>>47713104>Gen 4 had the right amount of polishingMaybe by HGSS, but DP and Platinum barely run somehow, that or they intentionally made the games slow for some unfathomable reason, which I'm not ruling out.
>>47715183I dunno, their first game (or first game after they found 4chan) was probably XY. Despite their problems I'd even include Gen 1 and 2 on the list as well, they're very different but still fun to play generally speaking. Even if FRLG and HGSS are technically better, they're not the same experience at the end of the day. I don't feel like any Pokemon game is perfect, but I do feel like Gens 1-5 fill enough of each-other's gaps that you could probably enjoy all of them for different reasons.