I have heard from alot of people that the new pokemon were very different-looking, and everyone I've spoken to has different opinions. I think some of the Pokemon designs are better then 4th generation, and I like the legendaries alot, especially Victini. In both the 4th and 5th generations, I had at least one "wait... REALLY?" reaction when looking at the pokemon, like cherubi and vanillite. The average pokemon, like solosis... to be honest, I could do without most of them. There is a common property of "legendaries and pseudo legendaries are the only things that look cool", or at least for me, but that was much more evident in 4th Generation anyways. The design team was quoted as saying they wantd a more "round" look to the pokemon this time, and how they put effort into making Reshiram and Zekrom big, powerful-looking and with curved as opposed to straight lines. I think I dislike how nearly every legendary has alternate forms now... Now its nothing special. Remember how cool Deoxys was? Well, Deoxys is too awesome to be ruined, but they've come pretty close to tarnishing him and all of the shifting legendaries irreversibly, making them boring. In my opinion, 1st-3rd generations (particularly 3rd) are my favorite, and thats when the Pokemon designs were the best before they took a nose-dive. But 5th sorta made up for 4th, I guess- its almost halfway paralell to the originals. I also like how there is so much storyline, which is awesome compared to the Black/White original. The Dream World has always been a interesting concept, and I would like it if it wasn't so complicated. The Dream Radar, ironically, was the best part for me, even though its just a random spinoff that connects to your game. I dislike how strategic moves like sing , charm and encore are less powerful, empowering the dominion of the "strategy" that is blunt force. I also like how it increases or decreases the levels of your pokemon to 50 in infrared battles, i guess, but I can see how that function would be annoying to hardworking "everything I have is level 99" trainers.