Multiple Save Files

This would be pretty much a godsend. At the moment, I am replaying my Pokémon Y to get Articuno and Moltres, and I didn't particularly want to delete my old Y file. It'd be nice if I had a second file for these dummy playthroughs.
I'd GTS them, but the trades are ridiculous by GTS standards. Event legendaries and themselves? Really?

 

Hmm, I think that your second theory, no matter how cynical is may sound saying this, is probably right. They release the games separately, and if there were multiple save files, people could easily share the game with a friend, they could start their own game without destroying their friend's progress and get the Pokémon that are version exclusive themselves, and then there would also be no reason for them to get the game for themselves. It is likely because they want to make money... althuogh it would be nice that if your friend wanted to start their own game they didn't have to delete your save of Firered after you finally beat the E4 after so long and you had a shiny Venonat

 

I think it's the money thing. In all honesty, Pokémon is one of those games that everyone would rather keep their original save file in. It would definitely take away some of their sales especially with people nuzlocking games like ORAS which need another file if you plan to keep your personal copy. Multiple saves files would be handy, but with them, the franchise would probably have a somewhat large decline in sales.

 

It probably is the money factor. There are games with just as much (or even more) content that have multiple save files. It would require more SD Card space, but that's what increasing storage capacity is for. Maybe the next handheld system will support up to 32 or 64 GB cards.

Personally, I would love to have multiple save files be an option, but it won't happen unless GF breaks the two-game tradition, but that won't happen either. They make good products, and I'm sure they care about the consumer, but in the end, every company's game is greed... erm, profit.

 

I think it wouldn't be that good an idea, honestly. It would break the the tradition of all the other games, and I don't think it would fit too well, honestly.

Plus, there's the obvious monetary factor. They don't want to see their sales go down, after all.

 

Pokémon would definitely be more fun for me and more worth the cost. However, some people wouldn't buy two games anymore because of the multiple save files, decreasing the sales for GF.