>>42342937It's literally the truth.
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3979/the_art_of_balance_pokmons_.php>Masuda: The basic concept of Pokémon is trading, so how could we make the trading more attractive? If you have a different Pokémon in your game, that's a different kind of Pokémon you can collect.>You can finish collecting all of the Pokémon based on the Pokedex. What kind of abilities can that Pokémon have? What kind of an attractive character can you create?>When Mr. Tajiri went to talk to NCL, Mr. Miyamoto actually suggested, "How about creating different cartridges? There are different Pokémon on each cartridge, and people are willing to trade the Pokémon."There was just one game until Shiggy came up with the idea for multiple versions. His idea paid off too, looking at Pokemania. Pokemon was a cultural and social phenomenon because kids at school would hear from other kids about Pokemon that aren't obtainable in their version and trade for them.
