>>42139629100% agreed, the lack of extra things to do in the newer games really lowers the quality of them. I don't think it's ever coming back either. Hell, they couldn't even be assed to put the Hoenn Battle Frontier in ORAS, how lazy is that?
It felt like the contests and stuff like that added a lot to the formula, as it was more stuff to do with your mons outside of battling, not that I don't enjoy battling.
It's a real big shame, I feel the Pokemon IP has so much potential to do some really awesome stuff with it, yet Gamefreak and TPC just seem content with complete and utter mediocrity.
So many cool stories could be told, and they never will be, and that's the big rub.
