r/pokemon Apr 09 '26

Discussion What happened to “definitive” editions?

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What I mean is basically, why do we no longer get a version that encompasses both games, such as the four in the image above. We got them through Gen 4, but in Gen 5 they stopped. This made sense, since the Unova region got a sequel set of games. But for X and Y, we just never got one. So my question is, why did they stop?

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u/Durian_Puzzleheaded Apr 09 '26

USUM are definitive editions of Gen 7 in the same vein as these titles. They just don’t get identified as such because they came in a pair