>>30534158I'm a johtoddler myself, roughly the time Gen II came out Pokemon got here into slav Eastern europe and got big. Grew up on Crystal and R/S/E.
Got back into it after I saw my mate playing Black. Got myself White and that's what got me back into those games. I absolutely loved the lack of old familiar mons,because I could explore a whole new region full of new, unknown mons. It was truly amazing for me, I have had nothing spoiled for me, I knew no types, pokemon evos etc, so I could just play along blindly. And I loved it.
This easily made Gen V favorite of mine, up to the point I'd define myself as "unovabortion". Gen V relit that spark in me.
>inb4 nice blog postAs for the question by OP - I loved Gen VII. Too much Gen I pandering to my tastes - everything's about Kanto, Alola mons are Kanto mons, but yeah I get it, it's their cashgrab for normies coming from Pokemon GO.
Other than the Gen I pandering, I've had a lovely time. Great story, just like B/W, refreshing new mons.
