Don't pay for Nintendo games, Pirate only

>>58941179
Wouldn’t matter. Even if every fucker on this board refused to buy this

Omg guys you better pre-order before they run out of downloads!

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Here comes /v/ again...

It looks nostalgic and fun

>>58941179
>GAMFREAK SHOULD RE-RELEASE THE OLD POKEMON GAMES ALREADY
>*they do it*
>NOOOOOO NOT LIKE THAT
wtf do you fuckers want then

>>58941342
I want GF to stop making Pokemon games. If anything, Bethesda should make the Pokemon games.

>>58941179
>Kantoslop
Who cares?

>>58941227
it looks like that on your phone for free

>>58941342
In a PHYSICAL collection with all of the gba games for $30 like mega man does OR a well made switch native remaster of frlg made using the source code of the game with widescreen, crossgens, all events, and online play and not a shitty ass port that is just a rom in an emulator
$20 for a rom is highway robbery

>>58941179
I would spend 20 for Emerald or the DS games
Gen 1 remakes were kinda lame even for little old me, no interest in revisiting them.

Mate, even if I don't buy it, it's still going to sell 10m+ easy. Just admit you're no longer relevant in any way, shape or form to Pokémon now.

Buying it day 1.

>use cut on the door

>>58941378
You know Mega Man did that because no-one gives a fuck for MM and no-one would buy several re-releases individually?
Pokémon's never been like that (12m monkey fucking retards bought FRLG back in the day, numbers have only gotten stronger for each remake since), meaning they can and do release individual titles. because the aforementioned monkey fucking retards buy da ting, even if they were just kids and didn't know better at the time they were in fact monkey fucking retards.

>$20
>per version
>per LANGUAGE
>no online, which comes by default if it was on the NSO
This is somehow worse than what I expected, and I already expected it to be bad since GF would never just hand pokémon for free on NSO

>>58941342
Should've started with RBY and not charged $20 a pop for them, for starters. FRLG are outright inferior to the original games.

>>58941387
>frlg port will make enough money to fund the development of every switch 2 pokémon game combined

>>58941407
>FRLG are outright inferior to the original games.
Maximum rose tinted glasses. The original games barely even function properly.

>>58941411
>to fund the development of beast of reincarnation 2 while pokémon gets the scraps
Fixed it for you

>>58941415
Called it, laughing even harder at the spergs who spacked out over no mention of it.

>>58941411
This isn't a high bar desu when every game is a race to the bottom. Marketing budget would be way higher than developmebt

>>58941415
>Soon
Why is it never at launch? Do they forget how to implement it every time?

>>58941415
IT SHOULD BE DAY 1 NOT "SOON"

desu i do hope they do this in some shape or form for more gba/ds era games. gens 3 and 4 are some of my favourite but my hands and neck get sore playing a ds for any length of time. plus bank being kil soon(tm) is a bit shit.

so having everything playable on the switch with home compatibility would be comfy kino. this does look extremely half assed and overpriced, and more than anything frlg are the gen 3/4 games im least interested in, but id pay £17 for emerald, plat, or hgss on the switch

>>58941429
It's by design
Their design is stupid

Anon /vp/ is full of contrarians

>>58941179
Fuck Game Freak with a rusty rod

>>58941429
i think its deliberate so that people are forced to engage with the pokemon from that game instead of just moving shit in through home. its good marketing to have twitter spammed with "look at the dachsbun i just added to my team, isnt it adorable!!!". you lose out on that if people just bring in their team from swsh to beat paldea too. how many people would *actually* do this? probably not many. but i imagine its part of their reasoning. that and gf/ilca are lazy fucks

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>>58941179
https://www.pokemoncenter-online.com/9900000007447.html

AHAHAHAHA holy shit the collector's edition costs 4 times more than what I was expecting

>>58941420
>to fund the development of Karma Constrained while pokémon gets a larger budget off Nintendo to better showcase the Switch 2
It's hilarious you don't understand BoR is being made to give beefy console dev experience to the team, to take into further Switch 2 development on Pokémon, but that's what Gear Project's always been, a proving ground for staff to earn their chops. Fuck, Turner took what he learned and founded All Possible Futures, rather than go through Gear Project again with the Plucky Squire.

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Im excited!!!

Toxic negativity chuddies can fuck off

>>58941179
already pre ordered both

>>58941441
>physical collectors edition
>download only
humilation ritual

>>58941428
>acting like rockstar aren't going to spend a billion on marketing GTA 6
>acting like they've spent a billion on GTA 6's dev cycle
It should be criminal to be this stupid. Marketing budgets are always bigger than development budgets.

>>58941440
>in
I doubt you'll be able to do anything but dump pokemon into home

>>58941441
>Not even both versions
>Still digital
This is somehow a new low for GF

>>58941441
>$127.42 usd
Christ we are among the biggest cattle of all video game fanbases

>>58941444
>Grifters who scream at Nintendo for any little dumb thing will just eat it up because it's pokemon
This franchise has quite literally brainwashed its audience

This franchise continues to hit new lows

>>58941472
You spent last week spamming it was going to be 60 each

>>58941472
And the paypiggies go even lower

>>58941418
>I got all of my opinions and "facts" on the original games from e-celeb essays

>>58941342
>physical
>a bunch of them (like all gen3) for 30 bucks
Digital for 20 bucks for a fucking rom is ridiculous.
If I wanted them digitally I can just emulate on my steam Deck.
I already have the GBA cartridges, by the way.
>>58941179
Is it really 20 bucks for a rom?
Mystery Gifts?
Home support?

