>>55913539>That's entirely a shill narrative. Gen 5 was liked just fine, it was nostalgiafags who hated it.lol I'm not a shill, I was a teen when gen 5 came out, I wasn't paying attention to the critical narrative. it"s just what I remember based on the feelings of people I knew. maybe it's just cause I was at that age where people were growing out of pokemon, but I remember a big dip in people I knew playing it from gen 4, and it picked back up again in gen 6 (mostly just for the online & competitive features, gen 6 did that right with the PSS and global online systems).
again, that's just what I remember, based on my localized experiences. I am not citing any official sources or research so I cannot guarantee that this was the average experience. your mileage may vary.
