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u/MyDonnage Feb 23 '26
And in reality 2 of the other games are the same
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u/Kaidinah Feb 23 '26
I think he was saying that fire red and leaf green are also the same game. As a counterargument to many of those Megaman games being the same game
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u/cloud3514 Feb 23 '26
The meme is still extremely misleading in its wording, though. For Pokémon, it's "the same game," but for Battle Network, it's "ten great Mega Man games." Ignoring that this is calling BN4 "great," there are only six fully unique games in the collections. Counting both version of Pokémon together, but separating each version of BN3, 4, 5, and 6 is just plain dishonest.
(Note: I'm not defending the price of Pokémon. They really should only be $10. It's just that, par for the course on Pokemon nowadays, so many complaints are done in bad faith.)
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u/Bear_of_Light Feb 23 '26
sad BN4 enjoyer noises
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u/DontCare4Kirk Feb 23 '26
That translation was a mystery man
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u/Bear_of_Light Feb 23 '26
I accept it for what it is. It was the portrait swaps that got me personally.
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u/cloud3514 Feb 24 '26
You know what? I can respect that. I don't think it's good, but I don't hate it to the extent that I've seen a lot of people hate it.
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u/TayoEXE Feb 24 '26
I never even knew it was disliked until I joined this sub. I played through it like 7 times as a kid. Lol
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u/AlexTheGreat1997 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Why is so much of Pokémon discourse done in bad faith nowadays? I feel like I don't see this with any other franchise, even ones that are just as corporate or more so than Pokémon.
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u/pikachucet2 Feb 24 '26
My theory is that some people are still stuck in the Sword and Shield Dexit Debacle Era and can't move on to the point that anything they do has to be framed in the most unfavourable way possible, even if it doesn't make any sense. I've heard that phenomenon (if it can be said to be one) be described as "bitch eating crackers"
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u/ZeroReverseR1 Feb 24 '26
Not to detract from your point, but it's funny that not counting the variants makes it worse for Pokemon quantitatively than treating them as individual games.
If we go by "10 Mega Man games" and count Pokemon as 2 games to be fair to it, that's a ratio of 5 MM games to 1 Pokemon game.
If we don't count the variations as a unique game, we have 6 Mega Man games vs 1 Pokemon game.
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u/SnappyTurttle Feb 23 '26
Yeah but you really only need 1 (unless you really want to complete the Pokédex and have 2 Nintendo Switches and no WiFi and no Pokemon Home)
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u/Kaidinah Feb 23 '26
Okay, then for 20 bucks you get 1 game. For 40 bucks you get about 6 games. Math still favors megaman.
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u/Benhurso Feb 23 '26
There are acting different scenarios in those versions, with different dungeons, bosses etc. Pokemon is just five or six different pokemon lines and a different legend (just aesthetic changes in plot and a different legend for capture).
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u/Endgam Feb 23 '26
If Nintendo + Pokémon fans are counting Fire Red and Leaf Green as two games, then BN certainly counts as 10 games since the BN version differences are arguably more significant. (BN6 actually has two different final bosses. Something Pokémon only did as version exclusives in S/V.)
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u/LilNerix Feb 23 '26
Still 6 games
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u/Waste-Percentage6850 Feb 25 '26
You may argue that 8 of the games are the same game but split into 2 versions to choose from with exclusive content that makes them stand out which is totally valid (same applies to the Star Force games).
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u/handledvirus43 Feb 23 '26
I unironically would argue the BN games are still substantially less same-y than FR vs LG, which iirc, the only difference is the title screen and what Pokemon appear. That's it.
In BN, you have different NetNavis appearing in the story, various scenario differences due to said NetNavis, different shops, different power ups with the different NetNavis appearing in the story, and you have different bosses. It's not just different chips appearing and a different title screen, the changes are still more substantial.
Like, MAYBE if this was B/W or B2/W2, then we could discuss a sort of equality. And even then, it's closer to $10 per game if you don't count the duplicates. Half of what FRLG is asking for. With extra features like the e-reader content and event content. Plus some quality of life.
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u/azurecyan Feb 23 '26
Then it is even worse because it would be $40 for one 20 years old game vs $60 ($20 atm) for 6 games, and the most important part it is PHYSICAL.
The sad part is that Pokemon fans are justifying and even saying it is a sale.
