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why the frick is Porygon almost double the price in Pokemon Red compared to Pokemon Blue
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awww yeah now this is gaming. why the frick is Porygon almost double the price in Pokemon Red compared to Pokemon Blue
I always thought it was weird too. I figure it's to make him a "soft" exclusive but then what's the tradeoff? Red players should get something nice too.
The trade-off is that almost all the other prize corner Pokémon in Red are less expensive
That's straight up just a lie
the picture supports what i just said, you midwit
porygon costs 9999 in red and 8500 in blue
however,
- dratini costs 4600 in blue and only 2600 in red
- clefairy costs 750 in blue and only 500 in red
First off, Porygon costs 6500 in Blue, a much bigger discrepancy.
Second off, Dratini costs less in Red than it does in Blue because in Blue Dratini is taking Scyther's spot as the second most expensive Pokemon, while Scyther's Blue counterpart, Pinsir, takes Dratini's spot as the least expensive Pokemon.
And in both cases those slots are less expensive than the Red version.
To put it another way, it takes 20179 coins to get every Pokemon in the Game Corner in Pokemon Red, while in Blue it only takes 15670 coins.
Unsurprisingly Clefairy costing 250 more coins in Blue does not make up for Porygon jumping up 3500 coins in price.
You haven't factored levels into your considerations. Scyther is level 25 and Pinsir is level 20, so of course Scyther costs more
Higher level pokemon are more valuable.
the porygon is higher level thats probably the moronic reason
>The trade-off is that almost all the other prize corner Pokémon in Red are less expensive
>To put it another way, it takes 20179 coins to get every Pokemon in the Game Corner in Pokemon Red, while in Blue it only takes 15670 coins.
Are you illiterate?
>dratini costs 4600 in blue and only 2600 in red
>clefairy costs 750 in blue and only 500 in red
Oh wow, 2250 savings in exchange for a 3500 increase in price.
In other words, you can save 1250 coins by buying a level 18 Porygon whose only offensive move is Tackle, which you'll get sick of trying to grind with and throw in a box, or you can spend the extra 1250 coins and get a level 26 Porygon that already has Psybeam, a move with the best offensive typing in the game
You think I'm gonna use Porygon? Get that bullshit outta here.
>Get that bullshit outta here.
why do you type like a Black person?
Why do you type like a moron?
>Psybeam
Porygon has 75 Special in Gen 1 anon.
Do you know what other non-Psychic type I could use if I wanted to use Psychic moves with something like that?
Fricking Butterfree.
>a move with the best offensive typing in the game is le bad because the pokemon's BST spread isnt minmaxxed!
>i dont CARE that he can learn thunderbolt and ice beam and psychic, his Special isn't 200!!!
If Porygon's value comes from what it can learn via TMs why does its base move pool when you get it matter?
I can literally just teach the level 18 Porygon Thunderbolt, Ice Beam and Psychic right away, suddenly the level advantage is a non-factor.
wait, so you're saying that I could make up the deficiency in a less expensive Porygon's initial moveset if I'm wiling to invest TMs into it? that almost make it sound as if there's a sort of trade-off that explains the differences in Porygon's price between Red and Blue.
Except TMs are how you make Porygon good in the first place - there's no universe in which you'd keep Psychic over Psybeam, and you get Psychic immediately after leaving Celadon for the first time.
It's not a question of "I'm too impatient to level this until it gets Psybeam" it's "Psychic is just objectively better so the one advantage the Red version of the Pokemon has is totally irrelevant"
You'd also be using your one-off TMs
My theory is that the devs realised the version exclusives in Red were slightly better (Arcanine, Scyther, Electabuzz) so they gave Blue version Porygon at a discount.
Because frick you white boy, eat the bugs. Games aren't always supposed to be fun.
PSA: use the very first slot machine to rig the odds ever so slightly into your favour. It'll trigger the "super lucky" mode more likely.
Not sure if it was in g/s but in crystal the npc with dialogue "I think this machine is lucky" will give up his seat only in the morning in goldenrod
Consider it a small balance tax for playing the coolest version.