I'm the odd one because gen 4 was one of my favorites and its widely disliked or met with "meh". Though its really hard for me to think up a pokemon generation I don't like, the advance games get the most unnecessary flak in my opinion. Its really hard for me to rate the games. Gen 1 has the most nostalgia for me and I like equal things about the other games, I probably like Gen 2 the least out of most people. I played and imported it, I was so excited and the game totally blew my mind and it had the most brilliant music too. Breeding was kind of weird though and Gamefreak did a better job balancing things out with each subsequent game.
Albirea wrote:
The new Pokemon suck. They're running out of ideas to make new ones, and the whole series is just dragging on and on.
Just my opinion, though.
I like (most) of the new pokemon? The only thing I openly dislike is how many legendaries and event stuff we get no. I think they're mostly boring, but the genie trio strikes me as the coolest outside of the birds from RBY. I think there's plenty they could do, I've clamored for a hydra for YEARS and finally BW gave me that. I'd love a dolphin or squid, they could be water/psychic and water/dark. Please no more evolutions for old 'mons though. That was the lamest part about gen 4, most of the new evo's were pretty lame. I liked Magnezone and Togekiss though.
There are series that have dragged on much longer and gone done a rapid decline, namely Final Fantasy. I think pokemon has aged pretty well and its gameplay still holds up.