Pokemon games are just remakes and cash ins

[naznatips]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

naznatips said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Unlike many series, the Pokemon games actually add new content to their sequels.

However, that still doesn't mean they aren't coming out with too many of them and too soon. A new main Pokemon game every year now, plus multiple spin-off games a year, is just too much. Even Mario and Madden isn't this over-saturated.

New main pokermon games are every 4 years. Actually the Diamond and Pearl generation is the longest in history. It's going to be a 5 year gap between that and Gen 5. Games like Platinum are just expansions, and games like HGSS are remakes, not main series games.

Uh...those are still main series games.  Eventhough Platinum is an 'expanded' version of Diamond/Pearl, its still made by the main team and came out a year later.  And Gold/Silver remake came out a year later again and was made by the same team again.

And since every gen has had a 'revamped' version (Yellow/Crystal/Emerald/Platinum), its not like Platinum is just a simple expansion.  It was planned from the beginning.

99% of expansions for any game are "planned from the beginning." Expansions are defined by the fact that they add new content to an already existing game, including new storyline, areas, weapons, etc. The 3rd versions for Pokemon fit these definitions perfectly. They are expansions. Extra content onto the existing game. What "team" makes the game has nothing to do with whether or not it's a main game. Bioware makes their own expansions most of the time. Does that make all those brand new games?

And a remake is a remake. Main series games are the games that start a new generation. These are Red/Blue (Red/Green in Japan), Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire, and Diamond/Pearl. They are a minimum of 3 years apart. Actually the shortest gap between generations came between the first and second generation. If anything Pokemon is less "milked" now than it was then, as far as the main series goes.