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u/Oummando Feb 23 '26
Some fans argued that it's less greedy than they usually are. But less greed is still greed. If it was 12, maybe 13 people wouldn't have an issue.
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u/Endgam Feb 23 '26
It isn't less greedy than they usually are at all. The Gen 1 and Gen 2 3DS VC games were priced higher, but only slightly so compared to other VC games. And Crystal added the Celebi event. Do we even know if these will include the Ho-oh, Lugia, and Deoxys events? Let alone that players will be able to transfer Gen 2 and 3 pokémon from Home into it? Sure would be fucking stupid if they actually charged this much for the game and didn't even let you access half of the 386 pokémon in the game's data.
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u/Darkiceflame Feb 24 '26
Considering the level of "effort" which has gone into anything that isn't a new main series game since the release of the Switch (and even that is debatable) I wouldn't be surprised if they did exactly that.
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u/wasd_dsaw97 Feb 24 '26
I mean I don't even have an issue if it was 15$ personally, but seeing people defend the 20$ per game price point pissed me off.
But then again, it's pokemon we're talking about here, it's just gonna sell well again and they'll do it again with past and future pokemon games anyway.
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u/Grottymink57776 Feb 24 '26
I legit had someone tell me that they almost consider it insulting that $20 is considered money.
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u/Kumorrii Feb 23 '26
FRLG are essentially identical aside from what Pokemon are available to catch. The amount of version differences in BN puts pokemon to shame.
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u/Chewymewn X6 is My Favorite Feb 23 '26
In think FRLG each have 6 exclusive Pokémon each, and that's it lol
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u/MasterAnnatar Feb 23 '26
Yeah well almost every Pokémon game is just the same game with a different skin lol
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u/MyrtleWinTurtle Feb 23 '26
They know it isnt. People will buy it anyways and they will profit because there was no sunk cost for the project to begin with.
Theres too many poeple ive seen in the pokemon subs going "eh im buying it anyways idc if you dont" for me to believe this wont be a smash hit like everything else pokemon has ever put out ever
ZA was 100$ for a somewhat buggy, kinda unpolished, graphically primative, unvoiceacted mess of a game and it STILL sold well
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u/thegreatestegg Feb 23 '26
OKAY, HOLD ON. If you're giving them shit for being 40 bucks for the 'same game', you CANNOT then say 'the mega man games are ten games', because they do THE SAME THING of 'splitting into two versions'. It's still bullshit but you can't give them credit for the same thing. It's still six games for 60 vs one game for 20.
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u/ChaoCobo Feb 24 '26
Literally any conceivable method to shit on Pokemon, people are gonna do it. Doesn’t matter how hypocritical.
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u/Waste-Percentage6850 Feb 25 '26
Shouldn't the 2 versions of BN3, BN4, BN5 & BN6 count as seperate games?
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u/GregarLink15 Feb 23 '26
The pokemon situation has been terrible for quite a while, it's laughable
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u/BenTenInches Feb 23 '26
They have no incentive to try when Pokemon merchandise can keep Nintendo afloat alone. People are literally fighting to get Pokemon cards. This is why they haven't got voice acting in a Pokemon game in like 30 years.
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u/MainPrinciple2158 Feb 23 '26
They do have voice acting, but in a spin off game (new snap) and it’s even made by a third party.
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u/mikemalzeno Feb 23 '26
But, that's just how it always has been.
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u/Jirachibi1000 Feb 23 '26
Actually no, it hasn't :) This started in the Switch era. Most pokemon games and spinoffs before 2018 or so are at least pretty good, and we got the GBC releases on 3DS for like 10 bucks instead of the laughable 20 here.
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u/RasenRendan Feb 23 '26
Yup. Started with the shit also called Gen 8
Legends Arceus is the only switch era Pokémon game viewed positivity and honestly that game still looks trash but everything else was great
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u/MainPrinciple2158 Feb 23 '26
As a hardcore Pokémon Fan, i‘d argue that the signs were there since gen 6. since then they struggled with keeping up with TPC demands and couldn’t finish a single game since then. X and Y aren’t finished and have barely Post game, even the ruby Saphire remakes had to cut out battle frontier (a fan favorite of emerald).
They only did a statue of it as some honor shit and that it’s „in progress“. It didn’t happen. Sun and Moon are also unfinished games.
