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Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 15:51:16 No.50231979 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>50231989 >>50232095 >>50232111 >>50232129 >>50232135 >>50232327 >>50232378 >>50232582 >>50232646

are separate versions the worst idea in the history of the franchise?
>game about collecting pokémon and you are unable to find a great deal based on version
>cannot capture the legendary of the other version which would make for a cool post game quest
>heavily encouraged trading which is the most tedious boring aspect of the games

why did they do it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 15:52:32 No.50231989 Report

Quoted By: >>50232662

>>50231979
To inflate sales and make the games seem bette than they are

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:17:34 No.50232095 Report

Quoted By: >>50232662

>>50231979
it's a very anti-consumer move indeed, one thing I loved about PLA that I could finally catch them all (almost, fuck having BDSP and SWSH saves for the 2 extra mons) without having to buy 2 games or bothering my friends to trade with them
it was an ingenious business move though because it surely increased the sales and kept kids talking about the games in the schoolyard trying to find differences in the games and trading their exclusive mons
nobody would complain if they made just one version in the future but everyone knows they will not

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:20:08 No.50232111 Report

Quoted By: >>50232126 >>50232382

>>50231979
To encourage kids to play and interact with other kids instead of being loser neets that spend all their days inside.

Makes sense why this board hates the idea so much/

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:23:06 No.50232126 Report

Quoted By: >>50232139 >>50232382

>>50232111
This. Only shizos with no friends will complain about the trading aspect.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:23:36 No.50232129 Report

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>>50231979
>are separate versions the worst idea in the history of the franchise?
No, that'd be the ashnime.
>game about collecting pokémon and you are unable to find a great deal based on version
This logically encourages looking for other people and trading which is the entire basis Tajiri started from as he explained on the zukan.
There are other ways to implement so, sure, but there's a clear synergy between the franchise's premise and this.

>cannot capture the legendary of the other version which would make for a cool post game quest
Literally the pic you posted posted this isn't something inherent to separate versions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:24:54 No.50232135 Report

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>>50231979
>introduce version exclusives and trade evolutions to force the player to buy a link cable at least, possibly a separate gameboy and game
>market to young ass children who don’t realize it’s a scam who get their tech illiterate parents to buy them the extra shit
>those kids grow up and defend your predatory bullshit for free online because nostalgia
Nintendo are fucking geniuses

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:25:39 No.50232139 Report

Quoted By: >>50232331

>>50232126
I like to play games with my friends instead of using them to trade virtual stuff with me, thank you very much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:53:13 No.50232327 Report

Quoted By: >>50232366 >>50232382

>>50231979
Way to miss the point so hard. The entire reason there are multiple versions is because of the collection aspect. It encourages you to interact with real people and trade with them to further your collection. It’s based partly around the idea of having obtained multiples of an item in a game (specifically Dragon Quest) but not being able to share them with other players.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 16:54:24 No.50232331 Report

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>>50232139
well fortunately for you anon you have to be face to face hanging out with someone to trade in gens 1-3 because it requires a link cable connection

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:01:04 No.50232366 Report

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>>50232327
>paying full price for 95% of a game and then $30 for a link cable to trade with a friend for the other 5% is good actually because it tickles my collectors autism

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:01:17 No.50232367 Report

Quoted By: >>50232662

It only makes sense for gens 1 to 3.
As soon as Wifi was an option for trading, they shouldve just went with one game instead of two.
At that point, Pokemon was defintely seen as childish and lame so it'd be difficult to find people irl to trade with

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:02:10 No.50232375 Report

Quoted By: >>50232662

Holy shit the bootlicking in this thread. Pokefags are retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:02:37 No.50232378 Report

Quoted By: >>50232662

>>50231979
The bootlickers going on about muh trading fail to understand that trade evos + record mixing accomplish the same thing without having to split content between two nearly identical games.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:02:53 No.50232382 Report

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>>50232111
>>50232126
>>50232327
>>50232331
we're all trans btw >:3 <3 <3

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:28:38 No.50232582 Report

Quoted By: >>50232609 >>50232916 >>50232969

>>50231979
>game about collecting pokémon and you are unable to find a great deal based on version
You're supposed to trade for the others.
>cannot capture the legendary of the other version which would make for a cool post game quest
This was only an issue starting with Ruby/Sapphire, it's not a problem inherent to the paired versions.
>heavily encouraged trading which is the most tedious boring aspect of the games
Trading is literally the sole feature that separates Pokemon from every other RPG. If you hate trading, you hate Pokemon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:31:13 No.50232609 Report

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>>50232582
im also trans

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:36:22 No.50232646 Report

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>>50231979
You will have to trade anyway to get trade evolutions. They are the worse ones because they lock a Pokémon's potentiality behind monetary payment. At least version exclusives gave you some meaningful customization options (Do I want a Vulpix or a Growlithe?) before the advent of Bratz Discord tranny dress-up options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:39:11 No.50232662 Report

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>>50231989
>>50232095
>>50232367
>>50232375
>>50232378
based chads
srsly tho the fuck is wrong with u guys, forcing trading is cancer

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 17:40:12 No.50232667 Report

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CHECKEM

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Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 18:27:06 No.50232916 Report

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>>50232582
>Trading is literally the sole feature that separates Pokemon from every other RPG. If you hate trading, you hate Pokemon.
Pseud

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 20 Apr 2022 18:37:36 No.50232969 Report

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>>50232582
>IF YOU DON'T LIKE [MINOR FEATURE] YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO LIKE [WHOLE THING]
Now that's a retarded take if I've ever seen one.

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