This is the result of pure laziness, no inspiration and backstabbing loyal fans to the franchise. This utter garbage has no reason to have sold 18 million copies. But it did. Simply because it says "Pokémon" on the box title, and no other reason.
now THIS is a remake. Holy shit I cannot believe this was the quality of Gamefreak back in the days. So much love, so much effort put into a single game.