>>58941518
Why don't you read >>58941415

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>>58941179
But you gotta admit the ass is growin on ya

>>58941522
Because it should be in the OP.

>>58941495
NTA, but it's honestly the dumbest fucking shit when people say things like that. It's like when they say RBY were held together by tape and barely functional. For all intents and purposes, so long as you weren't actively and intentionally trying to glitch the game, they worked perfectly fine.

You can tell when people didn't play those games at all.act as if they were so completely broken that the games would send you to Glitch City every time you played

>>58941535
OP is a FAGGOT

>>58941537
There are certain things that don't work properly, namely certain moves, but other than that you really do have to go out of your way to fuck the game up. And it's not like FRLG don't have dumb shit going on like the Roar glitch for the roaming beasts, that's something you absolutely will run into if you don't pick Charmander.

>>58941179
remember kids, it's okay when gamefreak does it!

>>58941179
I think $20 is a fair price for the game. My only gripe is there's no speed up.

>>58941179
Sweet! I am so excited for this. I am going to buy each version in every available language!

>>58941537
>>58941556
Meanwhile, Ruby & Sapphire have game-breaking bugs and hoennbabies never cry about those.

>>58941378
Megaman is an irrelevant franchise, MM11 sold 1 million copies after 8 years.

>>58941598
Hoennbabs got it rough, outside of Emerald their games are shit. Excellent romhacking scene, though.

>>58941556
>if you don’t pick charmander
Why wouldn’t you pick Charizard in Kanto though?

>>58941659
Do you want to deal with Raikou and Entei permanently deleting themselves from your save files or not?

>>58941537
Fucking this, every time I hear it I just wonder where the fuck they got this idea, just because you know you can break something doesn't mean it's unstable lol

>>58941342
emerald, platinum, b2w2
games that people actually care about, not rpgmaker kanto

>>58941794
>3 worst selling games
lolz

>>58941795
frlg is the worst selling remake but you didn’t bring that up

>>58941663
>easily avoidable glitch
>drama queen
Just run retard, use soundproof.

>>58941369
I've played some gba games on my phone but the controls feel awkward esp. on longer play sessions.

>>58941806
Because it was based off a game 5 years old at the time (not enough time to grow nostalgiatards, like with HGSS onwards). And rehashes were a secondary concern to Game Freak even back when they made them, so that's why they don't choose those versions to remake and re-issue.

>>58941179
>This is spending $20 to get fucked in the ass
That's pretty cheap considering the price of dildos and male prostitutes.
Either way, not buying it. What's even the point of a NSO+ subscription anymore if they now also ask you to pay for individual roms?
Also why only FireRed and LeafGreen? Surely by this point they could drop roms for every past Pokémon gens, at least up to the DS

>>58941847
>What's even the point of a NSO+ subscription anymore if they now also ask you to pay for individual roms?
Because NSO isn't the VC, was never equated to the VC and doesn't sell games from every ex-Nintendo publisher/rightsholder but instead offers expired NINTENDO owned content.
>Also why only FireRed and LeafGreen?
Because KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO for the 30th anniversary, you dense shithead.

>>58941537
It reminds me how a few years ago I saw sonic fans saying mario 64 is more broken than any sonic games because you can blj, people are just fucking stupid I guess

>>58941429
I imagine it'll be in the same update that adds ZA support.

>>58941179
I don't get it. Is 20$ too much?
I live in a subtropical shithole and 20$ is still nothing, granted I wouldn't buy those games at that price but for someone with emotional attachments to FRLG I think it's okay

>>58941179
poketards enjoy high priced and lazy slop though

If it has Home support and unlocks all the mystery gifts I'll buy it, sorry

>>58941879
>20 euro is high price now
lmao fucking poorfag

>>58941342
>wtf do you fuckers want then
"Everything should be free!"

>>58941876
Most people crying about it are kids who need to beg their mother and father to buy it for them. That's why people are taking the chance to cry about Kanto getting something and not the generation they grew up with.

>>58941876
I can get better games for that price.

>>58941179
pokenormies have long decided to deliberately abandon critical thinking; they are lost. No matter the garbage, no matter the scam, they'll slop it up with a smile on their face.
The longer they do this, the longer they embed themselves in behaviour, the stronger the consumer psychosis grows, until the only value they're capable of holding is brand loyalty.

>>58941876
Check what other games you can get at steam or your game streaming platform of choice with 20 bucks compared to a game old enough to vote. I don't think e-reader content will be available but suppose they will also "eventually add" the event mons, won't they?

>>58941908
>seething this much
that japanese cock must be doing wonders to these bots

They'll call you poor for not getting scammed.

They call you poor for thinking €20 is high price.

>>58941841
>not enough time to grow nostalgiatards, like with HGSS onwards
I feel like the fandom was pretty unanimous with the opinion that HGSS needed to happen. Johto was the only region not playable on the DS and Legendaries like Ho-oh and Lugia had been locked to (mediocre) Gen 3 spin-offs and limited time events for years. Not to mention the real time clock features fit perfectly on the DS too.

I have about 100 Pokemon ROM on my Deck and I've not touched them once.

>>58941915
It should have come with the subscription I'm already paying for.

