In fact, I think third versions are much, MUCH better than the DLC Game Freak is offering us. Even if you already played the original games.
First of, it's been 12 years since we got a third version (Pokémon Platinum). Black and White had a sequel (it's a big difference), XY had nothing and Sun and Moon got... a copy paste? Honestly, I wouldn't put US/UM on the same boat as Emerald, Platinum or even Crystal (which is the less beefy game). US/UM is the obvious bad exception.
So this whole "Finally we got rid off third versions" is nonsense. It's been three full generations (four if we count Sword and Shield) without them.
Second, people have seemingly forgot what kind of games Emerald and Platinum were compared to R/S and D/P. Yes, they are based on those games. Yes, they are very similar. But the amount of changes in every department, additions and improvements were huge. So much I would legitimately call them new games. I played Ruby back in the day, then years later I played Emerald. And I never thought: "Whoah, it's just the same... boring". No, I enjoyed it for what it was: a new game in which I spent hundreds of hours on top of what I spent on the original Ruby.
What do we get with this DLC? We don't get major changes to the core games. They are not gonna fix the broken Dynamax. They are not going to fix the lack of dungeons on the main story. They are not gonna fix the framerate issues and poppin of the wild area. The game will remain the same, with all its flaws.
What we get is... what, two or three hours more of gameplay for each part of the DLC? Then what? Gotta catch em all again? Go back to the competitive? Give me a break. I don't want to pay 30 dolars just to play Pokémon a little longer and be able to catch more Pokémon.
If I can choose, I want a third version. Not a DLC.
