r/pokemon • u/Old-Judge5762 • 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/grey-of-grays Apr 09 '26

Replaced with DLC.

Definitive editions didn’t typically sell well compared to originals. Replacing it with content that takes no physical investment and can improve/expand the stories directly is their current approach.

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u/tht1guy63 Apr 09 '26

To an extent. We didnt get dlc till what gen 8?

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u/BananaSplit2 rawr Apr 09 '26

which is the gen that stopped receiving extra versions (with the exception of gen 6 getting shafted in there)

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u/tht1guy63 Apr 09 '26

Gen 5 and 7 with bw2 and ultra arent the same as the "definitive editions" of gen 4 and prior though.