This whole narrative is cute. Gen 5 was good, but it had its fair share of screw-ups as Masuda tried to make the game 'unique' compared to other DS titles. Lots of features just suddenly went missing. I remember the disappointment when BW1 came out with no walking Pokemon (even though the sprites were in the game). No Battle Frontier, or other sidequests that we had come to expect like Contests, Secret Bases, Pokeathlon, etc. Berry farming was just gone, relegated to their Dream World browser game. Even VS rematches were removed after like 3 or 4 straight appearances. Some people also dropped out because of how linear the map was, and how exploration was starting to become more limited than before. It was a divisive time, coming off of a game like HGSS.
>>41111728> X&Y competitive and trading scene was easily the only good postgame any Pokemon game has had.Based.
