| the_dengle said: Soon, a wild thread appears. "I bought this game for my two kids and they can't even trade with each other, this is bullshit why is Nintendo stuck in the dark ages." You can't please everyone. Seriously, there's nothing wrong with one save file. If you want to start a new game, you have to give up your old save data. You have to be willing to make that sacrifice. In this modern era of gaming, everyone wants to have their cake and eat it (multiple times) too. What's wrong with turning your save data into something valuable, something that you feel bad about erasing? Erasing it gives you a clean slate, a fresh start, but you can't go back. It's not manipulative or lazy or anti-consumer. It's a part of the game's design. Technically, now you can store your Pokemon in the Bank, and move them to your new save file. You can keep all of your mons from one file to the next. But nothing else.
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I know I've quoted you a ton in this thread, but bear with me. I'm not arguing against anything you're saying, but I just want to point out that starting a fresh new file is a lot more costly now in this generation than it's ever been previously because of event-only megastones. Now this is can be a moot point if you have a trusty friend to hold your mon for you like in the good ol' days, but let me give you an example.
There was an event back in July and August for X/Y based around Pinsir and Heracross, the fighting beetles. Pinsir is exclusive to X this generation, and Heracross is exclusive to Y (barring trades). Therefore, you can only find a Pinsirite stone in X and a Heracrosite in Y. But in July and August, you could download the bug not in your game as a gift straight to your DS, and later on you could go to Gamestop to receive a code to get that bug's megastone so you could take it to the next level. I happen to use a Mega Pinsir as part of my Super Six now, because of that event.
If I restart my game without finding someone I trust to hold my Pinsirite until I can receive it back, I lose it forever. I could technically trade for another one online, but I'd have to move Heaven and Earth to convince someone to give up such a valuable item that is in limited supply. And me personally, I ain't got jack crap worth trading for.
