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I agree. Although I persona)y think gen 5 STARTED the downward trend (nobody has over 4 Pokemon, mystery gifts being just handed to you in a mart instead of actually going to a new place, ect).
The difference to me is that BW2 still managed to be fun and entertaining with tons of stuff to do DESPITE that drawback.
Now everyone has 4 mons at most PLUS you can beat the games quick as fuck. They don't have the excuse of "well at least there's plenty of exploring to do".
XY seemed to be the point of no return.