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A remake is a term used to describe something that is done again, in a new and updated style, such as a video game remake. In Pokémon terms, it can refer to two pairs of games:

• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, remakes of the Generation I games Pokémon Red and Green during Generation III.
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, remakes of the Generation II games Pokémon Gold and Silver during Generation IV.

Remake speculation

Before the announcement of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, many had speculated a remake of Gold and Silver since the release of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen in 2004. In the Generation IV games, location pointer data (for a caught Pokémon's status screen) includes a reference to Johto, much like it does for Kanto and Hoenn when a Pokémon is transferred forward from Generation III. This left programmers the opportunity to see Johto make an appearance in future games compatible with Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

Because of the "pattern" established by remaking both Red and Green and Gold and Silver two generations after their original release, it is now being speculated that Generation III remakes may appear sometime in the future, possibly during Generation V.

Trivia

• Both sets of remakes are to date the only Pokémon games to come bundled with an accessory. FireRed and LeafGreen originally had the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter bundled with them, while HeartGold and SoulSilver and bundled with the Pokéwalker.
• Both sets of remakes are also the only main series games to have a symbol in their logos, although the symbols of FireRed and LeafGreen are only in the Japanese logos.