As far as a remake goes, it's a big visual improvement over the original. However, compared to Sword/Shield, and functionally, the original it's a very lazy remaster. GameFreak doing their usual minimum effort to print money. It works though, because, at its core, Pokémon is unbelievably fun, something that none of the many clones has been able to recapture. This is the kind of game that you know whether you are in or out, and if you're in, you know what you are getting into and what to expect.