>>55402455Based take however I'd argue that the last "good gen" is 4.
The designs still 100% feel like pokemon and they are simple, straight forward and sticks to the basics
>Venusaur is Frog Dinosaur with plant on its back. Torterra is turtle dinosaur with tree on its back>Charizard is Fire Dragon with flame at the end of its tail. Infernape is fighting fire monkey with flame as its hair>Blastoise is turtle monster with steel cannons that come out of its shell. Empoleon is giant penguin with steel tipped wings and clawsGen 5 is when everything went to shit and they started making all the pokemon humanoids instead of making them cool pet monsters