>>57386125Fine, I'll take the bait. I don't have anything better to do anyway.
>>bad pokemonVolcarona, Hydreigon, Golurk, Excadrill, Darmanitan, Cofagrigus, Zoroark, Gothitelle, Chandelure, Haxorus, and Bisharp are all great designs.
>>bad trainersN is one of the most popular trainers in the franchise. Hilda and Rosa aren't far behind
>>bad battlesAll the battles are great.
>>bad musicClearly you've never stopped to take in the sounds and sights.
>>bad regionUnova has lots of exploration.
>>bad side activitiesPokéstar Studios is fine, the forced tutorial is ass, I'll give you that
>>no frontierThere's still 5 battle facilities, the exact same as in Gen 4.
>>no contestsAnd? They were an irrelevant time wasting feature.
>>no ribbonsThey're still in the game.
>>no berry farmingInstead, you buy them in bulk like a normal fucking person.
>>added nothing to the franchiseVarious items were introduced in this generation that are still being used in competitive to this very day.
>>bad writingIt's the first generation to attempt to tell a deeper story. I'd say they'd improve in later attempts, but for the first time, it wasn't that bad.
>>no postgameThere's a whole set of the region to explore, complete with more legendaries and an encounter with Cynthia. Sounds like postgame to me.
>>temporarily killed pokemon in the westPokémania was long gone by then.
>>loved by troons>>loved by reddit>>loved by (((them)))All of these are insignificant. Toxic hiveminds latch onto anything and everything they can just because.
>>powercrept old pokemonExcept older Pokémon like Ninetales and Politoed got buffed enough to be the face of Gen 5 competitive.
>>replaced old pokemonI can still use Lucario in Unova.
>>shat on pokemon as a franchiseLast time I checked, Gen 5 wasn't the one to cut Pokémon to sell them back to you, chase threads with disastrously buggy results, and holding your old Pokémon hostage until Game Freak says they can go to a new region.
