>>46887544January 2014, 2 months after X and Y released, and I was trying to EV train my Hariyama, and realized that they deliberately kept some moves out of the game so they can sell a future 3rd version or remakes (Which ended up being OR/AS). That was when I knew when exactly Pokemon began going downhill precisely, Jan 2014.
It was then and there that the honeymoon period wore off from having played with everyone and my friends simultaneously from launch and a week or 2 afterwards with online battles, O-Power shenanigans, Fairy types, Amie, Megas and the 3D graphics. I started to reminisce on all the things I experienced during my playthrough of my X copy and realized just how lame it all was.
The trail mix distribution of old mons clogging every route being a veiled attempt to hide the lack of new mons (Fucking 70. Megas do not count for me. Although resources went towards it and its all because of Masuda's boogeyman of the number 1000 and their ineptitude at maintaining status quo which portends DexCut later in Gen 8). The lackluster story, gym leaders, ugly and overpowered Megas, overpowered shit like Aegislash and Talonflame, the handholding, the Kanto pandering, the dumb friends, the lack of postgame content, and worse music than Gen 5. It was at this time I decided to play BW2 since I only played BW1 and skipped on 2 since I felt betrayed by lack of Pokemon Grey. Turns out BW2 WAS Pokemon Grey, just framed as a direct sequel and split in 2 as opposed to an alternate "retelling" mashing the first 2 versions together.
I mean sure I kept training my mons for battles like an autist and engaging in more degenerate activities like shiny hunting and Friend Safari sharing, but in the back of my mind I knew something was wrong. A lot of my friends quit playing the games no sooner than a week after they beat the games within 1-3 days immediately and all the hype beforehand evaporated. I consider X my last game. Ignored Gen 7/8 besides the usual leak shitstormin.
