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It doesn't matter how good BW2 was, it doesn't change the fact that Gen 5 divided the fanbase more than any before it, even more than Gen 3.
Gen 5 had almost no memorable spin offs because it came out at the end of the DS's lifespan which reminds me that it was the first gen to come out on the same console as the previous gen. By making a "new 151" ALL of the previous pokemon were gone, you couldn't even get a Magikarp until post-game, Instead you were stuck with that Basculin shitmon. This along with things like the abysmal graphics, unorthodox and usually shitty designs, constant interruptions to tell some convoluted story, shitty characters forced down our throats made it feel too much like a romhack as opposed to an actual pokemon game.
It was also the first generation to be absolutely dominated by absolute faggot zoomers like the ones in this thread. Around 2010-2011 Genwunners to Hoennbabies were just playing their games on some iPhone emulator and most Sinnohfoeti just continued playing their flashcart roms or grew out of pokemon in general and with the lack of games to support the new generation. BW2 improved on alot of aspects but by the time it came out, the 3DS was out, The old fans grew out of pokemon and the fanbase was completely dead. Then they started seething when the genwunners started giving positive reception to Gen 6 for bringing back "muh Kanto" and now believe that pokemon is bad because we didn't force ourselves to like gen 5 enough and that KANTOOOOOOOOOO is ruining everything when in actuality its just the mix of the current nostalgia fad thats been going on for the whole decade along with the fact that they know retards will buy anything.