>>58941974
Your fault for paying for something retard.

>>58941976
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

>>58941995
Being smart and not paying for stuff is my strong suit.

WTF GUYS, I DIDN'T EVEN PURCHASED IT AND I HAVE IT PURCHASED

>>58941537
>>58941556
Played RBY for the first time last year and did not encounter a single glitch or bug. I know people will lie about that when they describe SV on day 1 or something, but I'm being completely sincere. It. Did. Not. Happen.

>>58941179
nintendo fans will eat this slop because they have literally no other game to play

>>58942080
this but i played sv

>>58942080
A lot of RBY's glitches just come off as design quirks. Like moves randomly missing, you'd never know because there was no accuracy display for moves.

>>58941179
okay then I will buy them
but only if we get the aurora ticket and mystic ticket events like GS ball in crystal that is

In a perfect world, Nintendo could've released a physical Switch cartridge with Fire Red, Leaf Green, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald all in one. Maybe even Pokemon Pinball, too. You boot it up, and you can choose which game. You can even transfer Pokemon between your own saves and then to Home.

But we don't live in a perfect world. We live in a world inhabited by cattle who spend money, by companies who milk these people like the cattle they are. $20 for a GBA ROM of a game from 20 years ago when they offer a live service of GBA games on a yearly subscription. $20 for a GBA ROM of a game you could've emulated on the WiiU for $5.

It's what you Nintendron vermin deserve.

>>58941179
>nugen odds and shiny charm
that shit gonna flop so hard. Switchborts can’t handle game without instant gratification shinies every 5 minutes

>>58942188
nobody cared about that with VC on the 3ds and people were rushing to finally get a shiny celebi

>>58942193
Just like they'll rush to do balltism Deoxys hunts. Just like they did with BDSP and Arceus.

By they I mean me.

>>58942200
and me as well

$20 is Silksong money, buy that instead.

I would say I'd pirate this but I've been emulating it on my switch already.

>>58942208
does silksong have a chance of getting a shiny deoxys?

>>58941188
>>58941354
>>58941439
>>58942208
Look, I get it if you don’t like Pokemon but the million dollar question is why the FUCK are you still here?
You’ve managed to be somehow more retarded than the people buying “slop”

>>58941342
Online play, and all of the events including altering cave.
It is not unreasonable in 2026 to want to trade online.

>>58942224
Shut up nigga, I go as I please

>>58941378
Unfortunately only poor desperate struggling companies seem to resort to these wet dream scenarios but even broke homeless begging 3DS/Wii U era Nintendo released RBY/GSC as standalone $10 virtual console titles. The "physical" was still a box with a redemption code.
If they DID do a collection, you can guarantee the physical collection would be some time-limited Mario All Stars ass release in which the physical release would be scalped to hell and back. Standalones for $20 seems okay for normies physically, mentally, and emotionally incapable of emulating to save their life, but a lot of them seem like they would prefer renting their copy for $50/year through NSO, so I think Nintendo should go even more dystopian and just do that honestly.

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For every negative comment in this thread, I'll just preorder another copy.

>>58941663
skill issue. lust get better at the game

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>>58942224
Exactly.

Niggas out there complaining about something they are not forced to buy.

>>58942211
You think these releases will have events?

>>58942278
that's what I'm hoping, yes
if not, then I will not buy them

>>58941537
>>58941664
>RBY were held together by tape and barely functional.
This is factually true and well documented. But when people read this from a 3rd party they pretend it meant something beyond that for some reason

>>58941598
No one cares about these games. There is 0 reason to play RUBY and SAPPHIRE when Emerald exists.

>>58942247
prove it

>>58942281
These are going to be lower effort than the VC releases, I'm calling it.

>>58942286
>There is 0 reason to play RUBY and SAPPHIRE when Emerald exists.
you can't get surskit in emerald without ruby and sapphire
I think

>>58942234
Nigger you’re free to be as booty-blasted and retarded as you want. I’m just pointing it out

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>>58942224
This is a hobby board, not a bootlicker board.

>>58942240
RBY/GSC are broken gen 1 and 2 games where they haven't even managed to iron out the mechanics of pokemon.

>>58942292
>home support
>local multiplayer support
They can't

>>58942302
>I don’t like Pokemon tho that makes me cool
>But it’s also my hobby
You’re responding to me without knowing issue you’re just repeating what I said. Sometimes not saying anything is the smartest move.

>>58941179
I'll take rereleases of the old games as is for $20 versus more $50+ remakes that are BDSP tier or gimmicky turnoffs like Let's Go

>>58942309
Crystal had the Celebi event included, and RBY had a Mew distribution.

>>58942311
>I don’t like Pokemon tho that makes me cool
Your (strawmanned) point, not his

>>58941179
pokefags are kikeslave goycattle and will buy two two versions to own the hecckin chuds

>>58942317
Even if I steelmanned your point, you’d still be retarded getting off on your own assfumes, psuedo-debatebro

>>58942328
I accept your concession

>>58941220
>>58941342
>>58941908
>>58942224
Hello /v/. Stop simping.

>>58941183
I pirate because playing it on my PC is more convenient and a better experience. I actually loved Gen 9.

