>>49046650>early 2000's most of us started getting ASDL+ or broadband connection and simply googling things like pikablu or missingoJapanese Crystal had dlc, minigames, tournament replays, microtransactions, competitive online play and ranking systems. considering these features didn't return until gen 4; its impressive, irregardless for a pokemon game, but how the the GBC was pushed to its hardware limits, picrel.
Too bad cell phones were still a new thing around the world, and factor in Nintendo focusing on pumping out cash with next gen hardware, the GameCube games/ remakes, it came and went so quickly nobody even knew it existed.