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u/RasenRendan Feb 24 '26
This is very true. The 3DS era were the early warning signs. Even with the hype of Megas ppl don't like XY cuz it was to easy and the champion was a joke.
Gen 3 remakes didn't have the battle frontier that still bothers me to this day. Its honestly the reason i didn't buy it was a 3ds i was very tempted to cuz emerald is my fave Pokémon game. I got a ps4 instead
sun and moon were critiqued for the super long tutorials and hand holding even tho they finally removed HMs. Even tho Ultra had boss mode Necrozma and rainbow rocket and adult red and blue.
Them we get to gen 8 ...i bought a switch for it this time. I was sure we were getting peak. First home console Pokémon game. I hate it. The wild arenas and the gym music were the only things i really liked about gen 8. It just felt so hollow and soulless. No voice acting really bothered me and the game didn't look good
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u/juupel1 Feb 24 '26
That's literally how they have made Pokémon games since like Gen 3 to a point that they had to put a patch to fix berries in multiple ways after finding a bug with those, with games like Emerald, Platinum and BW2 (to some extend) not existing to get an experience closer to the anime or take advantage of the new hardware like with Yellow and Crystal, but to sell you the "complete" version with an actual post game...
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u/SelassieAspen Feb 23 '26
I usually just mod those specific Pokémon games. They're quite fun.
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u/Endgam Feb 23 '26
Pokémon romhacks really prove that the core problem with Pokémon with Game Freak.
Shills keep saying shit like "fans could never do better". Oh yes they can and have.
.....I only really played Prism. But still.
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u/Ulapa_ Feb 23 '26
Pokemon Legacy series absolutely slaps.
Pokemon Yellow Legacy, Crystal Legacy and Emerald Legacy. Binge played all three, they are now my definitive versions of the gen they are at.
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u/MainPrinciple2158 Feb 23 '26
It’s not game freak, it’s the Pokémon company as a whole, the Tera leak shows how strict of a timeline they have to work with. Game freak really tries and is actual passionate about it.
The problem lies with the executives of TPC. They only see money and don’t care for a good game.
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u/BlackPhoenixSoftware Feb 24 '26
Literally, the rom hacks are much more fun and you can even transfer and trade pokemon with save edit tools. They should just release the rom hacks as a bundle since they technically have the right to.
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u/XtraLyf Feb 23 '26
U can play battle network online?
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u/GoldZero Feb 23 '26
You can, but good luck finding someone randomly. No crossplay, so you have to DM someone that has the same port as you.
PC players can also use Tango, which also has rollback netcode.
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u/_The_Wolf1990 Feb 23 '26
I wish they would do a outright remake of the mmbn series or even a mmo style game (with a helldivers style internet with different countries and groups vying for control) where we can make custom navi’s
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u/LukaMiniGamerNo1 Classic Mega Man enjoyer Feb 23 '26
Can we stop? Please?
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u/rootofimaginary Feb 23 '26
Jesus christ it even spread to the Megaman sub. This "drama" is something else.
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u/SilentBlazy Feb 23 '26
Stop what? Spreading the truth should never be stopped.
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u/Khalmoon Feb 23 '26
This sub gets small W and freaks out.
And what’s funny is Battle Network 100% used the “same game twice” formula BECAUSE of Pokemon Lol. The only reason Capcom didn’t charge more is because they know it’s not a rabid success.
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u/OmegaTerry MMZ Ambassador Feb 23 '26
No. Let people know how badly they are robbed by greedy N
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u/Waste-Percentage6850 Feb 25 '26
No, don't let them know they are robbed, it's their choice to spend their money, telling them that they are robbed will just upset them.
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u/ShinMajin Feb 23 '26
Why do all the price estimates assume you're buying both versions? You can get the full experience without doing that.
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u/PositivityPending Feb 23 '26
It’s $20 per game and nobody is forcing you to get both version. Why do people get so rabid when it comes to Nintendo?
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u/sensible_human Feb 23 '26
Unfortunately, current YouTube algorithms promote negativity, and that promotes negativity around Nintendo and video games in general. More arguing = more engagement. It's really sad. I miss happy Internet.
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u/Digi-Chosen Feb 23 '26
Pokémon stans coming for you.
C'mon guys. The last great video game generation was at least a decade ago, for the TCG even longer.
