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archer9234 on 16 December 2014
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artur-fernand said:
archer9234 said:

To me it's not yearly. It's 3 years per new story. I don't count remakes. Because those are rehashes and are not needed. YOu don't lose out on much if you don't buy everything. All the new features added to he remakes gets moved into the future game. Unless it's something time consuming. Like the pokemon following feature in HG/SS.

Sentient_Nebula said:
It's pretty much an annual franchise already. There's been 18 games over the past 18 years (3 per generation). That's not counting any remakes or spinoffs, either. Just the main games.

You count both versions as two sperate games I take it. I don't do that. It's really one. The 3rd game is just a modification, same story. The only time I would count them as new games is B/W 2. Since they continue the story. The 3rd game doens't do that. It tells the same story with some difference and aditions.

Except it is yearly.

You can call Yellow or Platinum "the same game" all you want. They're not. And that's not counting spin-offs mind you.

 

Anyway, I've grown extremely indifferent to Pokemon. I still replay FR/LG somewhat regularly, and had fun with HG/SS, Emerald and Platinum. But... meh. It kinda gets old, I'd appreciate even small changes to the formula, like stop making gyms just one type (meaning you can DESTROY the whole gym with just one pokemon).

And I understand that the handheld games sell A LOT, so there's no reason to change them. But do SOMETHING, for god's sake. Like put it on the Wii U, or make actual interesting storylines, change up the gameplay a little bit, I don't know.

I will. They're alternate versions of the same story. Regardless of what they tweek or added. From that timeline, actual new stories are from Red, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, Black, Black 2,  X. 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013. Everything else is not a new story. 7 games. Yes, the games are milked and have versions and remakes everywhere. Why wouldn't they. It's all easy money. And ofcourse there is 18 games. But at the end, those are the time periods between  a fully new region. With the exception to B/W 2. Which ends the story. I don't count it as a yearly series. COD is a yearly series. A new story that comes out every year. With pokemon you don't need the other version or 3rd game to follow the story. And you don't need the remakes, if you played the originals before. You can happily function, and stay in touch, if you just bought the 7 games of the series.