For about the past 5 or 6 years or so, Pokemon has hit rock bottom. Their last masterpeice was Heartgold and Soul Silver, after that, I am displeased with pokemon now. Gens 1-4 were fantastic, but what te hell happened?

This is just my opinion, so please correct me if you feel to do so.

10.) Rivals: Back in the day, it was great to have a rival to go head to head, and it felt great after beating them, but now it seems like just friendly battles that just are unmotivated and just there to be there. This is more of a minor complaint, but I'll continue

9.) Easy: This is self explanatory, it just got too easy.

8.) Fairy type: This was just uneccessary, it was just awful. Terrible idea, Game Freak, Terrible idea.

7.) Spoon-feeding everything: THis is especially in X/Y where everything freaking everywhere is just handed to you like a toddler. It made it that I didn't get toenjoy getting stuff, MYSELF.

6. Air battles: This just annoys me because it has HARDLY ANY USE. What was the point in the first place?

5. Wonder Trade: Have fun getting pokemon yourself? Well, now you can just get all the shiny action replay hacked pokemon you want if you get lucky.  Great idea, Nintendo....

4. Rushed: X/Y was only made in a couple years, which is why there is nothing to do after you beat it. Sad but true.

3. Action Replay: What happened to being fair, now it is just a few button taps away from having every legendary ever. WOW....

2. Fanbase: NO MATTER WHAT the Pokemon company decides to do, fanboys will defend and praise its name, just eagerly loving whatever is thrown at them. Not everybody is like this, but sometimes people are just pathetic in the fanbase, which annoys me.

1: Mega Evolution: All I can say is these are STEROIDS FOR YOUR POKEMON.... that is all I can say....

I'm inclined to disagree. Nothing beats Cuteness, and I really do mean nothing!

Being 34 years old, I was too old when the first game came out to even play it so for me, NONE of them are any good and I have never understood why people think otherwise lol

Being 34 years old, I was too old when the first game came out to even play it so for me, NONE of them are any good and I have never understood why people think otherwise lol

In terms of competitive dynamics, I would say that there are no games currently that come close to the metagame of Pokemon. It is so complex and challenging, and also ever changing as more aspects are added each generation. There are dozens of variables that have to be accounted for. To even get into the competitive scene, you have to be skilled at chain breeding, and a lot of people simply love collecting Pokemon, even if they have no interest in battling.

Pokemon is deceptively complex and fun, much more than most games today, I would say, since it requires a lot of skill in different aspects of the game to be successful in the competitive scene.

So Pokemon is basically like a strategy game? If so, that would explain why I never had interest in trying it. I really dislike FF Tactics like games where you have to spend hours planning things out etc.

It's strategy, but much more condensed than Tactics. You don't have hours to plan a batle, since the average battle is five minutes long, tops. You have to set up, and then be ready for tactics your opponent may use. It's really only if you play competitive though, the story mode in game is a breeze.

But yeah, if you don't like strategy, it'll be hard to get into Pokemon.

And that's better than OK, cuz Charizard is incredibly cute as well!

Mewtwo goes wherever the hell he wants to go

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