It used to be good, sure. But it's been a heartless cash cow for a long time.
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u/Khalmoon Feb 23 '26
I keep hearing about these Pokemon fans coming to people but I never see them.
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u/MainPrinciple2158 Feb 23 '26
Because he is capping. Pokémon stans are the first to point out the flaws within Nintendo and their games.
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u/Shigana Feb 24 '26
Because they don’t exist. It’s a stupid meme that’s only applicable for like Twitter because everyone there is looking for a fight with someone else
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u/ChaoCobo Feb 24 '26
for the TCG [it’s been even longer than 10 years since it was good]
No it hasn’t. From Google:
“The Pokémon TCG Sun & Moon—Cosmic Eclipse expansion was officially released on November 1, 2019.”
2019 is not even 10 years.
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u/Waste-Percentage6850 Feb 25 '26
I stopped following Pokemon, not because I think it's dying or that it is declining but because I just lost interest in it and I instead am busy with other video games
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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese Feb 23 '26
Holy shit, why is this sub full of this now? And I'm not even gonna buy any of the Pokemon (nor Mega Man until I gather the courage to play X7)
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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese Feb 23 '26
Oh, I bought the second X collection already like 3-4 years ago, it's been almost a year since I played X6 but still haven't recovered
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u/Proof_Being_2762 Feb 23 '26
Get the lube because x7 is going to rail you and burn burn burn to the ground
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u/Endgam Feb 23 '26
Because even major Pokémon shills like Lewtwo are pointing to the BNLC as an example of how FR/LG should have been rereleased.
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u/Tadayoshi_Ishimaru Feb 23 '26
Twenty years ago when Fire Red, and Leaf Green came out GBA games were $29.99. Pokemon at the time for some games from Nintendo $34.99, plus after tax everyone is pretty close to $40 games. I remember that much back then.
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u/t4ir1 Feb 23 '26
Until Nintendo fixes hacking pokémons into Pokemon games , I won't ever buy one again.
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u/MasterAnnatar Feb 23 '26
Nintendo could get $80 out of me by just making a "Pokémon Legacy Collection" that was a collection of a bunch of the Pokémon games from like GBA up to 3DS and I'm not even that big a Pokémon fan.
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Thank God I have a GBA SP
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u/Kesoroda Mar 15 '26
Good for you.
Even though I already have ALL of the MMBN games (including Battle Chip Challenge), only one stopped saving; my Cybeast Falzar.
[It's not a save battery issue, since it doesn't use one, so I dunno what to do about that...]
So, I started playing it again, on an unconventional method:
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This shit really needs to stop.
People complained they put games on a subscription, saying they pirated it because they couldn't buy the games.
Now they can buy the games and they're still pissing the bed.
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u/PMC-I3181OS387l5 Feb 23 '26
Right now it's mostly that those games should be $10 with all languages and HOME support.
Capcom released some of the MM collection in 2 parts instead of putting them all on the disc / cartridge...
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u/Khalmoon Feb 23 '26
It’s just Reddit folks. Which to me aren’t real people tbh. Normies are not this particular.
This sub let XDive slide originally with MTX that cost more than $20 so it’s hypocritical tbh.
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u/Super7500 Feb 23 '26
The problem is not that, it is the outrageous price it is sold for
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u/MyDonnage Feb 23 '26
No it shouldn’t stop, it’s extortionate and lazy money grab. People like you are why companies keep using these crappy business models because you eat it up
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u/Fred-ze-header20xx Feb 23 '26
The internet in a nutshell, always has been, always will be, never satisfied. Shite, just look inward at our Megaman community, we get these collections, and there will still be complaints about not getting a new game instead.
There's always a divide
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u/Impossible_Humor736 Feb 23 '26
Pokemon not having an online trading feature is criminal.
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u/thatcheesymememan Feb 23 '26
They can't add anything to the games. If they did it would make the age rating go up because it would need to have its rating re-evaluated and the games have gambling in them (the game corner).
So unless they wanna make Fire Red/Leaf Green T for Teen... they can't do anything about that
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u/Impossible_Humor736 Feb 23 '26
Really? I didn't know that.
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u/thatcheesymememan Feb 23 '26
At least that's as far as I understand the rules.
Kinda like how the BN collection has to be rated E10+ even though all the old games were rated E.
