Looks like it's time to finally remake Gen 5
I'm not expecting much but I'm still expected to be very disappointed with it.
I heard the gen 4 remake was just bad.
Gen 1 and gen 2 remakes I have played and people praised those games.
Gen 3 remake I heard was decent.
Gen 4 was bad though.
Unless gamefreak does something crazy and gives it a 2D-HD look (octopath traveler). I don't think it will look good and be a shame on the legacy of the games. Gen 5 was the last game to use pixel art and the pulled all the stops for the games.
I normally don't buy Pokemon games at launch anymore but I will for these ones sadly. I will also be buying the special edition Switch that it comes with as well.
Gen 4 was a shoddy remake, but more because it was rushed like hell. With some patches it's... okay, but the art is pretty bleh, on top of new additions being kinda crappy.
Gen 1&2 remakes (on GBA and DS) are really great, especially Soul Silver&Heart Gold, the Switch remake in let's Go was also pretty good, if gimmicky for captures.
The gen 3 remakes on 3DS are possibly the very best games in the entire franchise, talking about it with some Pokémon "pros" (in Showdown and VGC), it was fairly unanimous that while it might not be the fan favourite (mine is gen 5 actually), gen 3 was considered to be the best gen all around since it has very few problems, and the remakes remove most of them (like the lack of physical/special split), adds tons of good new content (and not only endgame) and a lot of nice QOL issues are addressed... and come back in later games for some reason.
So if gen 5 is not rushed again, I am very hopeful for them. I'm hoping they fuse Black&White with the second game too, but that seems a bit unlikely, as they are true sequels and not extra versions like the rest.
I didn't like the art in Diamond&Pearl but Let's Go would be quite a good base for them.