Pokémon
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Given their status as remakes, it follows that Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire evince a fixation with oldness and newness both; innovation exists alongside iteration. The same skeleton underpinning the original Ruby and Sapphire is claimed and replicated here – foundationally, the originals and their lovingly-crafted modernizations are similar, intimately so. Such excessive similarity superficially
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As experience, Pokémon Y – and by extension Pokémon X – fiercely and desperately clings to the long-established series formula, relying upon longstanding tropes and design philosophies; in many ways, originality is minimized. This total adherence to convention only results in an overall safe construction, as if the developers were afraid of novelty – very
Games With Grey 