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This question might seem completely ridiculous but... [Title]. Ever since gen1 there were versions. Examples: Red version, Blue version, Gold version, Silver version, etc. But in gen6, there was no X version and Y version. It was just Pokémon X/Y. And in gen7 it's the same for gen6. Just Pokémon Sun/Moon, but no version. Is this potential GF logic?

>Don't question my curiosity.

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Starting in Pokémon X/Y, the word "version" was removed from the box-art and title, but you can still find games that use word "version" online, so instead of saying Pokémon X/Y version, you just say Pokémon X/Y, again, you can still find games that use the word "version" online. No one currently knows why it was removed.
They started putting them on a whole new system, the 3ds
All the Japanese games (with the exception of Pokemon Crystal) do not have the word version in their title. :P
@A-V That tells me nothing. @Staka I guess I'm only talking about the American versions now. :P. @Octazooka That explain things a little. They removed version once they got Pokémon games to the next console. But that doesn't say why.

I'm gonna hide this question if I can't get an answer within 1-2 weeks or less.
You shoudl never hide a question
But if nobody is gonna answer this then what's the point? If I hide it, it can eventually be deleted by a mod/editor/expert since nobody cares about it and it will stop cloging the Database with all the other unanswered questions. But if I decide to just leave it here and, eventually, I might get an answer that I will probably not be satisfied with. Let's just see what happens.
Questions that break rules often get hidden.
Even if you hide it, no one will delete it.
I hid two questions in RMT once and weeks later they were gone.
I was going through my Pokemon games and I noticed that 'version' was taken away, too! :)
Yay. <space>
Removed a set of comments as per the asker's request.
Mostly likely to shorten the name of it, but some people still like to call x/y "Pokemon X version" and "Pokemon Y Version"
Shortening the name could have been the reason, unless it isn't. Maybe GF just forgot to put it when they were making X and Y so they just forgot about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why would they not do that for the other
@Octazooka - The other what? The other games?

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They probably did it because the Japanese don't have the word version in 99% of their games. Not only that, but the word version is extraneous; for example, "X" and "Y" already differentiate between the games.

If you want some logical/literal explanations, take the definition of version:

Version (Noun); a particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing.

By this definition, the only games that are versions are Blue (Japanese), Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, and White 2, because they are based off of the other games in their generation (Remakes like Fire Red/Leaf Green are remakes/remasters rather than versions of the games they are based off of). Therefore it is almost fitting that the last time there was a version game was also the last time the games were called versions at all.

Game Freak probably knew they were going to stray away from the Version trend (they almost never had it in the Japanese titles) because there technically wasn't versions, and the word version is extraneous and makes typing/writing/saying the games' names harder than it should be. :P

They are then, therefore, not versions of each other, but versions of their story. They weren't based off of a "first game", so they can't be versions of a first game if there is no first game to start off with. Despite their stories being based off of the same thing, the entire games aren't really versions of each other.

TL;DR: Since the last time a game was actually a version (Black 2/White 2) Was the last game that had version in it's title (and that the Japanese Titles only used the word "version" once), It makes sense to drop that part of the name. :P

Hope I helped!

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I dreamed of this day. Also there's a typo after this: typing/writing/saying
Your welcome. *Fixed :P
Thanks.
I think it may be 100%