Jeez dont you people get enough? Be satisfied with your Senran Kagura and the fact you can name your pokemon Ecchi.

This makes some sense since if you are confident in your adult status you arent bothered by such things. If you were bored by it, its perfectly fine. Its what happens to me with games i find childish (too simple, repeptitive and boring). But, pokémon appeals to all ages because it has depth. Yeah, its a jolly go around adventure to explore the world. It doesnt need to be the coming of the next dark age. It suits the universe. But, the depth and complexity of the combat system is not something children will comprehend. Its for teenagers and above at the end of the day.

Funny you were talking about Sonic's simple but high res/quality artstyle yet the game's actual content seems right up your alley ( you liked Sonic Adventure 2 raite?)

I'm enjoying Y more than I've enjoyed any Pokemon game since Gold when I was 12 years old. I'm now nearly 24 and a PhD student. The pacing is far better than it has been for a while, the variety of creatures is stronger, and obviously the presentational upgrades help.

I don't see why you are so bothered by features like "dressing up my little pink and cute monsters or entering them into a fashion show." These are entirely optional features and absolutely not representative of the core experience of the game.

Wait X and Y have fashion shows?

Didnt they switch out Musicals from last gen with the PR video thing?

I've only liked Pokemon RBY and GS, everything else was meh to me. Then XY somehow got my attention all over again. It may be the same formula, but it feels different to me somehow.

What I really want GameFreak/Nintendo to do is make an actual fighting game with Pokemon, something similar to Power Stone where you can walk all over the field 3D than a 2D fighter.

Nintendo actually only Owns 30% of the franchise, and it's Game Freak that chose where, when and why to make the main series games, the other side games are choosed by "The Pokemon Company" that rules the Pokemon franchise

I only started playing Pokemon with Diamond. My only real complaints would have to be the overtly childish dialogue and the ease of most of the trainer battles (especially the gym battles). I would give my Lucario and Charzard for some proper 6 on 6 battles early in the single player mode. At the very least, gym leaders should have six Pokemon that are leveled in a way to give you a challenge. I could also go for a less linear experience, one that let you challenge the gyms in any way you chose to, but that structure doesn't really bother me because an open world structure would also make the game feel to much like an old school RPG, where brainless exploration can get you killed by things that are leveled too highly for you.

But in the end, I still find these games to be a lot of fun. I appreciate the sense of fun and adventure these games have, the excitement of discovering new places and creatures. If the games had a better story I think they would be much more endeering, but as they are, I love em. XY is probably my favorite game in the series to date: it's beautiful, it's multiplayer is ridiculously easy to access, and none of the activities feel stupid or superfluous.

Even only Team Flare didn't sound like it was being run by a bunch of 8 year olds....

Its scary that Nintendo owns only a minority Stake. Hopefully they get a bigger share or get pokemon rights

I'm glad Nintendo owns the rights for Pokemon.

Edit: Just saw that Nintendo only owns a minority percent.