Alright /vp/, I've got a dilemma here.
So as a kid I fucking loved Pokemon. During all of Gen 1 and most of Gen 2 my entire school was engulfed in the whole Pokemon craze that was going on at the time. I was a huge fan, I collected the card and made sure I caught them all.
Fast forward to the present.
The other day I was going through my attic and I ended up unearthing my old game cartridges. I took them for a test spin and nostalgia took me over, and all the excitement and happiness I had as a kid was coming back to me in that cold filthy attic. However, I just had Red and Gold with me there. I began to wonder - what are the other Pokemon games like that I missed growing up? This curiosity eventually grew into desire, and I found myself downloading a DS emulator and a Pokemon Black Rom.
I tried to play Black, /vp/, I really did, but I couldn't. I just didn't have the same feeling playing it. It just didn't feel right.
All the newer Pokemon looked like crap. Yeah I know the whole "ice cream pokemon" argument is overdone, but there's a ton of other examples of low creativity too. Take Herdier for instance. It's just. A. DOG. It's like they took my mom's dog and put it in the game.
So tell me /vp/, do you feel the same way? Has Pokemon gotten worse over the years? Or am I just missing something?
tl;dr: why is pokemon shit now