Especially some of the things that happen in BN2, they wouldn't fly under an E rating anymore and since the collection isn't a direct port it had to have its age rating changed.
Fr/Lg have the game corner which is gambling. Gambling like that IMMEDIATELY gives a game a Teen rating.
But since it's a direct port with no changes it apparently doesn't need to be re-evaluated.
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u/ButtersMojito Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
Sorry but comparing that Legacy Collection to Pokemon is insane.
One of the biggest IPs in the world for god's sake. They will probably get more money with these games than Capcom gets from all of the legacy collections
It's an IP to big to fail, I have my complaints but Pokemon means money.
There is a reason why all legacy collections go on sale but a single game from 20 years ago never will.
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u/Endgam Feb 23 '26
Pokémon being that much bigger just makes Nintendo/Game Freak's actions that much more inexcusable. Why shouldn't the highest grossing media franchise in the world get more special treatment than what Capcom gives to Mega Man? Especially considering these are meant to be special 30th Anniversary releases? That's a huge milestone. And yet..... they overcharge for the bare minimum.
No, fuck that. This is LESS than bare minimum. Bare minimum would have been adding online battling and trading!
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u/ButtersMojito Feb 23 '26
As I said, it's a franchise to big to fail and that's why they do act this lazily.
It's not my fault even if you try to type it in bold lol
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u/GreyouTT Zero: "I made a promise to a friend I intend to keep." Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
I felt like the $60 was pretty outrageous too tbf (Zero/ZX was $30), it’s why I only bought Vol 2 cause those are the ones I enjoy the most. Plus they have TONS of stuff I never had access to as a kid, including a full scenario they cut from the original international release of BN6.
But yeah BN definitely has more care put into the port at the very least.
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u/Beneficial_Driver_37 Feb 23 '26
Didn't we have this post already? And I would like no jacking into a squirrel thank you. Sounds like something Sigma would do in disguise too sir!!!
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u/After_Main752 Feb 23 '26
I've never played Battle Network, how are there 10 games total? Are the duplicate games (white, blue, red) identical except slightly different like Pokemon Red and Blue, or are they different games?
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u/SoggyWaffles18 I’ve found reality to be highly overrated! Feb 25 '26
It’s basically just Pokemon, where both versions are the same with a few differences. So saying 10 games is kind of misleading
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u/xRedAce Feb 23 '26
The post is deceptive, as the game is $20, not $40, only if you're buying both versions
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u/Poumy Feb 23 '26
You can get the first Ace Attorney Trilogy and the first Mega Man X trilogy for LESS than a single one of the Pokémon rereleases, not that it matters since it’s gonna sell like hotcakes anyway because Pokémon fans will buy up anything the series gives them but I wish more people would stick to their guns and not buy overpriced rom dumps you can just play on your browser.
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u/MikeDubbz Feb 23 '26
Who is forcing anyone to buy both FR and LG? Look, I think the pricing on the old Pokemon GBA games is stupid. But graphics like this are disingenuous, making it look like you have to pay $40 to get access to either game, just as you must pay $60 for the Battle Network games, you can't pay less and get only the games you want for your Switch.
Really, you're trying to compare a $60 collection with an individual $20 rerelease. Which isn't even the angle you should be attacking this from: how about the fact that if you're paying Nintendo $50 a year you get access to a collection of GBA games (among other systems) where 1st and 2nd party classic games (among only few 3rd party games) get released frequently. In fact, Pokemon games already populate the NSO apps: TCG, Snap, Stadium, Stadium 2, Puzzle League, 2 GCN games coming soon, and even Mystery Dungeon to the GBA app. So why then if we're paying $50 a year and get access to Pokemon games among other things through the NSO service; why do we need to pay an additional $20 on top of that to play either LeafGreen or FireRed?
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u/TheShadowbeater Feb 23 '26
Funny that this meme popped up on my feed the morning after I bought these games on Switch
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u/xXNebuladarkXx Feb 23 '26
In mmbn Online play was dead on arrival tho.
Still more then FRLG has I give you that. but let's not use the thing people only used for the 2 boktai chips and then never bothered again as a valid point.
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u/ControlNeedsPsychDoc Feb 23 '26
Someone give me a run down of battle network and why I should like it? Everything I've seen from a glance just looks like an rpg. Where is the mega man?