>inb4 one of the reasons these games are outside of the NSO subscription service is because they needed to implement things that the NSO app can't do
>inb4 Mystery Gift is now going to cut out of the emulator to ask you to scan amiibo
>inb4 Lugia & Ho-oh and Deoxys amiibo are announced

>>58941342
A GBA collection with online support for 40 would've been nice. This is the most minimum amount of effort they could've spent, they didn't even bother add an in-game language setting. Could've easily done it with lua scripting like a ton of other emulated Nintendo games but no budget, small indie dev.

>>58942357
implying GF give enough of a shit to do that
reminder that bdsp national dex still cannot be completed legitimately due to deoxys being unable to be transferred to the game.

>>58941920
name 10

>>58942293
>either get surskit through trading with either gale of darkness or ruby and sapphire
>or mix records with a ruby and sapphire save with a surskit swarm
Yeah you need another game for Surskit. Least GoD has all the Pokemon missing from Emerald.

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the worship gives me endless entertainment

>>58942386
19.99 isn't exactly a bad price for the definitive Kanto games.

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>>58942366
Why are you reminding people of something not even real?

>>58942394
It is a bad price when the legitimate price is actually <$13

>>58942397
yes anon, I too can inject

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Couldn't they at least have added the other Gen 3 games?

>>58942401
>get deoxys in oras
>transfer it to home
>transfer it to BDSP
>??????
>profit
it's that easy

>>58942303
FRLG are outdated gen 3 games where they don't even have muh exp all & XL candies, regional gimmick, fairy type, relatable jobmon starters, quirky personality gym leaders, nice friendly rival, Rotom phone pokedex, DLC, sub 20 fps on a good day, HM-free experience. Oh, and I can't get Umbreon until post-game so it's literally unplayable.

>>58942401
???
Zero injection took place in the creation of this image. This is quite literally me withdrawing a Deoxys from HOME into Shining Pearl. Not my fault you catch everything in GO.

>>58941179
What concerned me was the game's age rating. Look at Nintendo UK's upload of the trailer, it says it's PEGI 3 and the US rating is E10+. If you all recall, RBY and GSC were given PEGI 18 ratings on the 3DS eShop because of the inclusion of the Game Corner. The Game Corner is still a core part of FRLG, so it begs the question, why were the other games 18 and this one 3? Scared they retroactively removed the Game Corner's minigame, at least from the European release.

>>58942399
$20 is a fair price. Legit copies go for multiple times that amount.

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>>58941179
I'm gonna buy it now

>>58941432
Definitely a possibility for the Switch 2

>>58942418
The price of original physical copies is irrelevant, none of that money goes to Pokemon/Nintendo and they have collector value. There are tons of free rare games on NSO that cost a ton if you want a legit copy.

>>58941342
No online trading kills it

>>58942080
Exactly. Functionally, you will not notice nor care about 99% of the issues. The others, you have to force out of the game. Yet GenZs who were barely able to wipe their own asses when the game came out, and fair weather millennials who only care about Pokémon when it's trending act as though if you so much as got into a battle, the game would glitch out and corrupt your save.

>>58941342
>GAMFREAK SHOULD RE-RELEASE THE OLD POKEMON GAMES ALREADY
Never wanted that. Nintendo will never be able to provide the best experience, AKA OG hardware/emulator + rom + fan made enhancements.

>>58942427
>free
They're not free if you're paying a subscription for them. Paying outright for them is better than spending hundreds over the years on a subscription to play games instead of just paying a single fee.

>>58942427
>they have collector value
Gayest part of any hobby these days. People only care about how much it can resell for

>>58941415
Calling this now, FRLG is going to be just the first of these rereleases. By integrating Home support directly into these classic titles, that suggests to me that they're close to closing Bank. If (when) they close Pokemon Bank, that cuts off Gens 1-7 from connecting with modern titles. I think Game Freak is obviously aware of this fact and will use Bank's closure as an opportunity to sell the older pokemon games again. Pokemon Home already has achievements for transferring in pokemon from older games which most modern pokemon players can't do because it requires a bunch of old games and hardware. I have a feeling we might get old pokemon rereleases through the coming years as they prepare to make everything before the Switch obsolete.

>>58942247
lets see, joao, whats taking so long

>>58942404
But those aren't KANTOOOOOOOOOO

>>58942465
I'd welcome it. It makes the scalping worthless to the average person who just wants to replay a game.

>>58941179
Huh, fancy that. And I just finished playing FRLG on my phone via ROM.

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>>58941179
Mr /vp/, which game has the better dex?

>>58942404
Small indie company

>>58942404
they probably will later

>>58942368
No. Just open Steam and filter out anything over 20 bucks. I've already gotten Persona 5 in this sale.

>>58941179
Pre-ordered both and I'm ready to KANTOOOOOOOM

>>58941179
>This is spending $20 to get fucked in the ass
It's that cheap?

>>58942465
It also gives them content padding for HOME because every game that has HOME integration also then gets further achievements and dex completion rewards.
FireRed/LeafGreen could have the following challenges:
>Have 10/20/30/40/50 Pokemon with the Champion Ribbon by entering them in the Hall of Fame!
>Catch all Unown forms in the Tanoby Ruins!
>Deposit a Pikachu with the Champion Ribbon!
>Deposit a Shiny Pokemon from FireRed/LeafGreen!
>Deposit a Heracross, Scizor, Spinarak, Ledyba, and Yanma from FireRed/LeafGreen!
>standard regional dex completion rewards for your shiny mythical, most likely Deoxys because we ain't getting Shiny Mew lmao

>>58942489
In terms of Kanto pokemon Firered has
>Ekans line
>Oddish line
>Psyduck line
>Growlithe line
>Shellder line
>Electabuzz line
>Scyther line
Leafgreen has
>Sandshrew line
>Vulpix line
>Bellsprout line
>Slowpoke line
>Staryu line
>Magmar line
>Pinsir

>>58942504
probable cheaper in some places or even free if you want to

>>58941659
Because Bulbasaur and Squirtle are outright superior.

