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		gwern on Jan 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Disassembly of Pokémon Red > Their decision to make two complementary games is really fascinating, especially from a business perspective. Indeed. It seemed to be really successful especially given how small a development effort it apparently was. But why did no one but the Pokemon games seem to do it subsequently?

steve-howard on Jan 17, 2012 | [–]

Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons were two complementary Zelda games for game boy color. You can't fully beat the game without both.

mkr-hn on Jan 17, 2012 | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_%26_Knuckles

Similar concept, though it's done with an attachment instead of linking systems.

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