What game should get a remake?

mystery dungeon explorers of sky a masterpiece of masterpieces

I would prefer that modern Game Freak not touch the older games at all. They would ruin them with the forced exp. share and remove set battle mode. They would throw in newer types and mechanics with little regard for how that affects the balance of the game. And I fear they would pull another BDSP with the art style.

Personally I already own the older games and the systems necessary to play them, so I have access to them and can replay them when I please. I have no need for remakes.

For newer fans or those who no longer have access to those systems, I would be fine with some modern ports with minimal changes. The DS games might take the most work because of the presence of the second touch screen, but other than a few mini-games, for the most part that screen was only used for menus in Pokémon anyway. Therefore the ports to modern hardware could be made largely by moving those options to the one, larger screen or putting them in a pause menu.

If anything, I would be more interested to see Game Freak give some of their modern games another pass. Sword and Shield are the worst games in the series in my opinion, but there were elements I liked. I would like to see what they could do if they dedicated more time to developing the game, addressing the issues and criticisms, and redesigning the narrative and game elements that didn't work.

Or how about an update or re-release of Pokémon Legends Arceus? That game was a breath of fresh air and had a lot of potential, but seemed entirely too rushed. The graphics and performance were awful and the gameplay systems and design clearly needed more work. The button layout even changes between the trainer and mounts.

The fact that they rushed out three games in the span of a year clearly cut short PLA's development, and I wish they could take the time to give it another try and truly realise the vision.

In short, I would prefer Game Freak invest their time in fixing and improving their modern games rather than going back and adding the failings of their modern games to their older, better games.

I'd like to see a SwSh remake years later considering it feels slightly unfinished, or original SM with USUM improvements and minigames. I'd also say XY but maybe Z-A will show us what they couldn't do in XY. And also a HGSS/ORAS-style DPPt remake, it sure is weird how there is no DPPt remake yet hahhaha it's just PLA only.