>>30700013To be honest, I have to really strain my memory to recall much of Gen 5 beyond what was going in my life around the time I played it. BW2 was even more of a blur.
I think, with everything else taken out of the equation, that is the biggest crime of Gen 5 to me. It was just so unremarkable compared to every other Gen I've played. I can say the same of Gen 6.
I want to say that part of it is I'm now a much older adult playing these games (I was in college during Gen 3), but I have very fond memories of Gen 4 which was almost entirely post college. And so far Gen 7 has been a load of fun (even if most of my friends are all too busy doing their own thing for us to have any time to trade or battle).
I really just think Gen 5 left no impressions on me. I remember playing both Black and Black 2, I remember things like Join Avenue, the weird layout and linear gameplay, the plot with N and Ghetsis, but it's just so... fuzzy. I even have favorites from that gen (Crustle, Beartic, Volcarona, Conkeldurr), but largely most of the Pokemon were just forgettable. Especially the legendaries and starters.
The build up to Gen 5 was pretty hype though. The Coroco leaks (and fakes) were good times and I remember well how much /vp/ collectively shit themselves over Wottergate.
