All Regions On One Console

[Uhane]

I just realised something really cool, with just your 3DS alone, you are able to visit every single Pokemon region, main story.

Kanto - RBY VC (also in HGSS but I don't really count that)
Johto - HGSS
Hoenn - ORAS
Sinnoh - DPPT
Unova - BW, B2W2
Kalos - XY
Alola - Sun/Moon

 

[PurplePopplio]

Guess that a sign to move onto the Switch.

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

This is not going to happen. There are numerous issues to having all regions in one game so all regions on one console isn't likely. We be moving onto the Switch when gen 8 comes.

 

[Esserise]

This is not going to happen. There are numerous issues to having all regions in one game so all regions on one console isn't likely. We be moving onto the Switch when gen 8 comes.

Nobody's talking about putting every region in one game. OP is just saying that you can play a game in each region on a single console now.

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

Nobody's talking about putting every region in one game. OP is just saying that you can play a game in each region on a single console now.

That is still too much. GF never put all regions on one console. That be about 14 games if they are all in pairs.

 

[Esserise]

GF never put all regions on one console.

You still misunderstand what's being said here.

Sinnoh is in DPP. These can be played on the 3DS.
Johto and Kanto are in HGSS. These can be played on the 3DS.
Unova is in BW and B2W2. These can be played on the 3DS.
Kalos is in XY. These can be played on the 3DS.
Hoenn is in ORAS. These can be played on the 3DS.
Alola is in SM. These can be played on the 3DS.

You can currently play a game in any of the seven regions on the 3DS, a single console.

 

[Eggseggseggseggs]

That is still too much. GF never put all regions on one console. That be about 14 games if they are all in pairs.

Read the OP clearly Arceus. GF already did. The VGC gen 1 games, HGSS, DPP, ORAS, BW/2, and both gen 6 and 7 are able to be played on a 3ds. That's what this is about.

Also yeah that's pretty cool. Never thought about it before.

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

You still misunderstand what's being said here.

Sinnoh is in DPP. These can be played on the 3DS.
Johto and Kanto are in HGSS. These can be played on the 3DS.
Unova is in BW and B2W2. These can be played on the 3DS.
Kalos is in XY. These can be played on the 3DS.
Hoenn is in ORAS. These can be played on the 3DS.
Alola is in SM. These can be played on the 3DS.

You can currently play a game in any of the seven regions on the 3DS, a single console.

Oh right. Sorry for confusion. Yeah, they are all played on 3DS. Only difference is that gen 4 and 5 are DS games while XY, ORAS and SM are 3DS games.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

I never really thought about this, but you're right. We do have access to every single region on a single console, due to this console being able to play VC, DS, and 3DS games.

 

[TwistedxMind]

Pretty cool, think its time for a new console for the next gen, either a new member of the DS family or moving to the switch. either is fine with me.

 

[PaulTheProtist]

It would be amazing if DS games were still compatable with the next handheld. After all, a DS cartridge and 3DS cartridge are very similar, so why not?

 

[epicgordan]

Eh, to be fair, every generation has always been made playable on each console at some point in time or another.

Gen 1: Obviously, Kanto could be played on the original Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance.
Gen 2: Same as above, and including Kanto; only exception is that Crystal isn't playable on the original Gameboy.
Gen 3: While Johto is inaccessible on the GBA itself, it's still backwards compatible with all GB and GBC games.
Gen 4: Gen's 1 and 2 are locked out, but still backwards compatible with Gen 3. Johto became playable in HGSS.
Gen 5: Available on the same system as Gen 4.
Gen 6 and 7: The topic of this discussion.

Now it remains to be seen just how the Switch handles things here. Since 3DS games are supposedly unplayable on the Switch, making this, provided of course that we even get a new generation of Pokémon games released on a console for the first time ever (whether or not the Pokémon Stars rumor is true remains to be seen), the first time Pokémon games do not have any backwards compatibility at all whatsoever--not even console backwards compatibility (technically, the NES, SNES, N64, and Gamecube games were never playable in their past console iterations; PlayStation was the console that popularized backwards compatibility, particularly with the PS2, after all).

