This is a rerelease of a 2008 remake of a 1996 game.
In a reasonable market economy this kind of shit would be public domain.
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FRLG is a recent remake right? The GBA was only two handheld consoles ago?
Stop, Anakin. You're hurting me
Ignoring the switch that's technically handheld, 2 handhelds ago is likely a 3ds variant.
silly me
I do agree the whole "oh no I'm just emulating to preserve games that can't be acquired otherwise" excuse cringy.
I emulate everything, because I want to. Because piracy is cool. Because I want the entire ROM set. I'll pirate everything, I don't give a shit, I don't have noble reasons. Intellectual property means nothing to me.
Refusing to respect intellectual property is a noble enough reason all on its own
Either reason is fine.
there are a whole shitload of lost films from early cinema and even TV shows as late as whatever doctor who episodes are missing
mainline pokemon isn't in danger of becoming lost media but a bunch of other stuff is or has been lost.
I don't think they are arguing against preservation though, they are criticizing a specific type of person who is opposed to unofficial emulation unless it's the only option. There are a shocking number of people out there who will avoid options that are both cheaper and higher quality than official means of playing games just because they respect IP rights.
Charging $20 for a 20+/- year old ROM file is wild.
Like holy shit, not even a remake or anything (I guess it wpuld be a remake of a remake?).
Pokemon Infinite Fusion is free.
Honestly one of the final nail in the coffin for me wanting anything to do with Nintendo was their shitty little ROM subscription service. Like not only are they charging you money for access to ancient ROMs, they have the gall to make it so you lose access the moment you stop paying. Gross. Obligatory "all games companies suck and do this." But man, fuck Nintendo. Pirate, emulate, fuck gaming companies. They've enshittified past the point of return now.
I was like wait, FireRed/LeafGreen is a remake, it's not...
Oh god this remake is a 20+ year old rom 
I'm sorry 
You want to get really mad? Look up how much a genuine copy of the original cart is going for now
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Me playing romhacks which are just the original roms except with a single pixel changed in the title screen so I won't be called a pirate
There are some genuinely fantastic romhacks out there. Pokemon Unbound is good if you're looking for one.
If Nintendo is serious about getting my Pokémon FireRed rom off my phone they can take a page from Hasbro and hire the Pinkertons to pry it from my cold dead hands
Noooo, piracy is hurting Nintendo!!
Piracy is hurting Nintendo!
(Nintendo made a debt slave out of Gary Bowser, so they're never seeing another fucking coin from me)
Emulation is currently being used to try & hurt Nintendo's revenue
damn, i wish it worked
I've downloaded and deleted the same rom 100 times, costing Nintendo an estimated $2,000. Once I automate this process, I can bring Nintendo's revenue into the negatives and tank Japan's economy.
My uncle works at nintendo and he said its okay to emulate their games
amazing this person posted about this like 100 times in the last 24 hours, lmao
"Person."
They forgot the part where the product has to be worthwhile to buy like adding cool new features or quality of life improvements maybe even online multiplayer to make it worth buying. But no its gonna be the rom repackaged in a shitter emulator likely running entirely on stolen emulator code like everything else Nintendo has done. Does this dweeb forget Nintendo couldnt even be bothered to emulate their own games properly for the worthless switch online service?
HGSS introduced the pokewalker at the very least
Oh no, not Nintendo's revenue!
(I admit I have always loved Nintendo's games but that love applies solely to the creativity and skill of its laborers, not the profit-maximizing corporate entity)
The industry has been brutal to so many of the authors of my childhood. People who in cases spent crunch time away from their children for the benefit of stranger’s children only to get laid off the next quarter.
“See Daddy Nintendo, I have defended the honor of your slop franchise riding on nostalgia! Please love me Daddy Nintendo!”
i wanted to comment "that's bait" but the user's twitter history proved me wrong... wow
Pokémon might be the rare exceptionnwhere emulation is missing a key feature, which is interoperability with other games in the series. You can't move your captured pokémon up the series to more recent games, unless that's changed since I last checked.
Even so, I'm not spending 20 on a game I don't get to keep forever. Fuck that
I'd bet my ass there are mods to "do this", as in, spawn whatever Pokémon you desire
I used a save editor just to get alakazam. Screw you trade evolution mechanic
trade evolution was a fucking mistake, and so is multiple version releases that arbitrarily split Pokemon availability. Love the series but greedy ass company and practices makes me never want to buy a Pokemon game proper
A lot of Japanese games made for handhelds seem to have features intended for people who live in walkable places with functional public transport. Outside of that context, shit just doesn't work right lol
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User name checks out.
In the crowds that I hang out with, paying for something when you can get it for free makes you a sucker.
$20 for FRLG when you can literally downloads thousands of much better romhacks based on FRLG ALONE for free. And that's before mentioning all the Emerald romhacks, or even the rare Ruby/Sapphire ones.
Nintendo could literally release this for free on the NSO service, but because doing it this way gets them more money, this is what they decide on. It's not even like they released a FRLG remake with completely new features to justify the price lmao
Pokemon modders are incredibly hardworking and have so much love for the franchise. Nintendo are so unfathomably stupid and greedy for shutting them down as much as they can instead of working with them. Look at Pokemon Infinite Fusions, which has thousands upon thousands of unique sprites, or challenge ROM hacks like Run and Bun or Renegade Platinum. If Nintendo released the ds and earlier games for free and actively worked with modders, 100% they would make more money and bring more people to the franchise than their hostility to creators achieves.
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I'm actually surprised Nintendo dropped the price at all. I went into an EB Games (Australian GameStop) in 2019 and found a brand new copy of Pokemon Black 2 for $59.95 in their singular Nintendo DS shelf (idk why they dedicated shelf space to it in 2019, but alas).
$59.95 is the exact same price as when it dropped in 2011.
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I would also argue that making the older games easily accessible doesn't even get in the way of making money. Give away FRLG just like they do in the sites. Fuck, it. If you're brave, put the ROM on your website. Like if I'm a little kid who likes to play in the dort and I get my grubby little hands on a solid, simple entry in the pokemon series, then suddenly AI slop and mobile games feels hollow in comparison. I want to get into the paid versions. Once I have disposable income do you think I want Minecraft toys?! No! I want a Pikachu plushie. I want to fly to watch VGC and I use the hotel you partnered with and you got some revenue by attracting a larger crowd filled with people who preferred Pokemon compared to F2P mobile shit.
Being a cool company with a good product feels like it would be a competitive advantage. Especially if everyone else is a shitty fucking vampire 24/7
“Emulation is currently being used to try & hurt Nintendo’s revenue”
i can already play that on my switch 
But what if i take short position on nintendo stock, and then pirate their games 
that'd be a great plan if piracy actually did anything lol
But if they can't rent seek on the same games for a third time what will they do to fill their platinum bowls?
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