>>46907781Maybe it's me, but after recently replaying the games, I think I realized my issues actually stemmed from the anime and I took it out on the games as well. I didn't like Cilan, I hated them regressing Ash's age and mentality, and over a decade later, I still haven't forgiven them for making Pikachu forget volt tackle over fucking electro ball.
The games obviously didn't have those problems, but by association, I had a negative opinion about them. And now I think they're some of the best in the series.
Maybe it cause i didn't start playing the games till Platinum and watching the anime still gen 3, but I didn't mind the Unova only dex cause I didn't have nostalgia for older mons. Now a lot of the early game pokemon were pretty shit, and the late game ones were TOO late game with high evos, but that's an issue with the execution of the idea, rather than the idea being bad itself.
