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Do you buy both versions, or one? If you buy both, what's your reasoning?

CodeHelmet

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Hayward
Seen June 9th, 2019
Posted June 9th, 2019
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5.9 Years
I buy one simply because it’s a waste of $$$ to buy the rest. If you’re too lazy to trade, you’re too lazy to finish the Pokédex. If I had $$$ to burn needlessly, I’d buy them all. However, why when you can simply trade with those who got the other version(s)?

Starlight

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17.6 Years
Me and my partner both play so we always buy both.
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Seen May 30th, 2019
Posted April 4th, 2019
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4.4 Years
Whenever I was younger I ended up buying both games, up until X & Y.

Now I just stick to one copy because it's so much easier to trade with other people on the newer installments.
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Percy

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Seen December 24th, 2021
Posted June 19th, 2021
3,045 posts
8.7 Years
just one but there is that one time i bought the second one a few months after the first. i think it's one of the unova games. just bought it to replay with a different set of pokemon and minor story differences
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Seen December 30th, 2022
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18.1 Years
As much as I would love to buy both versions, I just end up sticking with one. :c Too expensive to buy both orz....

Brendino

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13.5 Years
The one and only time I did it was when I bought both Sun and Moon, and while I didn't actually mind the games, I had no real interest in playing through the game a second time, so I ended up regretting it. Unless future games give us wildly different stories between games, I'll porbably just stick to one or the other going forward.

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13.7 Years
I stopped by the 6th generation, deciding I only need one since it's too easy to trade for what you need anyway; I always pick the "Blue-r" version.

Only time I did after that was buying a second hand Pokemon Sun, play through it, Pokebank transfer my Pokemon back to Moon and re-sold it.
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4.3 Years
Typically yes just because I'd get them as gifts or something. But probably from here on out since I'm forking over my own money I'll stick with one version.

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The only time I have was when I was buying the other version for someone else, e.g. my sister. Not enough interest otherwise to buy essentially the same game again for me.

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I did (well, had them bought for me) with all three of GSC and with FRLG, but never otherwise. And I don't see myself ever doing that again, as there are already so many games out there I just wait for a good price before buying them, and getting what is nearly the same game twice isn't a good idea

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Posted November 29th, 2021
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15.2 Years
i'm really particular about pokemon games. it's my favorite series and i like to have one copy to store things on and one to restart over and over, sometimes i'll even have three for each generation. i don't like to transfer out of a gen either so that's another thing. the only main series games i don't have both versions for are usum, but i do want to pick up ultra sun at some point. and i guess since the let's go games count too, i only have eevee and don't plan on getting pikachu.
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ZeoStar

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5.6 Years
Only one version.

Aside from the advantage to trade between copies, it would pretty much be playing the exact game twice.

alisaie

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Seen March 14th, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2022
13,598 posts
14.8 Years
Depends on whether I want to eventually do challenge runs with that generation/set of games. If I do then I end up picking up both because then I have one file which is my 'permanent' file and then I have the other file that I restart whenever I want to do a challenge. Latest set of games would be SM and honestly I don't think I plan on getting the other one of USUM because I can't even finish my permanent file.

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Seen December 1st, 2021
Posted December 1st, 2021
49 posts
5 Years
I always buy just one version. It's too expensive to buy both.

mikey

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14.1 Years
I just get one version, with the exception of getting both Heartgold and Soulsilver because I love those games so much :>

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Posted October 22nd, 2021
591 posts
16.9 Years
I don't mind replaying the same game multiple times, like looking for differences in versions, and prefer trading with myself (I do have a complete National Dex finished 100% on my own) . When I was a kid, I always ended up bugging my parents for the second version months after getting the first. Now that I work and can afford it, I don't delay the inevitable and simply buy both versions on release.

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Age 31
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Seen February 24th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2021
4,592 posts
9.7 Years
I don't usually buy two versions of any game simply because I can't justify spending the money. Usually, I can find someone to trade with if I need or want something bad enough and I tend to Masuda shiny hunt and Wonder Trade all of my non-shinies anyway, so getting the other version's Pokémon is not a problem.