>>18530164My ass.
The starters were easily among the best. Great designs, and they were all more than usable in battle.
Electivire, Magnezone, Rhyperior, Togekiss, Gliscor, Tangrowth, and the rest breathed new life into old, forgotten, or otherwise weak Pokemon.
The metagame was by FAR the best of the online metas. Gen 5 was total shit with the weather wars, and Gen 6 is turning out to be pretty bad just due to muh priority and Mega imbalance, as evidenced by all the ongoing banning.
Battle Revolution was tits for battling friends in 3D on a TV, and even if it wasn't a perfect game, it gave us access to some interesting random Wifi.
Not sure how you can complain about Cynthia, at least in Gen 4.
And the Sinnoh League in the anime was great until Trollbias, but even that was at least interesting. Pic related was GOAT.