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Why has Pokemon always been so scummy?
>Make two games that are carbon copies, minor differences
>Market them as seperate games, effectively doubling sales
>Make a third version of said games a year or two later, adding minor differences again but with some improvements
>Never marketed improved game in the first place
>Sell 3 of the (essentially) same game
>Rinse and repeat
>Uh oh some of your games are getting old, what do?
>Remake game, but don't remake the improved version
>Market TWO remaked games
>Okay so third versions are standard practice and I want to make more money, what do?
>Release SEQUELS, two of them
>Boom more money
>Okay I want to make even more money than before
>Make them 3d chibi style
>Charge $20 extra
>Remake games again
>Make 3d game not chibi, shitty game
>Sequel time
>There's another console coming out how do we maximize our profits?
>Upscale 3ds games and charge $20 extra
>Uh oh this game making stuff is hard and we have deadlines
>Cut content
>Okay so we pissed people off what do
>Curry and outfits = content
>People still pissed off
>What do
>Add pokemon back into game with other shit they didn't bother to include
>Charge $30 extra
>People less mad
>Rinse and repeat for future games
>Max profits
>+100 billion dollar franchise
