I recommend emulating it for free on something like mGBA.
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I would Pay $60 for a switch physical cartridge with all of their GB through GBA Pokemon games, especially if there was a way to trade pokemon with myself. I would still play them all on roms on my other devices, but I would totally buy that cartrage. But I'm not paying $20 for a digital version of just one of them.
"Neither of these answers seem to address the question of why the games could not also be part of the Switch Online's GBA collection... or why the games are priced at $20 each..."
Nintendo:
I stopped buying Nintendo products when the brought down the rom sites. I don't care what they make I will never buy another Nintendo ip or product for the rest of my life.
Pokemon died with Black version.
I'm not really buying JP IP anymore since they don't have public domain. Let their culture die with them.
This is the real reason Nintendo is suing emulators and ROM hosts. They JUST realized there is a market for this. Took them 30+ years to figure it out.
I would way rather play on a platform that allows me to save state at any time and as many as I want (Though I guess most of my devices are set up to have 10-20 saves max, but I could set them up for however many I want.)
I mean, not really. Nintendo has been fairly consistent about rereleasing old titles for many many years now.
I mean the game in question is the first of two remakes of Pokemon Red, and (if I remember correctly) the first official re-release of a remake of Red. I'm not going to say all of the releases are the same experience by a long shot, but it's a little hard to argue they're only now figuring it out.
If you want to say that it should have been made more available to current platforms sooner then that's a different argument.
Because their real answer of "Because you dumb fucks will buy it anyway" wasn't nice enough for the press lol. Seriously as long as you dumb asses keep buying old ass games from Nintendo for way too much money they will keep letting you do it.
Time to pirate FR to play on my phone just as a tiny middle finger to nintendo, who can't do shit against me in Brazil 🇧🇷 🖕
Oh, let me also play more Palworld, who's having to fight bullshit patents
everything about this release is ridiculous
20$ is way too expensive for what it is, it should honestly be 10/15$ at most
why just fire red/leaf green? why not other pokémon games? ruby, sapphire, emerald, these have never been rereleased!
why are all language versions separate purchases??? you couldn't be arsed to bundle them?
the only new feature of this release, and really the only reason one might want to use this version instead of emulating on another platform, pokémon home compatibility, is not available at launch and will be added later. come on.
anyways play cassette beasts instead
And Magi Nation!
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People complain but they keep buying Nintendo trash so why not
Generally speaking, the people complaining are not the people doing the buying.
It sure seems like they are in the case of Nintendo.
Yes i think it's morally correct to pirate their games
You ain't going to jail for downloading a GBA game. And it is much cheaper than 20 dollars (except if you really want to play it on a switch for some reason)
Even if you really want to play on Switch there are CFW options that enable GBA emulation.
Yeah but those require either an specific type of Switch or a modchip (which does cost a little AND requires soldering)
Obligatory fuck nintendo
I would have loved like a Mario all Stars of retro Pokemon games. They don’t even have to get fancy with it. Give me like Gen 1-5 and we’re good. Or hell, even just Gen 1-3 and I’d be happy.
I always thought it would be cool to have a pack of the games that allows trading between the versions, or at least tracking of the pokedex across versions. I'm not crazy enough to play every single version, but if they had every version of every game for several gens, with a central pokedex, it would let the super fans try to completely fill out the dex.
I've been trying to fill out the pokedex in home, and i know i'd get a lot of usage out of that. It'd be nice to be able to track it in game rather than having to hop between
OMG, a Pokemon All Stars would be amazing. But I do want them to get fancy with it: with every new game that starts, make me start with a starter as usual, but once I get access to trading, let me pull Pokemon that are below the soft level cap out of my boxes.
Now that you mention fancy features, i wouldn't mind if they did some stuff with QOL changes. I know some people hate it but i'd love to have the Modern Exp. All for my entire party in everything outside gen 1
Nintendo thinks their customers are fucking dumb morons
Well... I mean, do you remember the height of Pokémon Go?
A 2017 study estimated that in the first 148 days following its July 2016 launch, Pokémon Go was linked to 256 traffic-related deaths and over 100,000 accidents in the US due to distracted driving. These incidents, caused by users playing while driving or walking, also led to significant injuries and billions in economic damages.
As much as I think nintendo and the pokemon company are evil shits, I do believe overall pokemon go was net positive for humanity.
The physical health benefit from all those people walking around, and the mental health benefits from said populations being more social and friendly with others won't ever show a statistic for lives saved, but I think it's reasonable to assume lives will be saved from extra exercise and positive social interactions.
I do agree, but it's too bad they ran both that game and the goodwill generated by it into the ground.
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You mean the same people who in the same breath complain about the state of Pokémon and immediately follow up by saying they're going to buy it anyway? Those people? 😅
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Meanwhile, I can go to a certain website, get the gba rom and even a romhack adding tons of QOL features and new stuff.
Then, thanks to emulators, I can play it on any device, have cloud saves if I want, online multiplayer for free, in any language I like and for only $0.00
You know it's bad when Konami can release GBA roms for a better deal at the exact same price (talking about the Castlevania Advanced Collection).
"Cause we love money, lol, fuck you poors." - Nintendo
What is the point of having Nintendo online if Nintendo isn't going to release the games/DLC you want on Nintendo online?
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$5 for a whole generation of games would be fair...and this certainly isn't. Wario is the true representative of Nintendo.
LOL I just downloaded the roms and used an emulator. There's no way I'd re-buy for the Nintendo Switch, only because I am against their current practices. Until they abandon their virtual card system, I don't think breaking my boycott is a smart move.
Lmao hard pass.
I’m all for buying current games and remasters but $20 for a 20 year old game (that they’re releasing the editions separately) is absurd.
Nintendo suckss
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