Pokémon!!!

[Avalon_Fates]

Amusingly enough, the Japanese names in 4thgen and 5thgen are far,far, FAR better. So really its the English naming department that is letting you down not the Pokemon game series.

Also as someone who plays competitively the new gens tend to make past pokemon much stronger, giving them the moves and ability's that actually make them useable in a proper match, its so nice to be able to thrash a person with Arcanine now that they gave it a move list that is actually useable, and if you don't play for the battling story and replay value wise both 4th and 5th gen have great storylines *Atleast for a pokemon game*

Further more, Some of the new pokemon are actually really fun, Like Erufuun or Whimsicott in the English version. Not to mention Excadrill, Chandelure and Sawbuck. Yes some of them have honestly unneeded or stupid concepts, but for the most part a majority of them are good, entertaining and importantly useable additions to any team.

Also a uncommonly known fact is that each generation has a generally themed Pokemon list, picking a culture or religion type to base on, specifically Black and White has a very Japanese Flavor on there Pokemon.

Really my only two complaints with the latest gens are as follows.

1. The dreamworld abilitys are amazing but hard for a player to obtain especially if they are after a strong IV or a specific nature as well. So sometimes your going to be spending alot of time going for that perfect pokemon.

2. They don't like taking away moves given to older gen pokemon, so every generation the 1st and 2nd gen pokemon are getting stronger and Stronger, or getting moves that make little sense. Seriously you can legitly get a Flying, Surfing pikachu which while leads to a amusing mental image does not do much for realism..if there is such a thing in pokemon. It also means certain pokemon get very very strong having access to every counter move they could ever dream of.

Again for those who do not care about online battling and play just to enjoy the experience of building a team of comrades and fighting your way to the elite four will find plenty of enjoyment in the 4th and 5th gen games just as much as they did on the originals, because at the end of the day your playing to explore, discover new Pokemon and catch them all and a new map, new pokemon and new opponents goes a long way to achieving that.