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I love speculating. Here's a list of points for and against the likely things.

Points in favor of DPP remake:
- Enough time has passed for it to make sense.
- Gen IV you can't transfer Pokemon from on the same system. That includes Johto too, but it's still a fair point.
- The Munchlax event is pretty similar to the Torchic event last generation, where we had gen III remakes.
- Silvally has so much to do with Arceus, complete with an ability that somewhat resemples how you would pronounce Arceus, and there was nothing about Arceus in SM.
- Burnet's lab had a lot about cross-dimentional Pokemon, all native to Sinnoh. Just like the Ultra Beasts are cross-dimensional and not at all explored upon.
- The Pokedex has so few generation IV Pokemon and usually games within a generation supply each oother well in this regard.

Points against DP remakes:
- You can play them with their original cartridge on the console that the latest games play on.
- Remakes have in the past been when the games have been on two consoles prior to the current one, which is not yet the case unless they actually make something on the Switch already.

Points in favor of RB remakes:
- Pokemon GO was/is a huge success, there's a lot of money in the nostalgia now.
- They're the only ones you can't play on the 3DS not counting virtual console.
- In relation to that, it's been the longest since we've visisted them. FRLG are older than DP.
- The GBA is two generations of consoles ago, just in line with any other remake.
- SM is extremely packed with Kanto references. Red and Blue appaering is perhaps the biggest hint.
- Lillie goes to Kanto in SM, perhaps indicating some continuation of the story over there, although this might hint more to a game that takes place there, rather than a direct remake.
- The 20th movie that is coming this month (already had a sneak peak in France I believe) is a throwback to when Ash was in kanto.

Points against RB remakes:
- They've already had remakes before.
- They released them for virtual console. While they changed nothing, they did make it possible to connect them to the most recent generation.
- The extreme amount of Kanto references might've reached a point where it's a counterargument. This counts for XY too, that had Kanto starters and Snorlax on the road among other region features similar to Kanto. All the Alolan Pokemon are Kanto, except for the starters and guardians, all exclusive Z-moves are for Kanto Pokemon. Perhaps they did this instead of remaking them.
- Kanto is a very bland region compared to what everyone would expect of a new one. There are very few unique landscapes. Unless they made somthing similar to Sevii Islands (but hopefully a lot more interesting) we're taking a huge step back for today's standards in this regard. This point along with a few others would not be relevant if they made a new story that took place in Kanto as mentioned before. Sun and Moon take place many years later than RB, the region could look a lot different, although then it would not be the Kanto we know, which has both its ups and downs.

Points in favor of a follow-up to SM
- A lot cheaper to make.
- A lot of things in SM needs to be explored upon. Necrozma in particular, but not at all limited to that.
- The anime has barely begun on Alola yet. It would almost be a waste to move on already, unless we go back later (like Emerald).
- There's the "Look Upon the stars" tagline on some merchandise.

Points against a follow-up to SM:
- We didn't get one last generation and BW2 already broke the tradition somewhat.
- There's not really anything in Alola we haven't seen if they keep it as it is, unless we go across dimensions again.
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