>>186687430I don't know, I just preferred the first three gens. That's l ikely just due to nostalgia though, but Gamefreak really needs to shake up the status quo for X/Y. 8 badges, rival, elite 4, evil team defeated with legendary pokemon before the 8th badge is so tired it hurts.
The stories are far and beyond better than the story in either the anime or games, but that doesn't stop it from getting kind of shitty after awhile. I think starting at DPPt the old characters stopped showing up so maybe that breathed some life into the series but I didn't give it the chance to know for sure. I just kind of lost interest somewhere through FRLG because it got stupid.