>>37742367If you're a collectorfag, Emerald and Platinum meant everything was conveniently in a single game so your autism wasn't triggered. Small improvements over the previous games and large improvements in the postgame meant there was less tedium and more reward out of replay.
Granted, Emerald and Platinum were products of their time. The equivalent in 2017 was USUM which had less content, changes and were sort of a disaster being two separate games. The ultimate evolution of Emerald/Platinum would be BW2, full-blown sequels.