Pokemon and the modern level of challenge.

[Cloudman]

I think my issue with the pokemon games hasn't been so much the difficulty of the games, but they're been getting a little stale for me, likely because I've been playing the series since the beginning. I ended up doing what you did, the Nuzlocke challenge. That made recent plays so much more exciting, but even then, I'm probably suffering from a bit of burnout. I think it'd be nice if they did some big changes in the game to make it fresh again for a long time player like me.