Alright, there is WAY too much Hateorade of the new Pokemon. "They're ugly, they've run out of ideas, DERP DERP DERP"
People, Pokemon are Pokemon. As a fan for years, (14 and counting), let me tell you something.
Gen 1 Pokemon were uninspired. (Grimer and Voltorb are not great designs. AT ALL.)
Gen 2 Pokemon got a bit better, but a good amount are still pretty bland (And please WTF is Sunflora?)
Gen 3 added more designs, but have a lot of expys to former Pokemon (Slaking=Snorlax, Minun & Plusle=Pikachu)
Gen 4 Pokemon were overdesigned.
Gen 5 looks like Gen 4.
Get over yourselves. You won't like some Pokemon. You'll like others. But saying the uninspired crap line gets really old. Adding new Pokemon adds diversity in game that REALLY needs it.
And to those who want a drastic story change, remember what happens when developers change the formula. Sonic, Zelda, Metroid, etc. have all displaced fans because they changed something in the game. Change isn't always good.