>>48647923it's because Gen 5 was the first gen where people who started with Red/Blue/Yellow were old enough to notice the cracks in Pokemon's gameplay formula, while also attracting a massive crowd of zoomers who's first game was Black/White.
now those zoomers are nostalgic for Gen 5, while us '98 chads understand that it was a flawed but fun experience. not on the same level as HGSS/DPPt, but not nearly as shit as literally every mainline game after B/W
