>>56492704I grew up with pokemon, I would watch the anime at 7 am on saturday morning to catch the new episode. I remember the digimon/pokemon wars in elementary school. I saw Pokemon the first movie in theaters and cried when Ash "died." I had a gameboy SP, that cramped my hands. I remember playing Red rescue team until 3 am in the morning and getting stuck on Articuno.
I had more fun with SV than any previous pokemon game except maybe explorers of time/darkness. The franchise deserves the criticism it gets most of the time, but I still enjoy it overall.