>>33329864Well I guess I've always looked at third versions like this
>yellow/blueIn Japan Blue was the "third" version which was just the international version which fixed heaps of shit in their half finished Japanese game, while Yellow was a unique special edition
>crystalAdded some minor, but overall positive, changes.
>emeraldMore and better additions that crystal but not amazing - with the major exception of the battle frontier
>platinumMade what was possible the worst generation up until that point into arguably the best generation.
And then BW2 were new games altogether. So it's quite possible that this will be very different that SM while still effectively being the same base game. People always criticise the series for being the same game all the time, but GF do improve at this each generation.