>>58942496
I accept your concession

>>58942514
Maybe in gen 1, but that isn't nearly as true in FRLG.

>>58942524
In terms of speedrun, Squirtle is the best but Charmander is also good at speedruns

It's only really Bulbasaur who's slow which is sad cause it makes a normal playthrough easy

>>58941342
You forgot to post the stupid spongebob reaction pic and tAlK lIkE tHiS

>>58942489
Leaf Green has staryu, starmie absolutely rapes everything in-game.

>>58942512
I started a genlocke. Brought bellsprout and ninetales to E4. My sprout fucking died to a gyarados hyper beam I'm so sad

>$20
Are people really that broke? Get a job, kid. I’m buying it because it’s one my favorite GENs.
Probably one of the best in the franchise - E4 rematch is UNDEFEATED in the whole franchise.

>>58942568
>- E4 rematch is UNDEFEATED in the whole franchise.
Taunie is cooler for having a full party of level 100s tho~

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>>58941876
Steam sales and widely-available emulation have unironically brainwashed the internet into thinking video games should be either cheap as dirt, or straight-up free.

The massive increase in the 3rd world population of online forums/social media has also influenced this. A huge amount of people you see posting on 4chan, Reddit, Twitter etc grew up in impoverished countries where the idea of actually buying real games rather than just burning 100+ random PS1 CDs was considered laughable.

>>58942572
Not a real mainline game

>>58942404
Next year is the 25th anniversary of RS, maybe they will do it then

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>>58942575
People cried because they thought Silksong was TOO CHEAP at $20. I think this is a fairprice for an already good game.

>>58941794
>Not rpgmaker kanto
>Begging for a literal gen 1 rip off
genwunners truly are retarded

>>58942589
This but unironically
Either lower the price as fuck or add new content and qol to it

>>58942589
The argument doesn't hold any water when there's collections of GBA games that cost less

>>58942600
>lower price
Cheap broke kid lmfao

>>58942600
>>58942601
You got what you wanted.
Buy it or shut up forever. You don't have the right to complain.

>>58942589
What's crazy is how recent this phenomenon is.

Absolutely nobody was complaining back in the late 2000s when Nintendo were selling bare-bones NES games for 5 dollars a pop. Can you imagine if Nintendo tried to sell Super Mario Bros on the eShop for $5 today? People would go berzerk.

It's clear that something changed very recently, in the past decade or so, to completely change the average gamer's perspective on the value of games.

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Frankly, I'm just shocked they're selling it at a standalone price and pay for keeps. I could've easily seen TPCi try to make their own game streaming service with JUST their games, and putting it on that. I'm thankful they didn't do that, but I'm shocked that's not the route they're going

>>58942613
>I could've easily seen TPCi try to make their own game streaming service with JUST their games, and putting it on that.
TPC would've wanted such a service to be on mobile too, like what they're doing with Champions.

If it was ever on the table, Nintendo likely shut it down because mainline games being available on other platforms is a red line for them.

We're complaining about $20 now? LOL. Should I be surprised that this server is filled with manchildren who have never held a job?

>>58942621
I can easily see that being the case. TPCi would see it as stamping out the emulation "problem" on phones, while Nintendo would see it was their core games being another platform. For once Nintendo's autism might've saved us from something worse

>>58942632
20 dollars for a GBA game in current year is absurd when there are single GBA games on the e-shop that cost 5 or 15 dollars at most.

>>58942610
Indie games and Steam sales. Not to mention that the DS and Wii were great for pirates.

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>>58941179
I’m not. Imagine unironically paying for digital copies of 20+ year-old games in 2026.

You guys are basically saying Silksong skewed the perspective of video game pricing.

Unless they let you get all the mythicals unlimited times there is no point of playing these over emulation or a reproduction cart. The Gen 1 and 2 Virtual console games let your Pokémon get hidden abilities when transferred out but now we have the ability patch. That's assuming they even get the hidden abilities.

>>58942659
All the sevi island mystery gifts are there, so it's not out of the question.

>>58942642
This isn't just a GBA game, its a gen 3 pokemon game. FRLG is the second best selling game for the entire system, the first being Ruby/Sapphire. They were $40 at launch and a leafgreen cart now runs a minimum of $160. If $20 is too much for you, you should probably just emulate it and then maybe get a job for the sake of your savings account.

>>58942666
>it costs more because it sold more
That's not how economics work.

>no online
Crippling.
>no home integration at launch
Very painful.
>status of events like deoxys and mew ticket unknown where they advertised gs ball in crystal
Very dubious.
What’s the $20 for, to play it on a switch 2 screen/tv?
I still have my gba copy and a bc with the gba attachment.

