>>46719050I've always been annoyed that people complain about "needing" to buy two versions, when really, that ire should've been directed towards the practice of the third version. The idea behind the two versions is that you trade with your friends to complete the Pokedex, but the whole "updated rerelease" thing is something I've always thought was kind of a ripoff. I just haven't had it in me to bitch too much because they account for many of the best games in the series (Emerald, Platinum, BW2 sort of).
>>46719054Unfortunately, I think they were just plain old ahead of the curve here. It's become somewhat common practice to just release straight-up unfinished games and then patch them later. Y'know, or not.
>>46719602While I agree with you to an extent (people who bitch about microtransactions, for instance, should come to terms with the fact that their absence would mean less games and/or more expensive games), I'd say there's a difference between "expecting bigger and better games" and "expecting a functional/finished product". And in this particular case, GameFreak has been pulling this shit since 1998.
