a valid option in addition)
I would definitely recommend getting them if you want to catch up to everything that's happened. You'll get access to all the Pokemon you listed, Aaron, as well as all of the current mega-evolutions. If you weren't into the original Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon X or Y were also great games, although you won't have all the mega-evolutions in those games, the ones that were introduced in ORAS (like Mega Altaria, Mega Audino... etc). However I assume Pokemon Z is inevitably coming eventually, and that probably will have all the mega-evolutions up to now, if not some new ones, too. But I don't think they've announced when it will be finished
Between the beautiful graphics and awesome mega-evolutions and the ability to get all sorts of cool legendaries with Mirage Spots, and the revamped Secret Base system(!!!) I simply can't recommend it enough if you want to get back into Pokemon. It'll tickle your nostalgia bone if you have one and catch you up on all the current mechanics.