4th Gen Why both?

[Lo~li~Pop]

I reserved them both because my little brother wants to play pokemon too and I will use his to store some of my pokemon on *nods*.

Now the reason why I got Platinum when I already had Pearl was because I knew I would need more space to trade pokemon. I thought that getting Platinum was a waste of money, but now not so much.

 

[Dopefish7590]

Lots of people get multiple copies so they can replay the game without losing all the events. Others like to collect the games. But in the end, it's all just a matter of personal preference...

Besides, two isn't bad... I know someone on another forum who is getting four. Since it's a private forum, I'll just post a screen of the post.

 

[Calder]

One to keep all your Pokemon on so you don't lose future events, and one to replay whenever you want, there's also the exclusive Pokemon if you don't have a friend with the other game or something.

 

[loliwin]

One to get Lugia and one to get Ho-oh. :)

Better than trading IMO.

 

[Champloo]

Like some said before I've always just bought both versions out of tradition.

I guess I'm such a big fan the extra 40 dollars doesn't matter =P

Stop being CHEAP guys seriously lolz jk

 

[Panique]

Geez, I'd shell out $80 for both games if I could. If I wanted to grab both copies here it would cost me $140.

 

[Drai]

As for me, I'll buy one of the pair originally released and then the third updated game only. With my brother spending all his money on Pokemon games, I can always fall back on his carts (just not the AR ones, lol)

Are you sure there's going to be a 3rd game in this series? FR/LG didn't have a 3rd, and since these are similar in the sense that they're a remake of an older game I wouldn't be surprised if it followed the same path. Especially with Gen 5 being announced already.

As for me? Buying both is tempting but I think I'm just going to stick with one. It would be great to have a main game and then one I can restart whenever I want, but I don't think I'll do that.

 

[ソラ]

Why both you ask me!?
Well, First I got both in Japanese, cause the exclusive in the pokemon.
But I'm getting SoulSilver ONLY in the english, -since I have HG- I can use the exclusive and trade over to my SS. :3

But if I did get both, its for the Version's exclusive.

 

[Rainflower]

Because I want version exclusives.. But that's not the main reason. HG for my bro, and SS for me.

 

[Ochigi]

I'm getting HeartGold my brother is getting SoulSilver.
There's no reason to get both.
Unless you want to get the Rayquaza,Both Latios & Latias,etc.

 

[Miria]

I suppose I'll also end up getting both versions. lol I always like to reset my games and start fresh..! But I don't want to lose everything I've gathered aswell during my first game..! So that'd be why I guess.. :P

 

[Saltare.]

It's meaningless to buy both.

I asked the guy at Gamestop what's the big difference between the games and he just said it's mainly a one or two Pokemon difference.

If you're gonna do what I'm doing, is play the game over and over and trade all your Pokemon to D/P/Pt and get the Pokemon you can't get in your HG/SS game off the GTS.

It's better than spending another $30.

 

[Kokuo]

One I'll use for my main, and the other I'll use to play over and over when I feel like it.

 

[RivalGator]

It's the collector in me. What can I say?

 

[umbreon_4_life]

Some Pokémon are only available to catch in a specific version, so if someone wanted to complete their Pokédex, then they could if they had both versions.

 

[Esmas]

Both; to play the game another time. I know I like to repeat the adventure to get another thrill and another adventure, especially with more experience. Maybe you'd want a different team, or would want to pick a different starter, or maybe even choose the other character. Also to complete the Pokédex (which I've NEVER done) and to add to your video game collection.

This is why I had trouble with Platinum; I finished the game, but I had nothing to do in the end and so I wanted to restart to form a different team and stuff, but then I realized all of the valuable stuff I had, so I was stuck with nothing to do. Now I'm just gonna get SoulSilver, trade all my valuables to it from Platinum, then restart Platinum. That's what I love about the Pokémon games: you can restart them a million and times and not get bored with them...at least for me :3

Oh yeah, and I'll probably end up getting both, even if it seems impossible for me now.

 

[macfreak93]

As of yet, I have only pre-ordered SS, but i'd like to get HG for a few reasons:
1) If I got it, I would get it in Spanish so that i could practice my spanish skills and have fun at the same time (it certainly beats spanish soap operas)
2) It would be my secondary file to restart as I please because with my first game, LeafGreen, I had finished the game but I got bored so I restarted. That was years ago, I have yet to beat the Elite 4 again x___x
3) Twice the legendaries, duh!

But, ya, mostly because it would be in spanish, which would be awesome!!! (this coming from a language nerd)

 

[shuppet88]

I don't like having two versions of what is essentially the same game. And also, it kills the fun of trading to catch them all. It's also quite a bit of cash to dish out. IMO, it's not worth it. No offense, guys :D

I would have to agree. I'm getting my boyfriend into Diamond, as I traded over my higher-leveled pokemon onto my Platinum, and let him restart a new game there. So I may just down the road buy another one so he can trade with me, but I am a little bit annoyed that they raised the price to $39.99...

I may get SoulSilver at some point for him, but that would be the only case for me to spend so much money.

I believe macfreak93 gave me a good idea/reason to buy another one: practicing my Spanish! Hmm...but still two of those games would be half my weekly pay lol...sad I know.

 

[TheGearofWar]

Ibut I am a little bit annoyed that they raised the price to $39.99...

I had to pay off $42 for it... :\ I suspect the price raise is for the PokeWalker though, so I can't really complain, but still.

To me, that's unbelievably expensive for a DS game considering they're selling non-major games for like $20.

Anyway, I for one would not at all pay $84 + tax for two identical games, even if I wanted to play it twice, I'd just trade the good Pokemon over to Platinum and restart that one.

 

[vibratingcat]

I got them coz of the figurines, which are awesome!! and im making my bro play heart gold. Plus i really want to complete the pokedex this time, which is looking kinda possible this time round.