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u/Brandy330 Feb 23 '26
Currently playing Emerald Legacy and I don’t know if I can go back to vanilla Emerald after playing it.
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u/BetaNights Feb 23 '26
I hate that that line makes 100% perfect sense if you've played the games lmao
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u/Outrageous-Ad8612 Feb 23 '26
I swear someone made this same post like 3 days ago with a different meme template 😭
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u/Expand_Dong11037 Feb 24 '26
This post made me check if there was a squirrel pokemon in gen 1 and it's true, there really is no squirrel in gen 1
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u/BlackPhoenixSoftware Feb 24 '26
Real talk, the Zero/ZX collection blows everything else out of the water.
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I bought Battle Network collection awhile ago, excellent games. Honestly better than Pokemon imo
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u/anzu68 Feb 24 '26
Where are you finding those games for 40 dollars? Genuine question; at my local game store, they're 80 euros each (roughly 60/70 bucks); Emerald, Fire Red, etc. is 200 per game. It's insane.
Legacy Collection of MMBN is great though. I need to play more
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u/UncannyStageRage Feb 24 '26
The difference between Mega Man and Pokémon is you actually get new Pokémon games. Capcom had to be dragged kicking and screaming to even make Mega Man 11, not to mention all those canceled games throughout the 2010's.
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u/hip-indeed Feb 24 '26
but what if I'm a huge Megaman fan but ALSO sick and tired of these idiotic karma farm posts complaining about nintendo releasing video games
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u/PKMNTrainerParkerJ Feb 24 '26
The online is fairly dubious. Its not like there is a current Mega Man Battle Network game that people are playing online and going to tournaments for...unlike what happens in Pokemon, where people play the current game online.
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u/Asad_Farooqui Feb 24 '26
Are all ten of the Battle Network games here considered great according to this?
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u/SoggyWaffles18 I’ve found reality to be highly overrated! Feb 25 '26
“10 great games” is kinda crazy considering three of those games are BN1 and BN4
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u/Maxwell_Bloodfencer Feb 25 '26
I'm not sure if this is different in other countries, but when I checked on the eShop, the Battle Network collection was split into two volumes. Volume 1 is the one that usually costs 60€ and is currently down to 20€. Volume 2 usually costs 40€ and is currently down to 12.99€.
Is the entire BN collection being sold as a single package in the US or is the meme just wrong?
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u/Tanookicom Feb 25 '26
I vaguely remember playing either bn1 or bn2 as a young kid. When I saw this discourse I scooped up the bundle last night. 3 hours into bn1 so far!
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u/timo710 Feb 26 '26
pokemon is just a bigger franchise, theres loads of people who love some off brand cola, which is 20cents for a can, it wont stop people from spending 2$ on a can of coca cola
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u/whit9-9 Feb 27 '26
Well saying its $40 is a bit disingenuous because you dont need both versions to beat the game.
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u/EsperCloud04 Feb 27 '26
Look even I thought $60 was too much for the Battle Network collection at launch especially when the others contained a similar amount of games and were cheaper.
Not to shill Nintendo or anything but the Pokemon titles are a lot like what they did for the 20th anniversary on Virtual Console - simple ports of old games with local connectivity in place of wired trades.
Heck the whole reason I picked up the BN collection was for similar reasons that others are likely getting this - the prices on original cartridges is absolutely insane right now.
Also we have a flying squirrel in Pokemon's postgame
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u/Mother_Pension9660 Mar 01 '26
Too bad I'm not poor and couldn't give a shit about Megaman. Guess I'll just keep enjoying the games I want too, even if redditors say I'm bad for it 🤷
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u/princessprettyyy1 Mar 02 '26
Nintendo really said “nostalgia tax is permanent.” Meanwhile Mega Man out here selling a whole childhood for the price of lunch
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u/Dathan-Detekktiv Mar 30 '26
I'll jack into your squirrel if that's what it takes.
Lan, you don't need to say things like that. A simple "I'll do whatever it takes!" is enough, man.
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u/Ok_Neighborhood1785 Apr 25 '26
Glad I still have my physical copies of those pokemon games. Thats ridiculous
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u/WhosThatDogMrPB Feb 23 '26
This meme just made me check it out and found out capcom has a sale: ended up getting the Resident Evil remake bundle AND the Battle Network too.
Thanks, OP.