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Frogger on 27 February 2016
mZuzek said:

Well actually the original reason for the "third version" was to get some cash off the anime popularity.

After that, just to get some more easy cash, really.

No it wasn't. The original third version was Pokemon Blue.



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IkePoR on 27 February 2016
HylianYoshi said:
If the third version comes to an end, which is a good thing, I think that DLC will come in to fill the small gaps offered by what a third version could ever offer. The third version doesn't really ever anything really huge to offer to make it worth another repurchase, other than being the definitive version.

Sun/Moon releases this year and they haven't finished it enough in Febuary to show any actual footage.

You can bet 6 bucks and your right nut there will be DLC.



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Frogger on 27 February 2016
Einsam_Delphin said:
I consider Black2/White2 to be third version equivalents as other than story and naming scheme, that's basically what they are. Thus no, it's still possible that this is Black/White all over again, so we'll have Sun2/Moon2 next year. Though I will say it's also possible that Sun and Moon will be the only mainline Gen 7 games, and instead of a third version they'll use updates and/or dlc.

Hope this is the case. The faster they move on from Gen 7 the better.

Though they don't need to have updates or DLC. The only reason we get third versions, including B2W2, is because Game Freak intentialally makes the initial versions incomplete. If Sun and Moon wore built to be complete narratively, with every legendary given an in game purpose from the get go, there would be no need for third versions. For example, what HGSS and ORAS did with Suicune/Celebi and Rayquaza/Deoxys(but no Jirachi wtf). SM could easily do the same thing.



Frogger on 27 February 2016
IkePoR said:

Sun/Moon releases this year and they haven't finished it enough in Febuary to show any actual footage.

You can bet 6 bucks and your right nut there will be DLC.

Nah, they'll just leave it unfinished and move on like XY.



Lonely_Dolphin on 27 February 2016
IkePoR said:

Sun/Moon releases this year and they haven't finished it enough in Febuary to show any actual footage.

You can bet 6 bucks and your right nut there will be DLC.

It's more likely that they just haven't finalized the design for one of the key Pokemon yet, boxart legendarys or starters. I mean they took an extra year to work on this and it's most likely using the same engine/assets from XY/ORAS.



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OdinHades on 27 February 2016
Arlo said:
I really have no idea. This is pretty bizarre, especially considering where we are in the gen. With the 3DS on its way out, wouldn't making a "third" and saving the next Pokemon gen for the NX have been smart? Unless of course they're looking to capitalize on the install base, which I actually suppose I couldn't blame them for.

NX is not a handheld and mainline Pokemon games are only released on handhelds.

There, I said it. =P



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b00moscone on 27 February 2016

Personally, i'd say never say never, but who knows



 

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Nem on 27 February 2016
mZuzek said:
Nem said:
Pokemon Z never made sense because X and Y stood for cromossomes, not dimensions.

God knows why the TV series went with it.

Why exactly do you say that?

I've never seen any implication that they stand for cromossomes.

This tiny DNA symbol on the japanese logo of the games (google pocket monsters Y/X). Mega evolution was the theme of the game.



NoirSon on 28 February 2016

Personally I think so, if they really want to do something like a third version they could just release it as DLC. It will screw those that don't have internet but it makes more sense then trying to sell a remix version of a previous main release.