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>>58942394
>definitive Kanto games
>no breeding until post game
>huh? Eevee refused to evolve!
>45 minute Sevii Island post game
>no gym rematches
>zero changes to Kanto in post game
>no day/night
>no day of the week
>still no Mew without E-reader garbage
>absolute penis music from sound chip

The definitive Kanto experience is rancid ass.

>>58942680
>I still have my gba copy and a bc with the gba attachment.

Then why do you care? I still have both plus a gameshark so even if they were free I wouldn't buy them, so your comment confuses me. Like last time I played I wanted to use venomoth for the first time in my life and found out the only good bug move it can learn is silverwind via breeding... until my gameshark made it so the first move of my first pokemon was silver wind.

>>58942642
Did you just compare FRLG to other shitty GBA games?

>>58941179

I don't really see why I should play these instead of Let's Go at this point. I still have my Let's Go Eevee and if I started a new playthrough of that it would be more fun.

>>58942701
>I don't really see why
You'd have to be a zoomer to not know the differences. I mean, you don't even know why after owning LGE? That's so sad.

>>58941876
For gba games that you can emulate easily? Yeah.
Would be fine if they were physical copies but what's the point of wasting over 10 bucks for a rerelease of an old game?

>>58942695
>did you just call a spade a spade
Yes.

>>58942690
I just checked... I meant signal beam and not silver wind.

>>58941179
Theres no reason to get this shit

>>58941960
A more factual statement has never been uttered.

>>58941995
It’s clearly worse for you
>>58941998
Based

>>58942687
>still no Mew without E-reader garbage
If you're going to be invested enough in the series to be on a board talking about it, at least stop wasting your time and learn about the things you try to talk about, you actual ape person.

>>58942665
they are stingy with mythicals though.

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>>58942607
>>58942604
>$20 when japan pays 2x less
I didn't get what I wanted and will not shut up at any time. I have the right to complain.

>>58941915
This but unironically

>>58941179
Kanto's already on the Switch. Why didn't they just port HGSS instead?

>>58942701
You don’t get it anon.frlg has less mons in the games than lgpe so that make it better according to uncfags

>>58942703
Normies are genuinely incapable of emulating a game.
For people who think you could go to jail and be skinned alive for pirating a Pokemon game the whole process of emulation feels like dark magic or something, so for them this is probably the only way to play these games

>>58942702
>>58942749

I'm 32 and I've been playing since red and blue. I've played frlg and let's go, let's go is a superior game.

>>58942765
you're entitled to your opinion

>>58942750
Such a bizarre mindset to have, I remember figuring out how to emulate RB on my shitty laptop back in the day.
It always turned off the transparency effects of the taskbar whenever the emulator was running for whatever reason.

>>58942589
Retard forgot wii u's virtual console pricing

>>58942701
>pokemon go mechanics
LGPE could look like crysis and be free, but I still wouldn't play it.

>>58942746
Because people would have actually wanted that

>>58942746
They could have given us HGSS with a cost of 1$ and niggers would still cry about the price.

>>58942788
No they would not

>>58941179
That's nice sweaty, unfortunately I'm buying both because:
>1. I'm not poor and brown
>2. Gamefreak genuinely deserves it
>3. I, a millennial, grew up with these classic games and know they are good. Go back to Poppy's Playtime zoomzoom
>4. I'm buying purely to spite the haters
>5. Gotta catch em all!

>>58942742
We have 1.5 times more money than japan.
You ACTUALLY have money, right?

>>58942742
>2x less
Yeah and other counties like Canada pay more. Do you not know how currency and exchange rates work, retard?

The same people complaining about $20 will spend $50 on doordash on a Thursday night

>>58942816
He’s a zoomer complaining about $20. Of course he doesn’t

>>58942818
My food will be more enjoyable than $20 ports I played 1000 times, thank you very much

>>58942818
food>scam

>>58942687
>The definitive Kanto experience is rancid ass.
That's just your average kanto experience though

>>58942831
>>58942841
the food doesn't have charizard btw

>>58942841
>doordash
>not a scam
lol
lmao even

20 dollars for something that should have been 5 bucks is a fucking robbery. Shit doesn't even have online functionality.

>>58942841
genuinely good game > cold food scam
Learn how to cook, you pathetic baby

>>58942788
DS games weren't cheaper than $1 on the wii faggot.

>>58942610
>something changed very recently
Huge influx of poorfag thirdies gaining internet access

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>>58941179
>You should spend $150+ on the GBA cartridges like I did XD
Fuck off.

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>>58942818
If I could download a meal from the internet for free, I would rather do that.

>>58942364
>online multiplayer
not faithful to the originals
>$40 for 2 pokemon games
not faithful to the originals

>>58942878
they weren't $150 at launch.

>>58942648
>says the retard who spent $200 on a retro gaming handheld

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>>58942687
>definitive Kanto games
yes.
>no breeding until post game
LGPE and RBY have no breeding mechanics whatsoever.
>huh? Eevee refused to evolve!
you're thinking of LGPE. eevee can be evolved in FRLG.
>45 minute Sevii Island post game
sounds like you either ignored 80% of it or tried to speedrun it.
>no gym rematches
there are E4 rematches with gen2/gen3 mons added to their teams.
>zero changes to Kanto in post game
the sevii islands say "hello" with berries, trainer tower, johto mons, postgame trainer battles, and numerous other activities
>no day/night
not faithful to the originals.
>no day of the week
not faithful to the originals.
>still no Mew without E-reader garbage
you DO have an army of shiny level 100 PKhex'd mews waiting to port in from HOME like everyone else, don't you?
>absolute penis music from sound chip
fair point. i'm not a fan of the french horn slop myself.

