>>27773455Well Kalos was a huge downgrade too, but at least Serena, Shauna, Emma and Korrina were sort of cute? And Valerie too?
Alola just has a flatter, black-haired Serena that people are desperately trying to make THICC art of to justify her existence. And then Mallow and Lana who are both cute designs, but really honestly quite boring. People are mostly excited for the new characters because they're fresh and new, but I think people will move on very quickly.
Gen 5 was basically a harem and needs no defending.
Gen 4 had Cynthia, Dawn, technically Lyra, Candice, Marley, Maylene, and probably more I am forgetting. Definitely above average.
Then Gen 1-3 are all meh with only a couple decent girls per game at most. This is where I feel S/M is sitting right now in terms of PokéGirl design.
