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the_dengle on 18 June 2015
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Hiku said:

People really need to stop proclaiming this as "two different games" until we can make a proper comparison, because from what we've already heard, a big portion in both games is supposedly the same.
We're not doing anyone any favors by parroting Nintendo's PR for them before they've shown that it's warranted.
They are of course going to say what they've been saying. But as a consumer, you should trust what you see rather than what they tell you.

And there are a lot of potential problems here, regardless of how different the games end up being. One of the biggest concerns is if one game will feel like a full experience without the other. Many games these days rip out content that was supposed to be in the original game, and sell it back to us as DLC later. (Destiny for example.)

So rather than proclaiming "They are two different games, I see (before even seeing it) no problem" or "This is bullshit. They're trying to sell us the same game twice", we need to wait until the games are out to make a proper assessment.

Just stop the assumptions and proclamations in general.

Each game, on its own, is a full game worth $40. This much is promised. Doubting that is as good as calling Intelligent Systems a bunch of liars without cause. If it was only one game being released, obviously everyone would believe them when they say it is a full-length retail game. This is no different.

The two games share some content. The first six chapters (out of 28 in the main story, from what I hear) are the same. Of course the early chapters will most likely be shorter than the later chapters, so maaaybe 15-20% of the games are "shared." After those 6 chapters, the stories diverge in drastically different directions.

"No, there aren't minor differences between these versions. Each game (...) is a completely different set of maps, set of characters, it's a completely different story."

Again, unless we are to dismiss everything we're being told as blatant lies, the story we're being told is that after chapter 6 each version is entirely unique in every regard. This is all we have to go on right now, other than the Famitsu reviews which don't go into any detail in this matter, but certainly didn't complain about the two games being too similar.

So while the prospect of buying each version at $40 might seem unpleasant given a small part of the game is the same, the option to buy 80-85% of a new game for $15 exists and sounds awfully compelling to me.

This is my analysis given the information we have now. That information may change in the future, but it does not mean we shouldn't discuss it at all until we have all of the answers.