Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Platinum, Emerald and Crystal being the lowest selling games make sense. They were the "third versions" of their gens, and even back then people didn't like the idea of re-buying a whole game again for a few additions. But it's a shame because Platinum and Emerald are excellent games, much better than the original D/P and Ruby/Sapphire. Crystal was fun too.

Nowadays with DLC expansions you don't need to do "third versions" anymore. In retrospect it's amazing how Gamefreak/Nintendo got away with getting people to buy the same exact game 2-3 times over and over just for the different pokemon in each. It really was a brilliant way to drive up sales.

Yeah honestly the fact there still are Pokémon who can only evolve through trade in 2025 even though trading Pokémon is easier than ever these days, is pretty stupid.

It took me playing BDSP 3 years ago to finally get Alakazam, Machamp and Golem I never took my Game Boy to school as a kid neither did I have a link cable so I never got to experience the final evolutions of those 3 until a few years ago.

I've seen people claim they buy both versions always because they like owning both. I've only done that with Black and White, tbh. Instead of replaying Black 1 all over again I just decided to buy White 1 instead.

In 2025, there being 2 slightly different versions of both mainline games of the same generation is quite frankly absurd. Yet Nintendo/Gamefreak get away with it lol