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All of the DS games are good for people who like Pokémon as a concept, and want a game that reflects aspects of its world outside of battling. It was only until the transition to the Switch era that Pokémon games lost this meaning and became nothing but battle and breeding sims where co-op "raids" become the highlight of every title.
If you want to play the turn-based aspect of Pokémon, there's literally a free popular online simulator that makes breeding and battling in any Pokémon game functionally obsolete.
Therefore, the only Pokémon "games" are the ones that have features outside of battling and breeding. XY is a pretty good entry under that classification.
