RS 2002 - Emerald 2004
DP 2006 - Platinum 2008
BW 2010 - BW2 2012
SM 2016 - Ultra SM 2017
They've been 2 year breaks between main games and upgraded versions in the past. GF took time to work on the improvements despite being on simpler consoles
Upgraded SM comes out just year after regular SM. You do realize that it means new content will be mainly more cutscenes, new Pokefinder spots and exclusive Z moves?
i really dont care
it has pokemon on it so ill buy it. you will too.
GS 1999 - Crystal 2000
I like how you conveniently left those out because it didn't fit your pattern
>>32709374
>SM is new gen 2
>>32709389
...so the best region?
>>32709374
/thread
OP is a cuck
RG 1996 - Blue 1996
Yellow 1998
really makes you think
Black and White came out in 2011 you retard
>>32709467
he's using Japanese release dates, which are the ones that matter in these discussions
1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2015 are the only years without a mainline game being released
DS:
New Games - Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Remakes - HGSS
New Games - Black White
>3DS releases
Final Games - Black 2 White 2
3DS:
New Games - XY
Remakes - ORAS
New Games - Sun,Moon
>Switch Releases
Final Games - Ultra
Like Pottery
FRLG and Emerald came out only 6 months apart and both have heaps of contents
Platinum and HGSS came out 1 year apart and both have heaps of content
USM coming out one year after SM means theres gonna be even more because they're not doing a whole game from scratch
>>32709521
FRLG was announced in September 2003 and released in January 2004
Emerald was announced in July 2004 and released in September 2004
>>32709530
This west release dates. Japanese but 2013 got much quicker. The games were the same
>>32709530
>American release dates
>>32709538
It's not about when it's announced but the development. There gonna announce a new game 1-2 months after it would cut legs off of the other games
>>32709556
sure but RS were announced in like 2001 and released exactly 3 years after GS in 2002
both FRLG and Emerald had to be in development for GF to release them in the same year
>>32709389
wtf I love SM now
>>32709521
My only issue with this is that, while those games are within a year of each other, they're each in different regions--different storylines. We didn't immediately revisit Sinnoh or Hoenn; there was another story inbetween.
I'm fine with revisiting Alola (in fact, I expect to), just not THIS SOON.
Point is, 1 year is more than enough time for GF to pump out quality games
Especially now since they dont have to remake a full game from scratch, we're looking at BW to BW2 level difference
>>32709318
>They'rve been 2 year breaks
What? No there hasn't. Look up the dates again.
>>32709389
This is bad?