So then, I must ask; is it possible that, instead of GSC being released on the 3DS Virtual Console, Game Freak might hold out until the release of the Switch? And then we just might be able to port Gen 3 over on that system via VC as well? And then of course, the Gen 4 and 5 remakes as well (not sure how a Gen 5 remake could work though; maybe a total reworking of those games and the sequels since we now have a growing fan theory regarding parallel dimensions as brought up by ORAS and SuMo. Of course, we already have the potential of Pokémon Stars, but then that leaves us with Kalos. And Gamefreak could make it where we either return to Kalos in the postgame of THAT game specifically, or they may choose to completely forgive and forget about Kalos at least for the time being (especially since it appears that XY have essentially challenged DPPt for least popular generation in Pokémon). Other than financially, I'm not even understanding as to why there is so much resentment for Gen 6--beyond the fact, of course, that Gen 6 has largely been left unfinished. Even then, it's not something I relate to personally.

Maybe Gamefreak should have made a Pokémon Z. I theorize Gamefreak realized it simply wouldn't have been worth the effort, money, or resources to remake Kalos entirely from scratch. Especially if said time, energy and resources could be better put to use to fuel a new generation of Pokémon instead. If anything, if this Pokémon Stars rumor turned out to be true, then it's possible that Stars on the Switch was designed right from the get-go to be the definitive version in which Sun and Moon on the 3DS was based on; however, due to the delay of the release on the Switch, and the strain put into the regular 3DS models alone, Sun and Moon had to cut a ton of content out just to get it to barely function properly.

But that's for a different topic.

 

[Almonds]

Never really thought about that, but it's a cool fact

 

[tioeduardo27]

I thought about that before because that's exactly what I've been doing (and the reason why I haven't played my Sun copy yet).

When SM was announced I bought YELLOW on VC, restarted my save on SOUL SILVER and on ORAS.
Currently I am finishing my PLATINUM copy I've had for years and never got to.
Next one in line is my WHITE copy and then I'm gonna restart my Y save and then I can finally play SUN...

 

[Absolclaw]

Nintendo will do everything in their power to force you to buy their hip new console, so don't expect this to last for long at all.

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

Of course, we already have the potential of Pokémon Stars, but then that leaves us with Kalos. And Gamefreak could make it where we either return to Kalos in the postgame of THAT game specifically, or they may choose to completely forgive and forget about Kalos at least for the time being (especially since it appears that XY have essentially challenged DPPt for least popular generation in Pokémon). Other than financially, I'm not even understanding as to why there is so much resentment for Gen 6--beyond the fact, of course, that Gen 6 has largely been left unfinished. Even then, it's not something I relate to personally.

Maybe Gamefreak should have made a Pokémon Z. I theorize Gamefreak realized it simply wouldn't have been worth the effort, money, or resources to remake Kalos entirely from scratch. Especially if said time, energy and resources could be better put to use to fuel a new generation of Pokémon instead. If anything, if this Pokémon Stars rumor turned out to be true, then it's possible that Stars on the Switch was designed right from the get-go to be the definitive version in which Sun and Moon on the 3DS was based on; however, due to the delay of the release on the Switch, and the strain put into the regular 3DS models alone, Sun and Moon had to cut a ton of content out just to get it to barely function properly.

But that's for a different topic.

Kalos is done. There is no reason to go back especially as Zygarde's forms are in SM. Also Kalos can be remade and it will be worth the effort, money and resources. But it is much too soon for remakes so we seen the last of Kalos for now.

For the record, Kanto in HGSS does count regardless that they are Johto games.

 

[PurplePopplio]

For the record, Kanto in HGSS does count regardless that they are Johto games.

No, that does not count. The Kanto in those games are so lacklusterly done. You also don't play through Kanto's story. The last time we actually had Kanto, bar the VC releases, was in 2004 with Leaf Green and Fire Red.

 

[Arceus the Dragon]

No, that does not count. The Kanto in those games are so lacklusterly done. You also don't play through Kanto's story. The last time we actually had Kanto, bar the VC releases, was in 2004 with Leaf Green and Fire Red.

Actually it does count. It is not perfect but it is still Kanto. HGSS Kanto was better than VC releases in my opinion and even better than FRLG in my opinion.

 

[tioeduardo27]

Actually it does count. It is not perfect but it is still Kanto. HGSS Kanto was better than VC releases in my opinion and even better than FRLG in my opinion.

Not in my opinion. I preferred travelling around VC RBY Kanto and replaying FRLG Kanto than HGSS Kanto..

 

[Bolt Strike]

I also wouldn't count VC games as they're just emulating a past console, nor would I count HGSS for Kanto since it's a gimped experience tacked on to another region, we haven't had the full Kanto experience for 3DS yet.