A slight high jacking of this post as want to ask a question that I feel will determine your response to current pokemon:
What do you hold as the pinnacle of pokemon games?
For me, no hesitation, Silver and Gold are the apex of pokemon, the perfect sequel and feature additions like night and day cycles and making the previous region available to roam after beating the elite four.
So when you compare that to current day, you see the creative loss in quality even if they hide behind 3D.
A slight high jacking of this post as want to ask a question that I feel will determine your response to current pokemon:
What do you hold as the pinnacle of pokemon games?
For me, no hesitation, Silver and Gold are the apex of pokemon, the perfect sequel and feature additions like night and day cycles and making the previous region available to roam after beating the elite four.
So when you compare that to current day, you see the creative loss in quality even if they hide behind 3D.
PMD Explorers clears all of the mainline pokemon for me by a country mile, but otherwise I'd say Gen 3 is my favorite.