>>49540703the region was boring, it had the worst batch of new pokemon until swsh, annoying characters that made people zone out and mash a through the dialog, and limited post game content that didn't give people reason to keep exploring or coming back. older games are more memorable because people would play them for months, but nowadays people plow through pokemon games in a weekend. of course you won't remember shit about the games when you spend pretty much no time with them.