>>58942892
you weren't born when they launched for $40. hell, why are you trying to say they should cost $40 on switch just to "be faithful" to their original MSRP?

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>>58941342
Wow, was that so hard?

>>58942937
>i'd rather rent my games than own them
typical consumer mindset

>>58942946
>he thinks buying a digital license is “owning”

>>58942788
But they didn't.
They "gave" FireRed and LeafGreen for $20 each with languages separate.

>>58942957
>he thinks renting is "owning"

>/vp/ is filled with kids who can’t afford $20
the demographic of this board, can’t say im shocked.

>>58942224
What are you talking about? No part of my post said anything about hating Pokemon.

>>58942961
It’s not. Who the fuck said it was, retard? Are you okay? The games are literally free everywhere you look.

>>58942965
>the same people from 20 years ago who bought FRLG on release and have created/played romhacks are now considered brown/poor
>4chan has been brown/poor for its entire history
Criticism of this site is against the rules.

>>58942906
Liar. They never launched for $40.

>>58942979
then why are you upset FRLG won't be on NSO?

>>58942903
>you're thinking of LGPE. eevee can be evolved in FRLG.
Nta, but the guy you replied to was talking about how Eevee won't evolve into Umbreon or Espeon. For some reason, FRLG wont let the Kanto mons evolve if their evolution is not from Kanto. Happened to be in my original copy when my Golbat didn't evolve, despite getting the high friendship. HGSS and ORAS thankfully didn't pull the same stunt.

>>58942894
Good thing I spent $40 on it, dumbass

It's under the Money Island rule, can't complain. Sorry if you're British.

>>58942984
>brown
Yawn, another /pol/ deflection tactic. Just say you’re cheap, kid.

>>58942993
see
>>58942687
>huh? Eevee refused to evolve!
that anon made no reference to umbreon or espeon. also i do agree that lockng off johto evos until postgame was a stupid move in FRLG. i want my pre-E4 blissey and crobat damnit.

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Real people with real jobs don’t complain

I’ve never seen any other fanbase cry this much over $20.

>>58943034
Nobody else has the balls to sell a 22-year-old game for that much.

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>>58943008
just wanted to add this

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Just boughted to make OP mad.

>>58943041
This. Oblivion remastered (Oblivion + UE5 mod) was 50

>>58943052
People complained about that, and it's not even as lazy as this FRLG emulator.

>>58943051
>boughted
good morning saar

>>58943041
>that much
Its $20. Consider getting a part time job, kiddie.

Latinos, remenber to buy english version. Ignore abocajarros version.

>no online trades
How am I supposed to get Alakazam?

>>58943094
How did you get one before gen 4?

>>58943097
My brother would play but he lives 2.5 hours away and also doesn’t have a switch

>>58943085
Nobody else sells a single GBA ROM for $20.

>>58943094
Using a second console you own so you don’t have to be social, just like I did with the GB and GBA and DS and 3DS gens

>>58942742
Japanese people earn less money overall on top of having a weak currency dumbass

How the fuck are there this many shills on the board today, for FRLG of all things? Are we seriously having /v/ raids over this or were they just lurking until they could announce they'll pay a premium for one of the most pirated games of all time?

>>58943121
are you gonna buy both versions anon?

>>58941179
>FRLG re-release announced on my birthday
Sweet

>>58941974
>wow I have to SUBSCRIBE to RENT ROMS? on the Wii I bought and OWNED my ROMS
>"here you can buy and own this ROM it's not tied to a subscription"
>NNOONOONNO NOT LIKE THAT

>>58943155
happy birthday anon! who is your favorite kanto stater?

>>58943159
GBA games on the Wii U were 8 bucks.

>>58943176
Go play ur Wiiu then.

>>58943100
So you were just pretending to be stupid…

>>58943177
I will, and I'll skip this cash grab like I have every Pokemon cash grab for the past decade.

>>58943133
>PEOPLE HERE LIKE POKEMON?? REEEEEE
Anon I suggest therapy.
Have a yawn

>>58943182
Good for you man.

>>58943182
>Pokemon is a cash grab…E-except for the games I like of course!
This shit is pathetic, man. Couldn’t be more transparent if you tried.

>>58943188
Thanks. Enjoy your slop, I guess.

>>58943195
Slop that you paid full price for? KEK

>>58943193
Are you implying that $20 for a game older than you are that has less than the most barebones features of every rerelease is not a cash grab?

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>>58943161
Thanks !
My favorite will always be Squirtle. Blastoise is so cool, I remember how intimidating it looked on the Blue cover. Also, FUCKING GUNS ON ITS BACK

>>58943202
Maybe, but I accept cash grabs for dumb shit like video games bc I don’t have to buy video games. But then I also think that Pokemon selling 2 versions is a cash grab. That means you only bought Arceus and Z-A, correct?

>>58943230
I haven't paid for any Pokemon games in over a decade.

>>58943133
>of all things
Quite literally one of the best remakes and comes from the best gen? You sound like a zoomer whose first gen was 7.

They always say that but you just know it's a larp.

>>58943220
based blastoise enjoyer!

>>58943234
So you bought slop, then.
Thank you for proving your own hypocrisy.

