Musings of a Fanboy: HOENN CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY EVERYONE!

TODAY, I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED! (takes a deep breath)

Ok, so, as many you know, I'm a fairly huge fan of the Pokemon video game series.  The games, the cards, and the television were all important pieces of my childhood and, in a strange or unfortunately way, (depending on your point of view) my adulthood as well.  I think it definitely takes an adult to realize we can't give up on our childhood.

Anyways, Nintendo announced today that a 3DS remake of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire will be released in November 2014 and I'm having a hard time thinking about anything else.  Just a note here: the following rant will have a lot of Pokemon jargon in it so, if you are not familiar with the series as a whole, prepare yourself for my true fanboy to come out screaming.

Whew, ok.  My thoughts right now are going at a mile a minutes, so BULLET POINTS!

• This November is a quite soon release date seeing as Pokemon X and Y came out less than a year.  Seeing as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire seem to be created with the same graphics engine and art style, this means Game Freak has probably has been working on this project simultaneously with X and Y, perhaps even Black 2 and White 2 since there didn't seem to much work done between the two Fifth Generation games.  Maybe that's just me.  I just hope this doesn't mean Game Freak is just squeaking out this game to appease us fanboys.  Please Nintendo, make this worth the wait!
• I freaking cannot wait for the updated musical score for the Third Generation games.  The Hoenn  soundtrack relied super heavily on trumpets and brassy sounding music and a fully orchestra revamp would sound absolutely fantastic.  Pokemon has made such leaps and bounds in score quality since 2003, with X and Y being the amazing pinnacle of that effort.  The music for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is going to be a nostalgia-fuelled trip to Pokemon nirvana.
• The trailer (here) mentions "an adventure in a brand new world" which is either just fancy trailer jargon or subtle hint to something more that will make an appearance in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.  Will an old region be added on?  Will a new region be added on?  I have no idea how long Game Freak has had to develop this game and therefore have no idea the depth of content that will be in this game.  I personally hope to see an updated version of the Battle Frontier that includes a Pokemon World Tournament-like battle system in which the player battles Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, Champions, and protagonists from previous games.  It would be fantastic to see my favorite characters from past games in full 3D sprites... holy cow, I'm hyperventilating... give me a sec here...
• Mega Evolutions!  In Pokemon X and Y, a whopping 8 out of the 29 Pokemon able to Mega Evolve originated from the Hoenn region, including the special Speed Boosting Blaziken.  Ever since they revealed that Blaziken would be available in X and Y, many have speculated a Hoenn remake game would soon follow and, with Omega Red and Alpha Sapphire on the horizon, I want to see some more Mega Evolutions for my favorite Gen 3 Pokemon: Sceptile, Swampert, Breloom, Wailord, Sharpedo, Flygon, Slaking, Metagross, Salamence.  I'm begging you Game Freak.  Do well by us!
• Finally, while Pokemon Yellow was my first Pokemon game, the original Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald were the games that honed by love for the Pokemon series and I would full-heartedly choose Hoenn to be my home region if were able to.  I can't even describe how excited I am for this November.  It almost overshadows my excited for Peter Capaldi's first season as the Doctor this August.  Almost.

Thanks for reading everyone!  And for all you Poke Fans out there, I'm dying to talk to people about this so hit me up!