>>30788785Oh no, stop giving XY undeserved hate right now.
>story wasn't retardedGive me Pokemon Hitler and his team of fashion-obsessed idiots over Lillie's Family Drama guest-starring an alien jellyifsh.
>NPCS were actually likable and memorableAre you forgetting the gym leaders, Malva, Sycamore, anyone from the Looker side quest, and Diantha?
>graphics weren't shittyXY's graphics aren't shit though. SM has a graphic advantage to be fair.
>no horrible pushing of Lucario every 5 secondsAgreed with you there, and you forgot the freebie one you got with good IVs, a good nature, and a Mega Stone. To be fair, I had forgotten about the giant statue.
>Megas are cancerLies; the issue was that next to nobody outside of you used Megas, so most of the time they were just a "win this fight" button with no drawbacks. Z-Moves were implemented in-game a lot better (don't end the fight by themselves and even normal trainers sometimes use them), but the fact that you got most of your Z-crystals in a set order meant that some types (like Water) got preferential treatment over those you couldn't get until endgame (like Ice or Dragon).
>music is betterThe music for both games is stellar though.