>>58943151
Of course, otherwise I can’t do trade evolutions and obtain version exclusives

>>58943251
i hope they release rse so i can buy one of those to trade with myself instead so it feels less like i am buying the same game twice

>>58943238
>one of the best remakes
>3rd best out of 5
You're pushing it, especially considering it's difficult to even consider BDSP a game

>>58943320
hgss, oras, frlg, lgpe, bdsp?

>>58943330
Bingo

>>58943330
shut up meg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9HVikyuNjg

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Got it early. Jelly?

>>58943330
ORAS fucking sucks

>>58943340
how's the home connectivity?

>>58941179
lol brownos are crying because they need to pay for the spanish version, imagine no playing games in English at this point.

>>58943334
honestly good taste
>>58943343
ok

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>>58943340
me too!

>>58943375
Clean your room, anon.

the game has an adults only rating of the Japanese e shop so i think that means the game corner is intact

>>58943384
maybe tomorrow

>>58943340
>>58943375
It really is wild that, without even seeing their rooms, you can tell which of these dudes clean and which lives like a disgusting animal.

>>58943397
deal with it
it's my room, not yours

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>>58941415
Worth noting, the Home compatibility was stated on the product description when it first went up. It has since been removed from the product description, and otherwise hasn't been mentioned in any of the trailers or official posts on twitter or Pokemon.com.

It's either still happening and they want to avoid mentioning it before release so ratings boards don't demand that it has a new rating (since they don't need to get a new rating if it's released as-is) or it was just entirely a mistake that it was included in the description.

>>58942816
>>58942829
>other countries like Canada pay even more.
thanks for furthering my point
>>58942814
>>58943132
Doesn't mean I'll accept being scammed
>>58942818
What the fuck is a doordash.

>>58943423
Home compatibility wouldn't require modifying the game in any way, it would only read the save file using an external program.

>>58941342
>couldve just been freebies in the rent-a-rom service
>wont include mystery gift events
>will leave altering cave as zubat cave
>wont include any bonus content seen in many other series rerelease titles
>charging 20$ buckeroos PER ROM. Should be 10$ for both bare minimum
>gay freak shills such as yourself have pre ordered both version roms, essentially paying twice for a retard tax to those too brainlet to figure out how to emulate frlg (takes less than 2 mins to set it up)
Id like some effort put into a supposed celebration rerelease. Small touch ups and slipping in some bonuses is asking for the minimum.

>>58943478
No change on the ROM itself but regulators could argue that the game as a whole has been given a function that didn't exist before and thus must be re-rated

>>58941441
>all that money for cheaply made glass balls of the kantoooo starters and download code for one gba rom
>japs buy out the entire stock in hours
I believe the japanese pokemon fanbase is largely to blame for simping game freak so much to the point where they know they can make stacks from doing literally anything

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>>58943478
Correct, however including it in the product description for FRLG may be enough to prompt ratings board to consider it a new feature if they were to become aware of it.

All this said, the alternative explanation is that it simply wasn't meant to be mentioned yet and that the product description used was longer than intended, which may actually be the case if you note how the third paragraph is written without punctuation and the fourth repeats its meaning (eg it was likely written for a longer description with titles), so it's possibly from a press material or extended product description they didn't intend to use for the eShop.

>>58943515
Did the 3DS VC games get new ratings? Surely not, because the Game Corner was retained in all of those releases.

>>58942903
>absolute penis music from sound chip
>fair point. i'm not a fan of the french horn slop myself.
Am I the only one who associates FRLG with the guitar more than the Horns?

>>58943536
The strictness on depicting gambling is relatively recent. It's why Balatro has had a ton of issues. Some ratings boards consider it a depiction of gambling because it uses aspects of Poker. That alone was enough for them to insist on an 18+ rating repeatedly.

>>58941179
Switch cucks killed Nintendo
It's sad how the gba carts are the superior experience decades later

>>58942601
And that argument's worthless when the series that GBA collection's based around is so fucking unpopular they wouldn't have been able to sell them individually AND make money off them. That's not a problem for Pokémon, it's had its captive audience to the point they earned $480m from a remake of a 5 year old game(!). So why would they bother releasing everything bundled into one for poor fuckers worldwide? They can earn several DISGUSTINGLY large piles of money off each release instead.

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>>58941179
Kill yourself Niggerdeen, I'm buying it!

>>58942993
They didn't evolve because FRLG had no time-based system, meaning there was no day/night cycle. The other cross-gen evos were locked until acquisition of the National 'Dex.

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>>58943536
Yeah they did. they got bumped to a 12's. I'll also add the removal of the gambling houses from Gen 5 on were directly influenced by EU/SK taking a harder stance on gambling in games/game ratings in general around 2008/2009 and after editing Platinum and putting voltorb flip in HGSS, they decided to just cut it completely, than continue the trope.

>>58941969
Theres something soulless about playing pirated roms and shit on your phone/computer.
Sure, call them greedy if you want but theres something inherently fun about feeling the hype and reliving the adventure with the rest of the world at the same time.
Not to mention it just seems lame to play it on a computer. You can speed up, gameshark, etc. Kind of defeats the magic.

>>58942687
>NOOOOOOO! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PLAY KANTO WITHOUT MUH NUGEN SHITMONS NOT FROM KANTO!
typical dszoomer

>>58942903
Based Sir Aerodactyl