>>33092270>the rest of the world got the third version to begin withTo the best of my knowledge, International Blue is pretty much Japanese Green but with the script and sprites from Japanese Blue. Regardless, the rest of the world got Yellow as a third version. It counts.
>none of those games were actuall grass-relatedI'll give you that, but I'm sure the first grass poster called it that more as a joke than anything, again because of the starter trio types.
>Third versions are shitNow you're just being contrarian for contrarian sake. A huge portion of the fanbase, including /vp/, consider it a highlight of the series.