>>56443630I'd agree that the underlying DP games aren't that bad. If they had more Pokemon variety in the main campaign, I could forgive the slow gameplay, ugly sprites like Gliscor, etc. as they are mostly minor complaints. But the variety is so poor that I never feel like replaying DP when Platinum exists. RS doesn't have as poor variety as DP and unlike with Emerald I can trade in Pokémon from completed Colosseum and FRLG to an uncompleted copy of RS, which is useful if I ever want to play through Hoenn with a team full of Johto Pokémon or Kanto Pokémon not found in the Hoenn Dex (I can breed the traded Pokémon as soon as I reach Mauville to avoid the disobedience). Emerald prevents you from trading in Pokémon not in the Hoenn dex until you beat the Elite Four. So that gives me at least some reason to replay RS occasionally instead of Emerald. In DPPt, that absurd Gen 3 trading restriction doesn't exist, so there is literally no reason for me to replay DP instead of Platinum. I hate Purugly and Skuntank and even if I liked them I could transfer them in from my already completed saves of DP.
