>>52291962>>52291001>>52291457I fell out of touch with Pokemon during the 3DS era. I still got all of them, but none of them could hold my attention for very long. I appreciate some things about X and Y as a Pokemon fan, but I find it hard to recommend to a neophyte because of its various flaws. Personally, I think it would bore you. Give it a try if you don't hate the series by Black and White. Or maybe even if you do. People who got burnt out by Sinnoh and skipped Gen 5 came back for Gen 6 because it was the first switch to full 3D, and they praise it largely based off the fact they took a pretty long break from Pokemon.
I have never gotten to even the late game of Sun and Moon because of all of the handholding, which apparently does not get better with time, as exploration is locked behind story progression (or so I've heard). But I hear the story is actually pretty cool, so that's a plus.
Sword and Shield were apparently really fun for people, and I can sort of see why, try that if you have a Switch, but don't go in expecting anything super mindblowing. As a long-time fan, I find its QOL to be outstanding, and the personal character stuff to be not-terrible. I also appreciate how easy it is to catch cool stuff. For a game that nixed like, 600~400 mons (DLC added some back) it's got pretty good team building variety. The campaign is relatively straightforward though, but it's not like, unpleasant.
Apparently SV are better than SWSH.
