No need to read the rant. Gold and Silver are coming to the DS.

http://kotaku.com/5245005/pokemon-go...ing-ds-remakes
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17 million Diamond/Pearl sales. Half of those sales probably consisted of each person buying a copy of both Diamond and Pearl. Platinum comes out and 4 million more sales. Way to go. You played the exact same game again.

Nintendo announced Pokemon Gold/Silver DS, named Heart Gold and Soul Silver. You probably already bought Gold, Silver, then Crystal. Nintendo is releasing the same game again and you know you want to buy it.

I don't get why this series still exists(other than the obvious milking of the franchise?) Every game whether it's Blue/Red/Green, Gold/Silver, etc, etc, etc. You have a generic storyline which is the exact same as every other color with slight differences. You go after eight different badges and that's it. Hundreds of Pokemon which are the exact same as other Pokemon you'll find in any other game just new pictures and different names.